The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-12
rRorrExs Matched ron $4,000.
Marcus Daily and +. n. Hartman TO Race
Their Colt. Neat August,


As the outcome OF an after-dinner talk about
trotting horses which took place last month at
an uptown club between Marcus Daily of Mon
tana and H.. II. Hartman. the wealthy New
York financler, who owns Staniboul. 2:07lS,
two unusual matches were arranged yesterday.
Each is to be play or pay. aud DAILY and Harri-
man have deposited $4,000 with the stake
holder, +. =. Olcott, President Of the Central
Trust Company. One race ia for two-year-old
%trotters. mile heats. hest two In three. and the
other Is for three.year.olds. mile heats, best
three In five. The stakes in each event are
$4,000 q side. According TO the agreement tho
races will take place At Goshen. Orange county,
next August, the exact date to be decided upon
not later than Juno /, when colts are to DO
named.
The notable feature Of the matter Is that the
matchmakers invite any and all other owners
who choose to comply with the conditions to
come In on equal terms, thus throwing down the
gauntlet to such crack colts as Jupe. 2:l3L.
holder OF the worlds race record for two-ycsr-
olds; Mabel Moneypenny, EGO; Preston.
2:2ll4; Dlrectum Kelly, 2:23Ie; Mary Beau
fort. 2:23; Potenta, 2:"TI9; Fanny Foley.
George Starts unnamed son OF Director. aud
others that proved their worth last sea-
son. DAILY IL tho owner OF the good
fliy China silk, 2:l0Is, winner Of the
twO-year-Old division OF the kentucky Eu-
turity In 1890, and 1t Ii expected that he Will
rely on this speedy daughter Of Prodigal to pull
down the stakes: But the Montana breeder has
n large list of other fast colts to pick from for
the three.year-old race. II Is understood that
Hartman will rely OH khalcdan. the son OF
STEAMBOAT. 2:07Ie, that won the Produce Prize
for trotting-bred two-year-olds at the last
National Horse SHOW. The COLT 10 promising.
but be has never started in public;
The race for two-yeer-olds is likely to bring
out q large field. All colts OF this age are
virtually untried, and their owners are conso-
Some Of tho wealthy breeders who are expected
to swell tho stakes arc: j. Malcolm Forbes and
Col John L. Thayer. Boston: John H.. Shuts,
JAIME" ". Daily. New; Yorf; FRANK Ss%sI HooEef.iier.
Cleveland; Arthur j.. Cation. Chicago; &. j.
HamIin, Buffalo; Col. r.. G. stoner. Paris, Ky;
William Russell. Allen. Plttsield. Mass: Con.
w. p. Ijams, Terre Heute.. one of tho
conditions OF the race Is that all out
sidcrs must deposit their $4,000 with Stake
the colts named shall have been owned on Jan.
4. 1897, by the. parties making tho entries.
sixty per cent. of the stakes In each race will
horse. and 10 per cent. to the third. Both races
will he decided during the August trotting
meeting at Goshen. The track there IL n finely
kept hail. mile course, which II to be put In the
best possible condition for the events. II Il
within a stones throw OF the business portion
OF Goshen.
Tho matches will do much to stimulate the
breeding and harness racing interests In Orange
county and throughout the state. In olden
times IL was u frequent occurrence for wealthy
men In this city 10 make play or pay matches
races always attracted far more attention than
ordinary purse events. or late years, however.
matchmaking has not been coInmon. Horse
men will be glad to see q revival of the custom
DAILY and Hartman. for II means high-class
harness racing that Is above suspicion.