The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-12
The Turf.


MIGRATING atmosphere have seemingly awakened to nsw
life the slumberng taste for outdoor recreation and tho
roads and have resumed their gay and cheerful
appearance. The weather is truly dslghtful and
Should it continue pleasant for few days longer tho
springing grass and opening buds will give additional
beauty to the landscape The race tracks In capital
condition, the frost having gone of the ground gradually
and trainers busy fom morn till night preparing
their horses for their various engagements during tho
Thursday the ADVENT OF the trotting sea-
son, the occasion being q match between Mr.. House.
mans g. 6. and p Pffer's b. g., mile heats to skeeson
wagons over the Union Course. Housenan's gray won
easily, In 258-306 Another match advertised be-
tween the horses Of c. Brooks and VIM Shute but they
failed to appear.
The Centrevire Course has advertised great num-
Der OF stakes, which will no doubt fu tonight, and
together with the matches already made viz Lantern
and Buzz Rocket and Brown Dick, Jake Oakley and Te-
cumseh, Katy Woodruff and the Dow horse will make
a season Of trotting far ahead Of any Of the past.
An abortve attempt made in the Legislature dur
ing the winter by ssne individuals to prohibit racs
courses on Long Island. But the intelligence Of that
body entirely opposed to the measure and It adj
journed without doing anything definite the subject
80 tho ss At and the turf WIN re-
now law to protect orr magnificent breed Of horses
which have been raised to their present high standard Of
and which would soon dsterorate if forced to contend
with adverse inAuenees while at the same time the 90.
solute money lost to breecers would be most SERIOUS
matter indeed.
from the New York Spirit of the Times, April 1911
NEW JOCKEY CLUB IN NEW YORK.-The sportlng
world not lees than breeders and turfmen generally,
viii be gratiied to hear that . club, under the
name and style Of The New York Fashion Association,
for the Improvement Of the Breed of Horses been
tis basis The sssoca ton have taken the new course
At Nswtewn, Long Island-so widely known as the Ma
expensive Is it ore of the best Appointed in this
country In our advertising columns will bs found q
detailed programme Of the ensuing spring meeting,
purses are liberal, and the conditions Of the different
races unusually attrast much So indeed, that we
Kentucky % well as from Virginia and Maryland.
Inc r.ani0n .su,ss e already amply provided WITH
asonna .0r s.alang the :se training
whole establishment has been got up on the e1andest
scale regard Of expense ana Is second to none in
re anicn. Aaenion Is particularly invited to the
In adascn to the stokes and purses advertised It
prVssed by the friends Of Berry Little FIes, One
Eyed joe and Others run single dash Of four miles
during the meeting carrying 100 lbs. to ITO lbs each,
a. may be mutually agreed upon. Such race would BE-
v attractive both TO spectators and Hpecuators any
everlasting fortune in abou, seven minutes and - half III
spring over the Union Course viii doubtless ). run for
over the Fashion BY consent Of the parties It il
sats .scn closed s on the M and was
jersey, Pennry'vania or Canada subscription $500,
500 forfeit mile heatsthe propri.tors Of the eourss
to aed one subscription to the stake if two start
The following nominations we're made -
VIM. ~ Gardner names ch. f. Ida, by Clarion, dam by
Eclipse.
VIM: a. Gibbons names ch. .. by Tally no. out Of An
drewetta, by Andrew.
Morris names br. Etiquette, by Mariner, out OF
Fashion, by imp. Trustee.
Robt. X. Morris names br. NarfAret Norris by imp.
Glencoe, dam BY Medcc out Of the grandam Of Mary
Morris.
W J. Shaw names flor Alfred Seton) ch f. Eta Sv
imp. Trustee, out OF imp. Gloriana.
sTAKE FOR TRorr1SG srALIIoNs.-A wen known breeder
OF this State anxious that the proprietor Of OF
our Long Island courses should open stake for trotng
stations, to come Of the ensuing autumn The amount
OF the purse might depend mainly the number Of SUBJ
scrbers the amount OF subscription to the stake to BE-
moderate, soy 5000 each II the parties Interested
would put their hescs together" we doubt not q
sweepstake Of unusual interest could be readily made up
There are plenty of available candidAtesn William
Tell Ethan Allen, Hiram Drew Jupiter, Pescara Young
Ancrew Jackson, and half a dozen other good ONES
PEDEsTRANIsh.-A foot Of two hundred yards for
$500, came off on Thursday afternoon over the Union
Course, L. l., between Joshua Van Name, Of Staten.
Island and sewell Dodge of this city The betting
very extensive at even both having hosts Of
friends Van Name won by triae, psuforning the dis.
lance in twenty seonds the fastest time ever made
In this country.