Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-04
THE COMING TRoTTINc SEASON.
DIrectum VIII Lead a Great Band Of Cam
paigners I'm the Circuit.
breeder and Sportsman)

breeder and Sportsman)
We have It on good authority that d.
rectum, 2:05 Ia will not be the king-pin in
Monroe Salisbury's string this year. John
Green, the owner. has made arrangements
with John Kelly to have him take the
horse through the East, as the latter has
resigned from Mr.. Salisbury's employ.
He will, with Mr.. Green's son as mana
ger, get n small string of trotters ready
to take East With Monroe Salisbury,
Orrin A. HIckok John A. Goldsmith, and
several other aorsemen to form band
OF eastern tourists through the circuit,
John Kelly will be quite an addition.
With Kelly, Salisbury, Heating. and
Hickok to purchase and lease the very
finest OF our most promising trotters and
PAGERS, and 10 enter them in all the great
est events on the eastern circuits, most
Of our most prominent stations Will be
well represented. as well az n number
that have never yet had a trotter or PAGER
on the list.
With these taken out of the State du-
ring the time the horses on the California
circuit are progressing down the line there
are additional inducements for our small
breeders to begin breeding their colts and
FLIES at once. The liberallty OF the asso-
Citations on the circuit will be we'll tested.
and, with the original programme for
INFLATED by the Pacifc-Coast Trotting-
Horse-Breeders Association as a guide.
there will be better opportunities for
horses TO get low marks and make money
than ever before.
With the very fastest ones out OF the
way, and q number OF our best drivers,
who have become infatuated with the
racing OF bangtails away off on the eastern
circuits with their sprinters, opportunities
will present themselves for younger
drivers to take the reins of trotters or
PAGERS INTO their hands and guide them
to victory. and we look forward with I'm.
feigned pleasure 10 the events of this
year, for Notwithstanding the stringency
Of the money market, and the cry OF hard
times" all horsemen who have trotters
that can trot and PAGERS that can pace
will endeavor TO get low records for
all of them, and make money at the same
time.
The breeding OF stations will not be
protracted until the month of August, =
It has heretofore been. so owners will
have an opportunity of giving these horses
to competent trainers early in July, thus
giving them a chance to be trained.
1t Is TO the benefit of the horses and
their owners that every stallion should, II
possible. be given a race-record. 1t not
only enhances the value of the horse but
adds another strong inducement TO own
ers of brood mares 10 send their mares TO
him, and we all know that the question
OF developed sires and dams Is receiving
greater endorsements every year by the
performances made by our trotterS and
PAGERS on our tracks.
The hard times" that have thwarted
so many good plans made by breeders
will soon pass away. and, perhaps, when
We come to look at the class Of weedy
animals with long pedigrees that could
neither trot nor pace which have been
offered at our sales, we ought TO be
grateful that a halt has been called In
the breeding Of such good-for- nothing ami
mails that are not strong enough
TO pull a wagon fast enough to get
warm nor sensible enough to be safe.
1t is a good thing that stock with such
a recommendation will not be seen on
the track or roads hereafter.
We expect 10 see a better class or
horses on the turf from this time on
than ever, and when We see them on the
turf we shall see an improvement In the
class on the road. II will only take
few years until we see number or 2:D
trotters on the road where at present
the 2i0 horses are very scarce. with
all the sons of our greatest sires TO breed
to daughters OF other great slres, 1t Is
not unreasonable TO expect this, ana even
II horsemen take the cream or our trOt-
ting stock East, there will be enough
first-class material left TO make the sea
son of 1894 the greatest in the history OF
light-harness racing since the first race
ever took place on the pioneer course.