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THE  NEW YORK CLIPPER  ANNUAL.
 

Feb. 28—Senator George Hearst, turfman, died—Wash¬
ington, D. C.

March 12—Patsy Duffy, jockey, died—Bellevue Hospi-
1;al, N. Y. City.

March 21—Decker, jockey, found dead near Morris
Park; supposed to have been killed by jumping from a
moving train.

March 22—W. W. Raymond, horseman, died—Danbury.

April 6—Stallion Isonomy died at farm of his OAvner in
England.

April 29—Two Thousand Guineas won by Common,
Orvieto 2, Peter Flower 3—Newmarket, Eng.

April SO—Rintax beat Geraldine, match race, 6}d fur¬
longs, $2,000; 1:2034, the then fastest time recorded—
.San Francisco, Cal.

May 1—One Thousand Guineas won by Mimi, Melody 2,
Siphbnia 3—Newmarket, Eng.

May 1—John H. Adams, jockey, found dead, with his
throat cut—St. Louis, Mo.

May 17—Charles W. Bathgate, turfman, died, 67—N. Y.

May 20—Dr. Leonard Herr, breeder of trotters, died,
75—Lexington, Ky.

May 23-The stallion Rosicrucian died, 26—Bath, Eng.

May 27—Derby Stakes aa^ou by Common, Gouverneur 2,
Martenhurst 3—Epson, Eng.

June 7—Grand Prize of Paris won by Clamart, Rev¬
erend 2, Clement 3—Paris, France.

July 10—Eclipse Stakes won by Surefoot, Gouverneur
2, Common 3—Sandown Park, Eng.

July 12—Jacob C. Peiffer, veteran trainer and driver,
■died, 61—Baltimore, Md.

Aug. 1—Match race, $12,500,1^ miles; Longstreet,128ft,
beat Tenny, 128ft; 2 073^—Morris Park, N. Y.

Aug. 21—Wenlock, a Derby winner, died on board
•steamer Fauric at sea, en rcute from England to America.

Aug. 22—Match trot, $10,000; Wanda beat Silas Skinner
in three straight heats—Napa, Cal.

Ana:. 23—Nightingale won. the Charter Oak Stake,
.$10,000; Little Albert 2—Hartford, Ct

Aug. 27—James H. Goldsmith, trainer and driver, died,
42—Washingtonville, N. Y.

Aug. 28—Monbars trotted a mile in 2:20, beating two
year old record for stallions—Independence, la.

Aug. 31—Match running race, $3,000,1.1-16 miles; King¬
ston beat Van Buren by three lengths—Chicago, 111.

Sept 4—Capt. James Franklin, of the Kenesaw Stud,
•Sumner Co., Tenn., died there,

Sept. 4—Direct paced a mile in 2:06, and Allerton trotted
a mile in 2:10—Independence, la.

Sept 8—Rosebery, jumper, cleared a height of 7ft. Sj^in.
—Elmira, N. Y.

Sept. 9—St. Leger Stakes won by Common, Reverend
;2, St. Simon of the Rock 3—Doncaster, Eng.

Sept 19—William L. Scott, retired turfman, died—Ncav-
port, R. I.

Sept. 23—Benjamin C. Bruce, editor of The Live Stock
JRecord, died—Lexington, Ky

Sept. 25—Allerton trotted a mile to wagon in 2:15, the
best wagon time on record—Indpendence, la.

Oct. 2—Monbars, 2yrs. old, trotted a mile in 2:189^;
Justina and Globe trotted a mile double in 2:13, equaling
record—Cambridge City, Ind.

Oct 6, 7—Trotting match, $2,000; Hal Pointer beat Di¬
rect (won the first heat)—Terre Haute, Ind.

Oct. 7—Monbars, 2yrs. old, trotted a mile in 2:18—
—Terre Haute, Ind.

Oct, 7—Filemaker, ridden by Madame Marantette, trial
.against record, cleared 7ft. 4>^in.—Taunton, Mass,

Oct. 8—Trotting match, purse $10,000; Allerton beat
Nelson (won the first heat)—Grand Rapids, Mich.

Oct. 16—Cesarewitch Stakes won by Regimund, Pene¬
lope 2, Lily of Lumley 3—Newmarket, Eng.

Oct. 16, 17—The Nursery Stud, formerly the property of
August Belmont, sold by public auction; including*the
28 head of horses sold in December, 1890, the entire sale
■of the Belmont horses aggregated $641,400, being the
most sensational disposal of thoroughbred horses ever
known. Charles Reed paid $100,000 for the stallion St
Blaise—NeAV York.

Oct. 26—Match pace, purse $S,000; Direct beat Hal
Pointer, in 2:09, 2:08, 2:08?^—Columbia, Tenn,

Oct. 29 — Cambridgeshire Stakes won by Comedy,
Breach 2, Derelict 3—Newmarket, Eng.

Oct. 31—Victoria Derby won by Strathmore, Stromboli
2, Oxide 3—Flemlngton, Aus.

Oct. 31—Kismet, Arabian staUion, died from nervous ex¬
haustion and pneumonia—N, Y. City.

Nov. 3—Melbourne Cup won by Malvolio, Sir William 2,
Strathmore 3— Flemlngton, Aus.

Nov. 6—Joe Jefferson paced three miles, against time, in
7:3334, beating record-Knoxville, la.

Nov. 13—Joe Jefterson paced four miles, against time,
in 10:10, beating record—Knoxville, la.

Nov. 15—Rufus Lisle, breeder and turfman, died—near
Lexington, Ky.

Nov. 23 —Rosebery, the celebrated Canadian high
jumper, died from injuries received while endeavoring
to surpass his record of 7ft 3)^in.—Chicago, 111.

