Telegram-herald., 1890-07-09
THE PALo ALqo-yAcK MATCH
A VERY Fertineat oa~ry ConesrHiag shs
Aethods Parsaed.

A Very Pertinent 0aqFy coHesrniag ehs
As5hods Pursued.
said = prominent tuFfmaa 70 the
fELEGkAA-HERALD yesteF iays
1T mas been extensively publishes
that senator stanford sent Ar. Aars4a
across the mountains with Paio Alto 10
contend against the free-foE-all tFottsgs
OF the East, and horsenen IA THIS part
or the country have been looking or
ward With great anxiety 70 the tame
when the free-g -gor-allerS would come To-
gether. The Detroit Association opeaed
= free-for-all purse OF SSp09, with an
additional purse or $1,000 10 the wlnler
OF the fastest neat, provided 2:l5f is
beaten, n winch II WAS esp cted F-lo
Alto, Jack, Gene Smith, AlcryOn sal
others would enter and IN which Il >
supposed that most OF the horses named
have entered. This would nave made
race worth going hundreds OF mics
10 see, bat now, as the uale approaches
Tor il 10 come OF, the announcement
IS made than Palo Alto anu Jack have
been matched To trOt tor the sum OF
$500 SIDE. the race 10 come OF at
Cleveland, Detroit or Chicsgo on the
25Ih OF july, one day later than the
time named for the free-fot-all 10 come
OF at Detroit.
at Is evident that Pzlo Alto and Jack
will not trct the free-for-all and the
match 100, and the question arises WITH
horsemen why the match has been
made at this particular time. Ii is Well
known that Alcryon Is barred from par
ticlpating IN the races OF the National
Association. and that Detroit is there
fore the only place where he could
reasonably be expected to meet Palo
Alto and Jack during the summer
meetings.
There are great many people IN
this part of the country, and especially
In Michigan, who believe that the
match has been made between Palo
Alto and Jack for the purpose or avoid
Ing a contest with Alcryon, Gene smith
and others at Detroit, and such people
think that the race between Palo Alto
and Jack would look much better after
they had beaten some one else ana
fairly entitled themselves to contest
privately for the championship. The
match as arranged stands TO break
UP the free-for-all at Detroit, and had
the owners of Jack and Palo Alto been
anxious TO contest with others and
make the match also the latter could
have been arranged to come of at a
time which would not interfere with
the free -for-all on the 25th. A race be-
tween Palo Alto and Jack would prob
ably draw very large crowd of con-
hiding people, but it would not be at a i
satisfactory To those who are anxious 10
see the giants of the turf come together.
Gene Smith was the greatest free for-all
winner of last year. Alcryon defeated
Jack easily at Hartford last August aud
Palo Alta has never beaten either OF
them. If the owners of Palo Alto and
Jack really believe they have the fast
est trotters in the world, they should be
willing to enter them with other horses
in actual contest, where the title to the
championship would be fairly open to
all. The query is whether the match
has been made in good faith or to avoid
contest with horses of equal or greater
reputation which they do not wish to
meet IN race?
"Will the managers of Palo Alto and
Jack answer the query and tell the
horSemen OF the country why they dc
not trot the free-for-all on tae 25th and
arrange their 60 called match for i later
day."