The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-22
TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS.
The New Jersey Organization Is Not
Prosperous.
Special 10 The jersey CITY Ne,ci

Special 10 The Jersey City Ne,cs.
TRENTON, Aug. 22.-The New Jersey
Association of Trotting Horse Bre eaers
was organized In Tho Spring of 1856.
There was a numbsr Of men in the State
who possessed choice representatives of
the eI.GAS eIbrunch of the elect trotting
families. The breeding estaolis hments
We're not numerous or large, but there
Was enough to put tha State in line In
this branch OF industry. They had the
best blood, aud mad it in BILE
strength, and tbs breeders hoped by Or
gauized effort to learn how to develop
and, use 1t TO the best advantage. Tint
object " las to bring forward In New Jer-
sey an, animal for o and track pur-
posesof superior characteristics; TO breed
scientifically, aud by keeping In the line
OF excellence Insure certain results in
quality. In short, TO breed pure for q
specific purpose.
upon the same footing with respect to
fine stock, as has been attained by other
aud less prstentfo us commonwealths. II
will be seen, therefore. that ii the organi-
cation was rightly conducted by the
breeders and h0rsemen of the state, IL
would be of incalculabls value to all those
engaged in bre euing file horses, as well
as 10 those who buy horses and have not
mad experiences upon which to base their
Judgment when purchasing.
There never was Il more a~uspicious
opehiug than the association enjoyed.
Its first public trottiDR meeting was held
at Remington. and WAS attended with
the best results and the exhibition of
young srock Was equal TO That of the
National Association. The second
meeting was held at Waverly. and
was equally successful. The third
meeting was held at Somervilie, and with
regard to that It may De well to quote The
experienced turf writer aud horseman,
Fred Griffin. He wrote of IL: at was my
good furtune to be present the first day,
and | was agreeably surprised to note the
increased interest manifested by the
smaller breeders. The most notable
feature of the meeting WAS the absenso of
walK-over contests. The meeting was q
brilliant success from all but a financial
standpoint, which ought to be but a
minor consideration with q society of
this kind" This meetings of the two
succeeding years were equally successful
In keeping the trotting interest promin-
emily before the public.
In 1892 it was deemed advisable by tho
n0n-breeding element of the association
to have q change Of officers, and nr the
annual meeting of The change was ac-
compiished by u vote of twenty to nine
teen. The trotting meeting which sue.
ceeded the change was one OF the most
successful In the history of the associa-
ton in all respects. 1t was held at
Somerville, u each officer OF the new
regime exerted himself to the utmost to
make the meeting complete in all Its
parts, aid certainly no fnult could be
found with u depart meut. aud every
thing was ~commendable. save, perhaps,
In n particular. The last meeting
was held at the Trenton Driving
PARK, on Wednesday and Thursday
OF last week, ana the result. unfor-
~tunately, was not SO encouraging as the
members wonld have liked. From some
cause the entire list fell off from seventy
seven hrst payments to twenty-eight
third payments, n OF the latter only
twenty-one appeared aI the wire.
There seems to be lethargv among New
Jersey breeders. Either that or they are
actuated by a wrong spirit. Again,
there IL too much of the non breeding
element In the composition Of the
Association. Ons-third Of che members
do not W horses and not half are breed
ers. With such a state Of affairs no or
ganization can flourish. There must
be u universal and comprehensive
understanding OF the breeding business.
So varied are the elements and facilities
by which improvements in breeding are
realized that they can only be aDprsci-
ated and worked to q legitimate issue By
practical men. Time and time again
the most beneficsnt and advantageous
measures nave been defeated by an
element that has voting power, but not
the slightest knowledge OF the breeding
problem or Intelligent understanding Of
the object to be promoted. Further
more, New Jersey trotting breed ers
should learn once, and learn well, that
It behooves them 10 stand together. movs
hand In hand, shoulder to shoulder, all
laboring for the promotion Of the growth
Of tbs industry.