New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-23

effect on the values Oh Ias' ''"o P'"P'',,
That question is less vital. Bat II concerns III
the citizens of New-York that the health OF
come thousands of their number shouiu not pc
canned by preventable causes. 1t Is more I'M
rortout now than ever before that the people
If this city should live under the best sanitary
conditions.
rho Fast Side nusances have been endured
.oo Inc They should have been abolished
long AGO They must be done away with now.
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THE CLOSE or TIE SPORTING SEASON.
Never was such year for sport seen III
America rs this. In time OF "iuesprc""
anxiety and depression IN BUSINESS 'here h"s
bcen no lack of money to spend on contests Vi
running. trotting, baseball, rowing, yachting'
cricket. football, lawn tennis lacrosse ana gen
oral athletics Ii has been nattero Oh almost ua'y
wonder on our race-cOurses nj iali-srounus
where the great crowds came from ana wherc
they got their money. Never has there peeh
so much racing before and never have so many
noorIe assembled TO see it. But the enormous
no,,lori,v of the turf has not diminished the
mult;tudcs that watched the contests for the
baseball CHAMPIONSHIPS. Not only have tue
crowds becn big, but they lave had
rIon,v of money. as they have shown
nromptly whenever and wherever they nave.
had q chance 10 bet The sums spent on out
door amuscments this year have been so great
"a to show that Americans have become pre-
eminently sport-loving people OF the most
enthusiastic temper and are willing to pay most
libcrally for their entertainment. Inc lact
+bot General business has been comparatively
dr,l has. nerhaps. stimulated rather than I'M
rodod snort. People have had more leisure
than thev would have had in q year OF greater
business activity.
This has been remarkable season not only
in the number and variety of the contests ont
oIso in their merit. We have seen the two
finest racing machines in the world, the peer
loss mares Miss Woodford and Maud s., each
unonproachable in her own field, accomplish
the greatest fcats of their lives. III inc case Vi
Maud s. the performance was the most IT,
markable i'm the history of trottng ana she 80
combines the qualities necessary IOr thc HiS'cs'
spced that she is likely to retain tor years INC
crown which her dainty head now graceluiy
hears The triumphs of the two Queens, one
of the Turf the other ofthe Track, nave amaZeu
and delighted the hundreds OF thousands OF
neople who have seen them at various times III
their careers and the millions OF people In all
civilized countries who have read about them'
We have seen the fine promise and per-
Torrance of the young Morcmers whom Pierre
I.orllIard has sent out from Rancocas, anu an
immense variety of running, good, BAD, ana IN
d;norcnt NV n host of horses Maud 5. has not been
alone in winning honor on the track, though her
laurels are far brighter than those borne by
opv other. That little pocket edition of a trot-
ter. Jay-Eye-Scc, has sped overithe measured
mile like a rihe-bal, while trotting teams and
pacers and trotters with running mates have
massacrcd records
In Yachting there has been keen rivalry, and
the contests both with steam and sail have Deeh
of rare interest.
The admirers of baseball have seen the
highest priced nine in the United States win
many creditable victories and sulfer many un-
accountable and disgraceful defeats, while the
Metropolitan Club, by dint of good management
and good playing, has gained the foremost
place in the American Association. American Ia
crosse PLAYERS, American athletes and American
cricketers have crossed the ocean and nave
been heartily welcomed by our English cousins,
from whom they have carried OF hard-won
bonors. There has been no great international
years but without these there has been enter
tainment enough and to spare.
In this enormous expansion OF American
sports there has been. of course, much that IL
evil From the vast increase oi betting comes
most of the injury. 1t Is Il disgrace and men
ace to the American turf that 40 many of its
stables nre controlled by INSCRIPTIONS book
mixers dishonest trainers and rascallv jockeys.
II Il A shame and a danger that ON nearly ALL
onr,rnre- courses and trOtling-tracks everything
IA made secondary to gamblingl that the in
nnenre of the bookmakcr ia more conspicuous
than that uf the honorable owner, that knayery
10 allowed to gD pn DAY after day ~ plain view
Of all. unchecked and unpnhshrl. II IA foul
blot on the turf that sngi place "a brighton
llpnrh is allowed to flourish, with ia direct en-
rnn,agpmpnt in tho breeding VI ihellpwpsi and
wotsi Nnpa or faep-hnfsaa ani the Development
~ tho ioWpsi aud wnisi tArpa oI inrhetsi with
ils dali, invitation a. elrand hnAs, hnnthlaehs
aud bearlpss clerks ~ swihdlp lheif nmploNera
Ia o,der 90 speculate III ia two-dollar pools
No such plague spot exists Ia England, the
birthplace aud home at racing, and no such
breeder of moral peslilence should be permitted
TO continue in this county. jerome Park,
Sheepshead Bay and Monmouth Park violate
the betting laws, it is true. Hut they do not 90
on running lot of worthless hacks against
each other week in and week out for hundred
days in the year merely for the sake nj the
pools.
The reaction from such abuses is sure to
come Unless racing and other sports are con-
fined to well-managed grounds and controlled
by men who enjoy the respect and confidence
of their fellow citizens, the day of their calam
! ty is near at hand. The suspicion that some of
our ball-players, not content with their big
salaries have been selling games to gamblers is
threatnnin0 the nrnsnerilY of or clnhs Tho