Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-07

Of sucn supreme power as that which the
Gray bill. when amended 70 hiciure
State Trotsing Board. will eosifer.
The members Of the Jockey Club DIS
claim any afiiiiation with the running
tracks. and define It's powers to DC those
OF a censor TO correct abuses and see that
fair play Is dealt out to owners. trainers
Jockeys. and the public IL the services
OF trotting turfmen. who are equally IN
dependent OF the driving parks. could be
secured. there would BE- some excuse Tor
creating licensing board, but no al
TEMPT ms been made 20 follow out the
lines OF the Jockey Club In selecting the
material for the body Of men who shnll
say what tracks are 10 hold trotting meet
ings under the provisions OF the Gray
bill.
Meanwhile the breeders. owners. and
trainers OF fast stock have declared ia
favor OF the metropolis as the place 10
exhibit their crack performers in mar.
ness Never before in the history OF
trottlng has there been such supper,
for A programme Of speed "a that nc
corded 10 the Driving Club of New YORK
for IFS next Grand Circuit meeting. First
and foremost. Monroe Salisbury and {. j.
Hamlln. Who control more record-breaE-
ers than the rest OF the country combined,
have contracted 10 be at Fleetwood Park
during the last week in August. This
means that AliS. Robert j., Directly. Fan
tasy. aud other sensational cracks VIII
be shown 10 the metropolitan audience
for the first time since they have devel-
pped into champions.
Even this does not account for the
host OF nominations that were made In
the nine purse events offered for the
meeting So numerous were these that
II took two weeks before the list could
he made ready for publication. and the
summing yp far exceeded the most san
guine expectations Ii has been known
that the first lot Of entries amounted 10
more than 300. but nobody supposed that
the enormous total of ~ nominations
would he reached. The result Is not only
remarkable because II was obtained In
the face Of opposition In the western cir
cults but also on account OF the condl-
tions under which the purses were offer-
ed TIE first payments are large. and at
least three OF them have to be made be-
fore the condition OF the horses can be
tested by their preliminary work. Beside
that. every animal had TO be named with
TO right II substitution. a proceeding
which never has been popular with the
trainers
Allowing for an unusually large num-
Der of Withdrawals as the months 20
on. there will still be enough left Of the
original list to pay the prize money,
which amounts TO $1,000. and give the
driving club a handsome bonus. In other
words the horsemen, including the most
astute managers In the business. have
signiied their willingness to compete for
their own money and pay n large premium
for the privilege. The grand circuit meet
ing held here last September was success
ful financially for the same reason. but
the profit Of some $4,000 Obtained then
promises to be trebled this year. The as
sociations at Detroit. Cleveland. Buffalo.
and Rochester expect To be equally well
patronized by the horsemen. so that legis-
lative enactment will have no visible ef-
feet upon the movements OF the harness
racers. no matter how much discomfort
II may cause to the men who Ike To
speculate on the result OF their rivalry.