Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-01
The Charter Oak Park-SIO, GOO Purse.

The Charter Oak Park-S1O,OO Purse.
 The nominations for the purse of $10, 900, for the 2:19 class offered by Charter Oak Park, Hartford, to be trotted for at the time of the circuit meeting, number thirteen. For this great event, it will be remembered, sub- scribers were required by the conditions to forward simply their own names, the horse not to be designated until the third payment is made, August 15. The gentlemen entering horses are: H. w. Kittson, Morse's Yellow Dock Syrup Co.,, W. S. Gordon, M. M. Hedges, John E. Turner, E. W. Conover, J.
 ". Page. James Golden H. W. Brown, Budd Doble, William R. Armstrong; William R.
 Loomis and John A. Goldsmith. Of the prob able trotters to appear in this great race, the Spirit of the Times says
 Unless something unforeseen happens, the chestnut mare Fanny Witherspoon, by AL mont, dam by Gof's Wagner, record 2:1s4, will bear the banner of the Kittson stable
 It is she that has been entered in the free for-aIl race of the Gentlemen's Driving Park meeting, and just now she is first favorite in the distinguished string that John Splan will engineer. Should she go wrong, Commo- dore Kittson has the bay mare Minnie R., by J. c. Breckenridge, dam by Exchequer
 record 2:19, and the bay stallion Won Arnim,
 by Sentinel, dam Blood's Black Hawk, to de- pend upon. Morses Yellow Dock Syrup company of course is the chestnut mare Morse's Yellow Dock, by Clark's Mohawk jr., dam by Copperbottom, record 2:2Ot, but has trotted with running mate in 2:11, the best record that way rigged and the fastest mile ever trotted except by Maud s. She is formidable can- didate. W. J. Gordon, of Cleveland, we pre- sume will start the bay gelding William H., by Young Wilkes, record 2:18 1-2, dam by Daniel Webster, and it is only necessary that 1,a1 T1 S-,e, <ol Ae- in the front rank. M. M. Hedges, whose horses have been wintering at Augusta, Ga, will rest his fortunes on the bay gelding J. B. Thomas, by Sterling, dam by Defiance, record 2:1S 1-2, unless he finds horse that suits him better before August 15, and this not likely as he is Every sweet on' Thomas. We do not know what trotter John E. Turner has in mind, as his prime favorite, Edward Thorne, is ineligible, unless it is the bay mare Daisy dale, by Thorndale, dam by Burr's Wash ington, record 2:19 3-4. It is quite likely that the ssGeneral' has made his subscription with view to have horses whose speed he knows, but which has not yet been shown in public. B. W. Conover will bring to the post the chestnut mare Adele Gould, by Jay Gould, dam Emeline, by Henry B. Patchen, record 2:19, and first-rate one will always be kept busy to beat her. James Golden has in training, and doubtless now intends to start, the bare mare Rosa Wilkes, by George Wilkes, dam by Mambrino Patchen, record 2:18 1-4, recently purchased by J. B. Barnaby, of Providence, and g mare who can, it is generally believed, rub several seconds from her pres ent record. Fl. W. Browns is, we suppose, the plough horse," the chestnut gefding Captain Lewis, by Spink4 dam Lady Jones, by Wallace's phenomenon, record 2:2O4. J. W. Page, we presume, has in mind the bay stallion Maxey Bobb, by Happy Medium, dam by Jupiter, record only 2:3O, but it is claimed that he can beat 2:20 handily. We presume that Budd Doble intends Monroe Chief, and Goldsmith will start Romero, while Armstrong may have in mind Har wood, who was very fast last year. Con corning William R. Loomis' probable entry we are in the dark. The nominator halls from Chicago, and was of the firm of Graves & Loomis. Monroe Chief, if Doble has his services, and he is in good form, will be dangerous in the race, especially if it is protracted. His great six-heat race at Lexine- ton last year with Rosa Wilkes speaks most eloquently for his staying capacity
 Charter Oak Park has witnessed many brilliant assemblages, but none greater than it will see on the day of this race.