Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-23
TALK OF THE TRACK.

Hon. Isaac Staples Horses at Chicago
Entries for Four of the Principal Events
Important Amendments of Rules by
the National Associatfon-Oflcer Elect
for the Ensuing Two Years-Miscella-
neOus.
THE CHICAGO MEETING.
A list of the entries for the several stakes Of
fered by the Chicago Trotting and Jockey club
for it's June running meeting shows, we are
glad to see, entries by Hon. Isaao Staples
of Saltwater. They are:
Athestane, b. C. years, by John Morgan,
dam Trlbnlation, in the Downer & Bemis
Brewing company's stakes, for all ages $50
entrsnce, b. f. with 800 added 800 to second,
$50 to third; one mile and quarter; to be run
June %; 20 subs, among them such good ones
as Fortuna, Zeta, Verdict Little Ruffin, Sam
Ecker, Bon Hill and others of equal note.
For the Garden City cup, for all aged, $50
entrance, b. f. with $1,000 added, $500 of
which to second, 500 to third; two miles and
q quarter; to be run Jund 23; 80 subs. For
this event Mr.. Staples names Oh. C. Gov. Nep-
tune, s years, by Brown Dick, dam Electra.
The nominations for this event embrace
formidable list of horses who have shown their
quality in many holly contested races. Among
them is One Dime, Keene Richards, Jr.,
L'Argentine. Long law, Jis johnson, Mary
Walton, Irish King, Blue Eyes, Volturno, Little
Rufin, Cnmmie F., Himyar, etc.
The other two entries by Mr.. Staples are for
the Board of Trade Handicap stakes, for all
ages; $50 entrance, b. +. or only $40 if declared
out by May 1, 1880, with $500 added, $500 of
which to second, 500 to third; weights to ap-
pear April l, and declarations to be made and
paid on or before April l.; one mile
and avon. half So st,n entries s.. r.n Fo5
Athelstane. az above, and the Oh. f. Fior-
BIarneystone. dam Florence j.
Among the other entries We find Cammie
F., Mollie Merrill, Krupp Gun, Long Taw,
One Dime, Shortline, Mary Walton, Fortune,
Sam Ecker, and Others, who have shown them
selves speedy for the distance.
The number of subscribers for each event in
which Mr.. Staples horses are entered, and the
well established character for f1eetness and
staying qualities of many of the probable con-
testants for the honors and rich purses, will
make victory for his stable, an occurrence Of
which he and every Minnesotian may we'll be
proud. Last year, Mr.. Staples had poor sue
cess with his stable. During the winter pre-
ercise saying nothing of regular work. As a
result, when it was determined in the spring to
send the stable to st. Louis and Chicago,
the horses were gross with fat, and, time being
short, pbysic was used to hasten the
process of working them down into condition,
so that when they came to face the starter,
while looking we'll superGcially, they were found
weak and nerveless, and little able to stand up
under the hard and fast work encountered at
the very outset.
This year MIR. Staples has pursued a different
course. All through the winter the horses
entered at Chicago, and which he hopes will
carry bis colors to the front in one or more
events, have been given steady exercise, and
latterly by means of a short circular track,
kept soft by means of straw and soft manure,
they have been given regular work. As con-
sequence the horses are now looking as fine as
silk, hair glossy, eyes bright, and muscles hard
and elastic, as conditioned in fact for a race as
they were at the end of April last year.
1t is probable, though not definitely deter
mined, that Mr.. Staples will decide to start his
horses at the meeting of the.St. Louis Jockey
club to be held the second week in June. In
that event the horses will probably be sent to
st. Louis about the middle of next month. and
put at their preparatory work in good earnest.
We confidently expect to have the pleasure of
recording much better performances for the
stable this season than last.
NATIONAL TRoTTING CONGRESS.
The biennial meeting of the National Trot-
ting association was held at the Fifth Avenue
hotel. New York City, Feb. II and IL. The
principle business of the session was considera-
ton of the report of the committee on rules,
and though several important innovations were
made in these, the report of the committee
was generally sustained with great unani.nity.
The first noticeable amendment is one that we
believe will grow in public favOf the better it
is understood. It is to section l of rule 5, to
which the words below in italics have been
added. Section l. A horse shall not be eli
gible to start in any race that has beaten the
time advertised prior to the closing of entries
for the race in which he is entered, unless other
wise specified in the published conditions !;
fractions of q second shall be considered n record
but not q bar"
An important change was made in rale 43,
by which no records are allowed to be made on
other than National association tracks, though
the time made on other tracks is made a bar.
We are inclined to the belief that this nova
ten will prove disadvantageous to turf and
breeding interests, and especially will operate
to the injury of small associations.
Section 8 of rule is amended by giving the
power to Judges to declare all bets off if the
identity of the horse be not properly estab-
lished.
ed 80 that in case the expelled party desires to
be reinstated, the burden of proof must come
from bin, and making the expulsion irrevoca-
BILE if confirmed by the board. This is de-
cided step forward.
Section 2, of rule 90 was amended SD that
Judges, after the first scoring. have authority
to designate the horse to score by, with the
usual penalty. This rule rigidly enforced will
do much to relieve trotting contests of one Of
its most tedious features, the long time con-
sumed by smart and tricky drivers in maneu-
vering to get the best of the send off in the
different heats. Too much jockeyinG is slowly
but surely killing interest in trotting races.
Rule 81 was amended 80 as to give a horse
that stayed in race after five heats, and is
subsequently distanced. q share in the purse in
preference 10 horses that were ruled out at the
close of the fifth heat.
motion to allow associations offering but
81, 900 for purses to become members of the
National association was rejected.
The following officers were selected to serve
for TWO years:
President-Judge James Grant, Davenport
Ia.
First Vice President-Edwin Thorne, MILL
brook, N. Y.
Second Vice Presidents. X. Dow, Chicago,
Ill.
DISTRICT BOARDS.
Eastern Distriet-Gen. W. s. Tilton, Tosus.
Nc. Burdett Loomis, Hartford. Conn.,; Lewis
J. Powers. Springfield, Mass.
Aflonf;o nistrict-CeO Sturpes. Phi1adel-