New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-20
a WAR OFWORDs OVER TEAMS
RIVALRY OF MR.. VANDERBILT AND NIX
WORK.
INTENSE INTEREST FELT IN THE QUESTION AS 10
WHICH OF THE TWO HAS THE FASTER fAiH W
uopsrs-rAIKs WITH THE OWNERS.

HoRsfs-TALKs WITH THE OWNERS
Achallenge has been issued by Il all e LsSo
srS interested In fast trotting 1t is addressed to
Frank Work the owner of the famous team. Edward
AND the terms of it may Be best told in the words of
Mr. Eastman. He was seen yesterday by ikiB Bti
reporter having just come IN from driving 0Sp'""
Since the publication of the fact that MI
va9derblt's new team, Early carly 81 Rose wa snn
in 2Ieia. at Charter Oak Park in Hartford nO,,
there have been many slurs cast upoi
the gentlemen who timed the trial ana aOuo'S NOW CIV
pressed as the correctness OF the timing. nv NV
this much must say, the timers were Iep o
gentlemen accustomed to holding Watches over TeiS ~
Nsw.Milford Conn. All of them are unknown
personally to Mr.. Vanderbilt having ooun nHca INV
TO time the team almost on ont these facts It
tas paTpcnIariy aggravatng to myself and the
friends of Mr. Vanderbilt to hear SO m1ch sac ana
no fo fhe superiority of Edward and DICK
!" How did Won bappen to send the challenge y
at came about in this way went TO Mr.. Van
derhilt who il is well known does not BET upon the
speed OF his horses and ask him If he would enu me
would nut ND stake, and II Mr.. W OK healt pusl
ness we couid soon lind out who had the fastest
horses Nv Vanderbilt consented anu 50 'nc on'i
lcngc was sent" 80
"W hat are the terms y $3.50 -. oi.bor
Ten thousand dollars that Aldine can oca eIuen
of Mr. Works horses best three heats out OF I'VE on
Monday next; $40, 900 that Early Rose can oo,f
thc other of Mr. Works horses Oh "Wednesday OF
next week and SO. 600 that the par can peat MI
Works pair on Saturday of next week All Tue oeVs
Whx 40 Won insist upon Chatter Oak Park r.
Because il belongs to the Association anu pc
cause il is the track upon which the disputed 'le
was made .,,.o, s;roner
"1,erfainIv 40 because Edward and Swiveller
have been worked well all summer, ana Oughi 10 pc
i'm good condition As to Trial by heats IL Is 'hI
way provided by the rules OF the Association:
have not issued the challenge TO get mo Il coii.t
versy with Ar, Work. lie has GOOD team UuS
think Mr.. Vanderbilt has better one, mant
10 see the horses meet and think there are eToa.
many people who would also like to see such
A call wasthen made on Mr.. Work lie o was
found Watching the tcker" in his private once
but snlngly talked horse DetWe eeu nne Of Mr.
Eastman but was at q loss TO know why IL han
been sent because he preferred TO deal Win prlnc
said shall answer il because | am anxious lor
the horses to meet, but cannot accept IT."
why ~ asked the reporter - ~, .o, ,,,h
Because il is an unfair one. TO the general pun
lie II will appear to be all right, but any n9rSclla
can see at once that 1T is not. III tne hl he
place, the races aref required 6Te. Now " 10Y y
horses have not been in the hands OF trainer, Will
Early Rose aud Aidne have been on the Niion nad
Their muscles are hardened for the scoring ana
they could stand i've or six heats better than Ed
ward and SwIveler, who have been IN my barn l9f
two wears and have only been worked on the IOau.