Dec. 20—Richard Boyce, the oldest trainer living at
Newmarket, Eng., died, 84.

Dec. 22—Jerome I. Case, trotting horse breeder, died
—Racine, Wis.
 

Dec. 22—Col. R. S. Strader, prominent breeder and
vice president of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breed¬
ers' Association, died from pneumonia—Lexington, Ky,

Dec. 27—J. B. Pryor, veteran trainer of running
horses, died—Holmdel, N. J.

Dec. 27—Col. W. H. Churchill, prominent turfman,
died, 70—Louisville, Ky.

1893.

Jan. 2—Winter race meeting commenced at New Or¬
leans, La.

Jan, 19—Lucy, retired pacing mare, died, 22—Palo
Alto, Cal.

Jan. 22—Hume Webster, breeder of race horses, com¬
mitted suicide by shooting—Marden Park, Eng.

Jan. 27—Harry Waldron, veteran jockey, died from
paralysis—Red Bank, N. J.

Jan. 31—T. Reidy, trainer, died—Mounthawke, Ireland.

Jan,-----Jockey   "Spider" Anderson acquitted of the

charge of having murdered Wm. Robinson—Camden,

Jan.-----Brood mare Toucques, by Monarque-Tocque,

died—Nursery Stud Farm, Kentucky.

Feb. 5—Gen. James F. Robinson, veteran turfman,
died, 60—Lexipgton, Ky.

Feb. 8—Linda Wilkes, trotting mare by Guy Wilkes
out of Atalanta, died, 6—Cynthiana, Ky.

Feb. 8—James K. NcAvbro, trainer and driver of trot¬
ters, died—near Trenton, N. J.

Feb. 10—Annual congress of the National Trotting
Association held—N. Y. City.

Feb. 17—Capt, Wm. H. Conner, turfman, died—St.
Louis, Mo.

Feb. 18—David Dunham Withers, America's leading
turfman, died-N. Y. City.

March 13—William Mason, vice president of the New
England T. H. B. A., died—Taunton, Mass.

March 18—George Haner, horseman and breeder, died
from injuries received In an accident—Troy, N. Y.

March 23—Dick Edwards, aged trotter, died at the
Eclipse Stockfarm—Roslyn, L. I.

March 23—Lincolnshire Handicap won by Clarence,
Acrobat 2, Link Boy 3—Lincoln, Eng.

March 25—Grand National Steeplechase won by Father
O'Flynn, Cloister 2, Ilex 3—Liverpool, Eng.

April 5—Joseph Madden, bookmaker, seriously injured
in a railroad accident—Gloucester, N. J.

April 6—City and Suburban Handicap won by Buc¬
caneer, Trapezoid 2, Catarlna 3—Epsom, Eng.

April 9—Captain Middleton, gentleman rider, killed
by his horse faUing and crushing him—Klneton. Eng.

April 13—Leon Lamothe, pool seller and sporting man,
died—New Orleans, La.

April 21—Frank McLaughlin, jockey and sporting man,
died—Flatbush, L. I.

April 23—William Finnegan, well known in turf cir¬
cles, died—Baltimore, Md.

AprU 25—Washington Jockey Spring meeting com¬
menced—Bennings, D. C.

April 30-May 10—Spring meeting at West Side Park,
Nashville, Tenn.

April 60-May 10—Kentucky Racing Association Spring
meeting—Lexington.

April SO-June 24—St. Louis Agricultural and Mechan¬
ical Fair Society Spring meeting—St. Louis, Mo.

May 4—Two Thousand Guineas Avon by Bonavista, St.
Angelo 2, Curio 3—Newmarket, Eng.

May 6—One Thousand Guineas avou by La Fleche, The
Smaw 3, Adoration 3—Newmarket, Eng.

May 5—Application of C. H. Nelson for the removal
from himself and horse Nelson of the verdict of expul¬
sion denied by the American Trotting Association—Chi¬
cago, 111.

May 11—Chester Cup won by Dare Devil, Silver Spur 2,
Tableau Vivant 3—Chester, Eng.

May 13—Royal Tavo Year Old Plate, $10,000, won by Mil¬
ford, Minting Queen 2, Royal Harry 3—Kempton Park.

May 14—Kempton Park Great Jubilee Stakes won by
Euclid, High Commissioner 2, Martagon 3—Kempton
Park, Eng.

May 14—Initial open air show of the United States
Horse and Cattle ShoAV closed—Mahattan Field, N. Y.

May 16-28—Brooklyn Jockey Club Spring meeting;
Brooklyn Handicap, 1% miles, Avon by Judge Morrow,
Pessara 2, Russell 3, 2:08^; Brookdale Handicap, 1)4
miles. Major Domo, 1:54; St James Hotel Stakes, 1>^
mile.s, Longstreet, 2:12; Parkway Handicap, 1.1 16 miles.
Major Domo, 1:47; Brooklyn Cup, 13^ mUes, Longstreet,
3:00; Great American Stakes, 5fur., Sir Walter, 1:01M;
Fort Hamilton Handicap, 1^ miles, St. Florian,-1:54%
—Gravesend, L. I.

May 17—Rarus, trotting stallion, died of old age—
Tarrytown, N. Y.

May 19—Young Hall, an English jockey, trampled to
death during a race at Buda-Pesth.

May 21-June 24—Latonla Jockey Club meeting—La¬
tonla, Ky.

May 21-June 24—Race meeting at Garfield Park, Chi¬
cago, 111.

May 25—Belle Hamlin and Globe, going against time,
trotted a mile in 2:13J^—Belmont Park, Philadelphia, Pa.

May 29—Prix du Jockey Club won by Chene Royal, Fra
Angelica 2, Blcentalre 3—ChantiUy, France.

May SO-June 17—New York Jockey Club Spring meet-