The New York herald., 1869-09-16
HORSE NOTES.


Prospect Park Fair Grounds.
The fall meeting Of the Prospect Park Fair Grounds
Association commences to-day, to be continued on
Thursday and finished on Saturday next To-day
there Will be two trots the first by horses that
never beaten three minutes In public races, the
purse being 81, 1,OO0-s75O to the FIRST $500 to the
secono and $40 to the third horse. The race WIN
be mile heats, best three in five, In harness. For
this race there are eleven entries and although
Of the horses have beaten three minutes we would
not be surprised to see time made wel down in the
thirties The second trot will be for q purse Of
$4,000 for horses that have never beaten 2:25$ 400
to the rs $500 to the second and 5000 to the third
horse-mile heats. best three In five. In harness.
American Boy formerly Henry) W. B. White
man formerly Billy BARR and Gray Mack
are the contestants. Gray Mack and Billy
Barr can both tr0t IN 2:25, and 1t is sup
posed that American Boy can do much better,
at least he should Judging rom his previous record
and the price paid for him. After his 2:2s,4 in
third heat at Buffalo his present owner bought him
for $40 OOO and he must be much faster than either
race. or else ne il . very dear bargain. However,
ne Will have chance TO show his best gait to-day.
for Mock and Billy Barr Will keep him moving
briskly.
ON the second day OF tho meeting, Thursday,
there will be two purses trOtted Tor OF l500 each.
oS oSr srss snepSd al M team The meeting will cose on
Saturday next with trOt by horses that have never
beaten 2:40, and grand event between Lady Thorn.
George Palmer. Mountain Boy and Rhode Island.
The latter trOt Is for $4,000 mile heats best three in
five, In harness. The trottlng eacn day Will COM
mence at three O'Clock p. M and the heats in each
race will be alternately we suppose.
In the entries In the ABOVE races that some
OF the horses are entered without names or rather
that they are entered under the cOgn0men or "n0
name" In the present programme there are no
less than five OF Lhls character. There seems to be
no valid reason why tho names of these horses
should be withheld from the pubic, neither do we
why associations should tolerate the practice OF
allowing them 10 enter they universally do, win
out name. To say the least OF IT, 1t lends TO con-
| fusion, and may possibly lead to something worse.
No record OF the horse can DC Kept unless ms name
! be known, neither can fraud De guarded against,
should such at any time be intended. AS the entries
for the Narraganset Park have not yet been filed,
we hope the directors OF those grounds wi take TINS
subject into consideration, and not allow any horse
to be entered for any OF their purses whose name
| and previous performances are not fully known TO
the managers. Gentlemen who own last trotting
horses anu demur to seeing their names and the
of their horses IN print had better decline the
sport altogether and allow others less fastdi0us to
take their places
| notorious individual from Watert0wn drove .
horse in one OF the races, In which he was the Ia
yorlte and backed heavily by the Philadephians
The horse pulled In the race and did not win, u
the infinite disgust and pecunary loss OF those who
| laid their money on him. They vowed revenge OF
the fellow. but he escaped during the night taxing
his horse with him. Some Of the losing party, how
ever, were not 80 indignant that the horse sh0ult
have been pulled but tnat they were not apprsed o
fact that he was 70 90 pulled before 1se the rae
| have been parttcipators In the sp0ils: They wer
! particularly disgusted that when he knew he wa
gong to 'chuck IT, he did not tell .Muie'' before
| hand. Had the Point Breeze people acted as th
| Narraganset Park Association had done, aud rule
| the WatertowD scamp or their track forever
and e So aa ayo sayed sS ei
In oar own city, too ~