, 1877-02-25
some Excellent Legislation for
kon-League Clubs.
nh. Wisdom Of What the Convention
Did Not Do.
1ata,t Lists Of Players Engaged-sone
Revolvers.



lit ,usnagers Of the tracks composing the Sep
,1.teral found themselves in much the same
rc,ttioa assumed by the celebrated Kilkenny
ey; Of historic fame, except that the number of
,,u.rullers On eacn siIe was somewhat greater.
rhe seyen-sidei combination WAS formed several
k.,sons ago, and everything connected with it
a.cxeIed In such placid and altogether lovely
asnner 1Aat even the parties in interest we're
,1r7rised. But this feeling Of mutual lore and
ssuira,ion was not, perhaps. to be wondered at,
sope Ill the tracks in the Association were max
ts caooey, and 4 Hcil-tiiled purse Is notor1ousfv
.ouavsiye to pleasant contamination OF life
sud It's surroundings. In addition to this
,s5reablc feature, the National Board OF APP
p .sa.s-a costly institution maintained By the
1rottiug associations Of the entire country, and
popularity supposed to deal out equal and exact
base Justice to all that applied, smiled
gr1c6oas}r upon tho gentlemen OF the Septi-
ls.etal, uuti1 like wonan's reputation, 1t be-
c.ue smirched by the tongue Of gossip. Some
ha]d bad men in the West insinuated that the
Bosrd was standing i'll - with the Septilatcral
management, aud taking entirely too active ali
interest in its Affairs.
While everything Was booming along so aus
piciously. the President of Charter Oak Park ut
Iar1furu (which Association. by tae way, has the
respect and good-will Of horsemen ali over the
eo1at15) Introduced resolutioul that for 1876
The en:rance-1ee to all races should be reduced
from u to S per cent, half forfeit The other
trar1s fell III with the proposition. and It was
aloptcd. When the season closed, Mr. Powers,
oI Hartford, axokc to the melancholy rellI.a-
ton tha: he had been hoist by his Owl petard-
The meetings at his city and Springfield were
failures. simply because the owners Of all but
three or four Of the best horses iu each class.
rery naturally preferred paying the S per cent
forfeit and drawing their horses, to putting up
,ae balance Ut the money when there was no
t2rthlr chance to win It back.
Consequently, when the season closed,
tIance to he On the wrong side OF the ledger,
their managers suddenly discovered, what had
been apparent to other peop1c for some time,
i!iat they we're merely acting as tal to the
Cleveland Buffalo Rochester kite, and that the
sooner they abandoned that conspicuous but
lot altogether pleasing situation the better it
woull b. ior them. Therefore. when the Board
d Stewards held its annual meering at New
Tork last week they organized mournful but
defiant howl for a square deal. At first, not
na:l :ttcntion was paid to it by the
controlling element. but rs Springfield
hid alrealv thrown down the gauntlet.
b; claiming Tor its meeting the week |
heretoore iionopolize1 BY .Poughkecpsie, on
demanded that the scptilaterM be entirely done
aTay With, aud two Quadrilaterals formed by !!
sumitt:ng Fleetwood Park as member. This !
was agreed to, aud the time Of closing the en-, :
tries changed. as has already appeared. This |
uneession having been made oy the froqt !
end Of the concern, Springfield was requested |
to get back kwhere.t beioNged,-in the Iue,-but
PROMPTLY refused to do 81, and at last accounts /
Vas still unin1urcd aud iu the ring Unless |
some compromise is cdected, the dates there
Buffalo. July 81: Rochester, Aug =. Ltiea.
Aug: II: foughkeepsie and Springfield, Aug.
Il; Hartford, Aug. Is; Fleetwood Park, Sept. 1.
