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THE  NEW  YORK  CLIPPER  ANNUAL.
 

Feb. 18—Thos. Dawson, trainer of race horses, died, 71—
ThornglU, Eng.

Feb. 22—Col. Wm. McRoberts, turfman, died from the
iniuries received by a fall—N. Y City.

Feb. 29—W. G. Dorling, turf Avriter, died—NeAV Orleans.

March 19—P. Lorillard's Parole finished first forthe Liv¬
erpool Spring Cup, but was disqualified for SAverving, Ad¬
vance winning—Liverpool. Eng.

April 28—Two Thousand Guineas won by Petronel, Mun-
caster second—Newmarket, Eng.

AprU 29—W. S. Cartwrlght, turfman, died—NcAvport,
Eng.

April SO—One Thousand Guineas avou by Elizabeth, Yer-
signy second—Newmarket, Eng.

May 15—Riding contest, six days, 15 hours dally, com¬
menced, riders alloAved to change horses; Anderson, 1,304
miles; Reeves, 1,284—San Francisco

May 26—Derby Stakes Avon by Bend Or, Robert the DeA'il
2—Epsom, Eng.

June 6—Grand Prize of Paris Avon by Robert the Devil,
Le Destrier 2—ChantiUy, France.

June 19—Coney Island Jockey Club's new track opened
—Sheepshead Bay, L. I.

June 19—Chicago Jockey Club inaugural meeting com¬
menced—Chicago, 111.

July 23—Joseph Dawson, trainer of race horses, died, 55
—NeAvmarket, Eng.

Sept 15—St. Leger Stakes won by Robert the Devil,
Cipolata 2—Doncaster, Eng

Sept. 22—J. W. Hunt Reynolds, turfman, died-near
AshevlUe, N. C.

Oct. 12—Cesarewitch Stakes avou by Robert the Devil,
Cipolata 2—NeAvmarket, Eng.

Oct. 14—Champion Stakes Avon by Robert the Devil,
Bend Or 2—NeAvmarket, Eng.

Oct. 26—Cambridgeshire Stakes Avon by Lucetta, Fernan¬
dez 2—Newmarket, Eng.

Nov. 25—Blue Gown, race mare, died on board steamer
Victoria, en route from England to the United States.

1881.

Feb. 17—Henry Constable, jockey, died, aged 27 years-
Epsom, Eng.

March 19—A. Keene Richards, turfman and breeder of
race horses, died, aged 53 -near GeorgetoAvn, Ky.

April 8—J. H. Camp, president of the Belmont Park
Trotting Association, died—Philadelphia, Pa.

May 4—Two Thousand Guineas won by Peregrine, Iro¬
quois 2—NeAvmarket, Eng.

May 6—One Thousand Guineas Avon by Thebais, Flora 2
—Newmarket Eng.

May 17—Radamanthus and Enfield, thoroughbred stal¬
lions burned to death—Franklin, Tenn.

June 1—Derby Stakes avou by P. Lorillard's Iroquois,
Peregrine 2, Town Moor 3-NeAvmarket, Eng.

June 5—Joseph Haylioe, trainer of racers, died, 67—
NeAvmarket, Eng.

June 12—Grand Prize of Paris avou by J. R. Keene's Fox-
hall, Tristan 2—Longchamps, France.

June 14—Prince of Wales Stakes avou by Iroquois—As¬
cot, Eng.

July 5—H. P. McGrath, turfman, died—Long Branch.

Aug. 9—Benjamin F. Benton arrested, charged with at¬
tempting to dose the race horse GlasgOAv; 24, expelled
from the race track—Saratoga, N. Y.

Aug. 9—Rochester Driving Park Association trotting
meeting commenced; 11, Maud S. trotted a mile, against
time, in 2:10>^—Rochester, N. Y.

Aug. 22—Leslie Coombs, turfman, died—Lexington, Ky.

Sept. 14—St. Leger Stakes Avon by Iroquois, Geologist 2,
Lucy Glitters 3—Doncaster, Eng.

