St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-16
The Recent Trotting Meeting
at Hamline Not a Finan-
cial Failure.
On the Contrary, the Associa-
ton Has Money in the
Treasury.
The Erdenheim Sale---The
Northwestern Association
Horses in Training.
Preston's Trotter--RoyWilkeS
Sold--Pancoast Recov-
ering.

The Minneapolis Journal few days
ago published statement in regard to
the Twin City trOtting meeting that was
noticeable OH account of its inaccura-
cies, stating:
1.-The attendance has been away be-
low what the splendid programme mer-
tied, but in measure the managers are
to blame for this state of things. The
affair has been poorly managed through
out. No judicious advertising was
done. Secretary Woodmansee is hardly
the right man in place of this kind. He
is dySpeptic by nature and is handi-
capped by an unsuccessful record in
turf matters back of him. President
Oswald is an enthusiastic horseman, and
is always agreeable and pleasant, but
he has had little time to give to the
races this year. The members of the
association are not enterprising. They
are all wealthy and do not care to make
any profit out of the races. Said we'll
known horseman to-day: This assO-
citation is doing much to injure racing
interests in the Northwest. They get
up meetings year after year and
manage affairs so that even a fair
attendance is impossible. / account for
all this from the fact that the MAJ ayers
have all got too much money them
selves. They do not care about making
any out of the races, and they won't go
down in their pockets to spend any in
order to get up an interest each year.
If we lose this year, you can call Oh me
for SO much: but be sure it does not run
above such an amount: if it does, |
won't stand it, This kind of a plan
won't work in managing a big race
meeting. To make money you've got
to spend it. AS long as the Twin City
club follow out their present plan
they'll play TO empty bleaching boards
as long as they stay in the deal. The
present meeting will not be financial
success by any means"
dent Oswald, F. c. Pillsbury and Mr..
Lovejoy. These gentlemen, who reside
in Minneapolis, had large share i'm the
general management of the meeting. 1t
is not just to them to say that mo
judicious advertising was DONE"
The advertising was done in
the leading trotting horse pa
pers. such as the Turf, Field and
Farm, Wilkes Spirit, the Horseman, of
Chicago, and similar papers of reputa-
ton. Not only was the advertising
done in these papers, but through Mr..
WoodmanSee'S personal friendship with
nal, and at his solicitation, each of the
papers editorially called attention to the
meeting Oh more than one occasion. and
in every way possible they helped to
bring the meeting before the people.
The writer of the above charges that
the managers WON'T 90 down in their
pockets to spend anything in order to
get up an interest each year, Does
this writer go down in his pocket to
1al, 1 60,
win and take away? If he does not, by
what right does he complain in a public
journal of Mr.. Oswald, Mr.. PllIsbury
and Mr.. Lovejoy and the other members
of the association? Financially the
association has done very well during
the last two meetings. At the meet
ingS in 1887 and 1888 a surplus was left
in the treasury. In 1886, when r. f.
Jones, of Minneapolis, was secretary,
the meeting was financial failure. In
1887 and 1888 the managers hung up
purses largely in excess of those form
nrly offered, secured good horses, had
first-clasS races, paid out every dollar
and closed up with balance on hand.
The receipts were more than twice as
much in 1887 as they were in 1856, when
Mr.. Jones was secretary. and the same
may be said of the year 1888. Judging
from these facts one must naturally
think that the change in secretaries
and the different style of advertising
proved to be of advantage to
the association. If the association
has made money under Secretary Wood
mansee, while under the management
Of MIR. Jones it was financial failure,
it looks as though the managers had
done good thing in making the
change, and at the same time avoided
the necessity of ''gOing down in their
pockets
The most unnecessary statement in
the Journals article is the one referring
to MIR. WOodmansee. How far Mr..
WOOdmansee was unsuccessful in his
turf career may be Judged by examin-
at the Midway stable with the late Com
modOre Kittson. While on the turf, the
commodore's trotting and pacing horses
earned $4,000; the sales amounted to
S93.755; the stallion service, $4,000:
handling and keeping other horses.
s7,450; total, S210, OPS. AT two, three and
four years old, the Midway colts and
fillies have invariably been winners. At
one time Midway barn contained five
animals with uneQualed records, as fol-
lows: Johnston, 2:0614; 1ittle Brown
three heats; Fannie Witherspoon, 4:43.
the fastest two-mile record; Minnie r,
trotting 2:19, pacing 2:16I, with run
ming mate 2:0314, the only animal that
ever beat 2:20 at both gaits; Firebrand.
2:01%, the fastest running mate. At
the winding up of Midway, the forty
two head of stock brought the largest
average ever obtained at public auction,
and $3.50 sold for 81 AS more than any
other brood mare ever brought at auc-
ton. Does this record look like being
handicapped by an unsuccessful turf
record?
Tho Epd ophaiu, No,,r;no.