The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01
WITH TROTTER AND PAGER.
C0NFJ ICTTNG DATES FOR EASTERN
TROTTING MEETINGS.
Fleetwood Grand Circuit Races Clash with
Providence ana w.yrriy-Lyrbrook Makes
q Chspge-Late Opening or the Campaign
Gnn.Iunn.n.t M Naaaa r-o,ta.. oa- pa-a..

ProNfuencc ana WnNeriy- yubrook MAKES
. ChsDee-Lste Opening OF the Campaign
Consignment OF Noted Trotter- for Europe.
Present indications point to n later opening
than usual for tho harness racing campaign In
the East this year. The Gcntlcmcn's Driving
Club OF Baltimore, whose spring meeting has
furnished the first notable trotting OF the season
on this side OF the Allcghauies for a good many
years past. will not open its gates until tho last
week In May. This il nearly a month later
than the dates claimed by tho managers OF
tho half.mile track n few years ago when
the Southeastern Circuit was at its best,
and IL leaves an interval Of only ono
week between tho commencement at Baltimore
and the scheduled opening Of tho New England
circuit at Portland, Nc, on June 8. The inter
vcning week has been already claimed by the
Plmlhco Driving Club OF Baltimore. 80 that q
clash Of dates seems likely TO arise In case New
York or either Of the Philadelphia tracks decides
TO hold n spring meeting.
II is believed that The Driving Club OF New
York will give such u meeting at Fleetwood
Park, and it is probable that both Belmont Park
and Point Breeze will DO found In line, IL the
Harness Racing bill now pending before tho
Pennsylvania Legislature becomes a law. A
meeting Of the Executive Committee OF the
Driving Club OF New York IL to DO held to-
morrow, when II Is expected that dates and
programmes for the proposed spring meeting at
Fleetwood will be arranged. II the Baltimore
tracks hold 10 their present programme, tho
New YORK. meeting Is likely to take place on June
:. 9, 10, and IL. thus following Immediately
after the wind.up at Baltimore and clashing with
the spring meeting AT Portland. John Mariner.
proprietor NJ the Norfolk Driving Park. is re-
building the stables and other structures, which
were dcstroyed by the $4,000 blaze there last
fall unt nv pa.tu IN huy. lga tra,l In .han. far m
spring meeting just before that OF the Gentle
mems Driving Club Of Baltimore.
Beyond the annual election OF officers for 1897
the Parkway Driving Gu Of Brooklyn has done
nothing as yet In the way Of arranging sport for
the coming season. Now that through trains
from the bridge on two elevated roads land pas
sengers almost at the. gates, there should
be- u bri sht future ior harness racing at the
half.nnle course on Ocean Park way with up-to-
date management of the meetings. Several we'll
known hofscnon have tried recently to secure q
lease ~ the track witt a view OF holding high.
class meetings, but the club declined all pro-
pusa!s. Officers. OF the organization say they 10
30 not 'uow whether Parkway will this year
come into the spring circuit and hold a meeting
the week after Fleetwood.
The lack. OF harmony among Eastern track
managers threatens another conflict OF dates for
the fall meetings TO bc held hereabouts. Before
the recent meeting OF the Grand Circuit stew
had claimed the week OF Sept. GIL for its fall
meeting. and had announced a series Of 81 Q
hltktN. lEl1 Week WIS ALSO tlHlmt1 lot GIG
trotting meeting at Waveriy, y. j., so that
when the stewards OF the Grand Circuit as
sisncd these dates to the Driving Club OF New
York, the hest meetings in sight in this vicinity
were all scheduled Tor the same time. Al
though entries for the Lynbrook stakes close
to-day. Secretary John Alexander has has
lilly shifted his dates to the week fol-
lowing Fleetwood in order 10 avoid a clash. The
Wavtrly meeting. which last year approached
the Grand Circuit standard, stlll remains slated
20 conflict with New York. Providence. Port
land. Me-, and Hornellsville, y. Y. are other I'M
nFfan "a u.tnr - tDG nnpr 40 H.aNt ngAI -
take place the same week. On the whole IL
would seem as though the Grand Circuit stew
ards had not done the handsome thing by Fleet
wood this year. \ mid winter conference OF
Eastern track managers has been suggested as a
means OF avoiding so many damaging conflicts
The steamship Prussia. which sailed from lnis
Ol The most important shipments OF American
trotiers yet sent across the Atlantic. The ami.
