The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-28
The MENPHIS JOCKEYHUB
PROSPECTS FOR A GOOD SPRING
MEETING.
Names OF Famous Horses That viii
Engage In the SpOrt-What
Nashville is Doing.

Psrk, the new Nsshvllle raca course,
are spending heaps of money in The
stfort TO make their track one of the
best in the country, and will doubt
less succeed in achieving that desira-
bic result They have just issued an
exceedingly neat pamphlet OF
eight pages, containing q list
of stakes offered for the
spring meet ng of 1887. The book
is intended for the convenience Of
horse owners aud is gotten up in
check book style, with blank forms
containing columns of color and tex
of horse, name OF horse, age, sire, dam,
so that all that those desiring to make
entries have to do is to fill the blanks,
sign their names and make duplicate
on stub provided for the purpose,
The follow wing are the stakes offered,
to close January 10, 1887:
The Toy Leaf Stakes.-For FLIES two
years cid; IS entrance, to accompany
the nomination, with $50 additional to
start; 500 added, of which $3.50 to
second and $50 to third; tc carry ITO
pounds; Eek allowance; winners OF a
sweeTstake race to carry five pounds
extra. 0ne.half mile.
The Trial Stakes. Fer colts and f.
lies two years old IS entrance, to &C.
company he nomination, with $50 ad,
diional to stalt $500 added, Of which
$3.50 to second and $50 to third; to
carry ITO pounds; sex allowance; win
ners of sweepstske race to carry five
pounds extra; winners Of the West
SIDE or Ivy Leaf stakes to carry seven
pounds extra; maidens beaten in any
sweepstake race allowed five pounds.
five furlones
The arizona Stakes For FLIES three
years old; So entrance, TO accompany
the nomination, with 500 addit onsl
to start; $500 added, of which $3.50 to
second and $50 to third; to carry 118
pounds; rex allowance; winners this
year Of sweeps'ake Tac9 to carry
three pounds; two or more, five
pounds extra; maidens allowed eeven
pounds, One mile.
The TroubddOur Stdkes.--For all ages ;
S. entrar ce, TO accompany the nomlna-
ton, with $25 additional to start;
5000 added, of which $500 to eecond
and $50 TO third; thee year olds to
carry 100 pounds; four year olds and
upwards 10 carry 1l8 pounds;' sex al
lowance; winners this year of sweep
stake to carry FIVE pounds extra. One
and OF e-eiehth miles.
The LoUyers' Stdkes.--For CO t. and
FLIES three years old; S. entrance, to
{ G ,ompary nomination, with a25 ad.
ditionsl TO start $1,000 added, OF which
$500 10 second aud $50 to third; to
carry lis pounds; tex allowances ;
winners this year OF a swee 1gtake to
carry pounds, OF two or more 5
pounds extra; maidens beaten this
year in sweepstaks race allowed 7
pounds. One mile and one 81 1teenth.
The IRELAND Prise.-A handicap
sweepstakes for all ages; SIS entrance,
to accompany the nomination, with
$25 additional to start; $1,000 added, Of
which 5000 to second ard $50 to third /;
weights announced two days prior to
the race. One mile and one quarter.
It will be noted that q small cash
entrance fee is required, and forfeit
orders and declaration fees done away
with. This is an improvement on the
old plan aud dfssrves general
adoption. 1t is probably the result OF
conference held on this subject be-
tween O. II. Gillock, secretary OF the
West Side Park, aud s. ]. Mont
gomery, secretary of the Memphis
Jockey Club, who favors the
adoption of the same plan here.
Anxious TO lesrn what the prospects
were fer a good epling meeting in
Memphis an APPEAL reporter called
upon Secretary Soney Montgomery,
OF the Memphis Jockey Club, and
found him smiling over the following
extract from the famous correspond
enr, Broad ChuTCh's letter 10 the Spirit
Of the Times 1t reads as follo WIS:
II don't know but that there is a
general apprehension as to the
status of some of the West IN turf
clubs IN connection witAthe assumed
action of the Turf Congress bearin g
on the fixing of dates for the various
Yves ern meetings. In the fret place,
the congress had no power 10 arrange
the dates, and what action was taken
w6s OF the suggestive or recommend
atory kind, growing out Of, as under
etand it, an INFO NAL arrangement be-
tween representatives OF each club,
with the exception of Memphis, which
Was not represented. In the absence
Of Memphis delegate, those present
undo rtook to arrange for the
Memphis meeting the week following
that at New Orleans. With the spring
programme on that basis, there wonld
have been no clash except on one day
between Latonia and st. Louis, which
could not have been averted. But il
ssems the NJ emphs Club had already
fixed itsspriug date, which wss a week
| later than that proposed at the Con
| gress. As that date would conflict
with Nashville, q clash would have
been inevitable if mutual agreement
between the clubs of these two cities
could not be affected. A conference
was held in Memphis, and the
result was that the Bluff City
Club suck to the date orig
inally arranged, while it was decided
that the Nashville meeting should fol-
low the week after, the latter date
conflicting with the Lexington meet
ing. Nashville does not Withdraw
| from the Turf Congress, but merely
declines to be bound by the informS
recommendatory arrangement pro
posed at Cincinnati, l should not be
surprised il the dates and clashes o.
the recent season have not had some
little effect on the arrangements fol
next year, Memphis suffered some
what from them both in the Spriut
and Fall, and l heard Col. Montgom
cry express himself pretty freely NJ
the subject. He said, aud with
some show OF plausibility, tina
the Lexington nesting in the fal
should have bsen held in the periot
between Louisville and Latonis, GOV
Pring eleven days. Indeed, the Lex
ingtOn meeting was put of until ate
Latonia, crowding the Memphis meet
ing into the cold weather. Perhaps
something like mild retaliation ma.
have influenced the powers that be a
Memphis, especially as the young an'
thriving club at that point Is nov
vigorous enough to exhibit somethinI
like Independence"
allow about the spring meeting |?
asked the reporter; "does it promis