St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20
Spring Valley Has a Club
That Intends to Do
Business.
NJ. T. Grattan Suggests a Two
Days Programme for
Three Towns.
New Standard TPotting Rules
Chicago Horse Market
Track Talk.

since the people of Preston have had q
fit Of the shivers over the moves of the
more modern Village to the westward.
Spring Valley has built a first-rate half
mile track, organized club, with the
popular DR.. johnson as president.
which proposes soon to hold an innau-
gural trottinglmeeting, besides making a
strong bid for the county fair. Serious
negotiations to this end have been
pending for some months, with good
prospects now that the fair of 1890 will
be held at Spring Valley. The agricult-
ural society was unable to lease the
grounds at Preston, though willing to
give much more than the present
lessees, who have no trotters to
train for themselves or any
| one else, and who use the grounds
as an alta chment to feed mill.
Last year, when the agricultural society
had the lease, a stable full OF outside
trotters was in training throughout the
season. They Occasioned an expendi-
ture of about 81 day each in Preston,
and brought many strangers to the
| town. Preston contemptuOusly kicks
these advantages to one side, and Spring
Valley is proceeding to gather them in.
The older town may wake up after a
little. realizing how little money there
is in sl0th and spite. In that event a
generous rivalry with Spring Valley
would result in great advantage to both
towns, as well as to the road horse in
terests of the county. AS all impartial
citizen of Isinours it will af-
ford me pleasure to attend races
at both Spring Valley and Pres
ton. making entries and chasing
out the winners as fast as the speed OF
mycommand wifi permit. The people at
Chatfield are also in the ring and have
This gives Fillmore county three race
tracks, and the question naturally
arises, what is track for? A track
upon which no races are trOtted is like
pair of lips that are never kissed-a
Cry and Improbable course. Spring
Valley has some trOtterS, one very
promising youngster belonging to DR..
Johnson, that won the fOur-year-o}d
race at the county fair last year. Chat
field has some trotters. Frank Bar.
nard has valuable wind-splitter of
mysterious pedigree. The Messrs.
Balsinger have stable full of equine
aristocrats that were not bred to haiti
a dray. Abe McElderry has blood
in his eye when the talk is
about tllree-year-old. Jim Sanders0n
steers valuable antique dubbed Grand
Misery. Swinging around the circle to
Preston we find Alec Bennett, the stall
wart hardware man, with Easter. a four
year-old by Trample, dam Magic, BY
King Herod. She most decisiyely beat
the Conkeys' Allie Gaines filiy in their
exercise recently. Alec says the four
Do e. @ho,,
fore in this county or else stay behind
ME, by Trampie, is encouraged by daily
Improvement, and thinks the boys may
not he SO hilarious later on. Your hum
BILE servant has Needless by Herod, the
heroine Of three second moneys last
year, as three-year-oid. But "hope
springs eternal in the human breaSt,"
and 1 shall try hard to teach her the
trick old Herod, her sire, used to play On
the toys. The other string to my bow is
owned by William Allen, of Leroy.
brown geiding called Twinkle, sired by
Trample, dam Little Mink. 2:40, by
King aerod. This is gentleman's
horse, a graceful. handsome, weil-be-
haved trOtter that is safe for any one to
drive. He won the three-minute race
at the county fair last fall, the first and
only time he ever started, getting a
record of 1853. The Conkeys seem to
be driving but one animal on the track,
very handsome and well-gaited two
year-old, by son of Trampie's, the
balance of their stock, since the ''Scrap"
with Easter. having been turned out.
Now, what are all these horses for? A
that fails to run. Suppose we have at
Preston, Chatfield and Spring Valley a
little sport, beginning at an early date.
Our local horses. with home rivalry,
would give earnest zest to some racing
at each town. Let me suggest pro-
gramme for two days at each town:
Thursday. June =, =, for three-year-
old trotters, mile heats, 8 in 5, for trotters
of the ESQ class.
rd atsy mile ann heats 5:F t e,a
ters mile heats, 5 in 5 running race, half
mile heats.
The breeders of road horses in Fill
more county will never build up their
industry without the stimulus of COM
petition on the track. The argument
OF race beats all others to attract at
tention. Furthermore, nothing so en-
livens village as an earnest contest
between home fayoriteS. have seen
the greatest trotters and PAGERS of the
century in historic races, but for down.
right earnest'fun / have never seen any
contest excelling some of these home
contests. where the drivers were all
cage rly aided by faction to whom de-
feat meant gall and NORWOOD be-
cause of hundred local jealousies.
Whichever town starts the ball rolf ny
may count upon my best efforts and as
SiStance. am sure the other breeders
of road horses in Fillmore county will
not stand back. NJ. L. G.
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New Standard Trotttng Rules. Il
In order to define what constitutes a
trOtting-5red horse and to establish a
breed of trotters on more intelligent
basis, the following rules are adopted
to control admission to the records Of
pedigrees. When an animal meets the
requirements of admission and is duly
registered, it shall he accepted as a
standard trotting- bred animal: g.
First-Any stallion that has himself
record of 3 30 OF better, provided any of
his get has record of 2::35 or better, OF
provided his sire or his dam is already
standard animal.
Secondary mare or gelding that has
q record of $50 OF better. d
Third-Any horse that is the sire of
two animals with records of $3.50 or beE
ter.
Fourth Any horse that is the Sire Of
one animal with a record of 2:30 or bet