New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-17
WORK OF THE TROTTERS.
A GOOD EASTERN CAMPAIGN.
FEATURES OF RECENT MEETINGS-WHAT MAY
BE EXPECTED IN THE WEST


/ a more extensive campaign than was at one time
practicable during the whole season. The moods ahd
/ generally unfavorablc weather which prevented the
trainers In the West from getting their pupils IN shape
before the latter part OF June did not Interrupt the
work Of preparation this SIDE and most OF the good
ones in the Middle and New-Engand States have tor
weeks been III to 90 to their limit and last for
any ordinary number Of heats
The BAY mare sadie VI. Is probably the most
notable example OF this as she started In al Baltimore
early in May and has been ready to meet all corners
In her class since that time After her first success on
! the halfmils track at the Monumental City, she
missed a couple Of engagements which had to be
cancelled on account of rain, and then had to give
! way for the speedy stallion Play Boy, he was
master o. the 90 class til he dropped out Of the
line at Albany. These previous contests had put
Sadie NJ at an edge, and for the rest OF the south
eastern CircuIt she gave better account Of herself
| At Mystic Park she had an easy victory over Billy
| A. and Fanny Swope. ard the same week met Abbie
Y and Alne in the frce-for all, winning one heat and
forcing Ahbie v to beat 20 in another before the gray
mare could land the money. TWO weeks later at Hart
| ford the 20 class had Of the best fields that
| came together this year, and though sadie VI. got
! only one heat in 10 Ia It was common talk that
sho could have defeated Bush that day If she had
| been asked TO do II.
The Charter Oak Park Association, while 1t has
one OF the best conducted tracks In the country, IS
''''~N~'
It IL not within recent memory that plot has been
frustrated or a driver punished there for applying
what the tur,mcn call the strong arm" -Four years
ago in the Grand Circuit meeting at Hartford three
| Judges did change drivers behind ]. b. Richardson.
| after declaring off heat won by Governor Hi that
would have decided the race In his favor. This was
done mt the instance OF rich New Workers who
had invested literally Richardson after he won the
third heat In . II IL. splan, who drove Governor
Ill., laid up the next heat and then lifted the gedlng
home in time TO get the fifth and the race II the judges
had not interfered Johnny Murphy, who was then
the standby when job needed attention. was sub
stuted for Lang behnd J. b. Richardson ana aided
BY gnllop OF almost scventyfve yards, the Fleet
Sood driver managed get the wilkes trotter 20 the
wire n scant neck ahead Of Governor Ill fair ap-
plicatlon OF the rule regarding breaks would have
set Richardson back and given the race to the other
geldng on his merits bu; they placed ms they In
ished and the mon from the metropolis had winning
tickets after all The Indignant crowd threatened to mob
tho judges and the starter had to De placed under
police escort, and this experience seems 10 nave
| made the managers OF Charter Oak Park more con-
sentative than ever I'm seeing fair play TO their pa
irons There Is probably no other important track
! in the country where the dropping OF heats Is IN
dugcd in badly md with 50 much profit, for the
| crowds which 60 to the famous old course Win the
| historic name speculate more literally than at any
| other track on the Atlantic coast.
II sndc VI was not out 10 VIII NJ ii'itloiu Si'
nj PHILADELPHIA and her performance at Belmont Park
ustlAcs thorough investigation Of the former race
A. she not Only Of Bush but also lowered tile
coors OF the brown ecldne Conway, trotng the sec
ond heat in el7 L. after going well to the out
side for three quarters OF the mile. As the track al
Belmont Park has never been 50 good rs the one NJ
Charter onk. there can be no doubt that Sadie NJ.
could have made quick work OF the race wheh BUSH
won though the fifth milo In 10 Il. To en-
phaslzc this are the two heats I'm l. roted by the
Inv mare NJ Point Breeze last Wednesday and again
she might have ended matters I'm straight heats had
shc not been pllci the first time.
The betting ring always furnishes sure indication
OF what Is going on, and while Sadie NJ brought
IN for the race over n strong field In the auction
MODS IN. odds were nearly to l against her In the
mutuals for the first heat The new rule passed by
the Congress Of the National Trottlng Association last
winter prohibiting the dropping Of heats except by
permission Of the judges IS virtually dea1 leuer'
and viii be TIL the Incompetent amateurs who now
occupy the stand give way to professional Judges
whose integrity +, beyond question
Since the Hmlco stake, which was the feature o.
tho second meeting at Baltimore In May, there has
bcen nothing OF equal value in this part OF the couh
try fiji last Wednesday, when the Bellevue hotel el"Ae
was competed FOR at the Philadelphia Driving fark.
The record limit for this was "a ana OF inc SIN 'H"'
started Prince = the only one tAt had hol s"'c
faster since the stake was opened Instant and Mar
| h. =
Circuit. ard Conway Ind shown his ability to beat
| . .ao when nc drove sadie NJ ont IN IL Il. Public
,,rn nr,vci deceptive In his though 1t must be
said in favor Of the big brown geldlng that ne ms
not had the advantage Of expert handling Ms tner'
W. II. Grant, Of Trenton, being little more than IN
amateur at the business
rhe four straight victories which Conway secured
oorl,.- In the season we're followed BY let-up Of
nhont a month and the vacation seemed to operate
against him when he 70 appeared AT the Quaker OIy
After he filled 10 get heat from Bush or sadie NJ
tlcrc was gossip 10 the effect that rch su'o!e-
keep,r Of Philadelphia was negotiating for MS puf-
chase on the condition that he did not nave last
record and II whispered that conway couiu 'N' y
uon other OF the two whore the mares headed
| ,r, % IN. wire II this was true the seldng went
further hack the next week instead OF training on
Tor no was scarcely within hallng distance OF Instant
whom she finished In . ~ L. and In the two sue
ccedlnc miles could only trot in about . 81
Instant on the other hand has had tho advantage
| NJ excellent training william c. IrinbIc' OF
Ncuburs he Hudson. who has had charge OF ulS
mares development. being an experienced ana cApapn
horseman besides driver OF rare judgment ana SKILL
In the early days OF tho Grand Circuit he broush
more than one successful campaigner The chestnut
mare Music TO whom he gave record Oh II -
nearly seventeen years ago, being AS ho'eu III ne
| day as Instant is now. Besides urse ineA, "'''
mare with mark of % IL. and Camel, Kentucky
Rod yeld,np that won some hot battles IN the summer
snrcn1t 81 is57 when he rotted In 10 were am lt
The good ones handled by rrim.le us latest InPi,
Instant is the most promising OF any thal the Vet.ta
trainer from Nowburc has had, ana the ease WIZ
which she turned the track at Point lreezr IN -
sbows that she is ~ sct n rcOn sun I}NeI -
Tho teens The credit OF breeding this proni,slns
mare belongs t. Dean sage, Of Albany ne no ioms
Iatron III trotcrs. ard personal lIlcnd OF l"pee.
Homer 10 whose farm Mt Tarytown he sent lht'stl,,
by Reinl NJ to be mated with -iartie lnht WE WI, !,
1881 md the rcsu, bay MY mat TOOK hhu ~
io the sulky and though not yet twelVehonlh -,
The tnrf noe made herself famous MI HAfe suT I
next Important engagement VII
h. Al purpio In 4 stake worth so.on shc wa
named for a similar contest MT lftsDurg, put ~. ,1
,rnino. decided net 10 make the long Journey 10 te
smoky CIV and Cleveland. but to 50 directly u
Buiino ard have her In goot share tferc ,n nSs (
trottors 1T Hartford next month, and among tn
sSbcribcrs 10 that ls " G. r1nble 80 that nc mare