, 1877-02-18

nollceable tha. Charter-Oak Park, at Hartford
= always excepted from the general anathena
Owners. drivers, betting men, and the geier:,
pubic have Tor years united fl according tn
Hartford tracS q need OF praise, 1t having al
ways been conducted on the ancient mud sadly
hegIeeted maxim relative to honesty being tls
pest po,icy. As the crookcd work OF the llnep
robbers roosts from Cleveland to Springfield
mas oeen SO often shown up by The TRrnuSs E
T 1t Is not necessary to refer to it in this con
hectlon' except as Illustrating how N
honese concern suffers by association with
= lot of scaly ones. Tho people Of Hartfun1
hare endeavored to give trott:nss meetings. con
Quoted ION the square" from start to finish.
out they joined hands with the gang CONTROLLED
BY Buffalo aud Cleveland, and the result las
been disastrous,
The stockholders held their annual meetfno
LAST Tuesday, and were met by the discouragtns
| Tact that the Association was in bad way imam
cially. The Treasurer's report was paainfuIIy
briet, and dealt largely in glittering gencrali-
ties, striking hard pan but once, when the re-
cclnts ot the year were stated to be $62. 752 2s
md the expenditures the same. The fast that
| the Association is laboriny under q debt OF
S52, 50 was skipped over very lightly, but
from other sources it is learned that $4,000 OF
ms liability is secured by mortgage On
der being floating debt. From these 6g-
urcs it will be seen that Charter Oak
fark is In a bad way, and as those Interested il
its management are nn doubt painfully aware
Of this fact. the best thing they can do is to az
knowledge what is apparent to every one: that
the septilateral Is n iaiurc except so fur as the
hrst four associations in the line ere concerned,
and Withdraw from an alliance that can only re-
suit d1sastrously.
bY tue time the trottcrs reached Poughkeepsie
ou their march to tho Atlantic the contests in
the different classes were narrowed down to
comparatively few horses; that the public,
showing this, and being further aware that the
uriVers q these horses would arrange tue races
to suit their Interests and those OF the pool
boz. refused to attend, and the meetings at Hart
lord and Springfield were only saved from total
failure by 'sthe free-for-all day. when the
Maid, Smuggler, md Fullerton came together
The plan to remedy the evil latciy put forward
ny some who are Interested in the tracks ut the
Eastern end OF the Septilateral is good one.
1t consists simply in Il new system of closing
the entries, providing that the light tracks,
beginning at Cleveland and ending at Fleet
sive weeks, but that the eutrics be broken
every two weeks. That is, let those for Cleye-
land and Buffalo close one week before the
cleveland meeting, those for Rochester and
Utica one week before the Rochester meeting,
those Tor Poughkeepsie aud Hartford OH: week
before the Poughkeepsie meeting, ETC.; records
obtained by horses to take effect at once, put
ting them In faster classes at subsequent
meetings. The advantages OF this plan
will be appreciated BY all. The old
mcctinos c1ose at tha s,,a .;1 ~. tne seseo
less as n was uninst f. tnot- :, s,,on fa"t,.r.
to nav entrarcciees a1i thc srar thr.,,,-1, .ni
tie money was called for IN advance. Then il
a horse went lame, or at an early meeting proved
cnnl1 either norlet Ill 1nss mi ~ E,r."
:. jump Ills liabilities and be cxpelled from ali
National Association tracks. The working of
the present system Of entries as enforced by the
"a niaes ~ Tas oeautLy nlustrated IN tnc
'o c'ass iast year. IN which aooutnttcen horses
sprague, Maunbrino KITE, aud Irene and
some member OF this trio captured the the
purse at every point, the others taking second
boreas tro,tei ,ncal.,v IN +h raa ~ .;nI .ns
ishnrs;nr nrofan;,s. a+ nror,, ~. IS
sulky wheels, and wishing that the earth might |
open and swallow the three leaders.
Under the proposed system, which has been !
stewards of the Srnt;Ieser,l s',..h ona,y,iIa,
affairs will be oi,riated- II n horse in fbc 30
.ac1. Mt CLEVELAND trnts a haot ~ s.ot ~
Rochester it viii be mt where It he,nnrs IN tha
2:1l class. It viii Tins hc fmnosS;h1c for :,
lorse to have o. waJS.awaT at e mnre than ~ tua =
ami Mt the same time r. r,1i nls,a +ha
aorses afflicted with t.thr s1ows !, in nosit;on
Where they viii have chance IN win p'-S~'AA
s.uoRsEMAS rALKs BAcK
CHICAGO, Feb, I7.-MY communication in |
Tue TRIBUNE two weeks AGO relative tu the n4o- |
,osel joint session Of the Board Of AppeaIs for
lie Atlantic District and the Stewards of tho
;eotilateraj tracks evidently touches n tender
not In the hide or conscience of the editor If
the Spirit Of The Times aud in the last issue of
hat papcr he respouds with the following th..
Ealics being nv own:
A CORRESPONDENT Of Tur cu,c.eo r,,vrr
lakes some comments on the call for y mretino ~
he Board Of Stewards Of the Grand Circuit. to be
cid in this city next week. and seems to be much
gsftesed because it fs simultaneous with meet
y OF tae boafu OF Appeals 1or the Atlantic Dig
;n, nt" IL tsa Haas1 slsei trouble appears 70 pc
I've ,S notbIuv 10 do AppGh1s w;th ,naE;na saon,a
:ranrements far races and also fesr that an,,aa
nncrs will be eaten on tue occasion. The simnie
let Is that some OF tue Stewards are also members
the Board of Appeals, ana simultaneous meet ,
g Of the two bodies relieves them from making
W 70 ]ourneys: ~. Gush, who makes The call; is
9. oed;a ~ tae noatu o. npPes. lafa,es
nne,s vro rrasune ne ysnt;ora o,n, ~ ~. tas
~ inard of Stewards viii car rhnr thev ga ~
" for il. or else charge The EXPENSE to their re
,ectiye tracks, which Is their exclusive business.
Barring q little bad grammar and general :
unsincss OF construction. tie ab0ye serves the
,r,,.o ri +hnsc ,rh f.oinna ,,-;t h ~ r;o,I..,,
r. subject verv we'll fChe mar WIN ,rrore r. '
= do,ht i,n,u;nca that he wos d;s :
,sinp Of the grui1,l,Iing Westerners md thp;r
very effectively. But in moment Of =
spreu truthiulness he says The duties of the