, 1880-10-31
SPORTING.
what the Program OF the New
Driving Park viii Be.
rs;,c5nnati Organizes a Beer-Bal1
League-Base-Ban Notes.
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TEE TURF.
SALE OF THE JOCKEY CLUB OUTFIT.
nha GALE at auction Of the Jockey Club
...,t and buildings last Wednesday practi-
soIv wound up the affairs Of that institution,
~ hereafter it will be known as the Chica-
~ nr,ying Park. The plan for the forma-
t3o, of a Joint stock company with 4 capital
. - sim 600 has already taken detinit shape,
md as The matter is i'll the hands of men who
- "a, endowed with both business experience
s,d 1neans there is no doubt that it will be
corried to q successful completion. That the
1octey Club has been in many respects a
oreat success there is not the slightest doubt,
snd II is equally plain that Chicago will sup
MT in first-class style a racing and trottlng
.association if the same be properly managed.
The nrestige already secured by the track i'll
mint of fast records made over
4. is an important fact in its
fntrre success, as the performances
nj Maud S., Sleepy Tom. and Hopeful (sVho
hare the best harness, pacing, and wagon
t;me) have proven it to be the fastest course
IN the world, aud this fact alone adds mate
r;alty to the attendance, as the audiences are
.Iways certain of seeing the horses that conf
nete DO better than they can elsewhere. And
now that the track is about to pass into new
hands and under new management it will
not be out of place to state to what causes
the losses sustained during the past two
years have been due.
First and foremost came the running meet-''
ings, 1t has long been a well-established
fact that in this part Of the country the
~ nr1Fx xt-fI
turn out largely to witness races i'll
in Which they take part, and it has been de-
uonsfrated with equal certainty that running
meetings unless conducted differently from
those given in the past, are almost sure to
proye a losing venture to any Association
the Jockey Club. was i'll offering extraor.
dinarily large inducements to the owners OF
thorou gllbreds to come here and race their
horses when it was almost 4 certainty that
such action oil the part of the Club would
1itude. 1itui In addition to the purses and added
money given, the entire management OF the
program was placed in the hands of
gentlemen from the South, on account OF their
alleged superior wisdom in SUCH matters over
Chicago, who have labored nearly forty years
to build a village of 500, 600 inhabitants, while
In the course Of only 200 years or so. the en-
terprising gentlemen on the other side OF the
ONO KlSer nave W ulell Monueitu.. ens.ES ..i.}S
and perseverance dotted !he countly VIII Mlth
magnificent cltleS nke Lonisvlllg, t'n, Sasitsa,le,
and Lexington. Iiles,' e5t1lhao1e E.:E:5 Eetisi5en
Gonsarueea 1l Ill., W. w. f,'rn;s,,;nu ~ The most
mosl ~ hl11 ~, a,,n the last om,,se.
laonet ~ ~ s1;o ,,oo~ ,e'1u .,as acuoad AMI
probable never will be. Instead of hit
ling upon contests that would draw out
the people. and contining the meeting to Il
reasonable length Of TING, they arranged Tor
fourteen days o. so-ca1ied IaGIlnS,I; = ,.s I.tss
majority OF these esenls ociLS sIoit c uasne ,so:
Inc aserage cnsi " Snsc.Gg a 10Y ~ .,a,l nJ.
care to perch for four hours OIL a nara plallk
1weire nsinntes Of racing. and is exceedingly
mt to flron on The calue before it is fairly
nlayel out. In consequence, the running
meeting last summer was attended chiefly By
The Observation-Disclosures public. with great
fo1ethoueht, carefully STAYING at home. .o.n+
II IS safe 10 say n., noei Err IuT T,epnr he
fnanaEeInen.. ms Mull1er WI '!esei 70
Repeated. Il may pe wen enough 10 Elve
but about tl:e days OF the sport viii DC