The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-13
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY, JULY h. lsSs-TRPLE SHEET

know whether, in the frst place, this crusade is
general scheme OF the government or particular
no ss}on % second. Whether Il Is based on fair or
even strictly legal Interpretation of the Betting act
and third whether 1t win be administered alike to
rich and DOOR, to Tattersas as well as the humbe6t
sporting club. And 1t will be observed that the OH
ciai cuttle-hsh, striving to escape from It's enemy
throws out a cloud OF Ink or words through which
nothing can be maze out.
MINOR PROSECUTIONS.
In the meantime the police are not idle In other
directions, and not day passes without some man,
metropolitan magistrates for oonlravention OF the
Just enough. for the defendants are not the same
footing as the commission agents, and are clearly
acting against the spirit OF the law. The cases,
however, are enough to show to what great extent
the vigilance Of the police Ia turned into this COM
paratively new channel. Whether they are neglect
in position to say; but certain 1t Is that unless the
force Is quadrupled proper attention cannot be paid
BY them at once enc To- ordinary Sas ana to contra
roted in the public streets. or have their houses
rided or are struck down by the assassin, we may
better employed than In hunting out folks who lay
and taxa odds. the while they allow the bettOrs OF
the stock exchange to flourish like the green bay
tree.
WHO Is AT THE BOTTOM OF THESE PRoCEEpINasP
Well 1t Is almost certain that Sir Joseph Bawley
public invested on his horse Vagabond Tor the City
and Suburban TO such an extent that he could not
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q tremendous row about his horse Alpenstock under
similar circumstances, and threatened TO bring bill
into Parliament which would spoil the ''lttle game"
OF the commission agents. and so prevent the public
from bringing horses to such prices In the market
their owners would not accept But the strongest
prosecutions has been Henry f. Beaumont, N. p. for
Southwest Yorkshire. This gentleman, who is about
age been the turf where he has got through three
or four fortunes The reputation he now enjoys Is not
Of the most iattering character for he has been
0yh in II ar 0Or1lo
would have been called "welshing."
THE AFFAIRS OF THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.
the Duke of Newcastles effects has passed or with
out much comment They sold everything they
could lay their hands on IN his splendid mansion,
down, am told, to half dozen pair of breeches,
which were succeeded on the auctioneer's rOstrum
by twentyfour pots OF raspberry jam. curious re-
verse Of fortune and o curious commentary on the
levelllng tendency OF the turf that man who used
to bid thousands Of pounds for yearlings to auc-
tioneers should now hear Of his own small clothes
being knocked down by other auctlOneers for q few
shillings Queer, is IL not?
THE EARL OF wEsrM0RELAND DOWN AMONG THE
DEAD MEN,"
The Earl Of WestmOreand's turn has come at last,
ana 1t Is to be regretted. for he is fine gentleman
and really noble sportsman. He had never much
money, and his style OF living and OF betting was
such that his ruin was only question OF time-and
the time has at length "arrove." am told on the
best authority that when the crash was coming he
made over fourteen OF his horses to the MARQUIS OF
Harrington, the Postmaster General. and tnat they
were seized by relentless creditor who refused to
vain for the Marquis to give the most satisfactory
proofs that they were his. The creditor merely said
tnat his lOrdsnp could prove that IN court OF JUS
tice and his lordshp, VINO aspres to high honors on
the Treasury BENCH declining to appear as an owner
Of race horses they were made over TO this astute
with PadwcE over the Duke of Newcastle's properly,
has already levied dstralnt on the Earl's seat Of
Apeworth, in Northampton. Mr.
THE COLLAPSE OF LORD COURTENAY. ~
line to say that Lord C0urtenay is at length
'fummoxed." On the turf his lordship has been for
otofn <Nf
his "ghOsts'-every betting man to whom you owe
money Is ghOst-sO numerous that he could get
stances he bstooK himself to the Stock EXCHANGE,
where he speculated heavily and where at length he
has come to such grief that he has to make his ap-
pearance before q commissioner In bankruptcy.
TWO NEW RACING ANECDOTES.
have Just heard two new racing anecdotes, which
the Nation snsr Win Whom
Lady NJ once bet sixpence that horse OF his
would not WIN a certain great handicap in which II
John paid her the sixpence, but it was o bran
new one and it was set IN diamonds. The
career Of close on SIXTY years. during which he has
made as great q mark as any man. never had bet
to lay sS to e. on Zero Gomez. and when the horse
was beaten he looked such unutterable things that
i Is certain he wi never wager again If he were to
THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
There is nothing in the racing OF the week to which
or two & These are @ at e
meeting, which, since the old 'plungng" days, has
altogether declined the 1000 sweepstakes being
abolished, FOrmOsa, the Oaks and st. Leger winner,
was beaten with the greatest case by the splendid
two year old Guy Dayrell, who. on account OF sup
posed want OF merit was not entered for the Derby
or other great events OF the season. The second Is
that the Northumberland Plate, which used at one
time to be great event. but is now left altogether
to few bad northern horses was won by Mr.. Bowels
The Spy, four years. IFS pounds, who beat Mr.. Ken
ningtons Myosotis, three years. ninety pounds sec
Ond; Mr. Osbornes Kings Grown. i've years. 116
pounds third and four Others
POsTSCRIPT-THE COMMISSION AGENCY PRoSECU-
TIONS.
have only time to state that In this case, which
was heard this afternoon before Sir Thomas Henry,
only the three principals were charged, the clerks
and messengers being set at liberty The Magistrate
gave 1t clearly as ms opinion that the defendants
came within the operation OF the Betting act but on
the application OF counsel for the defence adjourned
the for fortnight, with the object of allowing
coansel on both sides to prepare a case for the
opinion Of the Court OF Queens Bench. In the mean
time the commission agencies to be entirely sus-
pended 1t Is not expected that the case will come
before the Queens Bench until next January.