The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-19
HORSE NOTES.

Several changes have been made IN the state OF
the odds on the withers' and the Belmont stakes
since our last report. The following are the latest
QUOTATIONS.
wIrHERs' srAKEs-Grinstead, to l ltaken(
yaul.ress asen t seaf ETes TO aken
King Amadeus, to Nakenl King Pm, Q to !
(taKen); Macaroon, to takenl Josie B., 10
ton. ! to / taken; Bay Rum, to (taken) {;
battle Axe, ! to i ttaken) Regardless to l,
Uaken) Astral, to (taken) Harry Filter Il to-
BELMONT srAKEs-Maccaroon, 7 to ttaken) !
Grinstead, to taken Brigand, 10 to Naken) !,
Battle Axe, to l (taken): Saxon, to (taken) >
Asteroid colt, out Of sue Washington, to 1
(aKen) Rutherford, to itaken) steel Eyes,
Jerome's colt 20 to taken); Rivoli, II to 1
loffered) Mary Buckley, u TO tonered) Scratch.
is TO offered Botany Bay, 10 to (oheredl |;
King Amadeus, to ofered).
During the late session of the National Trotting
Association in this city the delegates representing
the Cleveland Club, Buffalo Driving Park Associa-
ton, Utica Park Association, and Hampden
Springfield, Mass.) Park Association held COLI
ference at the Hoffman House. After full discus
sion it was agreed to propose to their several as"
socations to form grand combination, ana plan
of operations was drawn up. The Cleveland Clup'
at it's meeting saturday last, ratifed the actlon
of the conference in this city. The principal points
of the plan arranged are that the entrles ior I'll
four eetngs OF the above grand quadrllateral are
to close simultaneously on the 21st Of July, at nine
p. NJ. ana the races will take place during four
consecutive weeks, beginning at Cleveland and
continuing at Buffalo, Utica and Springfield, in the
order named-the races at Cleveland to be on the
last four DAYS of July. The associations OF this
combination offer total of $145 900 In premiums, as
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1886, 900; Buffalo. 100000 Utica.
x3O 600 and Springfield $4,000. Board OF stew.
ards Consisting or John Tod. OF the Cleveland
club: u. A. Buck, OF the Buffalo club; Erastns y.
Wright OF the UTICA Association, ana l.. >. row
ers o the Spr ngdeid Association, nave Oeen app
pointed to arrange one programme LOT al iou e,,
meetings and other details. These meetings VIII
be exclusively Tor trOttlng horses excepb WIG
one at cleveland, at which there Will be three IHn-
ming races. There Will be no pacing al eithe1
meeting. ..ux..u,o
There is some talk about Occident, the California
trotting horse. coming east "t0 make a scaIIina
tour, with Goldsmith Maid. In case the owners
Y OF these trotters conclude such an arraneemU
1t Is said that each OF the four ASSOCIATIONS oo
prisng the "grand combination" Will oneI nD v,ra
as an inducement for them TO trot' am Meet
premiums viii be given to bring Out r snv. Tan
speed. This mode OF doing business III f'o'" ~
ple's time was called hippodromlng, -. ,,o. Oh.
IL must have been very snoI MI. ~, Tic"pGa
stallion Joe Brown trotted on tue ac1 ~ no1
roga en- Monday last Time 2:27-2Is<C-L,;.LIl.
The race horse Tnad. stevens, .hs S "n =, MA 10
! favorite while being exercised on the roAo iast
! week slipped and ieli sknning MS knees IN inc
jaI H. rs Thought that nothing serious WIZ resu.
| from the accident, and that ne VIII DO a" ''1be
| again Ia o short time,