Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
THINKS He WILL WIN,
w. Il. Crawford Looks Like
Capturing $4,000.
TALK ABOUT THE TR0TTERS
An Authority Says They Will Super
Sede the Runners.
ALETTER FROM TOMMY DANFORTH
Howe. of Cleveland, Talks Plainly About
the BrotherhoOd's Outlook.
TALK ABOUT THETROTTERS
LETTER FROM TOMMY DANFORTH
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

A well-known authority on trotting races
talks Interestingly about the prospects of
that sport. He thinks it will become more
popular than running races. Tommy Dan
forth writes from San Francisco issuing a
plain challenge to Delaney. A Youngs-
town ball player does noble act. Interest
ing opinions about the Brotherhood's plans
are still current. Frank G. Selee has been
signed to manage the Boston club.
A well-known and jovial authority on
trotting and pacing matters, who locates In
this city occasionally, arrived here from
Ohio yesterday. He talked very enthusi-
astically about his favorite sport and made
few interesting statements. In his opln-
ion there is very great future for trotters
and PAGERS in this country, and he does not
hesitate to say that that class of racing will
eventually be more popular than running races
can ever be. During his conversation he said:
'During nv travels last week met W. ID.
Crawford, and he tells me that he will leave Tor
California Some time ago. as you know, MI.
Crawford wanted to buy Stamboul, the Califor-
MIA stallion. The price asked was too high, and
after some discussion about the merits OF the
horse he bet the owners of the horse 5000 that
the latter would not make record Of 2:l2 BE-
fore next January. So far Stamboul has failed
to get below PIG and as next January is fast
approaching Mr.. Crawford thinks he has the
bet won. don't think the horse will get down
to 2:l2 this year, whatever he may. do next
season.
MAY TACKLE THE RECORD.
"Itmay be that Mr. Crawford will take his
$4,000 2-year-old stallion Constantine to Cali
fornis to try and beat the 2year-old record OF
Axtel Budd Doble intends to take his entire
string of horses, except Axtell, to California
this winter. SO that there will be plenty Of
profitable racing there"
Il am thoroughly convinced" continued the
speaker, that trotting races are superseding
everything else in the racing line. The extra
ordinary success of the past season proves this
For example take the recent trotting meeting
at Lexington. What tremendous success 1t
was, and what . comparative failure the run
ming was at the same place. The truth is there
is more money being invested in trotters and
pacers than the public is aware Of These large
investments are most assuredly popularizing
the sport The enormous prices that are every
now and again being paid for trotting horses
make the public curious, and everybody -ushes
70 the tracks to see the costly wonders. An
other feature that is adding TO the popularity
of the sport is the great number OF
stake races that take place every year, and
this class of races is increasing every year.
They yield the winner just as much on an aver.
age as the running races, while the expenses
are much lighter. The big investments that
have recently been made in trottng stock have
brought very wealthy and educated class OF
people into the business, and this will undoubt-
edly contribute greatly to its success.
POPULAR DOWN SOUTH.
"a short time ago had a tour down South.
apdI was soon convinced that everybody was
becoming fascinated with trotting races down
there. 1t is safe to say that in short time
Nashville will become great trotting center.
1 understand that efforts are being made to
establish big circuit in that section of the
country, and if that is done it will be just as
important a circuit as we have here in
the East. By forming circuit in the
South we will then have a consummation
for which hundreds of us devoutly wish. We
will then have trotting meetings almost all the
wear through. The Southern circuit can start
operations in early spring, and close Just as our
grand circuit opens. Oh, yes! frst-class trot-
ting races will get back to PittsburR. l am
confident of that We may not be able to have
them next year, but l venture TO say that we
will have big meetings here in 1891. When !
was at the Lexington meeting almost all the
prominent owners and winners were asking me
about Pittsburg. They all like to come here,
and they regret extremely the course which
events have taken in this city. However, as
soon as the course is clear for big meetings
here, there will be plenty of outside help to
make them big success"