The New York herald., 1876-07-07

attempt 70 abOIish or silence tOue lies the larger queS-
tion OF turf discipline which have frequently
touched In these columns. and which demands the
careful consideration uf those who ought naturally 10
pains IN their endeavors TO protect the honest
horses against their subor-
dnaie aud easily tempted employees
Our present purpose Is, however 70 point ous mas
randc Tor The Oaks, and the subsequent division OF
stakes between them. have awakened Widespread dis
satisfaction in thoughtful racing circles There arc
live three old in the course OF every year.
which in our opinion. ought never 10 be allowed to
the Derby and Oaks at EPSON, the st. LeRer at Don
caster and the Two Thousand and One Thousand ~
Newmarket colt can win but three OF them, and
she i've have never yet been carried OF by the same
hv, although there 10 little doubt that, II entered,
Queen oil Trumps would have won them all IN 1888 and
vrrago in 1854 They TO the sspiring threc-year
OF the Classical Tripos and Smiths Prize are
TO the ambitious Cantabrigan Undergraduate. IL
may, indeed. be urged that 1t Is possible for two
men TO be braoketed eq al in any of The Cambridge
competitions was the with the late Lord Lytle
ton and Dr. Vaughan the Classical Trpos Ot 1888.
But II is not possible Tor the human dead heat We
may express It, to be run of; whereas the equine
dead heat Invites and even demands tho immediate
solution Of deciding trial Nothing is more certain
than that the innovation OF dividing stakes for The
great three old 10 in direct antagonsm TO
the hitherto received usage and practice OF the British
turf and VIC do scruple that the Derby and
st. Lcger would have lost something OF their national
lus,re IL thsy had been divided between any of the
three pairs Of dead heaters which The Judge unable
TO separate in 1925 1889 ana 1850 As matters now
stand Cadland, Charles XII. and voitigeur are
Derby aud - Leger winners whereas Formosa re-
ccved much less credit Tor the Two Thousand which
she divided with Mosem thau Tor either OF the other
thrce great raccs-the One Thousand. the Oaks
and the ST. Leger-in which The honors were
all her We afirm from personal reco
lection that when volt eur and RussbOrough passed
the judges chair abreast IN the 81 Lcger OF 1850 the
suggestion OF q draw was never mOocd for second.
such proposition would have been Indignantly
secuted by tine old fashioned sportsman like the htc
Lord Zetland. and the managers OF Russborough were
equally avcrsc IRON contemplating H. IL is much TO
be regretted thai the evil precedent OF dividing the
Two Thousand. which was admitted for the first time
IN 1865, was not Immediately repudated by the Jockey
But If the Two Thousand and Que Thousand
should he deemed inferior IN rank 10 the historical
races OF Epeom and Doncaster wc can conceive no
possible reason why Law should not be passed for
bidding the Derby, oaks aud 81 Lcgcr to be divided
alter deau heat The only divisi,n which has never
taken acc in eny OF them ought to be regarded
French Innovation deserving to be frowDcd down and
discouraged by English owners OF race horses Wo
have no manner OF doubt that II tho question OF
dividing or rnnnng of the last Oaks had been put 10
the vote among ali the adult males who were Assem-
bled on the course Immense majority OF voices
would have declared IN favor Of deciniog heat Is II
possible Tor General Peel Lord Rosebery and their
revising conductors TO cmsncipae themselves for once
IRON the ctharsc siccp winch has so long held the
Jockey Club speiibound ana to convert the unwrten
tradition oil tho turl INTO living statute defining GER
tain three yearoid races in which divisions after dead
heats shall be forbidden hcncciorth and forever!
1t is maintained are Informed on the other hand,
that such statute propose WILL in tho first place,
initiate against owners rights OF property, and,
secondly, Will operate solely In tho interest OF
the boUkmakers why ask our opponents,
''shoud not the two owners OF dead heaters be lett
TO divide they choose, and the ground is so hard
that hey apprehensive about the legs and sincws
OF their iavoritcs? p? We reply that II tho state OF the
ground IS to be taken INTO consideration, would lie bet
follow the example OF our kinsinen In the United
States, who often defer race from day 10 day uBtu
the weather and ground suitable Tor its celebration
But in addition the popular instinct, which seldom
wrong emphattcaily pronOunces that he Derby and
Oaks not really won when parttoned between Two
dead heaters The ''bue ribbon OF the turf" does
Rdf IN q 10
two strips deliverable 10 brace Of recipients In Tho
words Of Montroses old love song
He either fears his tate much
Or his deserts are small.
Who II o the touch,
To gain or lose IL ell
As for the argument that the proposed enactment
would operate solely IN the interest of the bookmakers
II is 100 absurd to be maintained Tor moment The
truth lies IN exactly opposite direction, the
interest OF the Do0kmaKers prescrbes that the
Ing law shall not DO altered Who that was present a.
EPSON upon Oaks day forget the OF triumph
which issued from the ring when the numbers of
Camelia aud kngucrrande went up side by sides
That meant that mauy bookmakors had laid double
or treble event bets which they would have lost "
Camelia had won tho Oaks outright But the truth is
that the sole thing calculated to prevent delay tho
alton the unaccountable conservative torpor which
has long possessed the Jockey Club Men" says Mr..
Disrae, are more governed hy words than by acts"
and tho mere phrase that some proposed law twill
operate in the interest OF the b0okmakers sufficient
induce turf legislators to do Dothing even alter
the alsity OF the said phrase has been again and again
laid bare. Il 10 as Impossible have two winners
OF the Derby a to have Two Prime Ministers with
ordinate rank and equal weight In the days Of
the Roman Republic some such compromise at
tempted in the arrangement which gave supreme au.
thority each oil the Two consus upon alternate days
1hc result that the most crushing defeat
perenced by the former mistress Of the world her
portion at Cauns Prior to that fatal day OF the
consuls, Emilius Paulus. disincned TO give bat
ie, but his colleague, Tcrentius Varro, equally
bent upon lighting il out Consequently upon varros
day OF command the red ensign. the well known sig
nal Tor battle was seen dying over his quarters aud
all know the catastrophe which followed. IL
emphatic hope that the Rip Van Wrinkles OF the Jockey
Club will awake TO consciousness that something is
expected from their revising committee. and that
reform possibly be more popular than The
mcnt of such law a. we have ventured recon-
mend.
THE RIFLE,