The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-23
GOSSIP OF THE TURF.
Plans of Racing Clubs and What the
Horses Are Doing.

The New Linden Park Blood Horse As
ISOLATION has not very. favorable weather
for its inaugural days sport this after
noon. And this is to be regretted, as all
the arrangements are perfect and well
advanced, the track in excellent condi-
ton, and the programme received is the
best one any club has had since the sum
mer season ended.
That New Jersey will have plenty of
racing this winter was again calculated
yesterday when the Dwyer Brothers Off
cially announced that after the regularly
announced meetings at the tracks of the
New Jersey Jockey Club and Linden
Park Association, racing would be given
at the former place every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday as long as the
weather continued favorable. The action
of the club is in part influenced by the
fact that Clifton has been racing on those
days while the New Jersey Jockey Club
meeting has been in progress.
About six weeks ago the managers of
three of the New Jersey race tracks, the
New Jersey Jockey Club, Linden Park,
and Hudson County Jockey Club met and
agreed on dates that should not clash.
Clifton, however, refused to enter the
conference, and insisted on claiming its
old dates of last Season. This action has
brought about the ruinpus, n further
clashing is expected.
The Hudson County Jockey Club will
begin it's meeting on Tuesday, November
10, continuing every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday throughout the season. AS
this club has made room for the new
ventures, it is not expected their claimed
dates will be taken, unless Clifton decides
SO to do, aud there is a current .rumor
to that effect. The Hudson Comfy Jockey
Club told Guttenberg) has an attractive
programme, offering 5000 in added
money the first day of the season. The
principal event that day is as follows.
The Okolona Handicap, one mile and a six
teenth; purse S l,500, of which $500 to second and
500 to third. Entrance $40; horses not declared
to pay $40 additional; entrance money to be
equally divided between second and third horses;
The Jockey riding the winner to receive $3.50, and
the rider of the second horse $50 in addition to
the above. Entries to close Saturday. November
10, at ten p. M; weights announced Monday,
November Is, at ten a. M; declarations to be
made through entry box by eleven O'Clock same
day.
The racing of the New Jersey Jockey
Club was enjoyed by q large crowd yes
terday, and there were several noticeable
things for kickers to remember. In the
first place Cracksman, bv his race, showed
his defeat of Saturday not to have been
true form. The colt was yesterday in the
best condition and beat Reporter and
.Layinia Belle with ease.
Now that Guy Gray has ceased to be q
maiden he should win n or two good
races. That Of yesterday shows him to
have improved, and he was up to a finish.
In most of the two-year. old company
now running the Dwyer Brothers Sir
John is just now invincible.
Casaway ii. showed a good race, but
under severe punishment. Were he to
meet King Crab and Defaulter today or
tomorrow both would meet him.
Vivid showed herself very near a race,
and Mr.. Clarke's Puzzle is on the i'm
proving list. Newburg seems to be off,
and Gentleman Jockey Lloyd's female
apostle, st. Mary did not at all come near
the form SHOWN by her stable brothers,
st. John and st. Luke.