Sept. 14—Stallion trot, $10,000; Santa Glaus 1, Piedmont
2, Wedgewood 3—Boston, Mass.

Sept. 23—Mark Ransom Walker, retired jockey and
trainer, died, 81—NcAvark, N. J.

Sept. 28—Granby Stakes Avon by J. R. Keene's Golden
Gate; American horses Aranza and Don Fulano beaten
forthe Great Eastern Handicap; 29, Grand Duke Michael
Stakes avou by Foxhail, Don Fulano 2—NeAvmarket, Eng.

Oct. 11—CesarcAvitch Stakes avou by Foxhail, Chippen¬
dale 2, Fiddler 3; 12, Select Stakes—Foxhail 1, Tristan 2;
13, Champion Stakes—Bend Or 1, Scobell 2, Iroquois 3; 14,
Newmarket Derby—Iroquois 1, Ishmael 2—Newmarket,
Eng.

Oct. 20—Cambridgeshire Plate Avon by American horse
Passaic—Sandown Park, Eng.

Oct. 25—Cambridgeshire Stakes Avon by Foxhail (126ft),
Lucy Glitters (91) 2, Tristan (107) 3—Newmarket, Eng.

Nov. 10—Liverpool Autumn Cup won by Pirfeus, Wallen-
stein 2. W. McDonald fatally injured by the favorite,
Buchanan, falling—Liverpool, Eng.

Nov, 29—E, A, Clabaugh, turfman, died, 64—Hagers-
town, Md.

1883.
Feb. 26—Two Thousand Guineas won by Shotover, Quick¬
lime 2—Newmarket, Eng.

Feb. 28—One Thousand Guineas won by Ste. Marguerite,
Shotover 2—Newmarket Eng.

March 20—AUen B. Palmer ("Varick"), a writer on turf
topics, died—near Geneva, N. Y.

May 12—Adventurer, famous racing sire, found dead in
his box—Shefiield Lane Paddocks, Eng.
 

May 24—Derby Stakes won by Shotover, Quicklime 2,
Sachem 3—Epsom, Eng.

June 4—Grand Prize of Paris won by Bruce, Fenelon 2,
Alhambra 3—Longchamps, France.

June 26—Francis Cavaliero, chief authority on breeding
in Austria-Hungary, died—Vienna, Austria.

July 13—Trotting against time, double teams, $2,000, to
beat 2:20 to road AA'agon, one mile; F. Work's team Ed-
Avard and Dick Swivelier, driven by John Murphy, trotted
in 2:16%—Morrisania, N. Y.

July 22—Running match, $10,000,1)4, miles; Pearl Jen¬
nings beat Red Boy—Salt Lake, Utah.
Sept. 4—Blair Athol, stallion, died—England.
Sept 13—St Leger Stakes won by Dutch Oven, Geheim-
nlss 2, Shotover 3—Doncaster, Eng.

Sept 14—Trot Blanchard $10,000 purse, 2:17 class; Ed-
AAan Thorne 1, in 2:19, 2:19, 2:18^; CUngstone 2, Helene 3,
Santa Glaus 4—Boston, Mass.

Sept. 19—Queen Dido, old trotting mare, died, aged 36
years—Brooklyn, E. D., N. Y.                            ^

Sept. 27—(Jreat Eastern Railway Handicap won by P.
Lorillard's Aranza, Hornpipe 2—Newmarket, Eng.

Oct. 25 —Cambridgeshire Stakes Avon by Hackness,
ShreAvsbury 2—NeAvmarket, Eng.

Oct. 30—William H. Borst, Avell known on the trotting
curf and in sporting circles generally, died—M. Y. City.

Nov. 1—Trotting match, $4,000, mile heats, O. A. Hic-
kock's Overman beat John Murphv's Helene—N. Y. City.

Nov. 3—Trotting match, $2,000, mile heats; YelloAv Dock
and running mate beat Billy D. and running mate—Cran¬
ston, R. I.

Nov. 23—Gilbert Watson Patrick, familiarly knoAvn as
"Gllpatrlck," veteran jockey, died-N. Y. City.

