New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-09

PIERRE LORILLARD ON TORF AbOoEo'
The interview with Pierre Lorillard which
THE TRIBUNE printed on Tuesday should set
every friend Of the turf thinking Mr.. Lorll-
Land was the most generous supporter the Aiher
lean turf ever had. He bred race horses ana
raced them on the largest and most liberal scale'
He won the greatest prizes of his time, both mere
and abroad. and yet he never looked on racing
rs a source of revenue. OF course he would
have been gratifed if the results each year had
shown a satisfactory return upon his large In
ve,tments in breeding and racing thorough
breds, but he was not seeking for proht or gong
into the matter as money making enterprise
and the truth was that each year his eXpehui-
tures were much heavier than his receipts. his
Rancocas colors won more lustre ana diStihc-
tiop for American thoroughbreds and American
racing stables than any others ever seen on thls
side of the ocean. His winning oil the DerDy
and the St. Leger, the two greatest races OF inc
world with an American-bred colt, lroquos,
will never be forgotten by turfmen. Nheh
Americans think of these things, when they
consider the splendid example set by Mr.. Lor-
lizard TO all his rivals in liberality. in upright
ness. in seeking for the highest and the best III
The clcarcst and straightest ways the turf could
afford. they must admit that he speaks with
authority on everything connected with racing.
lie has fully made up his mind, as every one
not narrow. preudiced, stubborn or peryerso
must do. that bookmaIing is the most serious
curse and evil with which the American turi Is
afflicted 1t is the source and spring OF all tne
worst abuses that delle and degrade It, When
Mr.. Lorillard denounced in scathlng terms the
fraudulent combinations among the DOCK
makers to prevent the success OF the best horses
and to plumber the pockets OF the pubic, ne ala
NOT 90 bit too far, nor was he in the least too
empbatic. The only safety for racing in this
country Is for the Jockey clubs to rid their
tracks of the INSCRIPTIONS plotters who cor
rrn trainers and jockeys, who bride stable boys
who succeed in getting horses drugged or I'M
properly watered or fed, and by every device
that ingenious trcltery and villany can invent
defraud owners and the public.
The audacity of these robbers of the turf,
many of whom are living in luxury on the pro-
Goods Of fraud. is shown by their forts through
lobbyists at Albany to get the Finn bill passed.
This is an Infamous measure, drawn up and
nushed in the interests Of city pOol-rooms and
the vilest class of boOkmakers. There is moth
ing to excuse it. 1t had its origin in fraud and
ia urged by the lowest and most corrupt ele-
ments. No legislator should be misled as to the
nature and purposes Of the Finn bill. Any
one who supports it might as well favor bill
for the protection Of pickpockets; and yet the
nool-room men and their allies are Boosting
that they will get it through the Legislature.
II cannot be that such a combination Of thieves
Ill euccaed in dpludinp the mpmbers of the AS
sembly and the Senate and in putting meas
IRE designed wholly for evil and robbery on the
statute-book.