New-York tribune., 1896-05-03
rpOTTING SEASON AT HAND.
.,r,>-1,c; OF THE CAMPAIGN IN THE EAST
THIS WEEK.

spr,xa AND FEW HIGH-CLAss HORSES
no R,cE-BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR
r.r7voop-NEw-ENGLAND THE STRONG
rn or HARNESS RACING - WHERE
,,, prc MEETINGS OF 1895 WILL BE.
.orong week will see the opening OF the tro'-
season of 1896 at Richmond. Na'' "neie .oo-
hns seao oo,np begins next Tuesday on the track OF
days .'- ond Driving Club The season thus iar
ne h'U rnfavorable for training operations that
nas Nv of the horses north OF the potomac are
e" - take part In heat racing. and the inu'ca-
now !" that the first meeting In the spring CIRCUIT
tons wholly confined TO trotters wintered ana
wiz l., 4he South. 1t is likely 10 De largely
ua"'. .co,r Also as the purses orered are 700
locai ,tract the beet ones Of the southern con-
small 10 g.. .ha meeting of a week later. on the
tngen- .ac. recently built by John Mariner, at
rottne Va the outlook Is much more promising.
N"'0'' ,roninent Southern stables nave peeh en-
Severa p,' arh horses as Norman. 212A: Dennis.
'e'ea ,Io7eus 213; Berkshire Courier. 2i4A ana
ElTS' =, ,ha same class are likely TO make their
frs; start 'ne'e -, n,eh class will not enter the
..~.s,sn until the Gentlemen's DRIVING ra,A' Da
~. next stand in the circuit. Is reacheo the
CmO'" IN Nav and 1t now seems doupttui
uHu .,,s meeting or the one which follows 1t a
was" ,'.r at the Pmlico course will have any con-
SeeA S,,. number Of really good horses from North-
s'defs0e, .ha tar5v season having already put an
en- ~. nrospect of getting the good ones IN New
s .ra Ros,on ready for start oeiore next
.s Ne,ther Belmont Park nor Point Breeze the
n'n'H' ,n philadelphia which have been men,
w - ,bs sprlng circuit ever since 1t was organ
w, III, attempt an early meeting this year Har-
ne'' ,a W. has long been managed with an irreso-
ue' ,a a, hofh OF the Quaker City tracks, and re-
'D'o 80 soandas brought it. some years ago. TO the
-. ,rhsrs the only substantial sources or reve-
p''"' the poolbox and the entrance fee The
~. lao toot away the bettngring receipts last
..,r and with their gate receipts diminished TO
iss, than 500 day they were forced TO close ther
gates.
THE NETWORK MEETING.
r,a snring meeting at Fleetwood Park June to
bSs fair 10 be the of the first really high
ass harness racing In the East In 1896 The list or
entries 10 the three $1,000 stakes already closed
snous that the leading campaigners will be here
md tho character of the New-York spring meet
.,a ,s osspred The Parkway Driving Club. Of
rrook,vn will hold a spring meeting the week
orsced,ng F1setwood but it will conflict with the
second meeting in Baltimore. and the chances are
that II will be largely local affair
Tho New-Englani circuit which follows the June
,cae,,ng AT Fleetwood Park promises to be the
stronghold of harness racing in the East this sea-
son
IN Boston there will be almost continuous trotting
,n and around that city until October %. The
sour tracks in Boston known as Combination Park
Franklin Park Mystic Park and the New-England
Breeders Course. together with Rigby Park port
land Me- and the kte-shaped course at old Or
chard Beach are the principal points In the circuit
Betting is lively at all Of these tracks. They are
close together, so that shipping expenses, one OF
The heaviest items of cost in campaigning stable
hill ~ Of or
for 1895 are uniformly large. This combination OF
advantages has captivated the horsemen and 1t now
seems certain that a large share of the leading
stables IN the East and good many western
strings viii make the New-England circuit their
canps,snlrs ground throughout the season
Some borsemen GO so far to say It will be easier
i0 Win races in the Grand Circuit than In Boston
and its vicinity and they talk about taking their
horses to the West this year in search of easy
money The September meeting at Fleetwood Park
will be In the line of this circuit. following the
opening of the newly equipped New-England
Breeders track near Boston and preceding the big
trotting meeting in connection with the Rhode
Island State Fair at Providence.
FOR THE SECOND FLIGHT OF TROTTERS.
Two minor circuits have thus far been announced
for Eastern horses not quite good enough to win
In the high-class company of the New England
series. The Vermont and Northern New-York cir
eult comprises the tracks at Barre. Rutland and
Burlington, VT. and Plattsburg, Canton and Ma
lone ~ y Opening August IS 1t will continue until
September 25 with s35 900 offered in purses and
stakes. The Orange County circuit. organized by
Z. II. Hartman and some other prominent horse
men. precedes the Vermont and Northern New
York circuit opening July 2S at Cornwall and con-
tinuing successive weeks at Middetown, Port
Jervis and Goshen The purses and stakes offered
for the four meetings aggregate $4,000 Horse show
features 70 be combined with the trotting races
each meeting.
The list Of meetings thus for amnnounced for
@s by New-York tracks is as follows:
Alznoni. sept l4-l7 Little Valley Sept IA.