, 1879-03-16

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some of its purses in full, and has since dropped
entirely out Of line Springfield was also IN
hot water about dates, and gave It's meetings
early in July, the result being failure In 1878
matters we're not greatly improved The racing
was flrst-class, but the attendance not what it
should have been, considering the character oi
the attractions offered. 4 frce-for-al1 race
a!ways draws well, and is depended uoon by
the managers to help tide over shallow
places, but last season this race through
the Grand Central Circuit was SO completely at
the mercy Of Hopeful that nobody cared to see
it. Rarus vas the only drawing card that the
associations could offer, and he alone saved
most OF the meetings from absolute failure.
But while trotting Was at low ebb in the
East, owing to the enfol cement OF the Fool law,
the Western turfmen and track managers e1pe-
tiencel degree OF prosperity to which they nan
hitherto been strangers The spring meetings
we're everywhere success, and, after the horse
men had taken 1y at the high-sounding Grand
Central, they returned to this country, ano were
greeted By purses aud audiences OF sucn 1nasn'-
tude that their eyes could scarcely beliefe "oat
they saw. These facts were heTa'ded lar anu
wide By the press, and the result mas oeen 1tlat
during the present season nearly every Eastctn
horsrman IT prominence will make an early
stoIt tovards the setting sun. This fact is being
rendered more apparent every day By the appli-
cations received By associations Tor stao''ns ae-
communications. OF course the grand rendez-
vous will be at Chicago, and already the Jocky
and Trotting Club is graphing with the problem
of how to take care OF all that have slgnineo
thc,r intention of training at Its track, and the
construction Of zoo additional stables is being
fap,lis proceeded WITH.
While tile Eastern associations have been,
without any particular reason, waiting M and a
watching Chicago has gone boldly ahead ana
completed arrangements for series OF the
greatest trotting and running meetings ever
krowE III this country. The stakes Tor ule
Junc running meeting closed with an average Of
forty-four entries in each event. something IN
nara]Ie!cd 10 tie turf history Of the country.
It places the meeting at once beyond the
possibility OF anything but bri!lisnr success,
aud one race,-the Garden Citr cup,-ln which
thirty eight Of the best known thprougnbreus
in The country are nominated, will OF itself be
worth one hundred mile journey to witness.
The great irotting meeting will occur directly
at the close Of the Great Western Circuit, and
lust before tie opening OF the Grand central
This is position equaed bf that oi 20 assoe1a'
tion in the couutry.' IN times past Cneagoans
used to imagine what great thing it would be
for the turf interests of the city If place in the
Grand Central could only be secured All over
lures looking to this end were unaya1l1ng, how
ever. and perhaps it is better that they we're.
Tie Jockey Club is now free from any ZEN
tarcling aliiauces.'' In the making aud carry
ing out Of programme for the trotting meet
ing it will not be Obliged to consult the
taste or wishes Of anybody, but will proceed
what the public wants, and wnat The TRIBUNE
has aiwa,s advocated-a variety bill The old
aud hackneyel "mile heats, three in five. in
harness." has been dune to death BY every
trotting-trark in the country. That it is the
most popular style Of racing NAV be true
enough, but, though Booth is popular among
theatre-goers Pat Rooney is none the less SO.
Wagon, saddle, and pacing races are things
that everybody likes to sec, and the officers OF
the Chicago Trotting Club fully appreciate this
nish everything Of a frst-class nature in the
way Of trottirg tia. Gao be found, and that they
will te rewarded BY ample patronage there is
not the slightest doubt
The Central Circuit stewards, on the other
hand, PROPOSE to keen in the same old rut
which t1,er hare followed for so many years.
The formation OF their programme has
already been discussed IN the Eastern
sporting journals, and, barring proposed
stallion race, which is no novelty, there is ab-
solutely nothing talked Of but the old mile-heat
scheme. The talk Of 8 frre-tor-all, with Karus
and Hopeful barred is well enough, but the
idea that it is necessary that freefor-all race be
t1yen is simply another OF the olu-fugy notions
slAL EasLeIu tu9!uieu hcen! u oe uuaoE ~ III
themselves Of. since lot6 the 1fee-lof-all race
through the Central circuit mas oeen 1afce,
aud III MANY cases q nzzle- In l6ld Karos nao
swaik-away in this event all the WaV ao"n Inc
line. Ills only competitor worthy q notlcr oen's
Lucille Golddus:, h'id last year Hopeiul won
Whenever ne started, his race at C!eseian.l
bc'S The on!y one lnat c1c'sco any interest,
as"1 ercn IN thaf ne vas never headed from 1he {;
start to the nn'sh: fTee-ior-al races are wen
enough IL theE I'LL WE'LL nllt "neo the mana9e1s
ii track kno" to moral certainty thai Tree.
fu!-all will bring out At best but
three or Jour horses, ana u.at one
Of It Is lar SUPERIOR TO Tie
others, they display the poorest KIND OF taste IN
Offering purse 1os any such exhibition, anu IN
suit the intelligence OF their Datrons by snppos'
ing that they viii pay to see it. :.
The Central Circuit people can follow the old
system Of making up programme as long a.
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When the Kentucky Trottiny-Horsc Breeders
Association was formed nos long ago Til
TRIBUNE predicted that the events under it:
management would prove grand success, a:
all the officers we're gentlemen well know1
throughout the country for honorable deal
ing, end In. aodltlop TO tnls were them
selves actively engaged in breeding 1ht