The New York herald., 1876-07-07
DEAD HEATS.

The annexed article, from the London Field June "a
will bear general perusal by the turimen Of America
II treats OF and denounces The system OF late years
vogue England, and almost invariably the custom
America, OF dividing the stakes in important races
when a dead hea, has been The innovation is re-
gardcd by the Field, particularly three -old
events in drec, antagonism TO the received usage
ana practice OF tho Brush turf" anI should "be
irowncd down and discouraged by English owners Of
race horses" The artclc is as follows -
Royal commissions aud special committees havs
long been regarded by both houses OF Parliament
gcnous devices rcsorted by embarrassed rrcso.
Iute Ministers when under the guise OF bestow ing
elaborate investigation upon details, they seek TO
sheIve large and pcrpcxng questions The reports OF
such bodies are often very abe documents although
they have not unfrcqueniIy awakened Mr.. Gladstone
scorn but they are rarely gwen effect TO by subsc
quent scton rh. sentiments oil a vast majority
among Ihe wiscst and most experienced supporters
OF the turf are not o. nature 10 make them con
template Win lively expectation the report
OF the Jockey Club 10 which The revision OF tho laws
OF racing has been iDirustcd To begin With, the
Jockey Club and tort,or, IT'S committees, sit with
doors which deny admission u reporters anu
second, the pubic has no means OF knowing whether
the commttee IN question holds any meetings at
all lu The hurry and excitement of perpctualy re-
curing race ncctngs tue professional votar,es OF tue
turf have already orgotco that The laws which regu
stc their iavorte sport are nominay under rcvison
this moment should the report, which In the
OF Parliamentary committees must sooner later be
published, be deferred IN the present instance until the
"
impatient reno nsrancc were uprfted by tho ma
buues OF Newmarket and EPSON by their organs in
the press Whatever Is is best might be printed as
their chosen motto by most OF our sporting contempo
rGics winch infinitely more concerned
about decisions Affecting bets than about abstract
considerations affecting the wcilbeing and Of
the noble sport which causes SO many columns he
daily up type. Nevertheless II is universally
conceded that the code of racing ~ exsts pres
ent errs alike In many iauits OF omission and
mission nor can consccntiousiy abstain from the
expression OF earnest hope that the Revising Com
miitce OF the Jockey Club will be blind TO the
and the i'm posed upon them by the
task which they have undertaken TO discharge They
will mas great opportunity II they merely content
themselves with saying non possmss In answer 10 The
pcuIon presented by Prince Bauhyany, which prsys
that TO tbo knife should be declared against tue
horse watchers who furnish 'rsinng reports TO the
cheap sporting jourrAs For ourselves wc believe
that system OF ouiing has taken such deep root
that the Jockey Club is powcrloss TO suppress II,
either at Newmarket or elsewhere Training
reports have ncver been admitted TO our
columns aud therefore cak dlsintcrcsiediy when
a,owug convcii-n nai Ia Que share or other, the
pubic Will be sstisnc. TO foreXo the daily chroni-
ces Of gaops taken by horses In course OF preparation
TOR their engagements such chronicles would be sup
pied by news letcrsto employ the earliest dcs gEa-
lion newspapersf the Jockey Club had thc power,
which II has not, Of preventing their publication the
ordinary journals. Bai hsyond and behind the vain