, 1877-07-22

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| SPRINGFIELD FALL1Sd BACK.
] It is highly probable that at the close OF the
present season the Association ut Springfield,
Mass, will repeat lis operation Of last fall, make
terrible kick, on account OF the non-success OF
its meeting, and go prowling around in search Of
fresh dates on which 1t may be held. Last year
Springfield was ct the last end Of tue line COM
! posing the Septlateral circuit, and found that
| its meeting was unsuccessful because, Of the
! large fields that entered, about seven~tcnths
were played out By the hot races
ut the other SIX meetings, aud failed
! to appear. Springfield. therefore, said
that it would play tail to tic Scptllateral Kite
| no longer, mud claimed the week formerly dcdi-
Gated to Cleveland. But the managers OF the
| latter track raised such howl that Springfield
] finally took the week commencing July :, and
| induced the other Associations III the Grand
Ceutral 1rotting Circuit to have their entries
close July9, SO IS not to interfere with its meet
| ing. But in spite Of all this unusual prcpara-
| tion the meetiog was 4 dead failure. In the
first place. the entries fell far short Of What was
expected, being over one-third less N number
than those at Cleveland. and not equal to those
at Dexter Park. But tic worst blow Of all vas
the fact that the attendance was miserable. Mr..
Hamilton Busbcy, OF the THrf. Fie'd, aud Farm,
writing to his paper from Springfield on tho
second day OF the meeting, pictures the sccne
thus, and it will be noticed, takes pains to give
the pool-selliug wha:k:
was eor,ewhat disappointed when crossed the
threshold : the hotel not to discover evidences OF
th- Usual jam nnu which srsGSst 49, httle eu r. InGm y
The register not serburdcned with names, and
the average hackman looked as II his venerable
a.ylum for idiots or nebriatcs. Rather than iu-
trndc upon his sorrow, Perkins and determined
to walk to Hampton Park On sntcrin. the gates
and that the Connecticut River flowed past the
grand stand - sotemniy as of old, but the crowd
existed in Imagination Only. MOI more 1nhn
hnn dr,11 grounds.
tendance Of this kind might do for other places,
/ but 1t will not answer for place WINCH en-
ntss moss per persuasive tones; therefore i
plain that the absence Of the thousands conid
not lie attributed absence OF the pOut- -seiet
began asking questions mud finally what took 70
be the truth dasvned upon my cloHdcd HndeFstand-
r. in us 1f1pe p1 1o:toa and Na Yors Te
hard -Gstcd farmers, The honest yoemanry Of the
land, were busy in the harvest fields The grass
20 thoughts OF sport were banished to the winds.
The farmer rnay take great delight III horse-trot
but it II for hin to @ SesP s oa snd .ad
butter are in danger The present meeting Is hela
eusnc :wo months earlier ihan Usual, and II tales
place when The hardy SOUS of toll have their sleeves
rolied up aud great drops Of sweat datmpen the
bosom OF the check shirt OF cotton When GIT
down and soberly think the p,attes over, cease TO
wonder at the absence OF the rurnt host
But poor attendance was not the only disa-
,rrecable feature. The race for horses OF the
5:225 class, trottcd On tue closing day Of the
meeting, was participated in By SIX first-class
horses, all with records considerably oettef 5nan
$50. The first heat was won by T. 4. In 2:2b,
the second by Richard In 9:45, the third bY
Charlie Mac III 2:2G}}5, and the fourth by Rich
ard in 2:2S.: Then the Jun began. 1t woulo
seem that Richard was wanted to win by al the
drivers, but could not trot fast enough to do So
They waited we'll for him in the fiftt, heat, but
Richard could not get there. and 1+aug Fog won
It in 2:;4,-anc time for such Il field of forses.
The sixth heat Richard managed to win in 2:35,
eleven seconds slower than the second had
matter, says: 9
The Facc and first money were AWARDED 10 Nacn-
ard second money to Lady foxle' Third to chaFe
Mac and fourth to Ned Wallace. The utmost dis
satisfaction was expressed at the dectsion and no
iess 81, authority than Aloen Goldsmith, of New
York, who YVES With large number OF prom.
seemed to echo the general voice Of hls asso.
ciatcs, openly criticised the result Nr Goldsmith
Offering to pay IT BE- S4afd f Mgt tae
to win inside of $3.50.
