The sun., 1897-03-08
WITH TROrTER AND P1cER.
Basy season in sight Tor the Harpe-. Horses
Programme for Parkway.

The outlook for 4 busy and successful harness
racing campaign III and around this city con-
tinues TO brighten as the rme draws near for tho
opening OF the season. There IS the usual lack
OF harmony among Eastern track managers
touching the matter OF dates claimed for both
spring and fall meetings, but tho indications
now are that followers OF the sport in tho III etro
poltan district will see better harness racing
and more Of II this year than for several seasons
p,st. The Parkway Driving Club OF Brooklyn.
which was in a state OF partial inactivity last
year. holding only two or three unimportant
meetings at the fine halimile trotting track on
Ocean Park way, suddenly awakened u few days
ago by mapping out an up.todate programme
for the season.
Dates have been claimed for spring meeting
at Parkway the first week in June and for a fall
meeting TO be held the first week In September.
The spring meeting will open on Monday, May
81. continuing either three or four days. Alta
meeting of the Board OF Directors held last week
1t was decided 10 open six early closing Install
mcnt purses or stakes Of $500 each to be decided
In juno. These races will be for trotters OF
the 2I9. 2:25. 2:3O. and $50 classes. and
for 24o and 2:2o PAGERS. Instead OF
closing the entry books a week or two
before the meeting Is 10 take place, they
VAL close ON April 8. and the per cent. ntrance
fee for each horse nominated is made pay able in
three installmenis, namely: Five dollars due
when entries close, Sl0 due on May 10. and
ike amount due on May 20. Nominators are TO
be held only for the amount actually paid in so
that II "A horse fails 10 meet the expectations OF
his owner as the triinii.. season progresses ho
NAV be declared out AZ a small cost.
1t is expected that the Executive Committee
OF the Driving Club OF New York will this week
complete arrangements for the spring meeting
IL.
say the meeting will take place on June g. o, 10,
and l l, and that the purses will be 500 each
as at Parkway. Under this arrangement the
Fleetwood meeting would follow those OF
the Pirnlico Club at Baltimore ana the Park
way Club of BROOKLYN, the latter two clashing
as TO dates. There is talk also about spring
meetings at Lynhrook and orangeburs follow.
ing the series AT Fleetwood. and thus forming a
four weeks circuit, which would almost i'll out
county circuit in July. The driving club which
WAS organized last week in Jersey City will. 1t
- said, control the old Guttenourg track, hold
ing one or more trottiuS meetings there
I'd. \. Upton, who recently resigned as Secre-
tary OF the Kentucky Trot,ins Horse breeders
Association. and l. now manager OF the Mon
tana trotting circuit. has made strong bid TO
secure the iIarriman.Daly sweepstakes races
for the Butte meeting next August. He offers
10 add 5000 TO the race Tor three olds pro-
vided june, 2:l3s; Preston, 2:2li,. aud China
race for two-year-od- may be the most valuable
event ever won by irotter, but is OF the opinion
that both events should be decided on one
mile track.
According TO the terms OF agreement, E H.
Hartman had the privilege OF selecting the
track, and he named Goshen as the battle
ground, Those who should know say that an
offer Of 10000 in added money would not be
enough TO take the big races away from the his.
toric half-mte course in Orange county. Upton
has decided to do away with the boOkmaking
system OF betting at all OF the Montana meet.
ings this year, substituting auction pools and
French mutuals for both trotting and running
races.
The latest addition TO the trousseau OF Lewis
q. Tcwksburys crack PAGERS, John II. Gentry,
2:0oi. and Robert j., 2:ollc, is pair OF hand.
some show bridlcs presented to the horses last
week by H. A. Fairhairn, the owner of Baron
Rose, ":2o+. They are OF black leather, richly
trimmed with gold thus carrying ,ou; the color
crown piece OF each bride are the initials OF tho
giver. r. A. F." in, gold metal; ON the black
leather rosettes, in gold metal relief is the mon.
eegrain o. the owncr.i l. q. T. and ON the brow
the horse. All OF the loops and buckles are like.
wise OF gold, while tho reins for about twelve
inches from tho bit are gold chains The bit
itsolf is OF steel, but is plated with gold. John
X, Gentry now has two show brides 10 Robert
J.s one, but the friends OF the stallion are no
more numerous than the admirers OF the geld.
ing. One OF the latter young woman, who had
read in THE Sun about the bride. sent to John
II. Gentry from Paris by w. +. Weeks wrote 10
the owner of the PAGERS last week asking for a
detailed description Of the headgear and sayiny
she thought Robert J. should have a bride iust
as hne as that v hich Trainer Weeks had sent TO
John H. Gentry.
James a. Murphy's $4,000 pacing stallion
Star Pointer, 2o2l -, went back 10 Boston yester.
day in charge OF his old trainer, Dave McClnry
the new owner OF the horse having decided that
IL would not DO advisable 10 ship him direct TO
c',.. ago at this time. II was said yesterday that
N'ClAry mil NJ perhaps train and drive the
great stallion again this year.