The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
The Cedarhurst Season Ends Prematurely, and
the Jerome Park and Coneyr Island Meet
ings Will Probably Be Abandoned.
An Amusing Scandal Growing Out of a
Dinner Given a Burlesque Actor.
Boycott Of Hitchcock's Beanery and Pie Shop
only True Account of Rev. Burchard's
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion"
A BLOW AT TURF SPORTS.
A Law that Promises to Put Stop to Horse
Racing In New York.

A Law tnaC PROMISES Co Rut q stop 20 horse
Racing I'm New York.
Special to the Indianapolis Journai.
New YORK, May ga stroke that possibly is
a death blow to horse racing in this State has
just fallen. The Cedarhurst season. which
opened with promise of exceptional success.
ends prematurely to-day because the law against
betting was enforced Without some form of
wagering money the sport is impracticable in
this city, not only because people generally will
not go to races if the cannot gamble on them,
but also on account of the income from the pool
sellers and book makers that will be missing The
State Legislature adjourned yesterday without
Citations. Powerful influence was exerted by the
American Jockey Club, the Coney Island Jockey
Club and the Monmouth Park Association-al-
though the latter is over in Jersey-and these
organizations are offcered by the weathiest
and socially most solid of turfmen but the rural
legislators could not be made to see any differ
ence between betting on the turf and on the
green clota and bill to permit poolselling ex-
clusively within the Enclosures of race-courses
failed Of passage The authorities of Queens
county, adjoining Brooklyn, in which the Cedar
the law on Wednesday and to-day, and SO the
meeting has been abandoned. The outlook is
bad for racing anywhere in New York, because
the movement to impeach Judge Donohue for
his curious injunctions in favor Of pool-selling
will surely prevent him and other judges from
protecting the races, and only such interference
has saved the betting interest during the past
five years. The Jerome Park and Coney Island
meetings will probably be abandoned; but the
Monmouth Park management at Long Branch,
will go ahead, so far, at least, as to make be
ginning.
The breakup of the Cedarhurst enterprise is
an event in fashionable society. The swellest
of New York swells constituted the membership,
and some Of them were amateur Jockeys in the
hurdle races and steeple-chases. This was all an
outcome of the Rockaway Hunt Club, whose
red jacket sport has for several summers been
subject C delight 10 their own set and subject
for gibe by outsiders Astors, Vanderbilts, and
others with well known locally if not
nationally, as representative of mllionaireism
and sort of aristocracy, were the active spirits.
The plan of the race-course was such as to give
the greatest possible exclusiveness to the favored
spicuously to the multitude. Not only
was there a clubhouse, accessible only to
members and their guests, but a system Of
private boxes was provided for the sake of the
bellies in extravagant toilets The opening day
was brilliant occasion. and nothing so fash
ionable had ever been achieved on the turf in
America. But the Cedarhurst dandies overdid
their exclusiveness. Already in their fox-hunting
assemblages, especially in the balls connected
with the sport they had offended the influential
residents of Queens county by refusing them
participation. That aroused resentment, and
the vigorous application of the gambling law ia
somewhat in the nature of a retaliation. But
the damage has been done, and apparently ire
trievably, to the whole turf interest of New
York, and the diversion is in ruins beyond prob
able repair. Neither at Jerome Park nor Coney
Island will the projected meetings be completed
without betting facilities