New-York tribune., 1891-12-26
JEROME I. CASE on HE TURF.

From The Chicago Tribune
Mr. Case was a well-known figure on the troting
tracks. though he did not manage MS own staple.
Ills commercial interests led him to employ a man
Tor that, and his manager was %Counsellor' M W. ~:
driving. The stable was not popular one ~ "aS vas
keeny managed and won 100000 OF S.oVVU ~ III 10
five years Most of that sum was nettcd III leo4'
when Jay Eye and Phallas were both champions; Ions
Mr. Case bet little on his own hosea loved ys sU9p
TrSnket had overturned Phaas at Rochester In 1858.
and he and his friends had won the pOol-D0X win
good chunk Of Case money In it: case llheS 10 loSe
ment was true The successful merchant was not
used to being pinched in that way >. L. C'Se 'tIeu
It was Recreation to him. In 1870 he got Phalas a
and Jay Eye see in Kentucky at woytS S9oo si6o g1S1
600 and had earned nearly as much more more
In the meantime Mr. Case had accnmGdefE gee and Endymon
:23 IA both by Dictator and relatives Of lay Eyeseo
1yTant a brother Phallas; Gurgc, 20 by Pocha-
aas ?nsaS oS faSt i' Inoisbred son Of Combat, for
$4,000: Governor Sprague, 30 l., by Rhode Island
i9F BT for s. &s6G Sla 1 and Western. 5 II BY Tramp
Dexter for $1,000 Mr. Case had his bits Of bad luck
cars after purchase Governor Sprague died and nevGt Na,
equalled speed expectations lie 1ad SHOWN dai,
| and Gurgle disappointments too Endymon
drifted TO England and was sold few days ago IN III
London for $3.50, high price for an American tiOttcI
| i'm that market and q good deal more than he was
worth Brown turned out well, and in 1855; at Clevc-
in 21s 81 in queci-Iooklng which the colt lost
| jay -Eye-See trOtting revelation III 1884 ana
his sx-year-Od FORM though in loo2 ana les3 ne mac
earned the four and five yearold championship lie
| was the trottng king for day. August j. loo4 on
the new Narraganset track at PTovldeqce H. l., the
low going smooth gated black geldng troted mile los
| Ed Bitier In 210. beating Maud SIS : 10 -, me
| record But the next day, under Robert Bonner S
ORDERS Billy Bair Maud :. loose at Cleveland she
trOtted in 700 "a and crGwh wse ps
away and taken out again, as navculaT disease
amed him, and sorefOOted trOtterS nave no Dusness
| with trOting premier>hipS. ,,,,, b.,
While jay was good so was PhalaS, though al
entirely different type of tOttr lie began Duslncss
I'm 1919; as four-year- old. and was a steady winner
Tuly ID 1884 on the old West Side track here Pttlas
made his record, 2 III "a In the fourth neat OF race
IL was the stallion record until Bonnie Mccregor Dea
il in 1856 and Is to-day the fastest fourth neat on
| record At the close Of the season OF 1850 Phalas
was retired to Mr.. Cases farm-lckory Grove-whelt
efforts were continually made TO patch up JayEyco
| The old geding--he is thirteen years old mere
last summer. but could not speed better than :'t1
| gait In 1888 Mr. Case tried TO buy Guy, 10 81
| owned by W. j. Gordon, of Cleveland. Inc price wa
| $40 600 but there hitch and the deal wa
on his way TO buy and take possession OF the erTalC
son of Kentucky Prince. IL was lucky ms, fOr MN
There is local story I'm connection with MT case
| purhase of Jay Eye See and Phallas. ON his way
| ~ Kentucky TO look around Mr.. Case met George
| Brasded who died about ten days ago. He had
| bren SUPERINTENDENT of Richard Vests farm near Lex
| ington What is there good Oh the place % asked
| Mr. case Brasfeld took slip Of paper and wrot;
| mon il: Black gelding by Dictator Midnight and
hay colt by Dctat0r-Betsy TrOtwood.' The blacl
| was Jay-Eyc-See and the bay Phalas. When he
! reached Colonel Vests farm the pair were priced al
| sI. 900 "i'n take them" said he. So impressed
was he by the black that he named hlm afer himself
| and told Colonel West that he had bought prHe. st
he had though the bay. Of which he Thought least
turned out the more valuable