The Washington critic., 1888-01-07

not include those of Il. j. Bald
win, j. b. Haggin, Senator Hearst
and others of the great Pacific coast
breeders, and but few from the great
breeding farms of Kentucky. IL is q
matter of much pride with the officers
of the club that they have been able
to make so marked q success of these
Futurity Stakes. A couple of English
racing associations have tried to es-
tablish similar stakes with an esti-
mated value Of 100000 The efforts
proved a failure, however, and such
attempts have been abandoned by our
cousins. They are not so progressive
in racing matters on that side of the
water as they are over here, APP
parently.
The international jumping-match
for e200 a side and the championship
of the world, between George w.
Hamilton, champion of America, and
J. Darby of Dudley, champion of
England, was booked to occur at
Moorefeld grounds, Fansworth, near
Manchester, England, on December
"a. The match is one of ten stand
forward spring jumps with weights,
three trials to lose. The same men
have also made another match for
goo to jump two consecutive stand
jumps, with weights, three trials to
lose, at Lea Brook grounds, Wednes-
day. January 81. Hamilton went
over with Buffalo Bills Wild West
show, but shortly after arriving he
left the show and went to st. Helena,
in Lancashire, where he has been To-
Gated for some time. Darby is good
Jumper, but if Hamilton is as good as
he was in 1880, with Homer Pennock,
he ought to win easily.
49,
President Philip J. Dwyer of the
Brooklyn Jockey Club is authority for
the statement that there will probably
be no clashingof dates between the
meetings Of the racing clubs this
Spring, but that some arrangement
will be entered into so that these will
be avoided. The American Jockey
Club people will probably under the
arrangement abandon their claim for
May 20, and the Brooklyn Club give
up Memorial Day. There will posi-
lively be no racing at either Jerome
Park or Coney Island on the Fourth
of July, both clubs conceding that
date to the Monmouth Park Associa-
ton. The Brooklyn Club will not
have midsummer meeting, no such
proposition having yet been seriously
considered by the club.
All the stakes announced by the
Brooklyn Jockey Club as well as by
the Coney Island Club for their spring
meetings closed at midnight Saturday
night last, and an exceptionally large
entry list in all the events is antici
pated. The Suburban and Brooklyn
Handicap horses will not be known
before the middle of next week, but 9
big list is expected in each instance
probably upward of 100,
| ~.
The American Jockey Club have
by formal vote, authorized its mana
gers to prepare programme for th'
spring meeting which shall include
stakes and purses of an average daily
value of $4,000, which is a large
amount than has ever before beer
offered at race meeting. Messrs
John Hunter, the newly-elected presi
dent of the club, and Charles Wheat
| ley, who will be the presiding judge
are now at work on the programme
which will be ready for publication il
about a week. The entries to the
various stakes will probably Close
February 15.
Tea Tray has now fully recovered
from the effects of the cold he caugh
while on his way from Lexington tC
Brooklyn and Frank McCabe think!
the crack 3-year-old of his string il
going to develop into wonder TIL,
report that Hanover has been cauter
lied, published in various sporting
papers, has no foundation in fact, al
the great colts feet are in perfect con
dition.
New Years Day is the official birth
day of every runner in the country
The 2-year-olds of last week are nov
9-year-olds, and the yearlings all be
came 2-year-olds. The hardest of al
is that of the 6-year-olds of last weel
who are now dumped into that grea
class which 60 down in Goodwin
Guide" and other turf records a
"aged," and are mixed up indiscrimi
nately with horses whose ages rul
from seven up to the twenties.
Old Jem Mace has been giving hi
opinion of the fighters of the presen
day, and he thinks they don't com
pare in ability with the old-timers like
Ben Caunt, Bendigo, Tom Sayers, Ton
King, Joe Goss or himself. 1t will
be noticed he does not mention Johl
G. Heenan or any other American
though, besides the Benecia Boy, Bol
Travers, the Black, and Charley
Lynch, both Americans, were among
the best men of his day in the Englisl
ring. He thinks Jem Smith is not {
wonder, and he says Charlie Mitchell
is not big enough for q cham
pion, and that he is depending
on John j.. Sullivan not beinj
able to get into condition for q fight
Jem says that he and Sullivan wer'
once matched in this country, but tina
John went on spree, and that h,
Mace had his journey to Americi
for nothing. This is news, indeed
and Jem would confer a favor b,
stating when and where the mattel
was made. Mace is now 81 years o
age, and he must be given to dream
ing in his old days.
Twenty Tall Spires,
Cathedral of Cologne, Germany, 81
feet