, 1873-08-31
Interesting "reminiscences Of the
Bonner Vanderbilt Horse
Rivalry.
Match at Cricket Between the st. Louis
and Chicago EIevcns.
The Coming Billiard Matoh."News
Concerning the Game
at Large.
Other Sporting Notes Of Local
md General Interest.


THE TURF.
AN EXCEEDINGLY sENs1D1n AND TIMELY LETTER.
10 tho Editor 81 7ae Chicago tribune:
S1s; unying aoen tho announcement In the
columns Of your Tery nblo journal OF second
proposeil moeting, to tako place at Do1ter Park
in October, mny I, as q comparative stranger,
but old loyor Of tho noble sport Of horso-raong,
venture to point ont q fow minor dofocte aT'-
asrent at your last gathoringt and which, IN my
opinion, tond to mar tho attractiVonoBs OF the
sport. In alluding to eome notable draWbacke,
trust may not DO misconstrt1od. DO not 10
30 in any spirit Of adverse criticls1n but solely
that attention being directed to these mattora,
md corrective applied, your next meeting
may provo, wllat sincerely wish to SEQ 1t, an
unparalleled succoss. Should my fow obsorva-
tions bo deemed unca1led for or intrusive will
claim, aa On old wearer Of tho silk, tho In
du1genco OF your sporting friends.
I had boon witness Of somo Of the contests
ut your July mooting, and most favorably I'M
pressed with tho trotting powers Of tho COM
poting horses. But my pleasure, as well, nm
suro, Us tho intorcst and pleasure Of most "out~
eidors,' was sadly marred by tho almost COM
plete7impossibility Of distinguishing the various
horses aB thoy swept round tho track. a striped
cap is Ill worry vol in its way, but should DO sup
pomontcd by iackot, go that ono could follow
tho changing positions Of tho competitions ut d
ganco, aa well aa enablo oyery one to form cor
rect ilea Of the exact placo occupied by his
fayotite during tho race. I would also add That
we are accustomed to regard racing gatherings
as ray and feBtiye scenes, where tie principal
actors should be proporlycostumed and thereby,
if for no other purpose add TO tic brllianoy OF
tho Bpcctaclo. II the owners Of tho running
horgos have not Of tlcmselreB sufficient pride III
their Btabloo aud surroundings to turn out their
Jockeys i'll something like decent style, would
adoptn method forwhich thcrcts nmploprcccdons,
tocompol them to send their boys properly dressed
if they refused compliance With tho rule. 1t iH
simply disgrace1ul to SEQ boys clad in
boots suttablo for q Texan 'bu bullwllacAor,"
md breocl'ca suGgestiye ol being used TOR tow,
for tho racc-coureo. as for tho exercise lads,
you cannot control their masters, and we can
only regret TINT d "sporting owlor" would not
tallo more interest in tho get-4p Of f. Ills boys;
urchina na tboy bostrodo thon, aorry-loohing
chargers, made oue regret the abEonco Of tho
true type of the sportsman who centrea his
prido Mike in his horses. Ills boye,
running horses, my surprise that running racos
wcro not more popular waa ut onco dlspelled.
Thero ia much rooul indeed, for improve
nlent III TINT class, aud whoever establishes =
1ouor~o .ro11 ~ thn snortinr cninnonnity and tho
1Ji nuh1ic Nv I Wom1d hora suucept to tLo manages
14eut TINT, II they intend to include hurdle
raco IN their programme, now 10 tho t!ho 10 10
it, so TINT horses can bo " "schoolcd" N antlci-
pation Of such an oycnt, or TINT oWnorR of such
kouaoa rnav hnyo tmo to rot tlom 1T. would
a1ua o11 ~ ti,c nronrommn and inctufla il oyorv
4u.oa sG M ~ ~, - - "ra for hnranu Il thnt hnro
loitnconE ouo. tnso - fas ,,naon nasn
nevof won IN ploc, " nttea .s aos laeo a1uor
3 min1ltcB, to bo driven ny owners or gentle.
men qualified by tho management, professional
ldrirors excluded" Such q race would
'croato moro interest after tmo than any other.
~ Mouia Ely omhe,s y; gsv0 . gtS"o ,a, "
portuhlty 20 ulsplay theif powers, @uu !naAe s1lo
Of them 1t 80 disposed. 1t would give gentle
mon more lively interest In the sport After o
timo race-mcotings would not bo so dopondont
ou;re tho nrcaonco NJ n faw notnh,a f1vara ia nt-
aat WV tiar;,s Sv;th tro;n;nn ona oy,or,onca
ttact ,E W. ~ [.,, !rt1,
tho gent WILL 10 oblo TO nolu nlg own VIII any
professional. But, III order to do 30, ho must