Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-25
GRAND CIRCUIT RACES.

Dates Arranged ~ the Stewards
| Forty Thousand Dollars for Charter
Oak and Permission II Given 90 Trot
Klsswhere-Resoluti Adopted.
ROCHESTER,, Nay 24.-The stewards of
the Grand Circuit Trotting association met
In this city oday to arrange the program
for the summer meetings. There were
present Thomas Greenwood and w. B.
B. Fasig, New York Driving club; Sidney
w. Giles, Cleveland; ]. d. Compon, De-
troit; Burdett Loomis, Hartford; z O.
Robinson, Springfield; J. A. McCrasksn,
Pittsburs; O. ]. Hamlin and z. 8. Haw-
ley, Buffalo, and George W. Archsr and A.
Collins of this city.
These dates were fixed for the various
meetings: Pittsburg, July 10, IA; Detroit,
July IL, 81; Cleveland, July 81, 20; Buff
falo, August 1, IL; Rochester, August IA,
Is: Springfield, August %, IS; Hartford,
August %, September ]; New York, Sep
tsmber 4, 9; Philadelphia, September II,
IS.
Mr.. Loomis Of Hartford stated that the
present state law of Connecticut forbids
racing, and unless an amendment was &C.
cured the association would be compelled
to hold the races elsewhere. The stewards
gave the Hartford association permission
to arrange for It's races elsewhere If neces-
sary.
In case the meeting has to be taken from
Hartford joint meeting will probably be
held with the driving clubs of NewYork at
Fleetwood park.
The program for the Charter Oak meet
ing was made out as follows:
FIRST DAY.
$50 class 81, 900; four-year DID, trot, 81, 600;
two-year-old, trot, 81 900.
SECOND DAY.
a:as tTos, $780, s:ss, pace. $3.50; freefor-an,
THIRD DAY.
$50 stakes, $4,000: a:aa trot, $3.50; free for
s14 trot, s.: 500; thrse-year old stake. $4,000;
FIFTH DAY.
2:16 trot, 81 500; lis trot, s., 500; e:lz pace,
Total of purses, ss7,soo.
The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the meeting of the cir
cult be trotted under the rules of the Ma
tional Trotting association as they stand
to-dsy, unless specified to the contrary by
any member.
IACsolscuy 4ubb LILO kIhuo
the proposed change in the present dis
tanoe rule as inimical to trotting sport, an
unjust hardship to patrons of the turf
who pay entrance money, detrimental to
the business of the associations, produo-
tive of tame racing, thereby depriving the
public who pay at the gate of spirited and
exciting contests among good fields of
horses; In short, bad at all points and
most unwise movement.
Resolved, That the managers of any as
ISOLATION desiring shorter distance may
have 1t by advertising q special clause in
the program, but that we regard 1t as IN
just and arbitrary to change the rule, max
ing 1t necessary for associations opposing
the change to insert q special condition in
their program.
Resolved, That we deprecste the recog-
milton of the tin cup records and favor q
rule making 1t necessary that horses to OBJ
tain records must be entered in class or
stake races and obtain them In legitimate
stakes.
Ex-Governor Buckley of Connecticut,
w. B. Fasig of New York George ". Archer
of Rochester, aud G. ]. Hsmlin of Buffalo,
are members of the committee to carry out
the resolutions.
The total purses for the different meet
ings are: Pittsburg $50, 900, Detroit $780,
600, Cleveland $50, 900, Buffalo 500, GEO,
Rochester s32. 600, Springfield $25, 900,
$40, 900; New York s40, 900, Phila-
delphis S25, 900.
New York Custom House Inquiry.
NEW YORK, May "a Nothing definite
has been accomplished yet by the Fairchild
appointed to investigate the