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being for 2:18 and three-year old trotters eligible to the 2:25 class, and 2:18 and 2:10 pacers. They have raised the purses of the late closing events $100 each over what they were last year, making them $400. It is re Ik:ried that Urbana and London, Ohio, will offer the aiuue classes and purses as Springfield.close watch is being kept over these stables, as well as the other buildingsat Chesterbrook.Captain Cassatt, owner of Chester* brood, is at present in South Carolina, the guest of 11. T. Wilson at the letter's southern estate. • -Thorough bre:l Record.The Carolina* Circuit, so named he* cause each town in the circuit is either in North Carolina or South Carolina, is composed of six towns this year. They are offering uniform purse:;, fcur of which are early closing events, to which entries will close on April 14. The classes for the earlyclosers are 2:10 and 2:22 trots, and 2:13 and 2:20 paces, purses $500 each. T. M Aratsmith, of Hillsboro, North Carolina, is the circuit secretary.HORSES PERISH IN BLA2E.Berwyn, Pa., March 12.—Employes of Captain IS. IT Cassatt's Chester-hrook Farm, near here, are carrying arms tonight and awaiting the return of the person suspected of two fires of incendiary origin, the last of which destroyed four fine Thoroughbred brood mares last night. The Chester County authorities have been busy all day seeking a clue to the origin of the conflagrations and a special guard has been set up around all the build in ss of Hie Cussall estate.A (ire which was discovered in one of the stables last night and which followed one which had broken cut in another stable on the previous night, burned to death four horses, while sixteen others were being led and driven away from Hid blazing structure. The rrmres lost were all expected to produce foals within the next few da vs.They were Miss Peri go id, Litigant, Sententious and Laconic. They were aruong twenty other equine occupants ot cue of the large stables on the Cassatt estate and more than one of the employes about, the place was painfully burned during attempts to save tiie four which persisted In sticking to their stalls.Manager R. A. Culgaii, who has charge of the farm, declared that the fires were of unquestioned incendiary origin, although he would offer no•Aguess as to who might he responsible. Simon Healey, who trains the string that the Captain races during the season, also was positive that: the two hluxes were sot by some person who wished to destroy the valuable prr.ii crly and the lives of the Th o rough-h reds.Trainer Healey tonight was at s\ loss to explain how Uie fire could have? been star led without the torch hearer being delected, fur men were watching the stables because of the fact IJ)aI .some of Die marcs were about t: prrduce foals. The first (ire was din-covered on Saturday night and ad Diehorses were taken away from the stable wirhout any loss of fife. Last night, however, Die blaze wan so far under headway when discovered that, there was no chance to get all the horses onl. and four wore destroyed. The stable man who was watching the barn which was fired reported that he had d::v.od off and was awakened by smoke. He immediately gave the alarm, wilh the result that, sixteen horses were saved, while the other four perished.The barns I hat were burned wore a Jut If mile away from the stables where Hie training track and the other barns where the Thoroughbred* thal. arc toraced this season are quartered. AA ZEALOUS REFORMER.A suggested turf reform in the United States, which strikes me as quaint, is for a rule to he passed, barring bleeders in the betting,” L e. horses given to breaking blood vessels. The proposer said: “hi Australia a horse that is known to have bled twice is not even permitted to race. A bleeder is not a sound horse, and it is not fair that the public should be permitted to wager on such animals/1 I am unaware that there is a rule in Australia against running such horses, and J cannot trace it in the Australian and V, R. C. racing rules. As to protecting the American public against backing horses that have broken a blood vessel, I presume that the reformer’s Idea is that, although such horses are allowed to run, there must be no tickets sold for them at Tata lisa-tor sheds. Supposing, however, that a “bleeder bapened not to break a blood vessel in a given race and succeeded in winning it, what would b[* done, with the money invested on the other horses to win? Would the investments to win (1) be refunded in full; (2) or Jess the machine's percentage; (3) or would the reputed blood-vessel breaker got the stakes and the bets go to the second horse? Fifty years ago there were two horses in the derby, each of which was known to have broken a blood vessel. The one was The Rake and the other Hermit. The latter burst a blood vessel in one of his nostrils a little more than a week before the derby, and The Rake broke his blood vessel a few days before the big race. Hermit, of course, won it, starting at the knocked -out odds ot GO to 1. To carry the would-be. reformer’s contention thatthe public should not bo allowed to back unsound horses to its logical conclusion, roarers, dicky-iegged horses, and animals blind in one eye (like Chevron el years ago, and more recently Die National winner, Glenaide) should likewise he deprived of betting rights. Barring “bleeders moreover, might open the door Jo malpractices, if I he bets went to the second horse! lor it won Id thus become possible for unscrupulous people to win their bets by running second in the event of the bleeder going good enough tn beat the remainder, and at the same time ewe any penalty for later races, (VagiInn I in London Sportsman.)Representative Wood, of Michigan, recently introduced a hill in the Michigan Legislature, which, if it had gone Ihrn, would have prohibited all papers in Michigan from publishing race sum maiies of any kBid. The bill was first draltcd to apply to running races only, but 3alei* was changed to take in harness race summaries as well. When Mm bill came up for a vote before tlie House, Mr. Wood made himself so offensive to bis opponents that the hi’l was promptly sent hack to the committee.Frederick!own. ().. April 20. 1016.Received Houghton rebuilt curt andsulky yesterday and think ihcv archue looking jobs, Hotter than * I expected. Want to thank you for thlt;»lee finish. Oriny
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Spirit of the West
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Wed, Mar 21, 1917
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