New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-25
THE BETTING PROBLEM.
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ra socksr clubs do not appear yet to have reached
scc,sion IN regard 10 the matter Oh Do'hs on neir
ecs,rsss No decisive stops have ceen tsAen Oy any
v~ovtnspt repreaentayes although the oncers OK the
.-ss.. 1890 cIuh are looking with favor tho
49, ,,sch,ne far recording tho sale OF tickets on
hcrxss "A ts not likely however, that they VIII
renex tina experiment Of excluding oookmaEess rom
their courses If the new msohine Is INTRODUCED az
Jerome Park it will undoubtedly only srppiant the
ssr-ncs oacbspe and bookmaking viii go on as be-
g.. prt rstth.r me brooklyn Club the American
1879 rs,,h which are respectively first and second
A., a. .,6.r NJ racing this season. has yet come tn
tsvos Win the bookmases. and It is not known how
muck zach stand win DO requested 10 pay per day
,, th,.a climbs wish TO reach the adjustment OF their
x.ea.uIsv which will be satisfactory both to them
svss and 10 the public, they ought to follow the ak
.mrls az monmouth Park last year and secure tho
c.s of John Kelly TO take charge Of their betting
ss,g. ~ his services can be obtained Mr.. Kelly was
a. successful Long Branch in 1883 that every ono
sxpr,xsed hope that the other rising associations
old mako him manager of their betting departments
Mr. Kelly Is now at Hot Springs, Ark. where he went
IN the beginning of March TO recoup hts health which,
had been impaired by g protracted Illness.
bsre is one crop which never fails in this part Of
~ oountrv II comes up year after year with even
fresher luxurisnce and abundance This is the crop
of fools what hosts Of people OF less than ordinary
intelligence there must be in New-fork when snch
tracks as Clifton and Gutenburg are able to draw
daily attendance Of thousands There wore no less
than tortyfour bookmakers at Clifton on Friday, and
sysnx Tire vorsb OF the wintry weather when racing
took plsco there were never fewer than score OF
boosmskers present These keen and graspng spec
uIasors ere not at al phfienthropic They have not
bcen In tho habit Of crossing the North River six days
IN The week during the last winter and treating
iIehty al the discomforts of storms and severe cold
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from the little Jersey tracks. and the unpleasant ex-
psrsences which must Inevitably accompany the stand
ing all tho afternoon at such places unless they wore
certain of positive enrichment by doing. NthouKh
tho betting these tracks is generally smai-bets as
low a. o. each being received by AL Dookmakers-
stnl the total of IL Is surprisingly large and the So
called raoing is Of such character that the book
maksrs can always count on some profits at the end
of each week Why Is It that so many hundreds. ana
often thousands of dupes be found SO crcdulous
and so easily imposed upon that they VIII continue.
day after day 10 visit these tracks IN the Iace Oh
every disbursement and every Inconvenience, simply
to put money in the pockets Of the bookmakers9 Not
one Of them can possibly make money by honest
betting In the long run SUCH tracks as those ~
Clifton or Gutenberg and what possible pleasure can
be obtained by watching the staggering and stumOnnB
about OF the poor and orokendown bags OF bone that
scramble swkwardly around these marrow ana uno'e"
ooursss for q miserable 500 purse2 Although these
hookmaxsrs are 20 certain Of making money on these
tracks even with @ betting that they arc willing 10
nav SIS q day for the privilege, they grumele and
protest II such great rseecourses as Brookyn' Coney
Island and Monmouth charge the schedule rare OF Sloo
per day with betting Of enormously greater voiumo.
The truth Of tho matter IS that each oooEmakers ssno
ut any one of the leading tracks could well afford TO
pay $3.50 day, and that Is what the ASSOCIATIONS
ought to be paid.
Many Western turfnen have much to say about the
prospects of Terra Cotta's winning the Suburban
Well he Is in 1t comfortable weight and bis race Tor
the Suburban of 1858 was q magnificent one. He
ought TO have won that and only lost II by an &C
cident. But his owners and trainer made gr1ovous
mistake by sending him to the post in race after race
when he was entirely out Of form and only ut TOR
walking exercise. In this way they took all the
speed all the courage, all the dash out Of him. and
at the end of last Terra Gotta was no better
than q common selling platter. Horses that have
boen abused IN this way rarely their speed
an Tss hs SS. until ho has shown BY
brilliant race tina, he has recovered his former FORM
There is so much Dragging about Proctor Knots
wonderful appearance and enormous Improvement
since ne won the FuturB Stakes at Coney Island last
september that the suspicion is constsaty widening
that Sam Bryant, his owner, wants 70 sell RIM ana
has circulated these stories in order to get big price
for him.
Some eager spectators arc already DESTROYS OF
backing Hanover for the Brooklyn Handicap. They
should not forget that year ago this famous horse
was In such form that bis owners, the Dryers, and
Mclaughlin, his Jockey, looked upon the Brooklyn
Handicap as a certainty for Hanover. he was sup
posed to be at his best the day Of the race. and
was backed with freedom and with confidence, and
yet The Bard had him thoroughly beaten ut the fur
long post in the homestretch and won an easy triumph
over him. II Is possible that Hanoysrs rest Of nearly
a wear and the operation of norv1ng, have brought
Si bach Q IS superb sgesS = yesrole sn.
f,tr<yo will an tfue MOnAv
on Hanover seven weeks before the day OF tho
BROOKLYN Handicap must not be considered the wisest
One Of the questions which are now occupying the
attention Of the New-York Jockey Club is the way
IN which tho public win DO carried to the track
In westohester. The problem, which at glance
would appear simple enough, presents all the COM
plioations which involve most projects at tho
outstsrt IN Eev-York The track is within an easy
halhours ride By ra from the Grand Central Station
but the nearest road to 1t is the Harlem branch Of
the Hew-Hayen Rzilroad, that the control OF the
trae by the Harlem Railroad WIN cease at tho Harlem
River. While the New-Hsven road can gather up
tho TRAFFIC at its Harlem station, the convenient
situation Of the Central Station, makes It the mos.
desirable point 10 receive and discharge passengers
TO and from the track although the advantages Of this
route in measure lessened by the long and dusty
ride through the tunnel on q day. The Sub
urban Elevated Railroad runs only short distance
from tho track, and a span could easily b carried
out 30 reach the grounds Of tbs Jockey Club. But
tho elevated road authorities sre not inclined at
present to this additional expense although their
sonte would probably be tha pieasantest, aud IL
would involve little change would be likely to become
the fagorite ono Ono reason for this conservatism
f. thst additional outlay for rollIng-stock would
have TO be made TO handle the largo number Of pas
senses likely TO come together within few hours
before and after the races. sim another reason is
that the terminus of the Suburban road at the Harlem
River does not afford facilities for handling the
amount Of rolling stock which would be required for
tho tra1e. Bttn third is that all passengers
who como to Harlem River On tho Second ave.
elevated road will be forced 10 take the suburban
over t6e river 10 the Harlem station, walk In
the hot sun ever the bridge For this distance the
eaburbsn road WI receive fare OF ive cents which
y "a tesy could charge to take passengers 10 the
WITH an attendance Of from I'VE to ten thousand
persons daily, the weschester track obtains it's share
Of public interest and patronage the convenience Of