In view of these facts, It is probable that the
future meetings at Springfield Will be stu less
popular, and, when such men Us Aldcn told
smith openly dcnounce the decisions OF the
1udscs. It is pretty certain that there are lively
times ahead.
sA6ISAw's FAILURE.
The terrible setback received b5 the Saginaw
track in consequence Of its action IN liking IT'S
meeting for the same days rs those On which
the Dexter-Park meeting was heid nas neen
fully set forth in these columns. The humilla-
tion endured by the officers OF the Assoclotion
in heinr obliged to declare the meeting OF, On
ACCOUNT Of the failure Of the purses to M, can
be better imagined than described, since in the
prarnme has been characterized by large fields
of the best horses in the country, ana the
meetings have been the most successful N the
West. But this yery, success vas the
cause r Of the dew11an ssr;nax in neiause iarse
numIers, tie managers Of the traGk T.! at-
tempted to step on the toes Of Dexter
Park, and were kicked. But it "as not only
Dexter Park that fought SAGINAW: Inc oneeas Object
which Saginaw this year refused to join, con
siilercd that they had bceu directly insulted W
this action, and worked tooth and nail 10 oe
feat Saginaw and Bay City. Ho" tney SUCCEED, cs1
swear ycueeaoce. The terrible things they are
poinp to do lin their minds> next year could
hardly bo enumerated. But, when the time Tor
arranripg the programme for 1915 arrives, tneY
nIacc n in ti.a Michigan Circuit which they re-
fused this year. But it is not at all CERTAIN tnat
they will get it. It is now the turn ol the otner
ASSOCIATIONS to bulidoze, and the genera att-
preston is that they Will 90 anttte ot IT, s - et,
f t1,ey are inclined to be mean about the mat
ter. tie gentlemen who run the Saginaw track t,
had hettcr give it dose 'of fall plo"1ng, anu
raise rartlcu truck OH it next season, as "ltnoht
the nd at the other Associations there can DC
no meeting. ...,,.
The manner in which the officers Of tue tfnck
.nnnunce their defeat, in the Eastern sporting
inurnals. is funny. They carefully aVoaa gt7lnS
HE reason OF their failure, but improve Inc op-
nortuuity to state how honest the{ have neen
n the nast,--somcthirg that nobody wall oeny.
An ofliccr of the Association, writing 10 Tue
Spirit, says: savar.
As you doubtless are aware our meeting, aa5et g.
tisea for July II 10 20. has been poxtponeu - ~
snme futurc day The entries not being suicieat ~
III more than one OF two classes ING reasons
fsiyen Tor this action the part Of inc npsecutu ~
Is As vet With them. as VIC have heafu o. ~ 80. ns
frrnt on the part Of any OF the n1Metoas on5o
Vhn assured US they should certainly DC IN aIenu a+
ancc at our meeting to explain their sc.oh M ho ~ @
1naline cctrice With us. however, He S;n nasS oua
track and buildings left which We snai! - ~
fo cuIov, We intend, 1T some fntn1e t1ms. ~ ~ ~
temnt smother meeting. when We snan nGpv ,"7ai 71
hettrr results, as we believe Il IL not cia.sss
agajnst ur that We have not in tho pa:t ~
11r meetings with fairness to all. n'aAo VAC
ciaim at least. and think We can aaeta1n u"
A correspondent OF tho Turf beats arouho 'ue
bush as follows: ..,
Our meeting advertised for Jnly ITO nas is nesn N
v,oetnpned many of the horsenen naVln5 eIsI W "
fbe ro-by, or what might be termed l99 stT1h Tha
hounce only one two Of the classes nltnS. y 30
reason for this action on their part Is as ~ a.
r,rsterr AZ ne have always prlded Ourselves on -
IN, the far thing and our former .nS1
ha1e generally expressed themselves as ocine hanu