The New York herald., 1873-11-23
TROTTsNG MATTERS IN THE NORTH.
WEST...sEAsOS or 1873.

ting contests, or rather, tue rev, Which nave sig.
nazed themselves 'in our country" In the season
OF 1873 First among the trotters, In my estlma-
ton, is J. q. Brown, formerly Henry Todd. Brought
from Tennessee In the carly summer, he made his
bow TO the public Tor the first time at Cambridge,
Ind, trotting In three minute and three thirty
races 'ciosc to thirty At Jackson. Mich, he re-
duced his record below the charmed two and
half minutes, and previous 10 the Chicago races he
showed trial In 2:22a4. This trial attracted pur-
chasers and transferred the ownership from Ten
ncsse TO Pennsylvania but the agent OF the pur-
chaser prostituted the powers OF the gallant ami
NAL, aud he was forced to take rear POSITION
when Sensation beat American Girl a Dexter Park.
"Pulledr to the outside OF the track, restrained"
until at the hal-milc pole he would be distance
behind In spite OF his tricky driver he would rush
from there home, still keeping the extreme verge
OF the turn, In one minute and niue seconds. His
subsequent history is we'll known Lamed,
dlsplrited and utterly dishcartencd, his brave
heart succumbed. the shattered nerves re-
fused to act on the tiring muscles. and defeat
"marked HIM for his Own.n Late In the season his
owner obtained possession OF him, and lot us hope
that under different management he Will make the
mark the page Of 1874 he shonld have done in his
first campaign. II IS Claimed he is By Exchange.
brother or the renowned Planet, was bred and
reared In Southern Kentucky, mis- dam saddle
marc.
Badger Girl la announcer Drlgnb CONSERVATION IN
the western galaxy. Large and very finely formed.
she Is model OF the good looking roadster, with
temper corresponding to her goo1 looks. Only
seven years old. the second year OF her training
she surprised those who we're most enthusiastic III
their expectations. Trotting In 2:95S 2:26k,
2:2ok. many matches made the first heat 2:24t
alter being in "pocket'' all the way round the
first turn, placing all the heats so close together
with evidently some ething to spare, that | dii not
wonder to hear her owner make prOphesies and
venture predictions which time would be likely to
verify.
dence that she, too was a trotter. She started
behind all the others, having been placed ninth IN
he neat ana nsd neaa % was y on Badge
called Flying Cloud. claimed to be OF Vermont
Black Hawk blood, her dam of the clay strain
Lady Mac is by a thoroughbred horse Re lbrd.
Dainty Molly Morris-Quecn Mab's troter-elfn
in proportions iairy-like in grace, swift as the
man. The standard shows her to be scarcely out
OF the ranks OF ponydom, yet every inch horse.
Mare. sulky and harness only BALANCES $50 pounds
on the Fairbanks and yet in the face OF
driving snowstorh and on slippery track
che rushcs to the 'front.' in the second heat of the
manifold disadvantages it was great performance,
wonderful exhibition. Outside oil two horses,
when it is remembered that every additional loot
in such circumstances is equivalent TO six feet OF
straight ahead work. several seconds must have
been lost in the compelled circunToa uatfon.
Her competitor for the heat was running irant
cally under the whip from the distance stand, but
and catgut she irotted that last hundred yards
faster than he could run and crossed the score
head IN front OF HIM. She Is by seven eights ed
horse, which was owned and run in Canada;
between her and Red Cloud was re.
to an acquired gait. Three heats blanket
would have covered them nearly the whole Of the
m ana M he 1ne Of Hs nd f
was not q yard OF the way his driver could cease
urging hun with whip and voice and rein, Only
one break was made In the three heats. and the
dgures on the blackboard wcre:-2::j-2:26-
The 2:a51S made by Bodne during the deugc OF
the July meeting was extraordinary. some idea
of the falling water may be gathered from the fact
that the driver after this heat ended, weighed
seven pounds more than when lie took his seat In
the sulky-his clothes and the thick blanket he sat
upon retaining enough OF the aqueous mud to
which we are told could run glibly over heavy
dew--would have been enabled to make race time
would not have been q bad course for regatta.
Clcmentinc, without deignlng TO show the stnf
Gated her stellar claims at Cleveland, Buffalo,
Springfield and Utica. Her home performances
will not bear scrutiny, and she was the cause OF
hard and bitter feelings. This could not be said OF
Bashaw, Jr. "Stoye to pieces" years ago, hardly
leg to stand upon he was not far behind Gloster
when Goldsmith Maid made 2:201s. The tall, high
bred looking dcnizen OF Blooming Grove was only
o half second in the rear OF his famous cousin,
with the old chestnut less than two seconds in his
wake. Were it not that this article Is alone In
tended for Western horses and Western matters l
would be tempted to add page about This promis
his predecessors In many respects and bounded to
high rank In very short time The last tros az
interest. NourmaGal beat Lady Mac not t more
than three lengths. five miles out in 1889, every
spectator remarking that the track was woise
than they had seen IL during the whole season,
the DAY cold and law, and the preceding 10 days
the weather had been such as to preclude work,
restricting the trainers to exercise their horses
very moderately. Both drivers appeared to be
afraid OF the want OF condition. ana were IN no
hurry for the first two circuits. Under these dis
n 1yo tai a IN n
OF 130St cannot be beaten by one or both or these
mares, OF n more suspicious season, on fast
time, believe, has only been shortened by Norris
sey and Fillmore, the former having been subse.
have not the record OF the respective miles
but the last was made in 2:3s. and 1t did not ap-
pear as though Nourmahal was extended to her
full speed; and. at the close, she did not show
fatigue In any manner.
The action Of the next convocation OF the mem.
ton OF the interests oil the American Trot.iag
Turr'-what horrd title l-willbe looked for with
great anxiety by those in the West who are solic
tous for the welfare OF the national sport. All
agree that something must be done TO counteract
the tendency to avoid record. Either the pen.
or the temptation to do SO done away witn One
suggests horse tfotting the year through ON his
eligibility at the commencement OF tnat year an
shah be amenable toa time penalty; aud stil an
other, that all the main places OF sport close their
very influential and strong party-strong in
numbers and standlng-urgc the aboshment OF
pool selling on the tracks belonging to the National
Association Tney claim this 10 be the objection
able feature, and the abrogation of which would
do much towards freeing the tracks from tue stig-
ma which will assuredy result in breaking up the
sport.
"Buchusm" Is at the bottom of the whole
trouble. Men look with cquanlmty on the steal
ings OF horse owners and drivers when they have
had examples in such high places as the two
houses OF Congress, the railroads, the banks, t.
say nothing OF the municipal rings creating large
taxes In order that there may be large pools 10
divide.
The National Association must promulgate an
edict that its subects-viz., managers OF tracks
and knights OF the whip and snaiile-must rise
superior to those Buchu bankers Buchu railway
presidents and directors, and under no circurD
stances will they be permitted to lower themselves
TO the level OF Buchu Senators, Buchu congress
men, and still enjoy the countenance and protec-
t0n OF the association
Whitewas hing committees must be discarded
Resolutions emb0dying mild censure will not 40
Another standard must measure the disciples, and
divergence theretrom insure perpetual ostractsn
Buchu managers, Buchu owners, Buchu drivers