The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-24
OUR TROTTERS IN AUSTRIA.
carr TJTHILL TALKS or HARNESS.
RACING FEATURES IN THAT COUNTRY,
No complications About the system and the
Rules Are strictly Enforced-Ihe Horses
Are handicapped by Their Records Roy
atty II Greatly Interested In the sport.

Are Handicapped by Their Records Roy
atty Il Greatly Interested In the sport.
Can't. H.. II. Tuthill Of Goshen, who took
several t%rottcrs to Austria late last winter
and had his first experience on the European
|trotting tracks. was In the city yesterday. II"
i 50 enthusiastic about the Austrian system
Of racing and the character of the hor'em"n
In that Countrv that h. will take another con-
signmcut Of American %trOtt"r- 10 Vienna IN
February or March. on his first trip last
February, he took over ROYAL Baron. ?l0',,
by Baron Wilkes. Carrie Shields, ?l3',, by
Legal Test; Belle J., ?li, by Ben johnson, a
sensational mare In 1905, Queen Forester,
235l,, rs "a thrcc-year.old, Pearlinc c., 2.i2i.,
by Rpy Wilkes and Robert Lee, ?lS1, by Al
cantara. There were several others In hts
European stable which he had sent over at
different times
My first season on the Austrian tracks mas
converted me TO the system of racing IN vogue
there, he said to several horscmou who had
inquired about the success " his trip. In
the fret place, there are 10 complications
about H.. They have first class rules aud there
4 far .rss trouble and friction between the
Official. u the club, the owner, driver and the
public than there Is under our system. The
entrance fee i only . per cent. Of The purse.
Entries close az the time specified and no con-
ditiunll entries are taken. no matter how hlgh
an owner may stand. Fifteen minutes before
Il race Is called a man may scratch his horse
and / per cent. Of his entrance money Is re-
turned. 50 that the risk Il very light compared
with our system. Then. too. winners are not
assessed an additional percentage az they are
here. Every race IL conducted on the straight
edge plan. Trainers and drivers are aware
that no excuse will be accepted for tagging.
The first bell rings ten minutes before a
race Is called and every horse named to start
must be on the track within that time, for the
second bell ring, on the dot and the gates are
shut Any horse not on the track then i not
only barred from starting, but the owners
hhGd go gNIdeil', tbou. t.9 a. our lnoneS:
there lii" race Is started Oh the Time an
uDuuCed By their system Of starting al mo
tedlou, scoring, which detract7 80 much rom
the interest Of racing ia thi- country. l. avoided
They are not standing START, according. 10
tn" pretty general beliei IN TINS country bHt
each horse at hi- station Is kept turning OF, a
trut. and when they are all on their stride.
faced In the right direction. the Judge prr~>e,
a button and bells at each station are Jung
standing start If he 40 elects, but he viii get
the worst Of 1t. and few, II any, ever attempt y
Each hors" i Handicapped according TO his
record, By distance instead Of weight. For ~
stance, a horse with q record one second faster
than another, Is put back about twenty YARDS.
Ii j. the best system ever saw. Then, too,
instead Of lOug-drawu-Dut races, as In our heat
system, every race i a dash. AZ whatever dis
lance it may be made, and spectators are not
ANNOYED waiting for an event to be decided.
All the leading citizens, from ROYALTY down
10 tho most humble subject, take the keenest
interest In the races going to Vienna from
They will back their opinions, too. II Is in
tcrC-ting 10 see titled society women rs We'll as
thO-" lower IN the social scale on a hunt Tor ups
Many men Of the empire are excellent driv-
crs and take great prtd" IN r., Count Schalil-
l,rt % us.YlfI~ 4,U.iu 20 ErnHnTnT InERIh
drove my stallion Robert Lee In three races
and handled him well. He won one and was
close up in the others. He was nightly proud
OF it, too. II you had been present at the en-
tertaiumout he gave the night Of his victory
YOU would have, thought he was celebrating
some great battle or a wonderful discovery.
In fact, the Au-trians make their trottiug
meetings 50 popular that the club can Hiord
to give liberal purses without eNacting a large
percentage for an entrance fee.
Great interest j. taken In breeding from
American stations and mares, and they now
called iulanders.' The ramc Is also applied
10 the produce Of mares taken from this coun-
try In foal. In order to further encourage
sv~'omatic breeding, tle trotting clubs give
five races for lulanders' 10 one for any other
class and the purses are about double. The
stalk" races for 'iqlanders' are as good as our
upon f. that horses must go on a trOt and no
hi'oAinE or breaking is tolerated, A horse
kicking ia useless. Expulsion over there is
quite a serious matter. There is no way for
an expelled horse or driver 10 get back.
The officials Of the Vienna Trotting Club
are most hospitable and as pleasant a lot Of
men a. II has ever been my good fortune to
meet In conducting their meetings they live
strictly up TO their rules and no man IN tho
Impiresno matter how powerful he may be-,
can Undue" them 10 swerve a hairs breadth
from them Owners, drivers and every one
connected with racing know this and obey
them Consequently there Is no friction, and
such a thing a. talking back TO the Judges is
unheard OF
"ics. | had a most successful trip | won
fourteen races up to the first Of July, when
went to the Paris Exposition sold Royal
Baron to an Italian fo- Sl0,JOO, and. by the way,
horsemon IN Italy are also taking a great shine
TO the American trotter Belle J ! sold 10 a
resident Of Vienna for $500 The balance Of
my string ! sold 10 different parties In Austria.
] got $500 for Carrie Shields, s2,5Oo for queen
Forester, $500 for Robert Lee and s2.uO for
Pearlinr {.
There will be a great demand for American
%trottcrs In Austria, in my opinion, for many
years 10 come and good ones will command
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