Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-22

and complete identity, under affidavit before
justice or notary of all en-
tries not otherwise satisfactorily
identified. There is no greater farce
than an oath or affidavit administered in the
usual way by judges of trotting associations.
don't think such an oath has any moral OF
legal force, and only tends to lengt hened
and troublesome settlement, to the annoy
ance and injustice of honest participants. 1
have seen parties laugh in their sleeves when
making these afidavits and afterwards tell
with great gusto how they humbugged such
an association, and fooled the judges. hope
YOU will brace up in this matter and 60 "sled
length" for them, and will help you out. I
say let our associations make every man
that enters in a race give COM
plete history of the horse entered, and not
be allowed to enter until such indenti6ca-
ton is made. There is in the State today
enough good horses to make up circuit If
they were protected from ringers. This is
matter of vital interest to associations, as
we'll as honest horsemen, and if the former
wish to prosper end succeed they must all
work together in this matter"
AMERICAN HORSES In ENGLAND.
If the treatment accorded American horses
in England 80 far this season is to be contin-
ued, the sooner their owners ship them back to
America and leave the Johnny Bulls to prac-
tice their sharp tricks upon each other, the bet
ter it will be for their own credit. Last year,
when Mr.. Lorillard shipped largo and fine
stable across the water, and entered Parole in
several of the most important all-aged events,
our English brothers, pulled up with their own
conceit and the-idea that nothing good could
come from outside their little handful of land,
showed the American horses more leniency in
weights and allowances than they were entitled
to. The result was Parole was first home in
most of his races, thus giving British conceit
a terrible fall, and at the same time materially
depicting their bank accounts.
But the Britishers seem to have prOhted, after
their usual style of resorting to trickery where
fair means do not avail, by their experience
last year. As commencement, the handicap
per was brought into use to load the American
horses down, Parole receiving the very top
weight in every event for which he was named,
while Mr.. Lorillard's other nominations were
given outside imposts. Notwithstanding this
harsh and unfair treatment, we Americans,
knowing the excellence of Mr. Lorillard's
representatives, and having especial faith in
the game and feety little gelding which had so
often carried his colors to the 'front.' both here
the Britishers might still find they had under
rated their metal.
The first event of the season in which Mr..
Lorillard's cOl0rs were represented, was the
Lincolnshire handicap, run Wednesday last,
and Wallenstein succumbed to the handicap
per, finishing thirteenth. Then came the
Liverpool cup race, run Friday, with Parole
representing the American stable, mile and
one eighth, with 1873 lbs. up, the top weight.
But Parole was equal to the impost and the
speed of the English representatives, for he
came home half q length in the lead, but he
was not equal to British trickery, for the
race was declared against him On fraudulent
claim of foul. We say fraudulent claim,
because the Acknowledgements of the sportsman
and Bells Life-the two leading sporting papers
of England, and loyal to English interests
while trying to be just to others-that the
claim . of foul entered was mot
more than is frequently passed over without
notice" taken in connection with the severe
hsndicappipg, leaves no room for doubt that
had the positions of Advance. the English
horse, and Parole, been reversed, the de-
cision of the claim of foul would have been
reversed too and the race given to the English
horse.
The Americans have looked upon the expert
ment of LorillRrd and others of their country
men in shipping stables of runners to Eng
land to contest with their horses, with great
interest, as leading to the most practical DEM
onstration possible of the question as to which
country was now producing the Dest represent
tativcs of the thoroughbred horse. But if the
effort of enterpriaing Americans, made as it is
at great primary outlay of money, and at
tended with the risk of still lsrger OUTLAWS and
losses by the dangers of ocean voyages, etc., is
to be met with such a response az is here de-
tailed, the experiment cannot be abandoned
any too soon. The excellence of American
thoroughbreds are fast being established by
their performances at home, and thOugh john
nv Bull NAV asseverate ever SO loudly to the
contrary, other nations are looking and will
continue to look to our shores for blood
to mix with and build up their native ami
mails.