Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-12
HORSE AND TRACK.

Mtnn0sOta-June Tr0tttng Meeting at
Chicago-How Paroles Defeat for the
Liverpool Cup Was Accomplished-Mis
cellaneous.
A FINE IMPORTATION.
Mr.. George. Smith, in control of the Lake
City Driving park, arrived home Friday
from visit to Kentucky, where he purchased
an Almont trotting stallion. The animal
was known in Kentucky as Jenkins Al
mont, but it is Mr.. Smiths intention to give
him new name as well as new home.
He was bred by Col. r. West, of Scott
county, Kentucky, and was sired by AL
mont, he by Alexander's Abdallah (the
sire of Goldsmith Maid, Thorndale, Be-
mont, etc.. Almont's first dam by Mambrino
Chief; second dam by Pilot, Jr.; third dam
thoroughbred mare that belonged to Mr..
VIM. II. Pope, of Louisville, Kentucky.
First dam of Jenkins Almont by Toledo; he
by Coeur de Leon (bred at Montreal, Lower
Canada): second dam Sous, by Rice III.
Parks Highlander; third dam by Col. Ben.
N. Shropshire's Whip Comet; fourth dam by
Snaps Occur de Leon. he by Ceur de Leon,
Sr.; fifth dam full blooded Canadian mare
Ia fast racker). Grey Highlander, the sire
of Parks Highlander, was by Browns High
lander, of New Jersey; he by imported High
lander. First dam of Grey Highlander was
by E. Blackburn's Whip; he by Saltrem.
He is rich golden sorrel In color; sixteen
hands high with strong bone and muscular
powers. He has fine trotting action, and
though never handled for speed he has
shown 2:30 gait. He will be allowed to
serve a few choice mares this spring, and la
ter given thorough preparation for his debut
as turf performer this fall.
TRorTING AT MILWAUKEE.
The Milwaukee Driving Park association
have arranged mixed programme of stakes
and purses for trotting meeting commenc-
ing with June 8, fhe week of the great
soldiers reunion). The classes are 800
minute. 2:5O, 2:43, 2:37, 2:3O, 2:27, 1923, 2:2O
class PAGERS, free for all. st. Julien, Hope
full, Darby and Proteine barred, and two
specials yet to be announced. The stake
all classes. Stakes close Monday, May 10,
and entries for the purse races Thursday,
May 27, at IL PM. The association an
nounces its acceptance of the new rule of
the National association abolishing fractional
parts of seconds 80 far as eligibility of en-
tries are concerned, that is, a horse with
record of 2:194 is eligible forthe 2:2O class.
PAROLE AND THE LIVERPOOL CUP.
After nearly four weeks have passed, turf
writer's throughout this country are getting
around to the position taken by the GLOBE
Immediately upon the receipt Of the first
details of the Liverpool, England, cup race
in March, that Mr.. Lorillard had been
swindled out of the fruits and honors of Pa
roles honestly won victory in that race.
The sporting editor of the Chicago Times,
in its issue of the 4th inst, heads review
Of the race: .How Parole was robbed in the
Liverpool cup; disgraceful act, which even
the English papers condemn" The Ken
tucky Lice Stock Record, one of the most
conservative turf and stock journals in the
country, is almost equally emphatic with
the Times in denunciation of the cheat. 1t
says:
"The truth of the thing is that the race was
taken from Parole on a technicality, justified
perhaps by a stretch in the law, but not by its
spirit. It seems that there have been frequent
occurrences of like character on the English
turf which have been passed by, and it is rather
severe to make an example of an American
horse carrying the top weight, who won with
notice of similar acts upon the part of their
own horses. American horses have much to
contend against in England, with long sea
voyage, change of climate, top. weights, and
meeting the whole British turf on their own
ground, without having races taken from them
upon technicalities and questionable grounds.
Such decisions are not in keeping with the
English claim of fair play-'an open field and
no favor"
AfeZd and Afoat, which at first criticised
in strong terms those American papers who
denounced the outrage in plain English
words, now says:
ssWe were of the opinion that the gallant old
horse had weakened at the finish, and swerved
from punishment, thus causing a foul. but
mail advices from the old country establish
two or three things:
First. That notwithstanding the weight Pa
role won with something in hand, being eased
at the finish.
Second. That the cross was not sudden
one at the finish, but that in the last few hun
dred yards Parole did not keep straight line.
Third. That such riding has been frequent
ly passed unnoticed on the English turf, and
that so puerile seemed the protest that the
bookmakers were willing to wager four to one
that Parole would be awarded the race.
From all of which We deduct that our Eng
lish cousins did not act very magnanimously
in the premises, and that the American papers
in question had more cause for their structures
than was apparent at the time
But it is not necessary to draw upon the
conclusions of American writers to prove
the correctness of the position taken by the
GLOBE. The London Sportsman, one of the
leading turf papers of England, of March %,
reviewing the case, says:
Doubtless the Yankee papers, when they
come to hand will have not little to say in
respect of the decision of those who heard the
case-Lord Seton, Lord Coventry, Lord Mar
Gus Berestord, the Hon. w. Gerard and Col.
Forester. Rightly wrongly, Americans will
urge that we English are inclined to get stakes
on the win, tie or wrangle principle. Certain
ly no decision disqualifying a horse on the
ground of cross has provoked so much COM
ment as that of Parole in the instance under
notice. 1t is true that the American gelding
was not the required two lengths in front of
Advance before Jeffery crossed in the track of
Capt. MacheiIs horse but close onlookers of
the race are most distinctly of opinion that Ad-
vance was beaten at the time, and it is hinted
that his jockey, Archer, was not inclined to
lodge any objection at the scale until prompted
to do so. The circumstance of Archer deeming
his mount beaten when Jeffery on Parole
crossed him, led to odds af 4 to l being
betted on the judges verdict being confirmed,
and consequently very great was the surprise
evinced when it became known that the Ameri-
can horse had really been deprived of the
honers of the race. 1t has been
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