The New York herald., 1875-01-27
TROTTNG AT THE HIPPODROME.

CLARA G.
The Hippodrome was again filed to overnowing
last night TO witness the trotting contests an.
nounced to come or. There Is no denying the TACT
that this truly American sport Is held in high
favor by all classes, and that when properly con.
Quoted will always be largely patronized.
whether by gaslight in comfortable building
or IN the open air on our req ular tracks. The
great advantage, however, In having trotting
IN the winter evenings under shelter Is that 1t
does not encroach on business hours and that
paterfamilias can take his whole family to see the
sport at trlfing expense. The trOtting at the
Hippodrome has been thus far fully as interesting
as any that can be seen on any Of the regular
tracks OF the country.
saddle races have always been popular with
turimen, and, as there can be none other at the
Hppodrome as the sport goes on jockeys Will I'M
prove IN horsemansnip and we may expect ere
long to have many riders and equally as good as
there We're IN the good old times when trotting
races under the saddle were Toe rule and not tne
execution.
the arst trot last night in which six out of eight
came TO the post, brought 10 mind that took
place on the hunting PARK course, at Philadelphia.
m the summer OF 1881, when eight horses came 10
by George Spicer; Topgallant Nwenty.iour years
Sid), rldoen by Mat EnntocK IN the three first
iector ridden by Peter W6elan; CD cSanceior % Hi rid
den by Frank Duffy; WhaleDone, rldden ov
the tnrd Sy GEORGE woodruff aay Iacxson Uus m
ridden by Jonn Vanderbilt; Moonshne, by James
Iiam,L and Columbus by George Woodruff until
he broke down III the second heat. The race was
tnrec mile heats. 1t was "a beautiful sight 10
these horses struggling Oh through the race, ana
so was the one last night, with the exception that
the riders In the nrst had the richest and most
varied colors and beautiful costumes, whereas
the present occasion. Still there was an
excitement about the race that was refresh
at the HippodrOme they Will become popular
that the proprietOrS OF regular TRACKS throughout
their programmes ior the summer with the add.
ton OF lew unner the saddle; and 1t would be
lor stations exclusively. at three mile heats, as
thlS would prove the stamina OF the horse and
would be gulGe lor breeders.
When tr0ttlng fist took place in this country,
as we said before, the majority OF the races were
unoer he saddle aid at long distances; but then
There We're sucn harry riders as MAI Cnntock,
James iiaml. George WOodruH George Spicer,
Peter and William Whelan. james b. McMann,
Hiram, Isaac aud William Wooarur; Albert ConK-
lin, Harry Jones. Dave Bryant, Warren Peabody,
Otis Dlmick. James Whelplev ana others. who
were ever ready to throw their legs over the
plgskln Tor any, journey taat might turn
men vino taught the horse now to trot last. and 1t
was by their schooling that he has reacneu the
Sixty years ago 1t viii be sale to say there was not
horse IN tue world that cou.d trot mile in
been heard o. and horse was csnsiasrea
world neater until 1880. When Ned Forrest beat
sally Miller on the CenTevlile track In 1884, IN
splcer, the little black gela!ns was con.
sldered the champion tr0tter of the
universe. as nothing Ike that time
had ever been maue before, and many were old.
| fashioned enough TO prOpnesy tnat 1t never would
be beaten. But the trottlng horse was then Just
"a coming" under the tuition OF the hOrseinen
above named, aud the trot:lng action In the horse
taught by tneso trainers has been transmitted
from sire to sol, until 2:20 mas been reacnco By
several and 2:l4 by Goldsmith Maid the past
season.
me horses that came to the post for the first
race were AlonZO Nodines bay geidipg Lyman,
Ben Maces bay sedlng Hunming6ird, Dan Mace's
sorfel mare Mary NJ, Jonu Rogers oav mare
helen, =; H.; sDelden's bay geaing Jim
jim and Hummiugoird were the lavorites, the
Others beng sold field. Hummlngpird
won the hIst heat but Lyman the second and
third aud the race. Jim showed a great deal OF
speed IN the race, but was badly ridden. Hum
Iningoird won second money, Mary ii. the tnird,
and Helen the fourth l1is race was very eXcit-
lug from start TO nnish. The judg es were Messrs.
simmons shaw and Coe. The following Is
Summary
BARNUM's hIPPoDRoME, Jan. 2s-TpoTTING.-
Purse, S225; first horse $l00 the second, 500;
third, $40; fourth $25 one nile and repeat, under
the saddle.
ENTRrEs.
AlonZO Nodine's b. &. Lyman. n.............. 3 l 1
Ben Mace'S b. Y. HumnlngUtrd. /