, 1873-03-15
Something About the Proposed July
Meeting at Dexter Park!
The Determination to Make
Chicago q Grand Racing
Centre.
American Girl md Jim Irving
nIatchod~--Eastorn Pros
poets.

racos at Do1tor Park has begun early this soaaon,
tho first four daye Of, July having boon already.
o1aimod aud secured for summer mooting, whom
pursos amounting to $4,000 or $4,000 will DO
offered. 30 much fB already determined upon,
and within tho noxt fow days the programme in
detail will bo published. prorniumB both for
trotting aud running horses will bo given, and
tho prospect is oxoellont for successful moot
Ing. Tho popular tnHto for tho two
c1asaes Of racing can be gratiaed at
Dexter Park to nm extent not possible ::
On any othor 1rst-claBs rnce-courpo
in America, as thore nro two separate tracks,
ono Of tho hard, smooth srrfaoe essential to fast
trotting, and tho other Of the softer and moro
o1asic quality, 90 vitality requisite for running.
Tho trottlng track is full mle In 1ongth, and ia
one Of the best shaped. mud finished courses In
| America. Heretofore 1t has not boon regarded
as "fast" by horao-owuera, but 1t has been
steadily improved during tho past thrae years.
md viii aoon be eccond to mono In this regard.
The running track is sevon furlongs from eond
to oend," aB Uncle John Harpor would say, and
ranka among the very best. It Horves valuable
purpose during tho training season,
and is altogether used by both
,trotting and running tratnorB to "work tho
loraea under their charge. Tho eatabling and
al,ed accommodations ut narter Park arc. hardly
surpassed In. America, in point OF extent and
| convenience. In the mattor Of easy accoss to
tho Chicago people, 1t Is peculiarly blessed, ns 1t
tors ohieago, besidea tho ata:e atreet cars, 80
TINT the transportation facilities are practically
| unlimited.
Dexter Park has not boon leased for a term Of
years, as has beon stated, bnt will, for tho pur-
poaca Of the racing -aoaao Of 1873, pass into tho
| management Of club or association Of gontfo-
men intereeted In turf mattera, who will 6oyora-
" contribute money toward making up tho
u1l
Facing and large sttoadanee to mako good tho
sgeasbillty q fiji yserq o51gsnizeteo + Isnay q;
ths tss It, bcf M Ws ssn TqHasr Is tho
while the most approved plum Of a1rangomentss
Manager,, Of Mr. J.. q. Simpson, than whom q
director % @ q tho details Of racing Affairs could
not bo found In all tho land Beyond the sum
total Of the purses to DO offered, and the aolec~
tion OF the date, nothing doanito has yet been
Ing. It is confidently expected, however,
that tho amount OF money to DO
contested for viii be- sufficient to bring to Chi
al S fat ,@a {s3 IN the s saa md p3Fhsps
oonBidered quito pzobable that Mcssza. Doble
and Hickok, now IN San Francisco to trot Rosa
turn as to reach Chicago in timo for tho Dexter
Park meeting and it il. not impossible that It
viii DO found m object to enter both Rosa!ind
and Occident for q big purse or two, At al
aaairs-gentleucn Of wealth, responsibility, and
1berality,-and nothing that money and good
management can do to secure racing meeting
Of extraordinary interest will be left undone.
In .caao the July meeting proves to borea-
sonably Ruccessful-if 1t comes somewhere near
paying expenses, as It certainly ought to do---it
is contemplated to get up q fall meeting Of mag.
nif1oent proportions, when pursos to the amount
| of
forod ut race-meeting, will be hung up suoh
scheme Il properly carried @ Out, Would not ray y
Americs, md would result in; contests q speed
, auch as have been rarely Witnessed. Ehere II
1nanifestcd among the tur1ltos Of our city stub
; born determination to make Chicago the grand
waB maado last year, when tho hastily organisea
meetng proved to be omineutly succoaafu1 In al
respects; and from present appearances there
would seem to be no doubt that the season ot
1873 will witness grent progress in this direction
BIG RACE IN rHosPEcrIyE.
Some time ago William Loyoll, owner o1
American Girl, Issued q challenge, offering te
match that caiabratcd trotting marc against any
hoata, best three III five, over tue Fleetwood o.
!. Prospect Park tracks, Tor % 500, $1,000 forfeit
on Or before the 10th OF May. 1873; Goldsmitt
Maid or Lucy to have the preference. Thls bold
and liberal proposition met with no response
from the owners OF the twoma referred to, bu
it waa not destined to go begging for acceptance
Now con1ea William BorRt, the driver and trainer
, | OF tho horse Jim Irving, by authority Tho
owner Of tho horse, Senator James Irving, o.
New York City, and accepts tho challenge with
out condition, offering to trot any race, any dis
tauce, or any track and for any amount OF mon:
| oy that shall : suit Mr. Lowell. -. Jill
t Irving will be. Remembered aa tho hitherto
unknown thoroughbred gelding who made -hit
debut at the Buffalo raceB Inst year, and aston
, ished the world by his wonderful performances
American Girl has wintered splendjdly, and Il
in capital condition for training. The Bamo be
i ing truo Of Jim Irving, tho race should Prov
: to bo ono Of tho most Interesting and NOTABLE
contests recorded.
= EASTERN RACING pRospEoTs.
. An Eastern paper, having consulted the vari
> oua programmes Of running mestings to tall
place at Jerome Park Long Brand. and Sara
: foga, finds that between tho 7th Of June mi
~ the 18th of August there will be twenty-si
, daye'' racing, during which about ninety race
will bo contested. Last year sa8 raco-horse
run At tho groat meetings, two-thirds OF then
. in Now York State, and It is certain there vii
, be even mare thia year