New-York tribune., 1886-08-02
THE NEWEST JOCKEY CLUB
,,oSry SPENT FREELY BY rHE BROOKLYN.
TRANSFORMING 4 TKACh WHERE TRoTTING ONCE
FLOURIsMED--OTnERR RACING MAIIERs.


stood in what Is led the woods-that Is, some o
the trees that shut OFF the view from the reporters
stand-thcv might easily have been spared
The new Brooklyn Jockey Club was not spared
either. It's be'tus-Stand, recently erected, was
blown down and the lumber was blown about SO that
it looks as il Western cyclone had
s,ruck IT, But li'tlc affair like this does not dis
courage the Brooklyn Jockey Club. This youth
full club Is spending money 70 make things a''Iac rae
tive about its grounds III a way that TO those np'
familiar with the business appears prodigat -, ~
men at the head OF the club, however, know , rn'n
business Phil Dwver j. its president. Wnen
the Dwycrs invested $4,000 in horses at me tht
Rancocas sale some thought they we're gettlhR ou!
beyond their depth but they were not. Eeen iat at
tneir heads were pretty level; Everything
about the Brooklyn Jockey ,; Club Na%Cy Grounds IS
being spent without stint but IS spent r Tair
w. In the first place. the Old Prosper lnrK ond
Grounds %ere puFfdsedd down Wber" it is now it
wanted to pnrchqse this track, but the negotal%oEs %
failed The Brighton Beach track was 'hh III .iIa ,ul
IInou, ond crooked business was not ar tnat tlme
necessary brighton Beach was not in the marSct
cxceot at an eXorb tant hgure so the Concy
liottIng In this region docs no, T honrlsn prnsi
like a green bay tree. The lTos'
pcct Park Far Grounds declined, not to tosa, say
rrn down. The track that had once been lannon's
dropped almost into obscurlty. Here 1t was that
Iadv Thorne and American Girl trottcd great
races Robert Bonner drove Dexter over II better
than 300 to a road wagon and clcctfiied the tro-
ting world The last trotting contest that took
and Phalas tired to break the record IN their re-
spectvc classes but failed 70 do II. Ihelr cilortS
were suggestive of the gradual decay of the Far
Grounds a trotting resort
The new club does not believe in omcns.
and ii intends TO succeed in It's attempt 10
rake tiIst-claSs running track where i, a
,roiting track tailed. and it looks as # 1t would do
It. Ii has not only purchased the old ialr GROUNDS.
lut about forty acres besides An entirely new
Track has bcca constructed, which II Is delight to
look al. The stretches Just right aud the turns
are So thrown up that horses can run around them
pretty nearly as fast as they can on the straight
No l. SDltuulI the
lie eX"clcd. There Is plenty OF work 10 be d"uc
vet before the opening meeting takes pace IN or
der to make the work rhghtcr, a track. running
right to the grand stand, has been built from
the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad.
and all the material necessary for the improve, rove
ment Is pat Gown right where 1t Is wanted. some
two wears ago the grand stand and other buildings
OF the od far grounds were burned. new grand
stand Is nearly comple'ed 1t VIII FURNISH ScaiS
for 600 people. Its length is 400 feet and If is
two stories high. bridge WI connect the
is in course of erection There beautiful lawn
in front of the grand stand. To prevent the lawn
from being DESTROYED by the tramping OF me
races. brick walk thirty feet wide Will he Iald IN
front of 1t. similar TO the one IN front of the grand
stand there Will be restaurant. That too
will he on the same commOdous scale that charac,
terizcs the whole work. Asto stabllng, plenty oi
II is assured. Four hundred stalls are being but
They have all the improvements that long expert
ence in horseIacng business can suggest. Inc
boulevard leading from Prospect Park TO Concy
Island, winch has been famous for the number
of teams that are seen upon it. passes along
side of the race-co1rsc 1t Is eX2eciicd .il
that the races will attract large number OF TINS
class and she'd room for 700 rgs Is being con-
structed Racing here Will begin August 2G. No
purses less than $500 will be given. and the handi-
cans will be for $50. 81 900 and upward. The
first meeting will consist Of fifteen racing DAYS
which will be sandwched IN between those OF the
fall meeting of the Concy Island jockey Ciun. H.
d. McIntyre Is the secretary and he is givinn per-
sonal supervision to the improvements that are beng
"Pluncer Walton is coming to. the front again
On Thursday he won a good pot of money on tie
selling race lie backed Marsh Ecdon. On Satnr-
To, he invested tbcSe winnings on Three Cheers,
and some say be won $40 900 on te hv, lbs ms Is
not likely, but he must have won from $1,000 to
$4,000.
