The sun., 1895-03-14
TROTTING MEN SANGUINE.
MAKING MATCHBs ON TINE
STRENGTH or THE PERCY BILL.

Adoption OF the Measure Now in Com
r.ittse-L.'A. Burks oftho Driving cIub'-
Executive Committes Makes Tw q
Matches with President Miller for $1,000
side - re VIII Back Pascal for y
Long Distance for $4,000 20 $4,000.
Now that the trotting-horse men have settled
their differences respecting licensing clause in
the Gray Racing bill and are all working In
harmony for It's enactment, some Of them
| seem to have assumed that the success OF tho
| pending measure is assured. At any rate, two
| OF the prominent members OF the Driving club
OF New York are engaged In making match
races to be trotted next summer, just ASH no
alliance had been made to make such sports
manlke conduct penitentlary offence under
the lave OF New York
Over rarebit and mug OF ale on Monday
| night, following private meeting Of the Ekecu-
/ tive Committee OF the Driving Club, the good
| qualities Q! President Andrew Millers favorte
| road horse Kngwood were under discussion
| when J.. A. Burke. one OF tho party. offered to
wager 81 900 that his old horse Little Frank
could beat the handsome son Of Kentucky Die
tntor. MIR. Miller promptly took the bet, and in
less time than is required TO tell 1t the terms of
match race at mile heats. three in five. for
$1,000 side, play or pay, to be trotted at Fleet.
wood on Tuesday. Sept. ! o. were drawn up on
tho parties. and passed across the table to John
Rudd, who is to hold the stakes.
On public form Mr.. Miller seems to have
about IS per cent. tho best OF the bet. King
wood has record Of 2l7ll. and he trotted sec
ond to Charley C.. at Albany last year in 2:10a4
lie Is anunlucky horse. however, for he failed
to win rnce or a heat last season. being beaten
on several occasions when the time was slower
than 2:20. lie is young sound. stouty bred,
,,,la IL, Ia y
years old, and has trotted but two races In two
years. losing both in comparatively slow time.
His best public record is 2:25, made in 1902,
when he won u lot OF races in the West, but Mr..
Burke says the horse can beat ego when just
right and that IL he stands training he will give
kingwood the race of his life.
After the match had been made. John Rudd
suggested to Burke thati In pitting Frank against
Kinswood he had taken hold OF the red hot end
OF the iron: but Burke, who is one OF the Gamcst
bettors in the world came back at his friend in
this fashion:
You think it's bad match, ch2 I'll tell you
what I'll do; I'll make worse with you.
I've a no-account little mare up the country.
Sho has no record; never started in race.
Now I'll bet 81 900 she can beat your horse
Cephas, and | timod him myself at Mystic Park
last fall In 2:l2l. Well trot the race at Fleet
wood. ten days afte: the other one. Come.
now"
Rudd laughed at the proposition. but Burke
persisted. and finally President Miller said he
would take the Cephas end IL the owner of the
mare really wanted to make the match. Arti-
cles were accordingly drawn for playor-pay
race to be trotted at Fleetwood on Friday. Sept.
20, Mr.. Burke naming Fulsie A.. by Javan. son
OF PrinCeps young mare that is entered in the
2:30 stake OF the New York Grand Circuit pro-
gramme 1t is said that she was tried last year
in 2:l4. Cophas. as is well known. has record
OF 2:l4i.. made at Rochester last season in
race in which he defeated Mahogany. 2:l2l4.
and Dodsevle. 2:l4Ia. After Mr.. Rudd bought
him John Gibbs drove the little horse mile in
2:l4li over the Goshen half-milc track.
Mr.. Burke Is in a betting mood at present. He
offered last fall to match his neat cordy little
trottcr Pascal against any hackney in the world
for long-distancs race to road wagon. but
found no takers, and now he says he will back
the black horse for $4,000 a side to beat any
trotter that can be produced. Alix not barred.
the to be over the road from Poughkeepsie
to New York, each horse to pull two men
in road wagon. Burke has unlimited
over tSs" " distance of ground, and d' he says says
went to Europe last week with James Gordon
Bennctt,s trutters. TO find q long-dtstance race
for the little horse on the other side If possible
II match can be made against the Russian or
French bred horses he says he will send Pascal
to Europe in charge of a competcnt trainer and
will make the stakes any amount desired from
$1,000 up to 100000 or more. Pascal holds ths
Ghampion amps ten;mie troitns record aI;i5. made
driven him about town in his business for two
years past.
Tho action ot the State Trotting Board in
abandoning further attempt to secure a trottng
amendment to the Gray Racing bill has had the
effect Of bringing the Driving Club of New
York into line in support OF this important
measure At a meeting of the Executive Com
mttee on Tuesday evening 1t was decided to in
crease the WORKING committee appointed some
time time ago for the purpose of interesting
in the passage of the b essrs oIn rI RTdd
J.. 4. Burke. and II. 4. Murray were accord-
,Gsy ing seeftGd to Hssst Prssident Andrew Miller
1t is expected that the Codes Committee will
make its report before next week, and the bill
the requirements its trainers intended, should
he acceptable TO the great masses, who will be
in certain quarters that the bill now in com ON
Fair associations, This is not so. State Fair
associations being specifically exempt in any |
their prerogatives will be interfered with.
The a trek b,a Il where the
utilized this spring a ira ming course FOR trot-
ters There is Just enough sand in the soil on
quickly after rain so that It the harness e horses @
WIN not be forced to stand idle very long on ac-
IN nesSH Wr Rf IS
The Gut" with string Of horses belonging to |
William Kelly OF this city, says he IL much |
pleased with the track, tho stabling. and the |
adjacent roads for Jogging. The most notable |
of Walkers trottcrs is the bay stallion Dan Gu |
pid, years old, by Barney Wilkes out of As |
termore:by Strathmore lie is u horse OF very
high breeding, both his maternal grandam and |
the Grandam OF his sire being strictly |
thoroughbred. Cupid came out as four
year-Old in 1902, winning n lot OF races in |
Kentucky, and gaining record of CASA at
Lexington. Last year he was one OF the very
best trotters on the turf with the 2OO-pound |
driver, Crit Davis, behind him. At ChilliCothc. !
Oct. 3, he won two heats from Phoebe Wilkes.
one OF them in 2:0Dte. and he forced tho big |
brown mare out to head in 2;09L4. 2;ll4. and
2:l2A, Five days later he was the contending
horse in the Transylvania Stakes at Lexington |
won by AZoto in ":0Sai, 2;00li, and 2:004. Re-
hind him wero such cracks as Ralph Wilkes,
2:O6A; Treyillan, 2;Osh+i Alar, 2:1li Dandy |
jim, 2:l0la, and Aunt Delilah, 2:l215. This
performance gave Monroe Salisbury high
opinion Of the horse, and when he was sold at
Lexington last month the California turfman
was bidder. Mr., Kelly, however, secured Dan
Cupid for $4,000. lie arrived in New York q
few days ago, and Is now taking slow work on
tho huttenburg track preparatory TO making