The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-07
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ANACONDA NEWS.
'fROTT TING MEN IN A ROW.
fAs Western Circuit.
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sTTERRE HAUTE WILL REVOLT
win Not Race on the Dates Fixed by
the charlottesville Will Fight
tho Indiana Track at It's
Own Game.
TERRE HAUTE WILL REVOLT

M The following article from the Chicago
'Sto Montana horsemen, Mr.. Kinney, who
As mentioned in the contents, being very
well known in this state. The article is
z dated at Louisville:
1.-THE formation of the Great Western
circuit, the most important action of any
IL Organization of harness horsemen of re-
4, cent years, is not going to be such har-
jsmonious arrangement as the Chicago
" meeting indicated. There is no doubt now
that there will be war to the bitter end
between Louisville and Terre Haute, two
of the most important trotting associa-
tions in the newly-formed circuit.
Last season there was trouble between
these two tracks, caused by each claim
ing the same dates for their meetings.
This finally resulted in Terre Haute giving
: way to Louisville and accepting the week
preceding the meeting here At the meet
(, ing at Chicago every association in the
H new circuit except Terre Haute was rep
Y represented. In the assignment of dates
1.-THE Terre Haute track was given from
Sept. Is to %, and two days were allowed
the horsemen to get to Louisville, where
Sept. 30.
'.The Terre Haute association now posi-.
lively declines to race on the dates as
signed by the Great Western circuit and
insists that rather than race on those
4 dates it will clash with Louisville and
! claim the time awarded the Kentucky
strack. The only reason for declining the
I dates now offered is that they are during
the period of the equinocllal storms.
i The summary action of Tefre Haute
in announcing it's determination to clash
with Louisville is causing considerable I'M
favorable comment among Kentucky
horsemen and it, naturally follows that
none of them will send his horses to that
meeting. The officers of the Louisville
Driving and Fair association are all work.
ed up over the affair and President Doug
las the millionaire head of the associa-
ton, says he will defeat Terre Haute if
he has to spend his entire fortune doing
it. Colonel Douglas has expended many
thousands of dollars to make the Louis
vile meetings successes and he declares
now that he will fight Terre Haute to the
last ditch and will get those dates or put
the Indiana track out Of the business.
. 1t looks like suicidal move on their
part said Secretary Frank Kinney who
has just returned after making such a
hard fight at Chicago for the two-in-three
system of racing. Our purses aggregate
$4,000, considerably larger sum than
Terre Haute will hang up. Our track is
much better. We are in direct line to
Lexington and we are going to introduce
the two-in-three system, winch will surely
be popular with all honest horsemen. Be-
sides this, Terre Haute tried to force us
Sout of our dates last season, but found it
was not strong enough.
2 f" The Terre Haute association claims
: always to have had the dates now
awarded to Louisville was suggested
Z ." The Year Book does not show any
such thing retorted Mr.. Kinney Louis
Vile had the week preceding Lexington in
1885 and Terre Haute in 1896 and 1897. The
equinoctial storm story has nothing to do
with the case. The truth of the matter s.
The Terre Haute people are afraid they
won't catch the Eastern horses by ac-
ccpting the week before us. This was the
case last season, for the horses were rae
irg at Portland while the Terre Haute
meeting was in progress and they came
from the Portland track here They need
not worry about that this year. however
as the grand circuit has assigned Portland
no dates. The closing of the Providence
meeting Sept. 16 will allow the horsemen
time to get to Terre Haute on the 18th
II they were to accept that date
Row are you going about shutting
cut Terre Haute?'
That is the simplest thing in the
WORLD, sald secretary Kinney we have Il
trump card that we will play if it becomes
necessary. This is nothing less than to
fight Terre Haute at its own game Our
plan now is not only to retain our own
gates, as given us by the Great Western
circuit, but to extend our meeting so as
to cut in on the time offered Terre Haute.
Instead of five days we will make the
Louisville meeting last 10 days, beginning
Sept. 20, taking the time declined by Terre
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the meeting up to Sept go y"