The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-30

II 10 q strange commentary on the attrac.
| tons OF racing 10 observe the Intense and
tirelsss interest with which Pierre Lorril.
lard dcvots himself nowadays TO turf 81.
fairs. Next year his colors will be IN al
most every race on the calendar. lie
Is buying horses by the wholesale; has ex-
tended his old stables, aud Is making eI-
tensiye Improvements on his kancocas
farm at Jobstown, N. j., where be IL build
Ing a new half-mlle track for the purpose OF
training yearlings. The time when Mr..
Lorrillard retired from the turf 10 very well
remembered. lie washed his hands OF II all,
and went In heavily for yachting aud bust
ness enterprises. Little by little he came
back 10 his early love, until today be 10
far and away the most ambitious and en-
thusiastic man on the turf.
&. w. Williams, Of Axtell and Kite
shaped track fame, 10 an example OF what
INDEPENDENCE. Iowa. can develop in the
way Of enterprising cropping men. He has
given "A summer meeting at Independence
that lifted that unpretentious town into ma
tioual importance, and records fell upon
the pages of turf history like leaves in au-
tum, and now, with urexample enterprise
an enterprise that at the first blush may
seem almost audacious--he announces a
trotting meeting for hi, little Iowa town in
August. 1921. at which the unprecedented
sum Of $4,000 will be given 10 the harness
performers. In 1873 BunalO gave $s7 900
Tor iis grand circuit events, and this has re-
NAMED until now TIE largest amount ever
given ~ a trOtting meeting.
The next important sales Of thorough
breds will be held in Lexington, Kentucky,
from December 9TH to 10th inclusive, and
these will attract breeders as well as own
ers Of racing stables. from all over the
nfrr h. ftsa inn apf N
be sold are the stables Of J. X. Megibben 4
Co., numbering thir,y-seyen mead. and Of A.
q. hCCamsbeil K Co., numbering forty one
head. In bOth are good racers, now in train
ing. horses that have been successful on
Western tracks, and a number OF finely
bred yearlings bought at the spring sales,
and some OF which have been highly tried.
Ii now looks as if there would he racing
at jerome Park again next summer. The
American Jockey Club died hard. aud
some Of its members are not fully satisfied
yet that il 10 dead. Mr. Duer, who controls
the major part Of the stock Of the company
which owns the park, 10 very willing TO
lease. and a company OF gentlemen, headed
by John Hunter, are said 10 be anxious 10
lake the property and race on the "a days
Of the Monmouth Park meeting in July and
August. in opposition 10 the Brighton
Beach Racing Association. That there are
plenty Of horses in training to furnish sport
at Monmouth, Saratoga, Jerome and
Brighton at the same time there is no doubt,
Tor by the time these meetings are in full
play racing in the West has practically
ended. and the Western stables are here
looking for money. Whether there Ia q
sufc ent public 10 support all these tracks
at the same time is the question; but
racing, both a. sport and rs means for
speculation, has gotten a wonderful hold
upO ! the American public. The aTmy of''reg-
ulare" who follow the races for living, just
as others follow speculation at the various
exchanges down town. has nearly doubled
within year. 50 that the race tracks figure
their receipts on the basis Of a regular daily
attendance Of 5000, no matter what the
weather. II the people who now propose 20
resume racing at jerome Park expect TO
bring this public % the old track. in opp0si-
ton 10 the Brighton Beach track, the meth
obs in vogue during the last years OF the
A merican Jockey Clubs life will have TO be
changed, as they were too anti
Quated to suit the race-goers Of to-day.