Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-04-14

~.,,;no.n axtra session OF the Trotting
Congress will be submitted. The object
~ 4 Re snscial session will be to either re-
ss.sI az u.o6ify some OF the new rules
passed at the February session. over w
tracks which belong to the associstion
will be withdrawn in case the rules are al.
lowed to stand as passed and as this wouic
csuse loss financially of fifteen hundred
or two thousand dollars to the parent In
stItutian. there seems to be necessity Tor
doing sonething to pacify these rebels.
President Johnston at first threatened TO
resign should the session be called, Dut IN
a letter pu biished recently over his sigma
turc In the Trotter and PAGER be doesn't
exactly say that, but we dnd these words:
aW nile am not convinced that an extra
session of the congress would be wise or
poiitic at this time, in difference 70 gentle
men who believe 1t would / have decided
TO submit the question TO the Board OF
Review, 1t being competent TO order con-
gress if,in its judgment, the interests conn
mitted to Its care require sncn meetamg.
nd now we hear from his toadies. They
say there is not a tinge OF yellow In the
Blue Grass blood of Judge Johnston; that
he comes from q people proud and free,
can never stoop to eating crow nor stultify
himself by hastiiy enacted laws. The great
argument Is, "Try them, and In few
years, = not satisfactory, they can be re-
IL
and idlotic that the few men who made
them now readily agree thst the working
will be an injury to the whole business. III
this be so. why not be honest and remedy
the wrong while yet there Is time Some
tracks are already advertising races at q
few feet less than mile, thereby giving
horse no record or bar; and IL there are
enough of this kind a sensational colt able
TO 20 in 2:f0 can trot through the season
and still be in the three minute class. A
few OF these fellows sailing about the
country will prevent the slow classes from
being filled at our country fairs as the ma
ioritY OF our trotting stock could not save
their entrance. Our fairs depend for sue
cess on the attendance OF the people who
pay their entrance fee at the gate. In them
lies the balance between profit and less.
They are the ones that must be catered to
rs they are very important factors OF sue
cess. All will admit that the races are
most attractive TO this class. To keep alive
and stimulate horse trotting, secretaries
are obliged to use their best efforts to get
the different classes filled with honest
contestants. Now when owners and driv-
ers are subject TO such stringent rules as
were passed last February, with no redress
for two years, they will soon lose their in
terest In breeding and training the light
harness horse. Much better would 1t be
II country tracks would withdraw from
the National. thereby saving their MEM
bership fee OF sl5 or go every year, and
make rules OF their own or use the old
ones as they stood prior to 1898. No par
ticular fault was found with them for 30
years, and but for q little notoriety OF a
few men no new ones would have been
enacted. or course no rule or law could
be framed but would work hardship In
some cases, but the greatest good to the
greatest mum Der should be the end sou 4 hit.