Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-20

NhlCh are mostly founded In falsChOOd
and fallacy II free trade without reolp.
rocity is the good thing they claim, there
I is no need of bolstcring Il up with mis-
representations OF history,
-
fHE lOCkEY CLJn.
| But as the Fleet street workinyman
suggested, let us have little rest from
| political turmoil We will turn the wheel.
| l nave recently been making some invcs,
I legations into the history and character
OF the London clubs, aud have been par,
ticularly Interested Ia the famous Jockey
club. This remarkable club has ALWAYS
! been a mystery 20 me. There are those
who have q key TO IL no doubt. So far as
/ | can discover, those who possess ITS
secret are the high priests OF It's strange
I temple. IL has no house In London, vet
/ II Is the one great power that governs the
/ English turf aud gives racing rules To tie
world. At Newmarket Il has "roomsn IN
! the town and on the course. at least
says an esteemed correspondent of
mine who knows rs much as most
men about the turf, "there Is room
ON the course sacred To the Jockey club,
at which deuccd bad lunch is pro-
Nided, and 10 which admission IS In the
highest degree exclusive SAYS my in
dormant; "For the most part the club
consists of great kings, dukes and lords
the pick of English, with few continent.
al sportsmcn. Ii has privileges with re-
gard 10 stand, carriages, Enclosures, etc a.,
at Newmarket, 1t Is supreme In all uues-
lions with reference to racing, with ques
tons, that Is TO say, which are not dealt
/ with by the Grand National Hunt com.
mittee. This latter power Is n self-elect-
ed body, which deals with cross.country
! sports-steeple chases, hurdle races and
races for hunters Carrying not less than
/ ten stone CFcr course of not less distance
than two miles. ihc Grand National
/ Hunt committee is not formally recog-
nized in all respects by the Jockey
club yet many members OF one
are members OF the other The Jockey
club business Is directed by three stew
ards, who move annually. You will nud
a list of members, the rules OF the club,
and much about It In "Run's Guide to
the Turf To which / beg TO refer the
rcauer who desires TO founder ON the
/ frontiers OF country he may not cutter,
aud concerning the personal admiuistra-
ton of which my friend says "vuu might
as well ask minister TO give you an &C.
count of cabinet meeting as ASK one of
most secret meetings" According 10 the
| newspapers, cabinet secrets are not half
such mysteries as those OF the Jockey
club. | have myself cabled these to
America before some OF the absent minis.
tcls have heard them from their col
leagues. Truth would nevertheless seem
TO know more about the Jockey club than
my correspondent dreams Of. Seven
years ago 10 seemed as II Mir. LabouChcrc
was hent upon reforming thus very con-
sorvHtive and aristOCratic Institution
lie declared In one of two articles OF
"thundeTing criticism that "thc leyIty.
imbecility and high and mighty indiner-
cnce OF The members Of the jockey club
together with their eXasporating insensi.
bility 70 criticism and stirring up OF every
sort and kind, added TO the growing con
NiCtion that they are, as u body, as care
less of the general interests OF the turf AZ
they are keen In looking after their own
individual interests, have raised from all
quarters loud and simultaneous
clamor against them, which seems
pregnant with vigorous assault
on their legislative pretcnsiuns.n Surely
a sentence as long and pungent as this,
that takes your very breath away to read
1t, should have been strong enough to
kill the most impressible and dogmatic
society. II did not, nor do the whitening
lightnings that followed appear to have
even shaken the club, whose picturesque
headquarters and surroundings are "the
glory of the country" | dare say they
are as wicked az crowd ~ the poor peers
are reported 10 be at Sunday meetings In
Hyde park but how artistic, how sug-
gestvc OF old pictures, how English they
are knew "fhe Druid" III II. Dixon
who wrote better and with more down
right, loving, honest interest In legiti-
mate sports. His "Silk aud Scarletn
and "Post and Paddock" are text books
OF moral pastimes. lie was turf
enthusiast, yet never made q bet In his
life, and can quite believe that some
OF his spirit stlll animntes the
Jockey club, as one would think IL must
with such history, such quarters, such
a metropolis crowding 90 the sport II pre-
sides over, and Boosting for ils chief hol.
iday the Derby carnival on Epson Downs.
The Art journal this month contains the
tirst pictures that have ever been pub
lished OF the interiors Of the Jockey club
room az New Market. The list OF mem
bers OF the Jockey club include the prince
Of Wales, the duke Of Edinburgh the
emperor OF all the Russias, the king Of
the Netherlands, the king Of the Belgians,
the crown prince OF Germany, and the
grand duke Yladlmar. The stewards for
the last year were the earl Of Ietland, the
earl Of Cadogan and the earl Of March.
The presidents Of the American and the
French jockey clubs are honorary mem
bers OF the ancient English institution
JosElu HATToN.
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