New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-16
RACE PROSPECTS THIS YEAR.
GREAT STAKES TO BE DECIDED.

season Of interest to DO insured best
horses AL where tue satres may DO less
before whore proportionae advance COR
spoadng popularity racing has attained does
should noted tsst now tho wheat
ssparaed the ohs6 that is from tbs reuse Of rao"
disqualified sceouot OF RAINING AZ CLIFTON AMI
Last ycar the prospsus Tbs Coney Island
Jockey ia stakes 1t had heretofore done
with aided but nevertheless the question
wa allen tly s,ked How about betting ~
peculiar state Affairs nsuraliy resulting from the adct
pents which had ouna asans the cub supplemented
By aspersons which had been nulged In against certain
o6ncAis Bv the action OF the Logislature law has
Nseu passea which allows freedom OF individual action
rscecoures which preou les the degradation OF the
utgeuoe in bstting in city pool Moreover
the agricultural societies the
benefited BY tho results OF tax willingly paid by the
associations devoted to this development OF the
running rotns the extent Of
$4,000 This tax equitaby apporonsd will some $500
70 each fair.
SCHEMES PooI~sELLERs
II 10 probable will be introduced in the
ing Of the Legislature with repeal OF the
present BILL and Is almost ain that amendments will
spcciousy be proposed osenbly with Wow Of exsndag
she bat really with objects These meas
will DO inspired and ostered BY the cv pso sellers
they deem probable that betting 10 prohibited
local nunity for their pool rooms
especially the clause making the sale OF pools in cities
felony instead OF misdeme repealed 1t has even
been boatd that fuui raised By she city pool sell
for purpose securing the repeal OF the existing law
his be that any scheme Of the booksellers will meet
opposition contrary TO popular sentiment
involve Tho people do not ask
them with anus ments put at the
same they they should be restricted
from the pleasures arising from legitimate sport through spe'
sa legislation stimulated by these interested either in black
mail or in city betting houses
PURPOSE OF THE FUTURIrY.
The pecy OF the Csney Iaa Jockey Club has always boon
the purpose OF the best horses
OF the country ~ its meetings II Is with this
view that the Fuurty stakes started two
THIS stake arranged with view to nduo the owners
othoroughbre stock the of their mares
before they born stimulated thereto by prize Of
$4,000 offered for competition The estimate called for
entrv sufficient Iks the worth $4,000 Tho re-
SPONGE has been astonishing from the entries still eg bs
wall be the vAius The iaiuos nent In the
ceeiag year attracted still Larger subscription from
breeders ani swelling tho prospective value OF the
stakes TO $1,000.
Faut ms, however touni breeders such.
received nducsmsnt to make entries
therein thsrs to be sure tho increased valde of the
produce with te sale of che colt the
breeders csasol IL tor ths that the club
has added 81 800 the Original 81 00o which amount
shall breeders tn first and sscond ia the
OF ST. 500 ST. 400 Whistler they shall the prod
OF thesc when the shall be ran or not So
that breeder direct incentive to enter sby
incurng possible liability Of SIS hs acquires the rigat TO
positive prize Of 81. 500 or $1,000
WHY THESE RACES IMPORTANT.
The Futurity to be next autumn will be the
greatest both from Its value Of
s5O0)0 and from the "a that representative twsyear
ellis all OF tho Une States will contend for the
prize will still interest through
Compel coming q still larger field. With the In
added and the revival clause the Futurtv OF
prove superior to Its predecessors and 1t may In
predicted will be the great contest OF the racing
era fair calculation basel precedent should
be worth 900
oorreatIvc stake Realization. for threeyear
Odds a. Futury for yearolds. to be in the
spring with the amount namely, $40 OoO
has been given sufficient to bring
It's for the frat and there can be no
doubt that starting Futurty in the coming autumn
and the Realization in the SPRING to be con-
sautly followed by successive Realization and Futury
Stakes the coney Island ockev CLUB VIII attract ana Anou
TO racing and three years old races
resulting fIom The competition OF all America
the Futurty. next autumn The Inaugural should
be q brilliant triumph seems obvious
The stake is among the largest that have ever oeen
for in country
Second Horses from all parts United States have
been engaged It aud their owners aud the ienus wi"
hsok to see tran
Third It will only the cracks
which shall have twoyearods. but supple
mened which shall have boon specially reserved
THE CULMISATIoN 1890
The Futurity Of the succeeding year Will be still at
tr.cve conditions the stake will be more vau-
able but tn. interest will be reached In
the Fuuriy OF 1890 Subscriptions to 1t may be revvei W
the of persons interested as the entry
will by death was the case In several In
I'm regard TO the second whose nomna
made void BY the death OF the nomnaor IN
accordance with rule OF racing when mas 'he
only having existed for something over one
hundred years which II seems high time should De
changed idea the revival clause is that VIII nsure
tho horses nominated whether the nom
paor alive the shall be run. irrespective
oihe fact that the respective subscrpens may nave oh
made by one by Mr.. Scott OF 90 entries ny MT.
Young OF IT, by Haggn 72 by nominatos OF one
each eligibility horses to start should De dc
by the lives OF the horses net OF the
men, and that great arising from the concurrence OF
the country irrespective OF the isct that
the breeder have passed away VIII be In
sureL and the association looks to the horse not 70 tne
original respond the magnificent nducement
which IL has offered.
In establishing the respective claims OF thoroughbred
horses as breeding the fact OF their being the pos
trty of mares Futuriy will be referred to In
the future Roll OF Battle Abbey among the aoc-
racy England tho Velvet Book In Russia ana us WIZ
make the future OF their owners by winning
te raoe TO fortune continue perpstuate their
fame IN the stud
NEARLY THOUSAND ENTRIES.
That the appreciated this fact to great ex
the enry 9l2 for itself and
may be tho advantages OF entering In this stake
shall 10 made that other breeders
will follow OF the great stud farms OF
the country ss shown by thor entries this year.
Tho total for the Futury Of 1880 reached
BY the addition reoeivet from j. Ferguson
on Friday Futary stakes OF this and years
Will be the specially prepared straghtSwS threo
quarters Of Coney island Jockey Club
now building At cost OF s2oooo.
ENTRIES FOR BROOKLYN RACES.
,,srs oy HORSES NAMED FOR INFORMANT con-
Following lists Of the entries for four OF the
xa,t,ovn stakes of the Brooklyn 10 key Club Those
entries have published previously In any paper:
THE BRooKDALE HASDCAP-1s NILES
DRY Msnopole. stuyvesan- uon1 noo'
Penein. Rup -rt, Long knight
Kirxman Belvidcre. Richmond,
y y.nr.r flenmound Harry Fields,
Kiugst.n Ordway Kinda
Jos ot,on Unite.
Bessie June, specially, itasss."
RsoeIand Beneiictno Finroy
Ge.rge Oyster Kaoolah Prince Charlie
vey.to ~ Ranburo Goliah
lay i'o' Maggie b. Miss Ford.