St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-15
Incorrect Statements About
the Twin City Driving and
Jockey Club.
Jack Chinn Tries to Cut a
Man to Pieces at a Race
Course,
For Which He Is Ruled OF
the CouPse--Out on
Bail.
George w. Sherwood's Sales
The Union Race Course
Obliterated.

There is liable to be a collapse in the near
future. and the Twin City Driving and Jockey
club will be lost in the shuttle. This club has
held together tor some time, yet nothing has
been accomplished, either pecuniarily or
otherwise, and the stock has never paid divi-
dend. Many of the stockholders are growing
tired at the way the thing has been manipu-
lated, and are willing, and even anxious, to
drop out, even at q sacrifice. Something has
been lacking and no one has been taJlsted-
Perhaps it is poor management. No matter
whether it is or not, the fact remains that
the Twin City Driving and Jockey club
has never proved a success. 1t Is strange,
too, situated as it is, directly between two
large cities, and where the patronage ought
to be immense. The meetings put up there
every year, however, have not warranted any
large patronage, ana have not received 1t;
consequently. it is not strange that the ex-
ebeouer is rather low and everybody dis
gusted Something in the neighborhood of
S., 900 was lost on the July meeting, and had
il not been for the greater attraction of the
fair, which drew the crowds to see the races,
their last meeting would also have left trail
behind.
The above appeared in the Ninneap-
,olis Tribute, two or three weeks ago,
and was copied into the Chicago Horse
man and several Eastern papers. The
statements in regard to the probable
collapse of the Twin City Driving and
Jockey club are not true. There is no
such probability. No similar OrganiZa-
ton in the United States stands on a
more permanent and substantial fOunda-
ton. The stockholders comprise
some of the wealthiest men in Mime
apolis and st. Paul. and represent an
amount of money that runs up into the
millions. The association is not i'll
debt. and consequently there is no pos
Sibility for collapse" The statement
that ';nothing has been accomplished
either pecuniarlly or otherwise" is not
true. Everything aimed at by the assO-
citation has been accomplished, viz: to
have a good trOtting meeting at Ham
line in July. No better trotting meet
ing has been held at Hamline than the
one held by this organization last July.
This association was formed by gentle
men engaged in business. They de-
pend on their regular business to make
what money they desire, and not upon
hOrse-racing for their income. With
this idea in view they organized the as
sociation for sport and pleasure. They
admire trotteTs, and have never eX-
pected or intended to maintain the or
Rdu1LdllOu do IL DOllOLAO'
If the receipts paid expenses they were
satisfied.
Mr.. Oswald and Mr.. Pillsbury, and
other Minneapolis gentlemen, and Mr..
Beaupre, Capt. Marrat, Mr.. Eaton and
other business men of st. Paul, did not
go into horse racing as a business opera
ton and for the purpose of making
money. When the writer of the above
extract states that ''Many of the stock
holders are growing tired of the way
the thing has been manipulated" he
casts an unwaTranted Slur upon those
who stand among the very best men in
the two cities for character, business,
and in every other respect. President
Oswald and Mr.. Pillsbury, of Mime
apOlis, have not manipulated this
organization, nor have they allowed
anyone under them to manipulate" it.
Nor is it true that "many of the stock
holders are anxious to drop out, even
at a sacrifice" Members in st. Paul
who have been interviewed upon the
subject have never heard Of such a
thing, and have not the slightest idea of
dropping out. They see no occasion
for any such move. They propose to go
right along as before and hold a meet
ing next summer, and have good one,
too. The statement that $1,000 was lost
at the last meeting is not true. The
association did not fall behind finan-
cially at its last meeting.