The bases OF bernhard Pollock and L. Schies.
ilser al recent public sales in Kentucky and the
West. All are bound for Vienna. The star of
tho lot Is the great four'y ear-old lilly Nipsania,
2:l4La, by West .Wilkei, out OF Hylassie, by
hylas;, She was bred py A. X Burnsm Of Sich.
tScky Court Of Ipbesls last fall i.i parted With bis
fast %tro,ter. Nipsania was one OF the best three
Eif ilaIisl cls og' a Ia 'sf By J Jss f Ri4a, m oas
OF Florence Clay. by Forest Clay. was
another noted campaigner in the schlesinser
out OF Nell Englcman. by Balsora; the black stall
oGt Of Maud. by Gnrrsrd Chief; The chestnut
mare Mock,ng Bird. 2:ls4, by Mimic. out of
EMs i1Ryy. H. the ia" baS Q, Stallion, EiHi;nnsej5i nSsr' In I'm b. By p Rcd
MaInhrino; the chestnut mare MAZDA, 2:25A. by
Monon, and the brown marc Rcdslia, 2:26i<, by
Pollosk,s %9hipmsn; included among other, the
al the big meetings in Crit Davis's hands two
years ago; Nathalie, 2:l7, "A nine-year-old bay
MooS. 9 II twas W"s raised MaSo b. 0 Pre al es!H W. p os Ij Nns,
OF the American Trott!ng Association; the chest
H Tran %aFS amt doYs cia c YG 2Sst' e %, H sS @aSIass'
+. :, Clayton accompanied the t~rotters, hav-
ing been engaged 10 train for the Vienna
S EiIS John nS Mari sS@'01 Of &c ( Ses s s05dm1 sG.
Sonsideraois prominence in lsg5 as The
a &iSi4, % Sl 'nS o t%s ans sS OF tiia h Sis .l rftnsH al PTRiT s +
wood. Export Agent Lewis Frobisher said yes
tcrday that Clayton was seriously III with, pneu-
inonia when the Prussia lett her pier, and fears
we're entertained that he would not live TO reach
ne cher side; His friends tried to persuade
was bound to 20 with his horses, Frobisher says,
although he had TO be- carried aboard the ship.
ob ~ ,s tls G ,has shs % fo pp.n,en a% nno b A%sri bsI.
chased 50 extensively here this year are remark
ably clever horsemen.
They are taking away some Of the best trot-
tert IN the country SAID an uptown expert yes
tcrday, land the worst OF IL is they will buy
only sound .oung stations and mares. No geld
ings so abroad, nor do any PAGERS. You couldn't
give "a PAGER TO them, There are no pacing races
on the other side except in England. and the
sidewhcclers that are just now SO popular hero
are taOoocd by all European horscinen. both ON
the rack ana on the road"
The European view OF the pacing gait IL shared
on this side of tho Atlantic by a good many
horsemen OF the ou school. Robcrl Bonner
would never have AN amber in his stable, and
Gen, Is. !. Tracy, 4. IL. Hartman. A. A. Bonner,
j. Malcolm Forbes, ana many other breeders
strive to produce only square-gaited ~trotters.
In a catalogue Of his trotting stock recently
published by A. A. Bonner he ignores all per-
iormances al the lateral gait, and says:
1t will bc obSurNc ed that there are no pacing
records IN this catalogue. All arc, without ex.
ccption, trotting records"
Mr.. Bonner is true To his convictions, for he
thus u~UIrives his " horse Alcantura of seven.
teen. representative in tho 2:2O list. ten OF which
hay q records OF 2:l5 or better. all AZ the pacing
Rtit. With many other progressive horsemen
he believes that $50 records are no longer
worthy OF consideration in estimating the value
OF trottlns sires, ana he gives only records OF