, 1879-07-20
SPORTING.
THE TURF.
THE CHICAGO MEETING

THE TURF.
THE CHICAGO MEETING.
Next Tuesday the great summer trotting
meeting in this city will be begun at the Jockey
Club track, continuing four days, and it may
fairly be said to be the first Of its class ever held
here Heretofore the summer meetings at Chi
cago have been seriously interfered with by
those Of the Associations forming what is now
known rs the Central Circuit, and extending
from Cleveland to Hartford. The only avall-
able Week for Chicago is tie one Immediately
preceding that during which the Cleveland
meeting is held Until the present year the
Central Circuit Associations have relieiously
banded themselves together in an alliance both
defensive and offensive SO far rs Chicago was
concerned: By postponing the closing of their
entries until the Saturday before the Cleveland
meeting, they were enabled to keep a
majority OF the best horses away from
here, since it Was mauueetly poor
policy for an ovncr to come to Chicago with his
horses, and, unless pulled, have them acquire
record which wouid be q bar all the war through
the Central Circuit
This year there is a change. The action OF
Buffalo Park in dropping out OF the l,ne in
which it has SO long been prominent somewhat
demorahzed the other Associations, and rs Chi
cago showed BY her meeting last fail that she
possessed the most powerful trottmg club in
the country, they are now ouly too anxious to
extend tavors where formerly they had nothing
but snubs- The entries for Cleveland, Roches-
ter, Utica, and Hartford will close tomorrow
night, so that when the sport begins here next
Tuesday there will be DO fear Of record to
keep the best horses back, but all will strive for
front place.
The programme has been carefully ar
ranged by Col. Conley, md it is doubtful if
more attractive one could have been prepared.
There are no slow classes, that for 2::30 horses
being the nearest approach to anything Of the
kind; the list ranging from these figures down
to what promises to be the great turf event OF
the season--thc contest for supremacy between
Rarus and Hopeful. the fastest trottcrs in
America.
The first day Will be devoted to the $50 and
2:20 classes, and, as the starters in each event
are numerous, they will, in the opinion of
many horsemen, prove to be among the most
interesting races Of the meeting. The $50
class will hare for starters fine lot, the gray
mare Lady Monroe, that created such sensa-
tion four years ago by her fine Work through the
Illinois Circuit, heading the list For the past
three seasons she has been in retirement, but is
now all right again, and those who have seen
her this spring saY it will take 2 30 horse to
beat her. She comes from Kentucky, and the
horsemen OF the Blue Grass region seldom
start out for tour among the 's Y2nks " unless
they have something in the shane OF horsefesh
that can 20 fast and stay. From Philadelphia
comes The Little tzeneral," John Turner, with
Chance, q chestnut eelding BY Blue Bull. that
NAV be safely set down az fast enough for al
most any company, as Turner never starts with
a poor one. Ella Earl, BY A;mont, is owned
in Illinois. although bred. in Kentucky, and
her owner expects nothing less than first
money. Another Blue Bull representative is
Kate Hall, a mare tina: nails from Michigan,
and is said to be able to beat = "a, three heats.
The black mare Daciana, that is entered from
Batavia, N. T.. is we'll known to horsemen,
having shown extraordinary speed when at q
tender age She is BY Harold, the sire OF Maud
s., whose 4-Vcar old trial OF 2:l14 has never
been equaled- Parker Wineu'an, long resi-
dent OF Rock Island, but now Chicagoau, is
represented bv Highland Queen, mare that iu
the hands of Morrill, Rigbie last season devel-
oped wonderful speed. II she eau stay the
route TIE others must look out for her F1e-
tor, a black marc, is the property OF Ben
Hershey, the wen-ksowu Auscatiue, "a, horse
man, and is said to be clinker- She is by
Gen. Hatch, the sire Of Mr.. Hershey's stallion
Envoy, that last season acquired record OF
FPS, under the skillfui manipulation OF Peter
johnson. OF Eta Jones aud Retriever, the
other entries, nothing definite is known:
The ESQ race will bring out nine of the finest
trottcrs IN America. and, should the day Of the
race be favorable, every heat will 9:20 beaten
The Chicago horse Boncsetter is number Que in
the entry list. This season be has won every
FACE in which he has started with ease, but the
one next Tuesday will try bis mettle as none Of
the others have, since he will meet new aud fast
tfs0 t<fof To1.