Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-09
TROT1ING RACES AT NICE.
AMERICAS nORsEMEN INTERESTED ~
riE PROPOSED MEETING rnEgE.
some of tho Crack. VIII Undoubtedly lie
sent To France to Compete for
tho Iiich Priscs-schaofcr
and ivcs Comiug.

Tho proposal to hold Important trottlna
races at Nice France. has excited the IN
trrcst OF trotiIng men In this country
The programme IN on such u liberal sea'e
and the prizes are 80 large that the meet
Ing VIII be watched with tho sreat0st
amount Of attention.
Anything that is done IN Europe 10 In
crease the amount OF trottins Is of benent
to the breeders OF the United States as
thero Is good export business IN trotiers,
David Bonner, who IL intensely absorbed
IN trottlng matters. said to the New YORK
Herald that he was delighted with tho
news from Nice, IL IL Il most liberal ana
attractive programme and grand
idea. whoever originated H. What
ever capacity Europeans may have
II 5orc 'Ffsd" Gne 'p sii fa"'M6 h Witch "0tfSs they
nre inferior to us and that IL In, the
driving OF trottcrs. Besides that ! be-
llere that our trottcrs gre the pest IN ths
world, and can beat those of AZ othcr
countries. at any distance The Idea that
an American trottor can cover grentgr
course with success. may say that
] utterly deny There 9re no better say. Say.
that they are not so often tried ct the
long distances, The American people are
over quickly, and. as a result. wo have
half nile and quarter mile hashes N thor.
SuGaofSa r9Ting irh m,ysf' rors M0u'I Under Y
mile, but thc bulk OF the people go TO the
races for the excitement and for the bet
tins and they are II hurry; .. s,,.o
two, "ln ihrod and and four mile heats. out or
mile heat nowadays? 1t sometimes me-
cess!tatod horse soing sixteen miles. \
fsas DygT at oil oil nGrseT Iay ue hit tba betor
who care less about the horse, cannot
"0ur best trotters have in them much Of
the thoroughbred, and they are. ! think,
finer bred than the trotters OF Europe, as
distances greater than they have been ac,
customcd 70. they must be trained anl
hanled d[srentyi Sqt we, fSn ,Sn narse [Ssrg
Now, as 10 the probability Of many
Nice races, | will say this, that they nre
announced n little late, II It had only
been known IN me fall II wouldl, have been
are held think they will be attended
by large numbers Of representative horses
as among the most important anywhere.
This IS not quite the season, either, for
March. owners are d little unwilling to
send their animals across the Atlantic at
would hardly be time for them to recover
from the effects Of the voyage.
"But the idea should receive the whole
souled support OF American trottng men.
IT will tend to boom trottlng everywhere
ana GnHs m oh b fot our nofTe
now In Europe will make a good showing.
You can put me down as enthusias
over the plan ana as wanting to know
more about IT."
The opinion Of Mr.. Bonner to the
length OF time not being long enough for
many American horses TO be sent over to
France Is not shared in by that veteran
trotting man. james i. Houston, whose
views are entitled TO the highest respect
on such matters Mr.. Houston said:
II have read OF the Nice trotting meet
ing, and l predict for 1t a splendid sue
cess. l would like to attend II, The men
whose names are associated with the en-
terpr!se show that something important Is
20 be done for the trotting interest. I
notice in the list the name of a gentleman
not previously associated with this par
ticular brand of sport, and am delighted
to see it.
"Our trottng horses can beat those OF
Europe at any distance, from one to five
miles Their blood is good, and no one
can give Americans any new information
on how to raise or handle trotters. | think
there II plenty OF time for this country TO
be represented at the races. The horses
can be shipped In time to race. and get
back here early enough for the big money
events, which do not occur until after the
at also gives chance for the very
crack horses, which are barred from doing
much IN this country, owing 70 restric-
tons, handicaps and the inability TO tnl
! horses to race against them. The rules OF
| the Nice meeting are very fair. ! presume
some Of the trotting races Will be saddle
/ races