Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-29
MONEY WAS LACKING
To Pay Stakes and Purses as
Advertised,
A Fact Which Brought Suddenly to
Close The Columbia TrottinR Meet
ing Jones in a Hole.

II appears that the little city of Co.
Iumbit has bitten off more than she
can chew in the matter of the great
trotting meeting, so extensively adj
vertised to come off there this week.
The following, on that subject, from
to-Jay's American, will be interest
ing to many of the LEAF-CHRONIcLE
readers:
1.-THE train from Columbia last
night was filled with trotting horse
men returning very badly Disguised
with the result of that city's great
trotting meeting.
"The Columbia trotting meeting
has perhaps been one OF the most ex-
tensively advertised of any ever
held in the South, and had attracted
the highest class Of PAGERS and trot-
ters from all over the. country. Horse
owners and trainers were there from
every leading State, even from as far
away as California. The best stables
had nearly every one represented at
Columbia.
"One hundred thousand dollars
was the amount put up to be trotted
for, and as it was said, there had
been paid in as stake entries, etc,
$40 600. There was also due as un-
paid profits about $4,000.
"The horsemen hearing Of these
facts the offer of the large amount In
stakes and purses did not seem a
great venture, as they felt pretty sure
of getting the greater portion OF their
money. But for some weeks the peo-
pie have talked, and Thursday this
talk came to the ears of the horse
men.
sowing to the political gathering
the races did not begin on Thursday
till after 2 o'clock, and as result the
darkness fell with but one race fin
ished. This was the yearling stakes,
won by Anglin's Nellie A. To Mel
lie a. was due about $4,000. The
owner of Nellie A. and her driver,
Andrews, HAD heard rumors, anu
when the racing closed they.appIied
for The money.
"W. G. Jones, President Of the as.
sociatian, is really the association.
To him they applied. Mr.. Jones
wanted them to wait but they insisted
on money. Finally, after Andrews
the driver, had beseiged Jones until
| o'clock in the morning Jones gave
him $500 in money and check on
the Second National Bank for s., 400
Ito be presented yesterday morning
The Second National Bank had beer
| advertised as the Treasurer Of The as
ISOLATION.
$50 yesterday morning the check
was presented, and the bank inform
ed the holder that there was not
dollar in the bank to Jones' credit
This piece of startling intelligence
was soon made known at the
track. and a committee of horse
men waited on Jones. He acknoWl
edged there was no funds except The
gate receipts, whatever they nigh
be. He insisted, however, that they
trot for the purse and. stakes, ant
that he would turn the track over t.
them, pro rating his stock among
them. The horsemen declined to d'
this and asked what had become o
the stake money, $4,000 in amount
MIR. Jones answered that ii had beer
spent on the track.
| "The official judges and starter re
fused to of1iciate any further, ant
most of the owners and drivers be
gan preparing for early departure
Mr.. Jones had.a lawyer on the track
and they insisted that the meeting b
trotted out. An eXsheritf was Sc
cured as starter, new judges wer
found, and the two untinish d race
of Thursday were completed"
All bets were declared off.