The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-16
AT RIeBY PARK.
The Great Nelson May Meet the Wonder
full Directum.

And now the great question in sport
ing circles and with lovers of what A.
Ward called "a purely agricultural horse
trotn is "Will Hold Nelson SO change
his arrangements, as to make it possible
for match to be made between the
Northern King the great and only Nell
son, and the California Wonder, the
great four-year-old, with record of hav-
ing trotted the fastest. three straight bets
ever made, Directum?"
The facts are as follows: For some
time past there has been hope INDUCED
by the earnest and hard working board
of directors of the Maine mile track asso-
citation, thatSss the match might, be ar
ranged but several things have stood, and
for that matter now stand, in the way
The first letter received form Monroe
Salisbury, the owner of Directum, was
not very encouraging, as he couldn't
then see his way clear to come East this
year. He limited that he should like to
match his horse against Nelson some
time To that the directors of..the mile
track association replied in effect: "There
is no time SO good as the present" 1t
was suggested that the match should be
made for at least $40, GOO 1t was thought
at the time the letter was sent that Mr..
Salisbury would make a special effort
to come here, and his second letter, just
received by Mr.. H. f Farnham was much
more encouraging. He is willing to come
no mt tn
f1ict with his other engagements He
suggested that it might be possible for
him to come..here from, st. Joe, leaving
about the 23d of September, which would
bring him here about the 29th. This
would make it possible to have the S10,-
900 race short time after the October
meet at Rigby Park, nd still leave Mr..
Salisbury ample time to go South, and
fill his engagements there.
Mr. Salisbury would probably make this
arrangement g to meet Nelson, but on
his part Mr.. Nelson had mapped out
programme for his horse that he is not
quite willing to hange. As has already
to go in to lower Nelson's record, at the
time of the October meet, the fourth
being NELSON'S Day. Having made
that great effort he would require at
least two weeks before he would be able
to meet Directum This would make it
too late in October for him to come here,
make the race, and go south to keep his
engagements there.
Apparently the only way out of the
difficulty is the course Mr.. Farnham,
Mr.. Barrett and others will urge on Mr..
Nelson's consideration, to make his
cal effort to lower Nelson's record at as
early day as possible, and then to ar
range for a meeting with Directum as
early in October as might be convenient
to both parties, and as soon after the
October meet as may be- If Mr.. Nelson
should not see his way clear to do this, it
follows that the match with Directu1n
could not be made until between the first
and tenth of November, and match
then could hardly be witnessed in this
climate by the thousands who would
under the circumstances watch the flyers.
AS Maine man, and fully acquainted
with the Maine climate, Mr.. Nelson is
hardly likely to want to make the match
then, and so it is at least reasonable to-
hope that some other arrangement will
be made, that Mr.. Salisbury and his
great horse will come here, and Rigby
Park witness the great sporting event
of 1893
The races at Rigby Park, announced
for yesterday afternoon, have been post
poned until next Monday, when Nelson
will attemp to lower his record of 400,
and there will be q 3S trot.