New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-24
THE TROTTTNG SEASON HERE
sruKy WHEELS TO SPIN ON THE TRACKS.
IMPORTANT MEETINGS AND STAKES WHICH ARE
NOTEWORTHY.


NOTEWORTHY.
Next ec, the trotting season begins with the South
rast.,r CsrcuIt which starts mt Baltimore on MAY D.
This series last. for nine weeks, two Of theh a' 'o
Narvlond Metropolis two at Philadephln' anu
mo, the sul,les will once come to TINS CITY, n
e Driving Climb OF NewYork has decided to Try 10 re
vive the sport at Fleetwood, after permitting "N o'u
contse 10 remain Idle except for the pressure VI '
Climb since 1880. when week OF the "i"hu 'il."'
was passed at Morr19ania. Another famous urNi"s
course Of this state which Is also to open again Is
Islnnd Park on the Hudson, half way between AiN'"!
and Troy where of the most stirring lhc'ueh's Vi
tho trottlng turf took place Island Park hhd apPar
emily outlived its usefulness, the meetings held 'ere
I'm recent years received scnnt patronage ana the s
effort made two years seemed 10 be deatho"" u
II so far rs harness racing was concerned
| Frastll. Corning owns the property. ana as u ha'
little value for any other purpose, he let 1t remain ana
! Attn Mcdonald a weknOwn trainer VINO mas beeh
| ,hcre for some time Is now tho lessee Inc meeting
there follows the one AT Fleetwood. the latter beSihhh-
On Decoration Day and lasting till Juno - but Albany
Is content with the customary four days. beginning "'c
| next Tuesday. The Clay Stake which was once
! feature Of Island Park Will not DO renewed as
II Is by no means certain that the hon Scman VIII re-
| ,urn to the old track. The land Is swamY and 30
| many horses have been taken sick there that the
| trainer, avoided It when they could
| out>lde Of the Albany meeting this spring route
promise, we'll and from there It goes To BOSTON re
manlng for two weeks Mt Mystic and Franklin parks
respectively. The latter Is Mt saugls and seems u
have taken the place of Beacon Course at Aston once
n fnvOrltc trotlng ground. There nro dates GAINED
at beacon contemporary with CAUCUS but the latter has
"A plnoc I'm the southeastern Circuit, which would more
properly be called the Atlantic. n II tryers"s the coast
from MARY land 10 Massachusetts,. Hartford. conn.
CLOSES the season the last week IN June and Ms Charter
Ok Park has been the landmark Of trottng In the East
FOR the last decade there Is no danger OF any failure
! there.
ueforc the wind MP nj Hartford Of tho early circuit
scores Of tracks will have opened their zes all over
the country, aud the fixtures already announced pr
-g2 show that the sulhcs win be kcgt buSler this
year than at any time since thew were first employed
The latest calendar shows nearly 800 meetings. dis
tribued over thirty states. with numerous fairs and
special programmes 10 hear from. The Empire state
and Pennsylvania keep up the odtime prestige OF IN"
,rtter I'm tie Fast fairly we'll outside Of the metropolis
bat II I, In the West and Southwest that Hight harness
sport has IT, strongest support. ohio probably leads
In the number of tracks. but Town, Illinois. Michigan
and Indiana are not far behind, WHILE Missouri,
Kentucky. Kansa, and Nebraska furnish no small part
II the attractions how held ont mr the flyers. The
Blue Gfas, state has not nrtchss track, IN
I'm proportion to the stock RAISED, rs II Is more Of n
distributing medium for The rest Of the Republic. but
at Lexington the state Breeders Association holds
one Of the most important meetings each season In
young trottcrs IA, been encouraged and II S23OOO
! Fuiunty opened not long ago.
TENNESSEE. more than any other part Of the south,
Is showing enterprise In preparing speeding places
according the improved ideas. and at Nashville
AID Columbia two Of the best courses 10 be found
anywhere. The former IS Of the ellpucal shape, or
regulation as turfmen now distinguish the contin-
| nous track from those with only and pat
termed something like kite. 1t Is somewhat out Of
the culinary however, I'm that It Is built piece Of
land with considerable depression, the track being
the rim 10 the basin, and thus afforciing unusually
good facilities for seeing the horses from start 10
| nush Columbia has the newer kite shaped course,
where Direct paced the three fastest heats made
IN last October scoring the best record. ;O9,
ever made In contest at either gait The first Of
these single turn tracks was built independence,
whore the average Of speed was much lower than
| on tho regulation rings that the breeders hailed the
| innovation with Joy. Records being the best ad-
verilsemcnt for thcm they n0ckcd To the little town
on the prairie It's stables till the ncghbor-
| Ing farms had TO board the visiting horses VOL,
and kept trying to put fnst marks on their produce
TIL the approach Of winter compelled them let up
| on the ovcrwOrkcd youngsters. That less than
two years ago, and already the kite track has It's
| way Speeding place, so that several more were
constructed Inst season, and many other places are
following suit this year. Most OF them are beyond
the ohio River, but New England has a couple. and at
|
expense Is being spared to make the one laid ont last
| year fast possible
the Pnonc slope the sport begins later and lasts
iii we'll into December. the coming the rainy season
being the signal for vacation, which Is much shorter
than this side Of the mountains. Tho Bay District
track near san Francisco once the most popular on
the coast, has been superseded In turn by
Others at Sacramento and Nnpa; but the oron-
| ing of kltetrack ut stockton last year
| wheD most every record was smashed
ovcrshndowcd anything That had ever been done
In that section. California like Kentucky is more
Of bresdin place than battle-ground for trottcrs
so that those who have good etablcS there find Il
more profitable to cross the Rockies and Join the
big tournament on this side. For the last two or
three years some Of the biggest 'plums have been
carried OF by cracks" from the Pacific coast. and
this season they to return In greater numbers than
ever This gives the smaller fry chance mt home. and
latest ndvlccs from there indicate that with the more
formidable horses the fields will be larger and
the contc Is closer than ever.
| May hnd June are too early however, to bring
ont the Of the harnessacers and II is not I'M
July that the sensational performers appear TIE
summer campaign. confined mainly 10 the Grand
Circnit now extends much larger territory aud
the once famous series has longer n monopoly.
For more than twenty years IL the converting
point for the best stables with assured patron
hge Of horses and spectators the various members
melted snug sum from their annual meetings.
Recently opposition has started that threatens to
close up more than one Of the Grand Circuit tracks
unless the policy OF these becomes less conservative
Not only have abuses and evils grown out Of con.
tinucd that caused apathy In detecting trckery
but old methods that do not III the time cung
to in spite of all protests from outside. The 10 per
cent entrance fee has proved excessive tax. but In
most cases Is still demanded While the use OF amateur