The Dwver brothers arc provcIhial for their luck
hut sometimes they meet with n'isioIthhnes 1nc
Cotton in Ais present form. does not seem to have
been a wise Investment. but Joe Cottons whole
career seems TO indicate that he Is what h9rsenrn
call SUNDAY horse and he may do better later"n.
Bessie June. bought at the same time, Is nor hrst
class iiliv. bur she VII prove nNeiui to the DIVERS.
Miss WOOdford Is not broken down Yet, but she Is
extremely shaky on Ter legs and that She Will
soon be retired from the turf is not all nnprobabe
Pontiac for whom they paid $1,000. is also
ported as being alaiss He has not nearly won him
self out as yet aud such thing as hls having
Se the in 4soky% s TpTk snSe TGnd po%aa
has not been taking his gallops regularly
lately. and there may be some truth IN the story;
Certain ii is that he went lame in the spring. and
that before the really hard work began. lie is
likely to come around, however as he is subject to
pre-eminent as three-year-od, as does ITcm-
ont, as a twoyear-od ana If there wai aS
nothing else IN The stable they t,n woqd MD
RancOcas sale, when the Dwyer brothers pad
$4,000 for the tlly, some one asked Michael
for her "Oh we had no limit" sand the plucky
horseman; I'VE snrplv INTENDED to ge1 her; a., Al
that time the butcher boys really believed that
Portland could beat her. 80
James Galway Is athorough horseman and those
who love racing MI leJoice III MS recent successes
ST. Julian the trotter. 1his great Of Volunteer
never lost a race while the master of Preakness
Owned h hre al HPrines rscc wTtb III" %lIan so
jockeyed the horse that part Of the mile he troted
was irotted off the track and on the grass. r ne
GALWAY decided to leave tie trOttng horse busl-
ness to those who liked TO put up jobs and work
the pool box. He too thorough lover OF
horses neveri heless, to leave them entirely alone,
and so he invested IN stable OF runners In
this line he has had his successes and failures AS
lie runs his stable to win and does not back II eX-
Cept for small amounts and then just Tor the fun
of the thing, he is credit to the turf, for he is
W. L. Scott must have been surprised when he
heard thai thai h,s speedy vor. Ch"Tly ni,c ha1 f11
the the Alabama Stakes at Saratoga on Ihnr,day
Charity as sent TO Saratoga, however, without a
trainer, was off," and was then pocketed and
could not get out 10 make her run. Conditions
sometimes real beat a good horse. Charity beat
The Bard the other day because the The Bard was
The racing this week at Monmouth Park prom
ises to be better than that which
has preceded it, The Camden Stakes, for two-year-
Ods special weights. q mile, and the passaic
Stakes, for three year-olds special weights also q
of miic. will be decided on tuesday. The Option
al Stakes for twO-ycaI-olds. selling allowances d
OF a mile the Trenton Stakes. for three year-ods,
selling allowances, 1ls miles, and the Eaton
town Stakes special weights | mile,
viii he decided on Thursday. The features OF the
SATURDAY. programme will be the Junior Champion
Stakes for -year-olds. 81 of mile, for
which 50 600 is added. There having been l72
entries II IS an exceptionally rich prlze. lrem-
ont is i'm il: SO is Hanover. There
ore no PENALTIES or allowances, and.
of course, the Dwyers will WIN IL.
The Champion Stakes L miles will be run the
same day. The added money i S2oCO ana II Is
$3.50 each for starters Ben Ali. Iyrant and No-
Sn il the 9th