New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-10
BETTING AT JEROME PARK.
PROPOSED ABOLITION OF PARIMUTUELS.
ATTITUDE OF THE TURF ALLIANCE-THE 81
xrcrn-ro1Nr pRrEzH RACES.

ATTITUDE OF THE TURF ALLIANCE-THb 81
LEGER-PoINT BREEZE RACES.
The American Jockey Club will make serious
bIunder II 1t permits the bookmaRcrs 10 ioroo 'ne
abolition Of the par mutuel system OF specuaon a'
Jerome Park II is In the air that inc Iuri AiiaA0
intends to insist upon having exclusive ooh'roi Vi
the betting privileges at the coming fall meeting
demand that may snpear somewhat astounding and
rrcsumptuous when Il remembered that last spr ng
ma matchmaker was permitted to ply his trade within
the gates Of this popular course bu' re'ahauo"
seems to be the order Of the day. and the penc'icr
would be revengcd upon the association mat sup
oressed him five months ago. Under the new man
acement the American Jockey Club has been caiicd
en,crnrisne and independent Its bold fight for tho
hest interests Of the turf the admiration ana
respect Of every honest gocr No doubt the cuo
suffered pecunary loss in that conno''
The American public, long welded 70 DOCK
betting could not consent kindly to suduon
divorce from that system, could not DO persu@oeo "
abandon In q day the old love for the new, ana inc
conseouencs WAS q dminuton Of profits. The TWO
weeks experiment demonstrated clearly and sa'iS-
factorily that the par mutuel machines alone as ma
npulated in this country, are entirely inadequ@o " inc
uses and inclination Of the betting pubic " mas ~
be admitted that while large number OF specuA'fe
prefer 20 invest their money In mutual poois many
fancy tbe hooks and decline to bet under any other
system Experience teaches that 1t is to tho interest
of every racing association 10 provide for It's patrons
the greatest variety of speculation that the ngehy
OF man can discover The attempt to conhne pe'uns
10 one system leads grievous abuses and puohc MS
satisfaction But If the mutual system alone Is
failure IL nevertheless is Invaluable as check upon
the extortionate practices Of the ring The mutual
machine ia governor that controls IN large
measure the operations of the TUT Alhahce'
Remove the governor and the Alliance will run away
plumber the public and degrade the turf Let there be
no mistake on the part of the American Jockey OIuD
in this matter Compromise is better than surrcn-
der If jockey clubs cannot exist without pook
makers neither can bookmakers exist without Jockey
clubs There IS no need of cutting Threats. People
who go TO races want three systems of beftng-auc-
t,on pools mutual pools and books. Provide these
and let investors take their choice
No racing at Sheepshead to-day. The programme
for tomorrow contains the Cleaners Stakes for two
year-ods and the sheepshead Stakes for hree-year-
ods. The Great Eastern Handicap comes on WedneS
day, the Racing Stakes, Bridge Handicap and May
flower Handicap on Thursday and the Campaign Stakes
and Great Long Island Stakes on Saturday, the last
day of the meeting There may be an extra pro-
gramme arranged for Friday
The for the St Leger, one mile, six furlongs.
13o yards, is to be Wednesday at Doncaster
Following is the latest betting: