Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-24
ENFORCING THELAW.
Owners of Race Horses Disconnected
at the Interference With Betting.

Owners of Race Horses Disconnected
at the Interference With Betting.
NEW YORK, May 22.-Owners of race
horses are very much disconnected at the
interference with the betting at Brighton
Beach and Rockaway. At the former
place the racing has been entirely sus-
pended and many owners are taking their
horses away to Washington and Balti-
more. The Jockey Club meeting begins
on Tuesday at jerome Park, and it is
very doubtful whether there will be any
betting there or not. II there is not, the
meeting will be a failure, and owners
of large stables will be obliged to
take their horses out West to Chicago
and st. Louis. Enormous prices have
been paid for yeaTlings at the recent
sales, but it is scarcely likely that racing
men will care to pay any more large
prices, when they cannot have a chance
TO win back part of the money so eX-
pended. The stopping of betting Will
thus affect breeders, who will no longer
be able to import valuable stations, and
the American breed of horses is sure to
deteriOrate. And all this is done not on
account OF any moral objection to betting,
but merely because a sufficiently large
''boodle" was not supplied TO the hungry
crew of legislators at Albany.
Another ''strike" which was a source
of annual profit 10 the Albany people has
been unsuccessful this year, and a large
number of innocent investors have to pay
because the demands of these cOrmOrants
were not satisfied. Every year some bills
are introduced at Albany to reduce the
price of gas, and it is an understood thing
that the lobby is properly looked after by
the companies. This year, however, the
companies did, apparently, not come up
to time. and an act was passed prevent
ing manufacturers of gas charging more
than 81 25 per 1000 cubic feet. The con-
sequence has been that the stock of the
Consolidated Gas has dropped from 40
to below 80, and even the stock of the
Equitable Gas Company has suffered
something.
A well-known amateur tenor in New
York has just been getting himself into
solid mess. He is, or rather was, a MEM
Der of the Union ana New York Yacht
Clubs. After prolonged spree few
nights ago he went to the former club,
accompanied by woman and another
man, at the early hour of 7 80 a. m. They
went up stairs to the large model room,
where there is piano, and ordered a
bottle Of champagne. While the wine
was coming the fair damsel sang
Nearer, My God, to Thee" while the
tenor accompanied her on the
piano. Meanwhile an old member OF the
club, who is in the habit of reading the
morning papers, happened TO turn up,and,
needless TO say, there was an interesting
scene. 1t is said that the club will prob
ably accept the tenOr's resignation and
not insist upon eXpelling him, and prob
ably, the Union will take the same course
The tenOr's father is the proprietor of one
of the leading New York hotels ana the
young man has talent enough to make q
notable person of himseltit he had only a
little more tact.
A recent London cablegram informs us
that Minister Phelps is overwhelmed with
applications for presentation to the Queen
pouring in upon him from Americans So
j0urning in ar passing through the island.
This week was presented among others,
Mrs. Peter j. Barlow. Miss Marion Lang
dOn and Mrs. Schuyler, of New York.
Now these presentations, from the man
ner OF securing them, nave become per-
feet farce, inasmuch as any one possess
ing a sufficient amount of money can be
presented. Ladies who have the right of
making presentations at court have even
advertised the privilege, as the following,
which appeared in recent mum Der OF the
London Morning Post Will show:
4 LADY Of Family will be happy to PRE-
~ sen / Another everything, of course.
be ng satisfactory, AZ either of the Drawing
-roums Ia May. Liberal terms. Address
"Baronetage,n Mays. l59, PlccaWuy, W.
This advertisement was answered by
lady who wishe 20 know the "true in
warduess," and "BarOnetage" proved TO
be the daughter OF BarOnet the wife OF
gentleman in reduced circumstances,
aud one who really had the power of pre-.
senting at drawing GROOM any lady ~ re-
speciality. "Bar0uetage" WAS willing
20 present her correspondent. but. not
having attended n drawing.room OF late,
would nave 10 arrange for a court dress.
the cost OF which would he 90 guineas
(abOut S3lj). Payment in advance of
this amount was required. The negotia.
tons were ended by the supposed debu.
tante notifying "Baronetage" THAI her
husband objected to her proceeding
further Ia the matter.
From what occurred 70 will be seen that
the affair, 80 far as "Baronetagev was
concerned, was perfectly genuine. and
there are dozens of wealthy snObbesses
VINO would consider the price of 60
gulneas cheap. BlGoLO.