So lar for the pairs. Single NV horses would De De
still more out OF condition, having been drlNeh
double 50 long. The restriction Is maui u! ~ or
Eastman that all the races must be accepueu vi
none Now rs TO the track. All of the horses are
here in New-York, and -, l 90 not care ,,oo 10
sm" ys t. h"IG and wbSt is far for
is far for another. shall make TINS oner VIII
bet $4,000 that MIR. Nanderbilts Larry hose mliH
Aldlue cannot lower the record OF Edward anu
Swiveller 1 will put my horses against MS Oh
will drive against time, and he may 40 the same
half dozen men who rtgolve in his light all the
time or they can be chosen as provided py tnc AS
ISOLATION There would be no difficulty about that
so lar as am concerned because want race out
will not trot heats because my horses are not Ill
condition. ~, ,,,,;,, too,, ~
- lie has the best team that he ever had nave
40 wish TO belittle It, They are magnliceht mares
and it will take mighty good team TO pfat l 9
That reminds me Of when came TO New or nom
Ohio. | brought horse with me. While driving
ON Long Island had brush with the old Quaker;
Uncle John IIeadwell He looked at my morse ana
there remarkably fine horse Dui IN!
Toby can beat him. So L say to Mr. Fanderblii
Edward aud Swi>eller can beat Early hose anu
Aldine for money. under such conditions as any
dlsnterosted hOrsemen would say were I!uI, c1n-
sldering what both teams nave done during lns
summer. Do think Mr. Vanderbilt has Loaned MS
team Not at all; he is at the bottom o. the
NIT vanderbilts pair. Early Rose and Alline
were brought to this city from Hartford on friday
last and are in MT. VanderbIlts stable at Hau-
sOl-aye. and Fifty -ilTst-st Yesterday, Wheu sen
by tribune reporter, they appeared 10 DC III PEI
feet racing condition. they laHlly atc the heduS
OF tie straw III which lnCy Wdlhtu hhccI uVV "
IN another spacious stall stood Maud > she 1ohdled
the manager OF the stable he gave her big Jumps
of white sugar. Close by was Lyaander' Whll9 9
Ieander and Bay Dick stood hltcned 20 Io"u
wagon ready tor Mr.. Vanderbilt. shortly aItcl .
O'Clock he came in, and sitting down chaIte , Win
the reporter who remarked that II was SAID that ne
had secured a team that would beat the world MI
Vanderbilt laughed as he SAID III reply:
Not TO beat the world because that is a very
large place. But they are pretty last ana ,hinh
viii beat Mr. Works team should ne accept M
Iastman's challenge. But hardly think he VIII
as il would only be taking his money. should not
exIect 10 keep a team that could beat anything on
the road for five years. Old horses IKE GA men
must ave way for younger ones anu m1 1h
ncyc that Adine and Early hose are inc jasieSl
team hitchcd still there has been such great I'M
provcment in trotting horses IN the Iast I'VE years
that am forced TO think that there Will De ALMOST
as mach improvement III the next hVe yeals'
~ mere did you buy the palrT ,
Early Rose 1 bought recently Tor $l3'VZo,
Adine the brown Kentucky mare sired by Almont
the sire OF Early Rose, cou ld he had for $4,000
sent wOld that after tIial II satisfactory, would
take her | did not know that she was to start III
race the next day, and 50 when her owner refused
"a tnal thought there was something wrong vi
the next dav after she had trOitcd and won the
race, John Shepherd OF Boston, bought her without
trai. lie then allowed me tflal ana sald
could have her for $4,000 She matched Ear y
Rose so perfectly that | bought her, and would
rather pay $4,000 for q horse with ulai thar
$4,000 Tor without" $500.
- " ere you present when Early Rose ana Aiulhe
Were driven mlie III 2:lOl2 =
No did not see Aldne until after had Dough
her photographed to Mr.. Bair tuesday of last
week to make The pest TINE ne could and come IA
New York. On " edncSday lie hItc hed them up ana
the many watches that were held recorded me tnht
as 2I6L2 That one performance has iuy repaid
me lor what they cost and to-day would not take
balf a Lnl ion dollars Tor tue team because money
can get, but cannot buy faster horses.
:" DO YOU consider Early Rose and Aldlne The
best pair that you have verhad =
No | do not. Yesterday drove them at Fleet
wood IN l:0S, really, 1:O1a4 and MI BAR say
be feels convinced he can do mile IL
2I5 Yet as fast this is, think the time made
with Lady Mac and Small Hopes, 2:Z3, i've year.
ago 10 be greater feat"
Or nhnll1 ~. cLalleunc ~ suprnstnd the IL