The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-25
CLASH In HARNESS RACING.
,EorBLE BREWINd OYER THE IN
,IALIMENT PURSE SYSTEM.

A. ,rack managers OF the Grand Circuit
"'so.,sns to he among the features OF next
.,a,s cnnralgn on the trottng turf. INSTALL
Ian, nurses. 40 called. are at the bottom OF
,hs trouble. Ever since the system came into
! .,eps a, closing tho entry books several
.,optbs before the date OF the race and
nssing entrance fees payable piecemeal
N advance. there has been more or less
s,rmbl,ng on the part Of horse owners
=, the end OF each campaign. Nearly
.,s,vho,y who has entered his horses extern
.,so,v in these install mcnt purses has found
,be system 10 be very costly one. Often the
.,,,ies close in February for races to be .rotted
a. tina following September. Horses must
,h,. no nom mated six or seven months before
mas are to start, and at a season OF tho year
,lar not much can be known about their
iutGre prospects.
N. customary plan Is to make the entrance
., uaynbe In monthly forfeits or INSTALL
rsp,a so arranged that most OF the money
h,ous iue before the season arrives when
,wuers can got true line on their horses.
thus, At one Of the Grand Circuit meetings
las, year ~ per cent. OF the entrance money
became payable before July |. the earliest date
a, which high.class horses usually open the
,,r,paIgn. A thu universal en- trance fee Ia 81
mr. cent OF the net sum hung M. each
suner VIVA thus called upon to contribute
,.,r.y 3 psr cent. OF the purse before
Re- had soen hi- horse perform In competition
with others OF his class out ~ thirty-eight
,r,clnal entries In one race at the meeting
Mentioned all but four horses fell by the way
= anil failed to start when the day OF the
contest arrived In this race and several more.
h. this and other meetings. the entrance
,,ouey raid In by tie horse owners amounted
,,n.urh more than the full value NJ the purses
. NtaN Ion N nan y " n
sI,h case the conditions are 80 worded that
| ,h- .urI us Of "n'rsnc" money reverts 10 the
a. s s,,E" All distributed among the horse
owners hy whom II IA contributed
Theae ara soma OF the ieaiuIes OF the Install
| Z rur'Ner " leading owners and trainers a..
cc-iingy got together at Lexington iast fall
,S.r,.S 10 foycott all ;ro,tinc asso cations that
10 ju,yi l. Is understood that c J. Hamlin,
| tlr'man in the country. was N" organizer Of
movement. For :SrSraI years the BgiIao
Ss G Sai out %n tnodE. aSs: Of @ 2e e' eur
civ ia the second sIsn-r OF the contract. He
| oxns such noted horses as Anaconda, 2:O3 = !;
k,awa5. 2:Q5S pirsetum ksiT 2; ,ss and
iitersi patrons OF he Grand Great entry list
i2r'hFes or osr HsFs nas tho hu aEo5
o1~: Frank Aean. 2,u3h: Royal Baron.
mcs 3 2il G n oh hs''G osw 2 tsS
lead OF Hamin and Butler as s.sners
the eSmPs'" DtAeE Tr?mnGn' the @w'Gs ss
w s0; iorm aH Gonsrsssm N cfares Reed 81
IRE Pa; The oT T.r Of knG n,sT- 2lo;
s. s4i 2@s b d Na b. D 'S N$GoT Fe
u TSTGSd vH F ofs GHl' ! III DS Ms'S Ma
a a"@tS. &, II # o%n%f Of Kasm?9d. 200; ID.
Ier;eseattns X Il Plant Of, WAGON, o., owner
2'Gga!tan By; EOS Ant Ta.sq; ; 100 = C..
h bSTt"t q Wis., .r ami Andrew nd kau sons &
Am &m9ne ;h- trainers nnA drivers who have
K-stinG. n, F. McHenry. jazz Curry. ", ii,
Mccarthy. George West. James Col Ken.
