The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-03-17
Waited from Track and Road.
J.. w. HESS, Editor.

| H. We HESS h-uitoTs
| There will he q horse sale and show at Mar
settles, H., to-day. The farmers from the
surrounding country are expected to bring in
their horses to sell to buyers who will be
present from Chicago and elsewhere. 1t
seems to me, and it has been suggested a
a number of times, that monthly sales could
be held here in Ottawa, which would be ad-
vantageous to buyer and seller. Set some
day every month, designate it as sale day and
let all those who have horses to sell bring
them ina little advertising will bring the
buyers. 1t will be but short time before
there will be many buyers present. This will
create competition, and competition means
more money for the horse. don't mean an
auction sale-smply bring in the horses that
are for sale and let the buyers look them over
and offer their price; If you don't get the
price you want take your horse home again.
Ottawa would make a grand place for such
sales, as there are so many tirst-class horses
raised and owned in the neighborhood, The
value of horses shipped from here now by
local buyers exceeds 100000 per annum.
Nap Mccarthy will ship his horses from
Los Angeles, Cal, where he has been winter
ing, to Terre Haute, Ind, about the middle
of April. He is now jogging A. " Farmland,
2;20'4 Belle Echo, 2:20; William c., 1929 {;
Geneva $, 1882; Daisy Wilkes, 2:37l5; Will
ian S., 2:3S16, and the PAGER Johnny Woods,
2;23l4.
The Hornellsville, n. Y, FAIR Association
will give $4,000 guaranteed stake for the
1888 class at its annual exposition, which will
be held Aug. % to Sept. |.
DR.. Carter, of Elmdalc. Kan, who pur-
chased Faro, 2:25115, and the PAGER Pronto,
217ll, last spring, owns brother to j. g.,
2l74 He is called Hllsdale Prince.
| Dick Wilson will condition his horses at
Greenfield, Ind, and will be out for the money
as soon as the bell rings. He already has
something choice in the pacing division of
his stable, Frank Champ, 2:l64; Emma,
2:l9A and Golden Prince, 2:l954, Deing in it.
He also has Iona Guifin, 2:2313; Billy Knox,
2:H14; Forest Queen, 2:33l4 and few
others in hand.
! All of John ID. Morrissey's horses in train
| ing were sold in Denver, Col, on Saturday,
| fifty head being sold for $35, 900. The great
PAGER l.. G. Lee, who reduced his record to
2:l5 last season, was the highest priced lot
sold, being knocked down to James Healy of
| Leadville for $1,000. l.. T.. Lee has the fast
est record ever made by pacing stallion in a
race, and has repeatedly shown his ability to
reduce it. The bay horse Superior, foaled
| 1881, by Egbert, dam May dam of Benefactor
2:271D, by WoOdford Mambrino, was pur-
chased by j. ". Page of New York for 81 POO.
He has record of 2:25L15 made In a match
| -, l. ~. 80
Denver pad $500 for Black Diamond, 2:20,
one Of the members of Morrissey's California
stable last season.
j. s. Dorr is driving nice-moving bay colt
owned BY Pete Shaver. He is by Climax, sire
of Fanny Cope, 2:2Sl4; Ottawa Maid, 2:34A !;
etc; dam Nellie, dam of Granite, 2:A14.
There are number of good colts owned in
and near Marselles by Geo. n. Lowe, Gil.
max, Byron, Ottawa Chief, and other sires.
A few weeks ago, in writing letter to Mr..
j, n. Wallace, editor of Walace's Monthly
and the American Trotting Horse Register, l
nois Valley Colt Stakes. In the March num-
Der of the monthly was surprised to find he
had published my comments, and had coin
cided with me. Believing the letter will in.
terest my readers, reproduce it as published
in the monthly:
| ILLINOIS VALLEY CIRCUIT COLT STAKES.
We are informed that the illinois Valley
Circuit have decided to give colt stakes. The
guaranteed stake for two and three year olds
is 5000, with following conditions: Nomina-
! tOns with rs each due March |, second pay
ments of s. May l., and last payment due
when other purse entries close. The stakes
| are divided into three moneys. The first three
\, 1.n hall
timed separately, and records given each OF
| them, If desired by the owner. Mr.. Louis w.
| Hess, OF Ottawa, H., writes IL will neces.
state six timers, but We can arrange that Tour
timers and judges are in separate stands across
from each other). 1t was the idea of K. l..
Allen, of Joliet, and | was on the committee
TO arrange the programme for the circuit and
agreed with him. We want contest. We
do not want some one colt to come out and
frighten all Others away. We want to give
small breeder a chance, one who don't have
from thirty to sixty colts to pick from. He
may have a three year old chat can trot our
half mile tracks In 2:40--a most credtable
performance-and want record on him, but
there may be one in the race that can trot in
235. Under the old rule our first man is
knocked out, but he can trOt second in 2:40,
and record so given is 100 per cent better
than tin cup record The colt does not
pick day and track to suit; he don't score
up, and II not going Just right, come back
and score again. He does not have every
thing and everyone to favor him, but on the
contrary, he is obliged to start the day the
race is set for. Whether just on an edge or
not, he scores up in field of horses; he has
perhaps fourth or fifth place; he must 90
when the word is given, whether on his stride
or not. He must tret around the other horses,
must have them come at him and carry him
along; in fact, must trot race, and then why
should he not have the time he honestly
makes credited to him."
Mr. Hess takes the correct view of the case
and states 1t well. Colt stakes will never
bring out satisfactory contests and be salts
factorily decided until there is a guarantee
that a good colt will get credit for what he
does, even though some other does better. In
80 far as colt-racing Is concerned, the argu-
ment is all one way, and intelligent public
sentiment will in due time bring about what
we have contended for. If not, stakes viii
continue to result az wslSovtr- -tuat i 10
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