Dec 3—John Day, race horse trainer, died, 68—Dane¬
bury, Eng,

1883.
Jan. 1—Isonomy, celebrated race horse, sold for $45,000
In gold to Mr. Crawfurd—London, Eng.

Jan. 4—E. J. BaldAvin, turfman, etc., shot and severely
Avounded by Miss Verona Baldwin—San Francisco, Cal.

Jan. 6—William Barrett, jockey, died of pneumonia, 24
—Oceanport, N. J.

Feb. 1—Adolph Dennetier, French turf handlcapper and
clerk of course, died, 46—Paris, B'rance.

Feb. 4—Marshal Macdonald, an American bred horse,
156ft, won the Prix d'Essai, 1% miles, over hurdles—Au-
teuil, France.

Feb. 24—W. S. Crawfurd, English turfman, died, 63—
Cannes, France.

Feb. 25—Miss Belle Cook (Mrs. J. M. Paul) female dis¬
tance rider, died—San Jose, Cal.

March 3—Henry Batchelor, English jockey, accidentally
killed while ridding at exercise—ChantiUy, France.

March 15—Mollie McCarthy, noted race mare, died—
Santa Anita Ranch, Cal.

March 19—Marquis de Biron, president of the Paris
Jockey Club, died—Paris, France.

April 25—Prince Bathyany, prominent turfman, died—
Newmarket, Eng.

Aprd 25—c^oe Howell, 11 years old, ran one mile in 1:42,
better time than had ever before been made in California
—Oakland Park.

May 6—Thoroughbred staUion Thunderstorm and Lime¬
stone burned to death by the destruction of J. A. Grin-
stead's stable—GeorgetOAvn, Ky.

May 20—French Derby, 1)4. miles, won by Frontin, Far-
fadet 2, Regain 3—ChantiUy, France.

May 23—Derby Stakes won by St. Blaise, Highland Chief
2, Gailliard 3-Epsom, Eng.

May—Captain Montie, weighing nearly 200ft, rode an
English three year old four German mUes (almost 18 Eng¬
lish miles) in 65in. 15s.—Hanover.

June 3—Grand Prize of Paris Avon by Frontin, St. Blaise
2, Farfadet 3—Longechamps, France.

June 7—Riding race, 50 miles, ten horses each; Carl
Pugh 1, in Ih. 50m. 3>^s.; C. M Anderson 2, by OA'er half a
mile—San Bernardino, (^al.

June 15—Maud S. and Aldine, driven by W. H. Vander-
bilt to a top road wagon, trotted a mile in 2:16>^. Not a
record—N. Y. City.

June 21—Stockbridge Cup, 6f., avou by P. Lorillard's
Iroquois, Scobell 2, Magician 3; his Aranza Avon the John¬
stone Plate, 6f., The Duke 2; and his Sachem ran second
to Seahorse for Beaufort Handicap—Stockbridge, Eng.

July 22—Wm. M. Comee, prominent on the trotting turf,

died, 70—Point of Pines, Mass.

Aug. 3—MUton H. Sanford, turfman, died, 70—Newport,

Aug, 25—Double team trot against time, one mile; Wm.

Rockefeller's Cleora and Independence, driven by J. P.

Gilbert to sulky, trotted in 2:16>^—Hartford, Ct

Sept. 6—J. R. Keene's Bolero avou the Welter Handi¬
cap, Im.—Croydon, Eng.

Sept. 9—Long distance riding race, 27 miles, ten horses
each; C. Anderson 1, in lb. 7m.; P. Figuero stopped at 25
mUes—Oakland, Cal.

Sept. 15—Jay-Eye-See, 5yrs, old, trotted a mile In har¬
ness, in 2:10^—Providence, R. I.

Sept. 29—Trotting match, mUe heats, Jay-Eye-See beat
St Jullen; 2:20>^, 2:183^. 2:19—Morrisania, N. Y.

Oct. 9—CesareAvitch Stakes won by Don Juan, Hackness
2, Cosmos 3—Newmarket, Eng.