The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-10
Wlrn 1RoTrER AND PAoER.
rive More orrasi.atisps vast Hopp,ea IEersss
uarred.

Tive More OrEnnisatieps Want Hopplea Herses
haired.
Following the lead Of tho Kentucky Breed.
ers' Association, two other organizations have
lately gone on record in favor Of the PROPOSE
ton to bar hoppled horses from oil trotting
tracks. In California the Pacific Coast Breed
ers' Association adopted q resolution against
the straps on motion Of Adolph sprookels.
who 10 said to have been the first %turfrnan In
California to introduce the unsightly andsdan.
gerous contrivance. spreckels is the owner of
Hulda, 2:Osh; Dione. 2:14. and other crack
~trotters, and is a momber Of tho Pacific Dis
trlct Board Of Appeals of tho National Trot-
Ting Association. At the meeting Of the own
es Of Charter Oak Park .lnst Saturday a
resolution was adopted requesting the N. I. A.
and the A. T. A. to pass q rule limiting tho
use OF hopples TO the season Of 1893, aftcrward
barring them on oil tracks in membership with
either association. Immediate abolition was
deemed to DO unfair to certain horsomen. who
have recently paid high prices for PAGERS
that cannot, It is claimed, DO driven without
tho extra act of harness. w. b. Fasig Of the
Charter Oak management Is strongly OPP
posed to the use Of hopples. He puts the case
like this:
"If we have boon breeding horses for forty
years and must still tic their legs together to
make EN- go fast, why, we had better call IT.
failure and commence over again."
Frank Walker. WHIT o~f1ciates az starter at
nearly all Of the leading t~rottinR meetings, says
hopples are responsible for more delays and 40
cidents=on race-tracks than all other causes
combined.
out at the. Cleveland Grand Circuit meeting
last summer" he said yesterday, there were
two bad, smash.ups in one day. all due to the
n noansed from nt tRee Judges aE stand stan AG FIVE or SIX
drivers were thrown out, and some Of then,
SON, and John Dickerson had one Of his feet
but the banner smash.up. was at Fort Wayne
two or three years ago. A hoppled PAGER went
t aSSSS at ct thu he h SsSer Of h6 snS s'T rfshe S Saa sTP hi 11
also took a fall. some of them throwing their
drivers fifteen feet in tho air.; When the dust
cleared away so that we could count the dead
gray PAGER ,a-straddle of the inside fence. He
and ho couldn't get off to save his neck. The
ri think hoppies ought to Be done away with.
They endanger not only the drivers who use
them , bit everybody y, else SO in mt the ,r race; and ev.
out of six PAGERS that wear hopples could be
made to go without them, There never has
tho hest %trotteE I ever saw with his legs tied
sGfS'H ABOUT an" the t bsst pa nsEa'9SS Nearly aigs% sil q dr RseS,
that l have ever talked with would be glad to
s sSs the %o hSiRP!'se' d 9HRis a horse q s ssss' w %9oy tho Ss
straps 4 they could atf1rd to refuse. Some Of
body. Down South last fsff,, in tho middle Ola
race. the Judges asked Geers to try his hand
cheating. Ed told them he would drive. but
when the horse was brought out for the next
take the reins. The Judges were disposed to
insist. and you know they can hns or suspend enc
cumstanCps Ruf when TcerS told them he
never drove hoppled horses for Mr.. Hamlin or
ANYBODY else. they excused him; guess he
A. J. Welch. Orlando Jones, and W, +. Fasig.
gcther last Saturday and decided to hold two
meetings, at Hartford this year. It Is believed
mme early in July as a month later: They
have accordingly claimed four days. beginning
With the s,a Fourt H. for TT the heirs first Injecting meetingl al and % h eES
In value: This Is something Of an Innoyati1n
and for $50 and S:ot5 PAGERS. Each race viii
DO worth $1,000. excepting the 2:o5 pacing
The Hartford Grand Circuit meeting viii
take place Sept. 5. 6, Z g. and 0. with a stake
kferesd later, which viii bring re aesresate up
to something like 1876. 900 for the meeting. As
e SsR sssse in Of TIE sio.o Soy f l%'t )tr gssa' t Oh t Gs? a!fs
NJ money ,ss PstI1s the os " Ti 1%oor will III ees SiE stas stly wili Hp bpp
s speses%ln Ss e. re sSP's Z s%:s s a'iss s at PstTs 81 an: ana
arrangement Subscribers are not required to
namc their horses until a few weeks before tho
2:1s class at the time subscriptions close, Feb.
10. remain, eligible to compete, no matter
f hSW t inss th Tbe re otRel s thfy % fof tS Seq tSrsed a Girr
$1,000; 2:I5 class, %trotting, g; 900; iii class.
$4,000: Entries for all stakes for the two meet
Lewis G. Tcwksbury for his crack PAGERS, John
r. Gentry, 2:0OH, and Robert j.: 2:Ole, may
'sldewheeiers" has decided to drive Robert j.
on the road this year and to campaign John Il.
Gentry Gen ~ Before I1ie TsJ J. T Sbn4v into dro winter Sfm q anGo
or twice and found him to be a capital road
horse. Robert J. is ten years old. He has been
paigning on all the principal tracks from Maine
to California. In bis day he has lowered the
pionship records. lie has also beaten all the
b SsSe Pe s:io fhan ah any SSt otihRs @'hIl arsne sa n horse m fhss
ever lived. Robert J. has earned a place on the
retired list, and, 1t Is probable that his owner
will never ask him to race again, although he
is known to be about as fast as ever he WAS.
iamhsiln to a vii RnfSS e a nSts rGss t W%Fe1 on ah tSe sT neS
speed is asked for.
John r. Gentry will be ,campaigned by Z. r.
Bovine. who handled both Gentry and Robert
J. last season in their starring tour on the half
mile tracks. Bovine will probably prepare the
little red horse at Hartford, starting him in the
free.for.alls. IL there arc any In the Grand Cir
cult, or against time II racing engagements can.
not be found. Bovine is confident that Gentry
can get out Of the 2:0l class under more favor
able conditions than were afforded him last year;
Star Pointer. 1924, win not be raced until
A. Murphy, has decided to lei the horse make a
short season in tho stud and then shape him
up for exhibition engagements, starting him
against time. In the fall the Pointer horse
may take part in a few races IL there is any
thing In sight that can measure strides with
him. Murphy, who has been living here this
winter. says Star Pointers injured knee has
horse seems TO be in fine condition for another
campaign.
Joe Patchen 10 being logged at Chicago by
Ben Walker. and occasionally driven on the
try. Patchen will probably start in the ~free.for-
alls, II there are any.
BOSTON. Jan. GA letter was mailed from
this city tonight which Will have an important