Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-21
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Apropos OF the pending crusade against
bookmaking, the following remarks from
a correspondent at Nashville are worth
attention, and personally, am in entire
accord with his views:
Not speaking OF the good or bad fca-
lures incident to bookmaking, the public
will patronize the system when they will
let the auction pooling severely alone.
Twenty-aix bookmakers did business
here, and time and again have seen a
surging crowd around this or that stand
when the auction poolseller could not get
a bid, no matter how eloquently he ap-
pealed for patronage. At times all of the
bookmakers could not take all the
money offered them, while not a dollar
was passed into the auction cashier. lam
now stating a fact, without theorizing OF
moralizing about bookmaking abuses,
real or imaginary. Whether the public
have any real appreciation OF what they
are "going up against" or whether they
have not, certain 1t is that ninety-nine
OF them will be found swarming around
the bookmakers where one will be seen
at the auction stand. can very well
understand, and do understand, the
evils incident to bookmaking, for i have
seen them tested on more than one oc-
casion; but, with all that admitted, and
the hue and cry raised against the
penceling fraternity the bookmaking sys-
tenn, per Sc, apart from it's evil Of
'plugging," stable and jockey collision,
and 80 forth, is so thoroughly adapted to
the popular taste and the popular de-
lnand that vast amount OF corrupt col.
lusion would have to be proven, and the
whole system made thoroughly odious
by practical demonstration before the
public would give up its idol in favor OF
some other system of betting. In one
breath | have seen men rail against
bookmakipg, and in the next yell ont "a
hundred straight and hundred place
on SO or so,"
~ ~ may % crisis is at hard in connec-
tion with the bookmaking business, the
action OF certain jockey clubs and the
newspaper discussion and ventilation,
probably, tending in that direction. The
Louisville experiment, should it he
brought into play, will be watched with
no little interest, and il it should prove a
marked success, which many are disposed
to doubt, hookmaking in the West, il
not in the East, would receive at least a
mild sort of black eye. n
If | am correctly informed, it is not yet
settled that thes esbookmakers will not be
on at Louisville. Col. Clark, it is said
has receded little from the figure he
first named, while the bookmakers have
increased their offer, but not Sufficiently
to effect compromise, was told to-day
by one Of their number that the book
makers would hold meeting on Mon.
day at Lexington, after which an ulti.
matum would be presented to Colonel
Clark. The bookmakers are divided
among themselves, the most prominent
of them being in favor OF acceding to
Colonel Clark's best terms while others
are opposed TO increasing the figure orig
inally offered. 1t is possible the latter
are strengthened in their position by the
fact that they had a sort of informal con
ference with Phil Dwyer when that gen.
tleman was in Nashville, in which it was
arranged, as l am told that at least some
of the Western bookmakers could go on
at the Brooklyn track should no arrange
ment be effected with the Louisville
management. A day or two, / suppose
will settle the matter one way or the
other. Yours,
BROAD CHURCH.
The American tuIf just now receives
considerable attention from the other
side OF the water. as this clipping from
the Spirit Of thS Times will show
Last week The Spirit received by cable
instructions from an English gentleman
we'll known on the turf in England TO
ask the Dwyer Bros. to put u price on
Hanover, with view to exporting the
great horse to England, where he would
probably be nominated for the Cesare-
witch aud Cambridgesbire, in October
next A note to the Messrs DYyer
evoked the following reply
"BRooKLYN, May s.
DEAR SIR-In reply to yours OF the 7th
inst. in regard to Hanover, we wish to
state that the horse il so far all sound
and not for sale. When he breaks down
we have promised the refusal to Mr..
Haggin. OF course, If Mr. Haggin and
ourselves do not agree on a price, then
the highest bidder gets the horse.
Yours, DwYER Bros"
Thus it is safe TO say Hanover's future
is the stud in California. Until then he
will continue to wear the famous 'red
and blue' in which he has become IA
NOUS. We have understood there was
sort of agreement between Messrs. Dwyer
and Haggin, whereby the latter took
their fillies for breeding purposes upon
their breaking down; but Mr.. Haggin
seems bent upon making his stud fdcHe
princeps in stations as we'll as mares
We should regret to lose Hanover, but it
would almost compensate for his loss in
the glory and fame he would contribute
to our blood stock if he could be sent to
England and compass the defeat of Mint
ing, Kilwarlin and Ayrshire.
| quite agree with the WELL known
Spirit Of the Times correspondent that il
would be very interesting experiment
TO enter the Dwyer Bros famous colt for
the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire, but
the chance of his defeating Minting
at any distance from five furlongs 10 five
miles would, in my opinion, be very re-
mote, when it is remembered that Mr.
Nyner's horse is the only one that ever
made the great Ormonde extend himself.
Minting is undoubtedly at the present
moment the best horse running in any
country, and his victory in tine Jubilee
Stakes at Kempton Park on the Sth oi
this month carrying the crushing impost
of lao pounds, stamps him as an TX
performer
The victory of The Bard in the Brooklyn
carrying top weight of l25 lbs,
shows that Mr.. Cassatt's horse is still at
the top OF the list amongst American
racers. The going was very heavy and
it is not at all unlikely that the running
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