St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-07

by the owner of Jay Eye See, and that GER
tainly is quite sum OF money to lose.
There is nothing about the challenge tc JUS
tify the charge that Mr.. C.'s 'motive is a
mere commercial scheme to secure liberal
offers from associations for exhibition trots
of his horse" He has offered to trot either
a race or exhibition heats; to select a track
by agreement or lot, and to give each side
Judge, the two to pick a third. And he has
backed the proposition up with liberal for
felt. What more could any reasonable man
aska In note to us Mr. Vanderbilt says:
have seen the challenge, and cannot account
for having myself or my mare mentioned, asevery
one we'll knows my mare is not kept for public
exhibition or betting purposes. | am opposed
to hippodroming in any shape. This looks very
much like 1t.
We are just as much opposed to hippo
droming as Mr.. Vanderbilt is; we have made
many fights against professional hippodrom-
ers but we can see nothing in the PROPOSE
ton of Mr.. Case which looks like a hippo
drome. The stake is $780, 900 each, and the
winner is to take all. If Maud s. can beat
Jay Eye See she will secure the money and
the owner of the gelding will be out of pocket.
Mr.. Vanderbilt need not make the match
himself. He can return Maud S. to the con-
troll of Capt, Stone and let that gentleman
put up the stake as he did in the match with
Trinket. The mile shown by the queen on
the New York Driving club track is evidence
that she is all right, that she has both speed
and steadiness. She has the fastest record,
is full of track experience and if
a race is made she will not lack for hackers.
Heretofore Mr.. Vanderbilt has gratifed thou
sands by allowing Maud S, to battle against
horses and Father Time on the tracks of diff
ferent states, and he would win earnest ap-
plause by now permitting her to face her
great hnsman, Jay Eye See.
The following dispatch to the associated
press from Cincinnati would seem to indi
cate that Mr.. Vanderbilt realizes that the
crown of the queen is in danger, and that
he will have Maud s. prepared to go against
her own time. We are glad that he has
changed his mind, because we believe that
the daughter of Harold and Miss Russell is
capable of greater things than those yet ac
complished:
CINCINNATI, Ohio, July !, 1Ss4.-Captain Geo.
r. Stone, of this city, and the former owner Of
Maud S., has received dispatch from Mr.. w. H.
Vanderbilt, saying that he will spend few
weeks at sharon Springs, and will send Maud S.
back to Cincinnati, with instructions for Mr.. Bair
to keep her in good condition until he wants her
for road use. Mr.. Bair does not think it advis
able to give her any more fast work over half
mile track. Arrangements have been made,
therefore, for Mr.. Bar to take Maud S. and four
other trotters to Cleveland, where they can be
exercised over a good mile track.
In statement given out to the press, Mr..
Gordon has characterized the challenge as "a
piece of buncombe on the part of Case to adj
vertise his horse.' If Mr.. Case had not
backed up his proposition with large sum Of
thnr iOl1f In fnr tha
criticism of the owner OF Clingstone, but as
it is the talk about s;buncombe' sounds
cheap. Mr.. Gordon's' horses have always
trotted for money! and one year ago he for
feited 81, 900 to o. A. Hickol because he did
not appear at Chicago with Clingstone to trot
match against st. Julien. Mr.. Gordon is
one of the principal owners of the Cleveland
Driving Park, and for this reason we accept
the following as an indirect answer to the
challenge of Mr.. Case:
CLEVELAND, July /, 1884.
Editors Turf, Field and Farm.-The Cleve-
land Driving Park company offers a purse of
81, 900 to Jay Eye See and Clings tone, both to
enter and start on Thursday, July 81. Race to
be mile heats in harness, best three in five, and
the winner to take the whole purse. Entries
close July and must be accompanied by for
felt of 81 900 for non-appearance at the post, to
be paid the horse appearing ready for the start.
If both horses start the money to be refunded.
Each party to select judge, and they to select
third. Usual weather clause conditions regard
ing postponement. WIN. B. FAsIG, Sec'y.
There is no occasion for gentlemen get
ting into white heat because Mr.. Case has
confidence enough in his horse to back him
against any trotter in the world. Thus far
the owner Of Jay Eye See must be regarded as
master of the situation. His forfeit of 5000
for a race or an exhibition heat for $4,000
is still in nur hands and uncnvered