On the whole, it looks MS il the present WAS
bat the beginning VI general dissolution Of
oonceEil that has ucted the hog whenever anop-
portunty offered, and its early denllsc will bc
hailed wsth pleasure by horsen1en all over the
country, and especially In the Vest
In regard to the programme Tor next season,
tae following purses have been agreed upon: Free
70. all. barring Goldsmith Maid, s. ,o0o for 2:2I
horses, 81 0O0; tor 2:23 horses, S2-5oo; 1or 2:25
horses, s2,OuO; for 2::7 horses, s2,0OO; for 2:29
borees, S2,Go0, lor 2:31 horses, Sl.500; for 2.3i
toeses, 81 ,50- This arrangement, It will be
aotlces, places Budd Dobie and Charley Green,
pair to whom, heretofore considerable
9o1~ With the Maud barred from the
tee-tor-aA, she will b. worthless, unless a
pes3ai purse for a trial Of speed is instituted,
md, even il this is dcnc, Doblc will have TWO
lsrses-Bodine and A1bcrmarlr-in the free-tor-
i class, as both hare records better than 2:2l,
nd there is no purse between that for horses Of
Ae 2:al class and the frce-for-all. Bndd is also
'andicappea With Ctcmentiue and Thorntale,
ofh Of whom must start in the 2:2l class II at
u: Green Is in the same boat with Doble. as
hAeI I..tn 4.
aeir records being 3:15, 2:19H, and 2:N;
!tnoash II trial~of-spsed- purse between the
Laid and Lula stould be given, he would
ave one less useless horse on his hands. |
t1s change from the 2 2:::&22 to the 2::l purse,
s cass viii be 1upna u 1q.sv 10 wor t9t % podS Il tie
~ purse lad been given. the Maid, Lula,
nusgler, and Hopeful would have made the
.ee-1oF-ail race interesting, while such good
PES IS Fullerton, Bodinc, Lucille Golddnst,
ssses1 fine field OF flyers n the 2:lS class. Al
1gelher tae programme il as fine an exhibition
the how-not~to-lo-it policy rs could be
INSTINCT rs. MEASUREMENT.
eioee tsotting horses have become SO pientI-
Ne money that few years ago would have sui /
sea only tor the purchase Of an ordinary bug
:s-nosS<, the different strains OF blood ]
:; a. have been the most success
~ IN producing ,valOaDlt track 2nu |
~: :aa horses are being Investigated .
'ea carcfulness that, few years since, would :
I'VE heel laughed at as not only unnecessary, ,
At absolutely foolish. MOI many years ago if .
na4 possessed a trotter, that fact 4omprc- =
eaoe1 crsrrtAiug. 1t was not necessary that :
ie horse should be handsome, or kind, or we'll :
ed- Speed was the desideratum, aud, With :
~ secured, the nossessor cared Tor little else
connection with his horse. although, OF
'ufse, its value was enhanced II this was ac-
'tnpsnicd BY stylish action and good pedi- :
ec. But Of late years the breeding Of trottinE !
1ses has Increased enormously, there being .
eszhatton about the business, anu a. possible | g
'eat profit, that tempt all lovers OF the horse :
enter into the business, whether it be on the =
ne = ot an Alexander, a West, or Nlthcrs, or 8
. nore humble method OF raising from IA | :
Eate mare, grown old in faithful service. 4 colt
some Eell-bred member Of an acknowledged | =
ctung family This Source Of supply has been =
stsF augmented by the breeders Of the Ken I /
sAt n!ue-grass region, ,-nen who have made =
Z subject u life study. !
eosne Years ago, when the etrott!ng-horse fever 7
IS IS Al Its height q number Of the best-known
oeh-saisets OF hcntucEy, who had previously
voted their time to the production OF horses -
= = tae running turf, found tlat The few brced- =
y; OF trott:og horses In New York, such nen as
'aen GolIsmith, Guy Miller, Capt Ryndcrs, q
NJ EaF4a Thorn. were disposing OF their young Il
oeS to men Of means III i'll parts OF the coun- | r