New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-13
JOCKEYS SHOULD NOT BET
A TIRE EVIL. THAT NEEDS REFORMING.

A VICTIM OF THE pool RooMS-FLAo"ANi ~"~
OF TEX IVES LAW.
,,.s ~ Tho American Jockey Crab provide
that no Jockey, after September 1, snail % fu
m ride over its course unless duly licensed % INC Ca
.cu,,ve committee The club might REASONABLY go
800, .r,h.r ana .av that no Jockey holding license
sbau bet on the result Of a race Such rae "ou'a
r,,oan great evil On than ono occasion iAss
season this sort OF talk was heard OF o"'
Mr. Observation-Disclosures like
Mr.. stsbletip- Choctaw; dead sure thing
Mr. Dundsrpate--Got II straight
Mr. stableup--straight as string
Mr. Dunderpatc-who's up'
Mr. stabletip-Godfrcy, hundred ana e'gh'ee'h
Mr. punderpato-Got anything ont
Mr. stabletfp-Godfrcy sure. saw MIN sous
$500 to the ring and get It on at three 10 one An
,h., straieht enough IT'S for me. win N "aiA
And under those conditions Choctaw gcner"ii' "u
u>snage to win. This is one case In many.
ssn,nnon habit with our Jockeys 70 back their mounts
- those Of their rivals, custom which leads 10 "0
most fragrant abuses Among tho A 49,
ones TO hear 1t whispered aoou' ..
maddox that this or that wcllknowh 'ooNo'
acking another horse than the enc no rue .nn,
sufficiently broad keep tho talent on ms
No matter how 1T the horse may be. or no" "r'.n.
the cattle against which he contends IL Is no IN
cult matter 10 calculate the chances OF horso ""N'
by such jockey. 1000. vooa
No licensed English Jockey Is allowed to bct "oou
whose license was recontly revoked py .n' o.,
Club owing 10 the Chetwynd- Durham scandal mas o
the first time in his life turned his at'en'o" 70 ~
Sns and the London papers arc having soou o0A,
q. .av about his rather astonishing success wow
hacked his late employers horse Funer'oi ioi ".
Cifv and Suburban, winning S3Oooo ps INC 49,
that animal whose capabilities none hne" 90,
no who had ridden him often Being IN o''siaoo'
nv - ho had the right 10 bet, and his knoTledge
90 s,r coorge Chewynd's stable made him rtch. III no
h,a b.en in Fuerons saddle the rules OF the JochoS
Club would not have allowed him TO VIII ooi'a''
r,,s natb.tic communication was received yester
90 IN. Editor Of The Trio"nc
Sir: The poolrooms and bookmAkers arc oil onch 'h.
ao,ng , thriving and thicving business regaruie' u
49, -. ana tho law I lost oil my money on the Bal
t,ors races Yesterday and am forced TO s'cal IN
order 70 get something 70 eat for myser anu i"n, a
YOU please put a stop to this nefarous huisam.1 '
oblge
New.York April 10. 1888
Poor victim For the chance OF MAKING .
ou arc nerfcctv willing 10 help the keepers OF poor
rooms commit felony, yet you cry OUT "non ~ Nv,
rob YOU Would you have "peachcd" you nc.
WON'T Never You would have returned a. 'ho "o'
onnortunity to make another iDvestment' anu oN'0U
age the breaking Of the law. Ihere car W 20
for sucb as you. Every betting man KNOWS "noiU W
90 In this city when he wants to put up ie" uoi"i
on race run at Washington, Baltimore, LOUISVILLE
Iox,nUton or elsewhere. The Ives fooi la" Pi0
40, oonrnce hating in this State TO the CONFINES
:. h,ch tho races bet on arc run. But, q" you hno"
a. -orr cost the law Is not enforced. Tho poor
80 and bookmakers on this Island are indeed ooinR
n thriving and thieving business ropns III sn' W.
onhist,cated misguided mortas like you No'hIns
could be more easy than the conviction Oh 'he'o ~
lows ANY detective In plain clothes might Ec' all
tbe evidence needed. Yet what 1Tce 'ho i0N"
ARRESTS nroyed TO be! Why the fellows arrcstoo Woo
aonr business at tho old stand within an hour OF 'nor
release from custody. 1t is most amazing 'ha' Su'i
aaprant abuse Of tho Law can continue
There is a pleasing mixture of philosophy common
sense and poetry in the following rhce'
AT THE RACES
Won no,o how the warming up gallop is rur-
Won watch II the chestnut has turned hnirS
w. .,r,v m, Guide" for what each has done,
you think that the weight I, too much for Claro'
you wonder how jess and via Joe compare,
You schedule each animal all his duos;
You make IN your mind with the utmost care<
And nfiy to you LOSE.
swbo wants 70 hack 'cmr7 Here's ten 10 one
AGAINST The Ranger" Tho odds seem faif
Won think OF the fortunes that have been ven;
Won hear. They Can't lose with the little inare''
And that Prince will win with lot to sparet
Ailansh is nt" but you hive to choose
You lay wager In some dcspair-
land fifty to you lose)
A simmer OF silks In the glowing sun.
A straining of eyes st the starter there:
aThev'ro onn-anl the struggle ia well begun
The Don in the lcad!" No, Do-orDare!"
.The favoritc's bcaten~ Tho crimson Pr
Are 1rst and second; its sorry newa
The race is DER; men shout or swear
(And fifty to you iosc).