Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-26
WESTERN TURF ASSOCIATION,

The following, published in the Chicago
Inter- Ocenn. and being distribnted aa a
:.
Postal caro-, ID received Dy the dLoBE
There is an active resistance brewing on the
part of Mr.. r. q Pate and his friends in view
of the decision of the board of review of the
National Trotting association, at its adjourned
meeting in Chicago The first step taken is an
effort to bolt and form new organisation, to
be known as the Western Irotting association,
.t tning oeyoasly desired m certain quarters.
s;an from the tracks IF the Nst;on.1 s
ton. he at once set to work. His first sot was
to telegraph Frank H. Dunton, editor Of the
spirit Of the 1u'J, Chicago, to the effect that,
!! western asaoclation couId De formed in
a. Hon ior sns ~ tune ee'ings' ns "ouio give
NJ n Urtn 1 Oh" hss .,vs .+,,r.,,,, 49,
in favor If snch = scheme teieoranhaJ ra WI
askinp whether he shonld 90 to St. I,onis 70
see him. or he (Pate) would come here, to
which Mr.. Pate responded: First inform
sition, and find out if they will appear in Chi
cage or elsewhere when notltled by you to do
30, i3r me purpose OF sal9 organlzatlon; II
succas u +bau ~ t;ma "a ~ MAKE 4
action. and I will report to Won there aA
This suited Mr.. Dunton to dot. Anew as
ISOLATION, with the Spirit of the Turf it's organ,
would be fine thing It would take the place
mat the 1uaJ, fset0 ana fu''s and Ws@6es'
ops.u OCCUPIES wsn aespecs 20 me nasionai a.
and Monday telepranhed to mon who were ann,
posed to be ready for such scheme. lie re-
ceived favorable replies from certain parties,
and a meeting will be held probably in a few
days IN this city. The plan is for Mr.. Dunton
70 70 organ We me Proposea assoolaelon, while
o'o ess'nu' 90 .'o nn"no1ot p1..ai'
WINE no signature ID attaeneo 10 tne caro-,
1t Is apparent from the frequent mention of
the name of Mr.. Frank Dunton of the
Chicago SPIRIT Of tile IWqJ, and from his
course in urging the organization of a
Western Trotting association in the past,
that he is primarily responsible for the an
nouncement. The GLOBE confesses it's sur
prise, not that Mr.. Dunton should favor the
organization of Western Trotting associa-
ton, but that any man really wishing to
build up and popularlze turf interests should
Tor moment think OF making the action OF
the National Association, in expelling and
suspendlng the owners and drivers to the
Edwin Forrest crookedness, an incentive for
an opposition organization, with some
OF the dlsgraced parties as
leading spirits. Such . suggestion
is indeed surprise. Whether justly or I'M
justly ban has been placed upon these men
that ought to exclude them from association
with honorable turf men. That ban was
placed upon them by judicial proceeding.
The GLOBE does not say that injustice has
not been done them, but until MIR. Pate and
his associates relieve themselves from the
odlum of their position through legal pro-
ceedure-a remedy open to them-any effort
to organize Western association with their
support as basis in opposition to the Ma
tional association, will not meet with public
favor, and if buhdozeeS through and organ
lied, its life will be brief and sickly.
Horse owners and regular patrons of turf
sports have duty to perform in this mat
ter that cannot be shirked. The National
ASSOCIATION, until concluslyely proven IN the
wrong IN TINS EaWin folrest actlon, mus'
w. 80 s.s.oou ~ W - Nv. nnW Sues Suas
there thar, has been GROWING impression ampn s,
the outsiders-t6bose who fill the grand
stands and furnish the gate money-that all
races nowadays are in the interest of 9
ring centering in the pool box. But such is
a fact. "Oh, guess won't go out to the
track this afternoon. The race is Sc,
up for horse to win, and such race il
of no interest to me. When see race
it's sport" Remarks of the tenor of tn
above were heard last year at Buffalo
rochester, UTICA, IN 1act IN every city having
" n"'iou"i 'ioon' LIZ eoSlou =. 'uo No. a.
tho na-t;ea chow, ~ Ia copractad 9TH ~:
Utica sw;ndla will have healthy effect !,
allaying this suspicion of crookedness ane
if followed up vigorously, without fear O
favor, will dispel it entirely, and populariz
turf sports as they have never been before
A Western association may be good thing
but with Capt. Pate and his associates in dis
grace as corner stones, until the stigma 9
, the action of the National association is re
moved, would De blow at Western turf in
terests from which it would not recover il