The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-01
TURF NOTES.
Financial Success of the Blood.
Horse Meeting.
The Recent Western Turf Coneress-Edvsable
Reforms for the New Eastern Jockey
Club to Consider

The recent fall meeting of the Pacific
Coast Blood-horse Association at the Bay
Dirtrict track was quite successful, fnan.
cially speaking. On each Of the four days
the attendance was large enough to make
the total gate receipts greater than those of
any recent previous meeting. Add to this
source of revenue what was received from
the book-making, auction pools and wheel
of-fortune privileges, the other minor
privileges and the entrance fees, and
the combined totals should foot up far
in excess of the expenses. A good round
. profit to the association will be left when all
the bills are paid.
The racing was, in many cases, very in
:. teresting. AID in the open races good fields
were the rule.
TURF REFORM.
The large amount Of jobbery that now
. permeates the turf is q matter that will
ultimately, and that at no distant Date,
cause its disruption unless immediate steps
are taken to check it. The New York
Horseman quotes: Our judges, unfor-
tunately, are not men Of action. They are
lacking in initiative. They vacillate. They
love their ease too much. We want Stan
ley, yes, dozen OF him, to open up the
turf" and thus comments: This is not
Western prejudice but comes from the man
in the tall tow er of the New York Tribune,
who has neat and unterriied way of
placin the blame for jobs where it belongs"
THE NEW EASTERN CLUB.
About the best manner to remedy the evil
would be the formation of Jockey club as
proposed by Pierre Lorillard and other lead
lug Eastern owners. Only the scheme Of
Mr drill Ri tphi oh
vldes for the cooperation oil Eastern asso-
Citations, should be enlarged to take in all
the racing associations of America. One of
the principal rules Of the club should be
that 10 trainer OF jockey be allowed either
to train or tide horse over any of the
tracks OF any association represented in the
jockey club unless they had been duly
licensed by the club. These licenses should
be issued only after careful investigation
into the character OF the applicants. All
cases where suspicion attached to
either trainer or jockey should be i'm
medlately investigated by the club,
and If those investigated were found guilty
their licenses should be at once revoked and
the offenders ruled off, never again to be
Teinstated. A few exaIp,es would have an
immediate effect. AS it is new jockey is
ruled off one day and reinstated the next,
and lie thinks as little now Of a suspen sion
as he does of having his shoes BACKED
The club should also rule that no book
horses. They should also be licensed and
amenab BILE to the trainer and Jockey rules
II would again be a good idea if the club
should advocate the employment of only
paid judges. In England, the home of rae
ing, only one judge decides even such
national events as the Derby, Oaks, st.
Ie2er, etc. There are numerous other much
needed reforms that could be effected by
the club, but the above mentioned are those
requiring the most immediate attention.
THoMPsoN's RACE-TRAcK.
Through the high prices at which suitable
locations are held out in the Ocean House
district Joseph Thompson has been unable
to secure the land necessary for his pro-
posed new race-track in the vicinity that he
considered most desirable for his purpose.
His choice now is limited TO South San
Francisco, San Mateo County line, or across
the bay locations. Difficult transportation
facilities are urged against the two first. To
go across the bay to locate the track is
almost certain disaster to the scheme. 1t
has been sufficiently demonstrated by past
experience that the public will not cross the
bay to attend races The numerous trans
fers and the length of time consumed will
AWAY keep the public away. OF course the
horsemen aud spectators would go any
Where to race and bet, but to make his
scheme success Thompson must have the
attendance OF the general public. Tie races
at the tracks around New York are always
well attended, hut there is a population of
nearly 100000 TO draw on, sufficient to af-
ford new audience nearly every day. 1t
Is different greatly here. Thompson must
make his track so popular here that the
same people Will patrOnize him regularly.
Only IN this way can he get an attendance
that will pay him. The probable expense
OF the track that Thompson proposes to con-
suuct Is so great that he should most care