The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-23
TROTTING.
THE INAUGURAL BREEDERS CENTENNIAL TRor-
TING MEETING-THx LARGEST ENTRIES xvHR
KNOWN IN TRoTTING HIsToRy-sHAIL IT BE-


COME A LEADING ANNUAL EVENT -
The unprecedented number OF entries TO the four
OF this meeting which closed April 10, is I'M
deniable index TO the widespread interest which y has
created among breeders and handlers OF trotns colts
The advantages to be attained by the establishment OF
breeders meeting annual event were so tersely
and forcby set forth by the managers OF the enter
prise the Acquescence or the entire CON-
munlty OF breeders vol chosen programme was
then announced for four races arranged with reference
TO advancing the younger class Of stock usually re-
tanned upon the stud farms, 10 be followed by sup
Elementary programme to complete four days meet
Ing should the FIRST III in manner to warrant Il.
The results OF tho closing Of the TOUR races SO fur as
! then known, published in the HERALD OF last
Sunday, other entries subsequently arrived aug
menting the number aggregate OF 10 in the four
races. This shows that the breeders are
4 not only alive 10 tho OCCASION but that
I tho managers Mcssrs. Kellogg 4 Conley have
succeeded in arranging meeting cninenty acceptable
20 them. We find among tho subscribers 10 these
4 races men that have not heretofore trottcd their
horses public purses, in such numbers to clearly
indicate that field Of patronage to tho roting turf
has been reached This result is mainly due to the
tensve personal acquaintance OF the managers among
breeders and the confidence and esteem that several
years OF intercourse with them has cngendercd. Mr.
| .'Hark Comstock," is well known throughout the
country as able writer and practical solecter Of
breeding stock; while Mr.. John W. Coney having
been identified with the sac OF BIackwood,
Lulu, Rosaiind, May Queen, aud with the turf
career Of other noted trottcrs, Is extensively
known personally and by rcpute capital business
manager matters pertaining 10 the trotiing track
Together therefore, they are admirably qualified for
carrying The work auspciousy begun TO brilliant
and successful issue.
Each race is for purse OF So 500, in four parts
The Revolution Race for three year olds mile heats,
in harness. received thirty eight entrees embracing
two or three that showed public form OF superior
order last season. noticeably odd Fellow, by vndex,
with a two-yca old record of straight heats In 244,
2:49il One OF the entries Is from California
and another from Maine while almost every
Intermediate grazing State furnishes others either
to tins the remaining races Tho srcs most
prominently represented in the Revolution Race
Backwood (of the line OF Alexander's Norman sire OF
Lulu and May Queen) the stallion Chief, OF Mr.. II.
Durkces Spring Hill stock farm, Flushing, L. L.;
Messenger Duroc, the fashionable monarch Of the
stonyford stud, OF which Mr.. Charles Backman OF
Goshen, N. Y, is proprietor; Happy Medium. tho
Of Rysdyk's Hambletonan and Princess, the whilom
competitor OF Flora Temple IN days OF yore, owned by
Mr. Robert Steel. Of Philadelphia Almont, owned by
General William r. withers, Of Lexington. KY, got by
Alcxandcrs Abdallah, the sire OF Goldsmith Maid and
himself Of the most popular sircs Of tho Blue
Grass region OF his State Rysdyks Hambctonian sends
two OF which is brother TO Bruno, Bru-
nette Young Bruno, Breeze, &c. and Woodord Mann
| brine, owned ut WOODBURY., tho grand estate OF
Mr. A. j. Alexander, Of Kentucky whose annual sales
Of thoroughbred yearlings develop such prices
and whose herd OF shorthorn cattle embraces Of
the highly priced Duchess blood than any other Of
either this country Europe Each OF these sircs
~ represented by than Of his get the num-
bers ranging from two to seven in the Of Hack
wood The lines OF Ethan Allen, Fearnaught and Nam
brine Chief are also represented; while not less than
ten sires that Of Rysdyks Hamblctonlsn have
aspircd send winner into this the prominent
and probably the finest Of all threey trotting
faces organized
The Independence Race for nve-year-ods will be
trotted the day with the Revolution Race,
September g. 1t fills with twenty entries being
the number Of tho four; but TAX en- WHOLE
they are famous lot and the bids fair be one
of the drawing features Of meeting The most
dangerous looking entry in the list is Governor Sprague
by Rhode Island dam by Rysdyk's Hambetonian, con-
sdering that hc showed public trials last year
of the large circuit meetings better than 222an un-
preccdencd mark for four year obi, and which,
although without record caused HIM DO barred
from tho Continental Race for stations that have
beaten I:4u BlnckWood, Dr., IS also In and
report credits him with being in better form than lie
showed public last fall His record old
is $780, but he claims TO have made private mile in
which the last two figures reversed He has had
two years of hard campaigning, however and more
fast than thing OF his ge stood up UNDER
and the effect may be against tho very high expecta-
tions that have been created r him year old
Both he and Sprague are reported be doing liberal
stud duties. Piedmont, by Almont, dam by Mambrno
Chief is also noticeable eniry His record Of o:3l,a
in u third heat las, October marked him good four
ycar-od, and he finished his moving strong and
well The chestnut oily Maud Macy (record 2:3D
by Joe Hooker; the bay marc Alethca lrccord 23l).
by Almont entered by Treacy and Nichols of Iexng-
ton, KY, and tho bay NeIi by Thomas Jefferson
out Of mare BY Rysdyki Hambletonian, that was a
close second to Piedmont he his best record
are the most prominent Or tho female division Giric
by George wilkes extraordinary three year old
but was out OF form last season. Freshman trccord
2:35ia, by Backwood, OF Of an Edwin Forrest marc,
showed great speed as aouryear-od and lett OF i'm
proving The bay stallion Critenden, by stradcr's
Clay, is reported gong fast The remainder of
the lot Of the highest breeding and mostly well
known. We notice among them full sister to Gomez
and bay lilly by Brnol out Of the daughter Of Ethan
Allen and the old PAGER Pocahontas mot tho beautiful
and fast of thaE Tx owned BY Mr. Robert Bonner
but an own sister u herl These two latter
cred BY Mr. ". 7. Balch, OF Boston.
The Continental Race for staIicns that have never
beaten 2:lo will core or on the second day. and
braces thrtyGve ertrcs, including many that have be-
come Of progeny The results OF this
will directly silect great diversity OF interest;
and DE awaited with no ordinary anxiety. Mr.. Edwin
Thornc's Thorncdaic Aberdeen Backman's Idol, Tw-
light, Mr. A. B. Darling's Kentucky Prince, l.. l. Dor
scy's zlcaldi Golddust, Ajax, BY Hambetonians
Banker, by Hmblctonan; Baron Luf, by Happy
Medium, aud Eaeld BY HambIctonan, out Of sister
Widow Macrec ~ American STAR are all well known in
the stud Seeral nve-ycar-old stations have lodged
their age elias, TO cntcr here without apparently bet
tcring their ondition much Distributed between the
heats OF thi will bc the frst series OF trials for
tho Nationa Cup cost 900, for free competition
10 all stations that show satisfactory cause why
they shou be permitted to try, for the best single
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