, 1880-02-22

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Another attraction has been added to the rum
ming meeting to be held here in June and July,
as will be seen by the following letter:
o9 msn 4ia5 gaS s sns rfsat ea
9S Ssns to one Of The Geaso
AK Jpy lo the same to be casa M t1e cnapn
Chicago last Thursday and Friday. Mr.. johnson
is the man who developed the celebrated trotter,
Doctor Lewis which be sold to Mr.. Vanderbilt in
1873 for 5000, the little chestnut now being
known rs Leander, and one Of the famous team,
Lysandcr and Leander. Mr. johnson will have
stable Of trotters out this year, among the lot
being the well-hnown mare, F0xie ", record
c:e6 and Detscy Ann, a mare that has record
Of 2:2, but the ability to beat it several seconds
The bay. gelding Castleton, record a:s1. has
n Is 5es Or
by him on the roud, preparatory to q vigorous
campaign. Although fast, Castleton is not CON
chances Of success this year arc considerably
1essened by the new rule abolishing fractional
parts Of seconds, as it lets into the ~ class
such flyers as Charley Ford, Driver. Moose and
Mazo- Manic, all of whom under the old rule
would have been compelled to trot In tho 2:0
c1usS.
The system Of booking for the double event
the Two Thousand Guineas and the Derby of
this year, and in most Of the transacttons the
names OF the colts Bend Or and Robert the Devil
have figured as the chosen ones In tho Derby,
for which race it is fully understood that both
colts will be exclusively prepared. Neither Gun
claim IN engagement in the Two Thousand
Guineas, and though both have interim labil-
ties they VIII forfeit them, SO as M 70 4naergo IN
interrupted preparations for the Derby. For
the great event at EPSON, Bend Or was backed
outright ut $50 to 100 but nothing else was doue
on the contest to be decided Oh the 20th day Of
May.
The death of the Marquis Of Anglescy renders
dor he o as It
does frnm the Prince Of Wales Stakes at Ascot.
For the hitter race Beaudescrt is also disquali-
fied. as he ia for the Rous Memorial along with
Early Morn, Prestonpans, and zeltinger., Pres
Leger on account Of being nominated by the
late Earl The hard feature Of the rulo Is that
o9th Ieanaesere @ ana Mar on io Inrd
Hil .iii+ tT ad III Erodar;cl- 1ohnsfnn md Pres
tonpn,ns to Mr. Grettoh' VINO 'palo 0ooo eu'ne's
ao' HILL .
The trouble between the rival associations IN
fllcting circuits seem certain, with the additional
feature Of a meeting ut Milwaukee during the
week now claimed BY Jackson and ana Detrott m 9hs
disadvantage OF Milwaukee, as all the trotters
Of any Consequence, viii certainly be in il
It IS safe to say that the majority Of horsemen
viii enter at the former place, since the associa-
on there is an cid and ws,estabshed ae s 9ne,
Detroit has always been regarded as rather
Weak sister 1t IS easier to advertise $4,000 in
purses and no entrance" than to carry out tho
agreement therein contained.
Mr. D. 3. Hibbard, Of Jackson, Mich, is rather
slow in getting around with the 5000 which ho
SO boasHully offered to put up on two races be-
tween bis colt Tekonsna and Kentucky @ M w3kfs
Brodhead, Of Milwaukee. Mr.: Hubbard was the
challenger in tho matter, aud expressed himself
% a side. His proposition was at once accepted
by Mr. RsGdhead ta TINS f S6s r
extraorlfnary fashion, and doing everything but
% fsi or cuf bnit pretty soon people win not here
after waste much time in listening to any talk
be may make concerning match races
Private letters from parties in New York who
know recently reeevda 10 1qns 1hs c Ghcaca s' horse
Jimmy Rnsd P as wno 1ofo os entered info con-
tract with Mr.. Thomas q. Wallace, the wealthy
New York brewer, owner OF Darby, NhiIe
s59dfI ahe etablo this year heretofore Mr
Wallace has placed his horses IN Ihe nanas az y ~
some well dr1Eer h1a glved nlta Iu Ut .r1 ~
y m }es t,a pa' season. At present Nj Wallace
has nothing Of note in bis string except Darby s;
q 9eso r. "a ha 5id in iS7o He IS peculiar horse
1T nt hcst and It tooI ali Dan Maccs skill to mako
him what M ne Eva %as ase Rte te felIow u Dustis
vnht ~ mist teiI an him in long race and it is
| onito probable that this gear the frec~for-1ll
| thay ,vero in 1870.
1nes "eio - '''' n,,a.,.os
made in the rules by. the late Turf Con-
gress was the one re1at1ng 70 IeGnlas sT1a font VI
fractional part OF @ secnnd rroctinoa ano iaof ~
| seconds is not practicable III timing, ns rue
for watches are seldom i9 the bands OF Pc s.
the adoption Of time which the Judges more
than suspected was erroneous in its frac-