The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-26
MONROE SALISBURY'S TRAITS
FIGURED on THE GRAND Circuit
FOR TWO DECADES.
Called kinSmAker In pays OF Good Fortune
With Direct and Direetum Had n
Talent for Fitting TrOtters 10 Race
-AIlx aud AZOte His Last Trumps-

~ NIINSN ~
Talent for Fitting TrOtters 70 Race
-AIlN and AzOte His Last Trumps.
aKinRmaker' is what the Grand Circuit
followers called Monroe Salisbury. who died
in a private hospital in New York two
weeks ago. when he had in his string such
hiers OF his'own training as Direct, Dtreotun.
Alix, Azote. Flying Jib. Directly. Margaret
S.. Little Albert and Expressive. A giant
OF a man. looming above the throng as I'm
mast of n ship, and moving with a command
ing air and vigor. Salisbury looked a king
indeed. Originally a stage man in u"
Far West. when the vioissitudes OF racin;-
brought him into financial straits he turned
10 the Klondike 10 carve out a new fortune
and, although past seventy years oil age
Salisbury had planned this year TO retuIi'
to Alaska for another bout with The hch'H
goddess. He had no use for the East %
cept as n sporting ground.
Salisbury vas horn in New York stare
ard whom q tweN eryear-old 10y he trace"
a pig for a 1liy, out of which he tried ~
make a trotter, On the Ceast SALISBURY
was a pioreer in mar aging the stage ines
and forty odd years ago he was one OF the
largest OF those contractors on the stat
routes of the Government service, but
he was not involved in the scandals thu!
grew out OF the business, He was the
active partner in GiImer, Salisbury d Co..
in which Jay Gould was said TO be a silent
mariner, which worked more h 5000 horses
on routes between Chey enre and Fan fran-
cisco that GOV cred SEQ miles. Salisbury
ian TIE rea6wocd coath iItm TIE BACK
Hills TO Cheyenre. oarTying the Old ms
.-l ~. s.@A aE1 fnhnn VIII
slmed guards. Tie iortui ACQUIRED in
these strer uous Gays aided salisbury
to breed horses on a prard scale III la!i-
forn'a and 10 race them, West ard East
until hard lir es teCame his portion. Ito
couldn't get good ore fast CROUCH TO pay
for the herd of easily acquired bad ones.
Next 10 Le!ard Stanford and j. B. la
gin, Salisbury has done iaore than any one
else TO make California the rival OF Ken
lucky as a nursery OF tho~roughbred horses
especially for light business uses (
Salisbury was as deaf as a post but ae
active as a sprinter in his movements. Pie
told a good story. and when with friends
who would take the trouble he enjoyed II
warn yelled into his ears, He had q low,
restrained voice peculiar TO many neal
persons and was an attractive talSer, New
Workers. met him first at Fleetwood on his
visits with Directum. 2:OS1. and Ahx, 2:oS4.
when John Kelly. now OF the Speedway.
was his driver. Salisbury had a git Tor
training and making speed in the hGht
harness horse. and when sitting In the saple
directing Kelly as TO the exercise JaIfrs
there was always a group OF New YORK
Driving Club members about TO hstenrfo
his words of wisdom. Salisbury beiieyed
in balancing horses in shooting, but not by
cutting way the hoof, which was Robert
Bonner's pet theory.
The worlds record of St. Julien, 2J2H.
at Oakland in 1879 get Salisbury seek-
ing for representatives OF the volunteer
family. He bought two Volunteer mares
from Alden Goldsmith in Orange county.
N. v, one Of which was Sweetness, 2:2i5s.
from whom Salisbury bred Sidney. abe
grandsire Of Lou Dillon, pol. Sidney
proved TO be soft hearted and Salisbury
afterward sought to conceal that he was
the breeder and had named the stallion
! for his son. He hated a uuitter as much as
he loved a game horse. and wher IN later
years the Trotting Register gave. Salisbury
as the breeder OF Direct. 2:o5H, he did not
| proclaim the error from the ~housetops,
although l.. H. Titus was the breeder.
In 1889 Salisbury made his first GraHd
Circuit campaign with Director. then q
ri v-year-old with n record of 2:2712, and
with John 4. Goldsmith as driver he Won
twelve out OF fifteen races, among them
| the frat 500 Charter Oak Stakes at Hart
ford. Direct. by Director-Echora 2:23hs,
was Salishury's first great horse and be
one he always loved best; in 1891 Sails
bury took Direct through the Western
| Southern circuit. beating all the cracks lie
met from Mascot TO Hal Pointer and closing
with a record Of 2;06, made TO a high wheel
sulky, In 1892. with John Kelly as drive,
Salisbury brought East the great collection
Of Directum, 2:05lI; Direct, POSE, Little
Albert, 2:i0. Matte H., 2;lIl4, and Flying
Jih. 2:041I. His luck turned after that
year. although Alix. 2:0SA. and Azote, 2:04h..
were moneymakers in 1921. and IN 1899 The
kingmaker ahdicHted and sold Direct. and
all his horses in New York.
A sally into the Rlondike put Salisbury
again on his financial feet and in a lew
years he was back on the trotting turf
racing q string belonging 10 various owners,
one of whom was james Butler. Later 10
acted as the sslaried mace err OF the Butter
horses. While holding this position II
California track made q claim against him
for unpaid entrance fees, a poor return Tor
the notoriety Salisbury had attracted-rio
California racing, end in the endeavor 10
| collect the money the National TrottiRg
Association sought to invalidate the win
ntngs Of the Butler 8 able in 1905. soIne
$50. 900. The charge was that Salisbury
while under SUSPENSION controlled" tho
Butler horses. The n. T. A.. could not
prove it's case. Salisbury, the evidence
revealed, was only a power in the stSbln
and had nothlnr to say about the racing ~
the horses. Fhe action entailed a heavy
expense on Butler and 10 SALISBURY. IL
seemed persecution, an instance OF hittinr
at a man when he was down. His wife's
death occurred soon afterward and " vas
followed Ivy the suicide OF his son SidDe''.
He is said to have welcomed his end. yet
had Salisbury recovered he would have
go,r 80 Alaska TO G"ht ror fortune.
Following up the money Winnings OF
the trotters the HorsemGR gives a similar
interesting table Of the earnings OF the
PAGERS. II is as long as the list Of %trottere,
for about COO horses won from $500 upward.
While seventeen %trntters won IS 600 or more
only eight PAGERS come in the same cate
CORY. Fourt~ rotters won more than $1,000
Nutboy. 2n7k. Sl9.a3i: Brilliant Girl.
oOsH. sl2. 7S7: Charley Reldei. 20s1,, tll go.
and Siliko, ?1lL, $40. 400. but Ardelle WAS
the only PAGER 10 get into this class. She
heads the list of PAGERS with SIC, 127 10 her
credit. Argot Boy was the leading money
gaining geldinR INT RIIdy Kip gained that
distinction among the stallious. This in
the NUrsemdH's ranking OF the first eight
money winners. the records being added.
CopOr wa.
Mann. and Ser SIR. "a Sd IN rnp. 'GiaSs
ArdeIle. hr. m. by J. n. L.: