The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-06
THE TURF, FIELD AND FARM"

liable New York journal an unjust, deroga-
tory and defamatofy article leveled against
the Louisiana Jockey Club, and based only
upon the unsubstantial ISLANDERS contained in
IN anonymous letter.
Now, II there il one thing in which the
people and the press of New Orleans feel
themselves both competent and confident,
1t Is lin the possession Of sufficient ability to
take care Of themselves and manage their
own institutions, and the comments in ques-
stion, indited in distant city, presumptu-
ously criticising the management Of an insti-
tuition to which the paper does not even pre-
tend TO have any information beyond that
conveyed in the Wild assertions Of an anony-
NOUS letter, exhibits recklessness and lack
Of honest purpose that calls for censure and
ssxebuke.
Fortunately in this, as in most similar Of
'fsnses against common decency. the crime
carries with It its own punishment.
Ifthe Turf, Field and Farm continues to
permit its columns to be prostituted to the
snu Of private malignity at the cost Of public
truthfulnsss, its reputation Is an exponent Of
turf and field matters cannot long be main
tanned.
The charges brought against the Louisiana
Jockey Club, it il almost unnecessary to
say, are wholly without foundation. They
are born mainly of ignorance and disap-
pointed vanity. It yere useless to refer to them
here were it not fof the impertinence of the
commentator, who seizes the opportunity to
draw an unfavorable and invidious distinction
between the Louisiana Jockey Club and its
predecessor, the old Metairie, alike annoying
and unfair to the members of both organiza-
lions.
IL LOUISIANA JOCKEY CLUB.
By way Of enlightening the Turf, Field and
Farm editor, it therefore becomes pertinent
to state that the Louisiana Jockey Club is
composed to-day Of over i've hundred of the
best citizens Of New Orleans, and among
them majority Of the members Of the old
Letsirie. Up to the present time these men,
bers have had sufficient confidence in the
capacity aud integrity Of their officers to an
nually re-elsct them with but very few and
unimportant changes Under the efficient
administrations Of these officers the racing
interests of Louisiana have steadily and rap
idly improved, until at the last spring meet
ing the club had more members, better
sacing. larger attendance, and made more
money than ct any previous meeting ever
held within the limits Of Louisiana or any Of
tho Southern States.
II success is the criterion of merit, some
credit must therefore be accorded these gentle
men. They must necessarily have exhibited
some Of the elements of good management,
and at all events no honest critic would think
of holding them up to vulgar abuse, unheard
and upjudged, upon the spiteful libel Of an
anonymous scribbler. Yet this is just exactly
what the Turf, Field and Farm has been guilty
of doing. The courtesy thus violated and
the sense of justice thus outraged should.
therefore, debar that journal from sitting in
Judgment and arraigning others in court Of
politeness.
Il cannot be denied that the rules of the
Louisiana Jockey Club are very strict, nor
that they are rigidly enforced without either
fear or favoritism. No partial concessions
whatever have ever been made to any person
upon any score whatever. Neither tyranny
nor toadyism have ever been manifested, and
all invidious distinctions have invariably
been repudiated. These were the prompting
1nAuences Of its birth they have ever since
been its rules Of guidance.
TWO CHARGES.
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Turf, Field and Farm bases its absurd and
snobbish comments, two of them probably
merit Tow words of explanation, if only to
correct the ignorance which inspired them.
The postponement Of the races for one
week It the last spring meeting was made
after due elaboration by unanimous cote
In full needing Of the Board Of Stewards
Itwas decided upon solely because the pre-
,ceding fortnight had been 50 excessively wei
and rainy q to prevent the horses being
properly worked and brought into condition
Il was deemed polite, in view Of prospective
good weather, to allow an extra week for THU
purpose, and the risk was therefore assumed
That the decision WAS wise one and gen
.erally acquiesced in BY all save the sour
,stomached and chsgrined caviler, who seem'
TO own the private ear Of the Z. r. and Es Il
thoroughly confirmed by the result Itwaslth'
Sanest and most successful meeting ever helt
in Louisiana, both in attendance and receipts
Over $4,000 were cleared and passed to tn
credit Of the Club, while the sport itself wa
unsurpassed in Louisiana's turf history boil
Tor interest, popularity and financial success
With regard to another charge levelet
directly against the worthy and efacien
zzsAsursz, Mr.. g. T. Howard, it is equal,
groundleaA His small stable was purchased
ssolsly Tor the purpose Of re-establishing and
xeyiving public interest in hurdle racing
which had been abandoned upon the Louisi
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