, 1877-02-18

I DEfOrH
. fant organization has passed its babyhood, an
i tue vigorous attacks Of outsiders, which hay
already begun.
In the early part Of the winter few of th
upper-crust class OF trotting- horse breeders me
In New York and organized IN association, tn
! object Of which was to unite the breeders O
the country on all essential points apper
tanning to their business The few zen
tlcmcn who attended this meeting, afte
forming themselves into IN organization TO
mutual benefit and protection, should hay,
stopped right there sent the proceedings o
their meeting to all the respectable breeders ii
the country, and invited them to join the move
nlc!.t. When sufficient time had elapsed Tor al
to have considered the proposition. 4 genera
meeting should have been Called letting thost
breeders in each Stete who could not uttenG
personally, designate some member to repre-
! sent their views ami interests. By the adoption
OF some such plan as this, everybody would have
been satisfied, and, to say the least, tho Associa-
tton would have Started under more auspcious
circumstances than it has thus far been favored
with. Bat nothing OF the kind was done.
The thirty gentlemen who were pres
ent apparently labored under the pleas
ant dcusior, that they composed
the entire breeding interests of the country,
and proceeded to adopt constitution anu by
laws, which provide for about every question
| that tan possibly arise. And this was where the
trouble began. Other breeders could see no all
vantage in connecting themselves with an insti-
tuition, regarding tue organization of which they
| had not been consulted, and whose regulations
| were in so1ne eases unjust and oppressive, and
| they have naturally thrown cold water on the
enterprise whenever an opportunity offered.
| rake, Tor instance, the case Of Mr.. Alden
Goldsmith, than whom no breeder in the coun-
| try Is better known Or more respected. Not
having been invited to take part IL. the organiza-
| tioE OF the new Association it is not likely that
lie will care to have his name presented for
membership when two negative votes are suf-
| Hcicnt to cause its rejection. AS the cousti-:
| tuition provides that in the annual trotting
| meetings to be held under the auspices Of the
Association entries shall be confined to
colts owned" or bred by members, or the
get Of stations owned By members, none OF the
Volunteer family, which comprises such horses
| as Bodine, record 2:19A, Hilntrcss, 2:20N,
Amy. 2:3,A, St. Julien, 2:oo211zz, Trio, o:23Sl4
and ". Il. Allen, 2 :223A arc eligible to these
the Association, aud the public will be inclined
| to frown down any arrangement which is so
| one-sidcd in its nature. III fact, on account of
this two-balots to-reject clause in the consritu-
tion, 1t is not likely that the membership of the
Association will largely increase. as the we'll
known jealousies Of horse:neu, and especially
breeders, are So deeply rooted in their systems
TINT there Is ilardly one Of the fraternity in the
country who would run the risk of having his
price wounded By the rejection of his name
when proposed for membership, on the basis of
two negative votes being sufficient to accomplish
that result.
Another weak point in the constitution IS the
section relative to public sales Of stock by num-
hers. It provides, among other things that
every head Of stock offered shall be sold, il
any hid whatever be made" As previous seq
tion prohibits the owner Of stock from bidding
on 1t, the rule places the BREEDER In case Ut ba.i
weather and q small attendance on tile ilay of
sale, entirely at the mercy of the few sharDers
who are sure to be Tn hand, and, if but two OF
them were present, they could compel the ,,n-
fortunate proprietor to place the most valuable
animals IN the catalogue on sale, and If one bid
were made he would be forced to accept it,
Such provision as this is simply absurd and |
should be modified at once.
In regard to the objects OF the Associa- !
5io tipn ii,1 nothins derosatory con be said:
matter that has become doubly i'm I
purtant since blood is the standard by which |
young stock Is bought and sofd and the work |
Of the breeders in this direction cannot fail to
be OF great benefit to all interested in the i'm
proycmept Of the trotting horse. The mistake |
Of doing too much ut once was made by the pro-
iectors Of the organization but early faults are
not difficult to correct, and If Mr. Backman and
his feluw breeders will make their Association
less of close-corporation concern, and remodel
its constitution it cannot fail Of success.
EARLY SPRING EVENTS.
Although in this section of the country the
i'll tic downtown bar-rooms, and {leroting their
energies to the consumption Of tobacco and the
relation OF yarns that would make even Dan
Mace pause in respectful silence, their brethren
in the South, aud especially the running-hOrse
fraternity, in the midst OF active preparations
for the coming campaign, and the thoroughhreds
are receiving walking exercise, with an occasional
q breeze" for quarter or half-mi1e, to expand
the lungs and reduce the surplus fat. Horses
that arc entered in the early fixed events
OF the coming spring are OF course further nd
ya1cc1 in their PREPARATION. The only raec-
horses Of merit owned in Chicago are Aramis
and The Nipper; both Of these are now at New
Orleans in charge Of Mike Welch and will take |
part in the Louisville meeting, The Nipper be-
ing n the cup, where Ten Broc- X and -Aristides |
will struggle for the supremacy.
The earliest spring event OF consequence will
be the meeting at Baltimore under the auspices
If the Aarvland Jockey Club, which begins
May y, and continues three days. The amount
aung up in purses aud additions to stakes
.ea.hes $4,000, and the entire programme i
;oa6e evsS1s shteen will 'aef E. te e cSesa est
3cake stake for three-year-old fllies, I
which closed last August with thirteen nomiua- :
ions, and which were those notable two-year /,
Ids OF last season, Zoo-Zoo, 1aolia, and orio1e.
The Baltimore Cup, $50 each, b. f., which closes
'Iarci, l; the Preakncss Stake whirh closed last
August with seventeen nominations, among :
rhich were Boubast, Orolc, Lottery, and
4ounger, all good ones; and the Grand Steeple J..
1arch l. The Dixie Stakes for 1878, and the !
Stakes for 1877, arc now open, | q
nd will close March /. !.
ABOUT BUDD poBLE.
Probably no driver in the country has been | !;
he recipient Of more praise anI tattery from - -
lie press and public than Budd Doble. When :
goldsmith Maid placed herself at the head Of - -
lrce heats below geo, and wiping out q
,exter's record, SHE took Budd Doble along :,
18th her, aud the young man who had previous ~
r been regarded Us merely an average handlcr -
trottcrs was, In the minus Of the public, =.
transformed into second Hiram Woodruff, -
man who could make any horse trot. :,
It is All Old saying among horscmen that If H.
ou have one good trotter you can get all the g.
thers,:' and this was never better exemplitiei ~
IAN In the case Of Doble. When the Maid -
,wcrcd the time Standard the great majority | ~
people imagined that Doble did 1t all, and n
ON that time his SUCCESS was assured. Kverv -,
lan owning good horse was anxious to place ~
in Dobles stable, and 1t is fact that Budd has 8,
cen extremely successful with these -
prses But this ls not At all strange. IL the 70
rst place. since the Maid established his rcpu 20
L;iou, he has not taken horse that had not ~ ~.
,owu grcas speed, either in public contests or -
riya.e trials, before passing into his hands, ~
'lorndale and Clementine might be cited by | N
f1is r1lfe. ht1f. in the ~