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

meQlately following Tue TcduiHS AaOI0i VI oiN
horse department. In no other way can stock
he so cheaply or prominently advertisedas by
sk!ng advantage of this opportunity. Figures
will be furnished on application, and adVer-
issso~uts can also occupy a corresponding
yas:uon in the weekly issue, if desired.
The Upr0ar Caused 6y the Challenge OF
jag Eye See.
TTurf, Field and Farm.
The proposition to match Jay Eye See
against any trotter in the world, either race
or an exhibition heat, for $4,000 side. has
stirredup quite hornets nest, and as
doubts have been expressed in some quarters
about Mr. Case Gathering" the challenge,
we give the exact text in connection with
other facts:
CLEVELAND, June %, 1884.
Ha0tiltOn Busbey Esq:
DEAR SIR: Mr.. Case is willing to match Jayt
Eye See for race or an exhibition heat aSalns
any horse for ten thousand dollars a side, half
forfeit, to be trotted either at Hartford, Provi-
dence or Chicago, as may mutually be agreed
upon; each party to choose one judge and they
third; the Turf, Field and Farm to be stake
holder. Inclosed please find forfeit.
Yours truly W. IT, CRAWFORD.
The forfeit inclosed was $4,000. In an
explanatory letter the statement was made:
The Clingstone party have made every effort to
induce us TO trot race on July 4, and as we de-
clias9 on account Of engagements at Chicago and
the small amount of the stakes, there has arisen
great deal of feeling between the parties, and
considerable talk of match aud our being afraid
to trot. Capt. Stone has also said that if he
could control Maud S, he would match her for
any amount against us, and he has plenty OF
money. Mr.. Vanderbilt might allow him to trot
an exhibition against the horse, if not race,
/ have offered the match to suit all kinds of
competitors, and leave no loophole for escape If
they mean trOt instead Of talk. In case track
cannot be mutually agreed upon it could be de-
cded by lot. The public indulge in so much talk
of hippodrome, gate money, ETC., that think
match for a respectable amount would have
good effect, and settle the question of supre-
macy.
In letter to US from Racine, dated June
q, Mr.. Case says:
wrote to Mr.. Crawford that I disiked to be
aggressive, or give challenge, but that he might
consult Mr.. Bither and do as they thought best.
You know the result
Our esteemed Chambers street neighbor
sent one of its staff to interview Mr.. Van
derbilt, and it reports him as saying:
81 have heard of the challenge said to be
signed by the owner of Jay Eye See. Why he
anybody else should have the impudence to al
lude to me my mare a challenged party,
knowing, as every one knows, that have invari-
ably refused to allow her to be trotted in any
race or match, uis past my comprehension, 1
keep Maud for my own amusement, and am we'll
satisfied in my own mind that she is the fastest
piece of trotting horsehesh in the world. If she
Is not the fastest she is at least the handsomest
and most perfect. When auy one else gets and
drives on the road finer looking animal, indie
Of I will Of
Maud s. / have said on previous occasions that
there some horses which, if they could trot
mile in a minute, would not have gift for
my private use.. l think Maud S, is perfection
in everything she undertakes"
Aud the editor of our esteemed contempo-
rary Wilkes Spirit was moved to remark:
''There is really more dignity than warmth in
Mr.. Nanderbilt's remarks, as Mr.. Case knows
full well that he has everything to gain and moth
ing to lose by making believe that he is seeking
to pit his little black gelding against the queen
of the turf, for he must be well aware that Mr.,
Vanderbilt has set his face against matching
Maud s. against time or other horses during her
career on the turf. Mr.. Case might just as safely
challenge Mr.. Bonner's Rarus Edwin Forrest
1t appears to us that his actual motive is mere
commercial scheme to secure liberal offers from
associations for exhibition heats by his horse. -
We cannot believe that Mr.. Vanderbilt is
correctly reported. Maud S. has repeatedly
rotted for money since she became the
property of her presentowner. In the spring
of 1880 we published proposition from Maj
Mcdowell to trot Trinket, five years old,
against Maud S., six years old, for stake
of 81 900 each, and after con siderable news
paper talk the two young mares met at Chi
cago July "a, for purse of 1000 and an
inside stake of $4,000. Maud S. was the
faVorite, on account of having shown so we'll
in race at Chester park July 6, with Jo-
sephus, Lizzie II, and Outlaw, and she won
in straight heats, and made record of 2:13%
In the third heat. AT Cleveland, July IS,
Maud S. trotted for a $4,000 purse against
Driver, Charley Ford and Hannis, and at
Buffalo, Aug. 4, she repeated her victory
over Charley Ford, Hannis and Driver Then
she went to Rochester, and on August 10 she
trotted the famous exhibition heats against
st. Julien, each making record of 2:t13l.
Next she appeared at Springfield, where she
behaved badly, and was ordered home St.
Julien reduced at Hartford the record to
2:114, and Mr.. Vanderbilt mare was taken
to Chicago, where, September IS, she trotted
against time for purse of 81, 900 and made
siX-year-old record of 2:10M. In 1881 she
trotted for money at Columbus, Detroit,
Pittsburg, Chicago, Philadelphia, Buffalo and
Rochester, making at the latter place,
August II, her seven-year-old record of
2:1O4. In the spring of 1880 Capt. Stone
after good deal of banterng, telegraphed
to MIR. P. A Finegan of San Francisco, that
he would match Maud against Santa Claus
for $4,000 a side and allow $1,000 for ex-
penses. As all these things are matters of
record, it is not reasonable to suppose that
Mr.. Vanderbilt said that ''evervone knows
that have invariably refused to allow her
Maud s. to be trotted in a race or match. -
Nor is it likely that he conceded without a
struggle the track superiority of Jey Eye See
by making the remark: eff she is not the
fastest, she is at least the haudsomest and
most perfect. Jay Eye See has not vet
beaten the time of Maud s, although as a
tive-year-old he has equaled her six-year-old
record, 2:l0&, and as the queen has shown
so well this summer, her owner would not be
true to himself by raising a doubt as
to her supremacy. Besides Mr.. Wander
bilt knows that if Maud had
posed before the world on her shape instead
OF her speed she would never have won re-
nown. She was crowned qucen because she
trotted The track faster than any animal that
ever lived. Mr.. Vanderbilt has reason for
asking to be saved from his friends. Their
mad zeal has placed him before the public in
= false position. The editorial reference to
Nj. EoRncr is unfortunate. The owner of
i.arUs &ad Edwin Forrest Is safe against |
challenges, beea''~e 1t is known that he has |
never allowed enc of his horses, either 6i-
rectsy or Indirectly, to start in the interests of
= purse, stake orwagor. The track winnings
OF Naud S, since she has been the properly |
Of Mr. Vanderbilt, amount to several |
Thousand dollars. TIE Hons share
9f lhcse winnings, however, were |
poc!;cted, if we axe correctly informed, by |
Capt. Stone and Mr., Bair Gar esteemed /
contemporary talks as foolishly as a woman
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