, 1877-03-11
The Disappointments of a
Noted Driver.
Charlie Green's Failure to Cap
ture ALI the Purses. -
Condemnation of Co!t-Racing---
Long-Distance Races.
List Of Players in Clubs Out
side the League. .
Notes Of Preparation from
the Chicagos.
Facts, News, and Gossip from
indianapolis.
Personal and General Items for
AL Classes.
Notes Of Preparation from
the Chicagos.
Facts, News, and Gossip from
Indianapolis.
Personal and General Items for
All Classes.

Green. Unlike the two first named, he has not
been at the business lifetime, and reached his
present position By long years Of tol, but came
to the front in somewhat meteoric aud daz-
zling manner. 4 few years ago, when Doblo
and Mace were known from one end OF the 1auo
to the other, Green was involved in an OBJ
scurity, from which he suddenly emerged, and
IN few short seasons achieved a SUCCESS that
made him not only the rival, but the peer Of
the others.
Dan Mace properly belongs to the generation
which produced Hiram Woodruff and the pres
tige Of this TACT, together with his well-known
skill, has kept him to the front through series
OF years that have witnessed the rise and down
fall Of many another man who started with The
brightest prospects. Doble's fortune was made
when Hiram Woodruff, in surrendcFing to his
new owners, aicssrs. Fawcctt & Trusse1l, Of
Chicago, the king Of trotters, Dexter, recon-
1nended then, to secure young Budd as driver.
Both Doble and Mace are bred to drive, their
fatbers having been in the business, and even
now the elder Doblc has few equals in the care
aud management Of a trotter. Charlie
Grecn, who fR the son OF deceased
Congregational minister, pushed himself into
prominence by subduing the hot blood and
Tightly brain OF the Golddust and Norman
horses, and By developing such good ones is
Fleety and Lucille GoldL1st, Lula, and May
Queen, showing that in some Of the essentials Of
tirst-elass driver he WAS not to be cxcelled-
His Straightforward manner and quiet deDort-
ment gained him the good will OF the puplic,
and with the horses Of Joseph Harker, wealthy
New York stock-broRer and prorege OF Comm0-
Lorc Vanderbilt, as nucleus. hc was soon able
to gather about him string ol trotter5 lnler1or
f.,r hn
The contest in 1879 through the Eastern cir
cult between his stable and that OF Doolc
WAS fierce one, hut Budd had
little Il tne ssas ss Of t. ast 5 SECURE G5e'a
galaxy ol flyers that should sweep the Septilat~
eral purses from Cleveland to Springfield,
shatte- the pool-box at every point, aild causc
tie balance If tue horscMen to sat down On
tEeir hind legs and howl. In order to accom-
1,lish this result, the country was thoroughly
llus.el. aud al array of troi;lng talcnt gotten
to!.e1hrr that on paper, was invlncble. 1hcn
The projectors Of the enterprise took the pro
III every race but one. Most people would have
been satisfied with half the amountcf the
purses. but the Grccn-Harker combination
wanted it ALL First on the list was Lula, with
d record Of 2:l5, and the honor OF having beaten
Goldsmith Maid, and trottea ths fastest three
consecutive heats on record, at Rochester, the
wear previous. 1t was her business to
capture the purse for d special trial OF
speed, ip which It WIS ~ supposed !, t'. tue
lo.ked upon rs so,t thing for Lucille Gold-
dust, but, to nake it still easier, Lula was also
entered for this race, SO that i one horse WAS
out Of form the other could hll the gap. May
Queen, Lula's ilalf-sistcr, had sustained the
honor Of the family very creditabiy in 1870, aud
to her was assigned the task Of showing the
way to the wire in the 2:30 class Iae s:22
purse was a tut one, and Prospero, very
s,,cedy horse and laIt-brother to Judge Fuller
ra1nF ,fn1f IN