E pd JUST u snow SRs'f SS' fosSS jazz
Kinney. Oscar Am"s. and j. Il Chandler
Rrsf S SRHfr TiS SsSd nth" the Gail
Iircuit each year and there ia u most certain
be hare, 5syou Sssna in this on nurse N. system ane
hem a ieas; are nd to Ge cor:
Grand Circuit mngnates Is reported TO he In
favor o! getting back at the HimIns. who are
supposed 10 have INSPIRED The new movement
thus in effect toJcotttus The Hamin horses.
Thia PROPOSED measur" $ on the lines o. the
-
ago when SON" ~ the owners OF thorough
trel- banded together 10 'orce the Saratoga
VII Ne remem hered that OF that occ sion the
Jockey Club notified the hor-em"n that they
mas' with raw from the alliance or lose Sc; the
Gun tracks The horse owners quickly sur
Er:pd,rai in the fac" of this uitimHtum.
Grand Circuit magnates would have the effect
o. coetcng I owners and drivers OF the trot-
tng turf, may he doubted however
1 IL known TINT the Dptal
Oh tro,ttnc S"'!lng Cling tone. PA. that was
put 70 death a. C'"ye'and lag ,we"k. Just
pcrs stale about twenty years ago. Before
he became noted on The turf h. trotted tria!
{, Hsriori' who Grei 2 ,nes !" 20" and then
t''et him held Ill" horse AT S21.nOo, He was
h. b n on 9% rGGr GnPP Sf4r Ity
attention Of Nr Bonner to the geldinE and
F; ~! ), r ,.2 vii. show ma" milo In 2'14
!: va, howsyc., TOO late in the fail to admit
% @ H P RDps "m ,s EN- G w'p' ;a 10
t,,e hlrse Ia PA. lie was willing 10 take the
ih,a,%Tr ~, h.r1"mHns word Tor T. Put when IN,
thI '"ra1ity ~ Mr.. Po9i', trainer. who alone
hai he'd H." watch, Mr.. Bonner declined to
Stone the 'rlai was vas a. fast as reported and
we 10 hAi mortal Ir,qi o. being imr0srt
., a Nab,"man who "a stranger 70 me-, have
70 Sorutity th'' am getting a. thai l pay
-, and ] would rather miss the greatest
S.f'r IL N" worli than to pay Tor such horse
Before Cing-'one was ready TO show his
speed II" following year. 1882. " j Gordon
Crm" Ea-' AMI bought him for 10000.
1 Nuhln few months afterwari the memora-
~" can pa On u tlngSton" against Edwin
| Jhor4" thrill. ed the hose world. and Mt Cleve-
mn b" Y"ritla n Tint his trainer had sqid
thon, him by winning his r"cor' OF IA. with
netting 70 siarr. Ctngstone, however.
| never placed on record the fun capacity OF
| ne natural POWERS Rs n trotter. \ hidden
tfpnhe DEVELOPED az III" result OF an i'm
PERFECT operation. His powers failed later
| N ne "amlalgn and three or four days after
| -f"'"at A. Hartford when he WAS found to
NJ IN nigh fever, an enormous ahSc"ss dis
charged hut his hloOi was poisoned nui he was
hr'"rhgAtn n" ClinR-'One Of oi Nnny horse
.l"n 10 ms day believe he TnrSud naturally
W'h such horses az Maud s.. Jev- Eyr-Sce. st.
Julien and Rnrus.
ingsons WAS ioard In 1919 and was con-
sel."uiy In his twenty-ifh y"nr when he
G,"i His record Of 2:l4 was made in 1882.
A'er m" death of W. J. Gordon he was sold at
hl'ton by the EXECUTORS Oi the Cleveland
x, NGnn're, Mr.. GOrIon's granddaughter.
.Miss Daisy Gordon. knowing that her grand
amer never intended that tho Old horse
enonil pass out oI the ownership OF the family.
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