New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10

wants is for the pube to understand properly Az
association Of this kind would be able TO protect itself
against people who have business to make such con-
tracts
to the clubs and with somewhat diminished purses 10
the horse That being the principlc We must
na our support In tine music gssn # is music
aud not simply noise. lIEe those county nais sass
N wts Ss s aher' where snSs evsyOody
come in @ nv. grand grand tet s,m e:
Jerome PARK We viii probably have steepechases and
hurdle that under the auspices Oh one q,
bali in which ali the members of the club may psrcl
pate And think quite Likely ,aat s8A and on
the 22d OF February All these pleasures go to the
gsthsr 'H we can have some racing without
making the ~ betting ring our rr- sore DIsasur.
ana have it under crcumstances whoh will admit Of
beauty and fashion OF the land being with u.s. Just
Longchampa"
NEED OF A NATIONAL JOCKEY CLUB
"But how do you propose to reduce the num-
Der OF races" tho reporter asked.
"Ah That by means impossible. It requires
simply conference between the OF the four
great tracks, and sensible action thereat. You see
there has never the slightest combination among
the associations OF the East II Ia great mistake and
the we have combination the better There Ia
an enormous power in a small combination TO regulate
the time and the style OF racing In England the power
jockey club greater the turf than the power
a
DAYS for racing, the eligibility OF norseS' tue
privileges of oil owners jockeys and trainers 10
partic pate II the club passes RESOLUTION
Declaring that certain is authorized is not
needed that track is dead and horse will run on
it, because every owner trainer, jockey and horse Is
disq uallned participates in the sport on IT, Every
one the fat OF Jockey club Is ruled on
every under the control OF the Jockey cuD
It Is necessary for the managers OF
the four great tracks this vicinity to pass resolu
ton declaring that have tracks enough IN the East
and Will oppose the creation OF any more anu
will be such an IDIOT as TO put MS monoJ III d
new track In the face OF such nat
have been ANXIOUS for six years 10 nave MONMOUTH
of days OF It's twentyfour days OF racing MY
idea that three weeks should be gwen To Saratoso
bringing 1t into Eastern circuit. opening az Mashng
Baltimore then Jerome, then sheepshead, tnen elgn
days Monmouth. then twelve days at carato-a'
then back TO oheepshead jerome ba - a M ,vSoa
ngton, ami so ruu tue circuit Ahu uPJ sne 49,,
season Now 1t Is TOO late because OF thls new track.
There Is no room Tor saratoga anu WIZ
at the same time some OF the rest OF Us arc @
Sun. there being so many nOrses, nave great hopes
that Saratoga can run when We are running anu 10
As an illustration OF TIE Increase Of racing Mr. Jerome
sail that when Jerome Park opened there were ohlY
two tracks Ia the country ono az odI .o-f SUI % ~
Paterson. Between them $4,000 only was hung up
each year; now half million dollars Is hung up eaen
year IN added money ana prizes Az InSt ti1o e1
more than one hundred thorOughNeu nrooh
in the East aud now there are rom nl.een
Sheepshsad Bay there were 500 entries
Jerome added that the oblectlons TO Terry cross
ings existing at the OF the establishment or Jerome
Park had overcome by the extension OF RAILROADS.,
the facilities afforded by steamboats, and the Bay kIge
accommodations He did uot visa 10 appear uhIIlenuIJ
TO the Long Island tracks that all the incOnven
unpleasant features formerly prevaiihe had
been re moved. Inasmuch he had himself been IN
strumenal IN the estab ishnent OF the trck ~ SneeP
head Bay by the Coney Island Jockey Clnn OF Wlcu ne
presIdent, he could not be charged WIN
in speaknl of the which led him To select the
OF jerome PARK. The changes mad been rapid
ana the conditions which Influenced aim az tna1 une
had il recent years been entirely swept away