, 1881-07-10
The Great Stallion Race to
Be TrOttcd Here Next
Week.
Some Facts Concerning the Princi-
pal Contestants and Their
Chances.
Price h1cGrath's Strange History
Notes and Gossip Of the
Track.

seven le:ats were required tn decide the It
suit, their respective merits are being dis
cuSsed more warmly than ever, and ule in
terest III the coming race between tllis c1as
Of hrrseS J, Chicago next week is lOt'ket
forward III with intensi: interest, and tlt
event will, if tile s'ay bc fair, bring to TIL
track one IF the largest audiences that evel
passed lIlrrlSl, the :y::tes.
II was mt until towards the close Of tile
season III 1879 that people br-:ll 10 take al.
particular Interest i'll trottiny staIlinns, bu1
that summer was noted for remarkable per
formances by this class Of horses, and the
fast heats by them bcca1nc 50 numerous that
the Chicago track, always In 1lle front When
the popular taste Is TO he catered to, alveT-
iSed III connection with its meeting last
July Two races exclusively for stations.
10th races filed we'll, and both were won
by Chicago horses. Monroe Chief taking
tile open-to-all event, and Piedmont that
for StalliHnS that had never beaten 3::,3. AS
The seastn progressed stations began trot-
ting fast all over the col'ntry, and before the
SHOW CAME 1Iannis had trutt"d in 2:17ssiI,
Monroe Chief in y: 1>.i. Patchcn in 3:lSs:
Wtslgewood i'll 2:l9. Eoliairc in :,:.l, Ham
bletonian Ea>llaw in 2:32li4, Kentucky WilKes
In 3::sl 4, Black Cloud in 3::2ll44, aud Alex
ander iii ,::,fE. Besides these there were
Bonesetter, who made 4 record Of 2:l9 at
Rochester III 1879. and others will fas: per-
for;Eance>, notably the California stallion
Santa Chats, who i'll 1879 ecipSed all the )
year-old records by doing l4ils. III Il race in
2:iS. The result Of these performances was
to incrcase the Interest III races exclusively
fer entire horses, alni lis: winter Tie noei-
ester Association offered Il $1,000 purse,
open to al1 stations, to be trottetl July L.
D1Ston followed the example of Rochester,
anu offered a like purse, to be trotted for
Sept. u, while the Chicago truck, which
had iiaugurated tic plan Il year
before, offered 4 5000 purse dur
lu9 its regular meeting. The entries to
all Ties" purses werc liberal, and great inter-
est was felt throughout the entire country
III tliat at Rochester, which was the first to
be decided Whea the entries closed the
nominations Included Eunesettey II;nllis,
Eoltaisc Nelgawoud, Santa Claus. Monroe
Cl:icf. Amber. itubert AlcGrcgur, Alexander,
ami Independence. The lust named was a
son ID Gen. Knox, that 13u:1td !, public trial
over the Hartford track laSi fall in lis, aud
with tile exception of Nlct;regor tic public
was well acquainted with the balance Of the
field. While the SHOW was still III the
ground it locked is though Monroe Chief,
Santa Claus, We.lgcwood, ard lIannis stood
the best change Of Obtaining the four moneys
in any stallion race that could be named, but
when trotting time ca:,le aga,l things were
changed. During the winter Monroe Chief |
was solts, and dlSn.1re,11ent between the !
gentlemen having charge of hila and Peter |
y, johnson, WHO my! been so SUCCESS !
full with the stallion i'll 1850, rg-
suited in the horse having Ito regular !
driver during his time Of preparation. init |
1ii,al1y he was turned over g James Dustin,
whose style tf driving tile Chief is us ditfel-
e:lt from ti;at :iduptstt by johnson as black
is :'rtm white. Tie inevitable result was |
hat i'll all his races thus TAR Monroe Chief |
1,ts attained much I,oorer position than lie
driven.
lsohert Mcf;rct,Or, q horse that was con-
slucT9'E BY many drivers last yelr to be {:
very unreliable performer, although known
70 be fast, attracted the attention of II. II.
Crawford, Of this city, WHO secured control
Of his 1rortlng Qualities last winter, and be-
fore ni:l'ly races had been trDttgtl this spring
convinced the owners Ut o:ler horses that
McGrt'51r WIS nle "i the very fastest stall
Monrnc Chief and Welscwona with s,,cl,
ease that any hopes of Win
tIny the Si0.CD purse at Rocl.rs-
er their ownrrs 1E,y have enter
aimed were t1Iretnallyy dissipated. In the
- ';'t. ; - i1|tt "'-tttn WIN es1st
very horse :."'.lilst whom he started, aud in
9,le I:,ce llfel Ncs,resoT. VINO st''''eed'd in
olit. heit1 from hll, but was unable
q WIN me race
on pi'p:ir performances here It was al
1!ost certalll. Week before the Rochester
ace tiat IL "o!flti iail to either Aict'reGtr or
at:Sainter, amt The iact that these lI0rScs
we're lifst anu scaona 1T tue finish. showed
hore conc!iisl'eiy than could amy amount Of
reu'In'ili mat pub!lt performance Is always
he trllt.St lest nf merit in HORSES
that ti1e wi'ininy Ut III. race by Alexander
'as Ss:ratct y there IS M loubt in the
llIitls OF p:actlcal ilorsrnlen who saw ii. In |
lie follrtn heat Alexander twice swervcd and
lpeded Mctiitgor alter entering the home
tretct!. Iie driver Ut Alexander freely all
lltteu Tie lnstrlerellce'. hut claimed that IL 1
us not Intentional, and on this statement
lf Judges awarded him the heat. when
ne rules under which the race was ,
t'lllg t:ottcd LETT them no alternative but to
T back any horse leaving his position after
lltcrlac the lolllestrctch. Hi matter whether ]
le swervfng was intentional or hot. The
lct, however, that Alexander went IN ;1nl
'ottesi three more haru heats after this,
lnll'lg the last. would indicate that he is
le best horse Of the two but tile winning
the fifth and sixth heats by Santa Claus
as enough to stamp him worthy compet- :
or OF the other two.
CnlortunateIy Alexander is not entered in