New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-25
PRINCE ROYALS HARVEST.
VARIED RACING AT MONMOUTH PARK.
COME NEEDED TURF DrroEMs-now HER HIGH
SESS WAS BEATEN.


e inclination was 50 great that they decided to take
hor horses IN saratoga or u other tracks. No starter
car give unbroken satisfaction, and no doubt Mr..
caldwell Is SUPERIOR of his rivals IN tis aruuou'
AMI cyactng work But 1t is true that no ASSOCIATION
can afford 70 give any man uhc1t'fed hochee dI.u
nrbOuuded authority In handling the starter Jag no
b,n, heing can AWAY, be fluless. and the lbos OF
stortor o,,bt invariably be supervised by an OIL
c,l r,nresentatve of jockey club. Mr. Galway went
.. .ho e,,rts with Mr.. Caldwell yesterday. aad II Is
lrcIy that Monmouth will return 10 It's Od ana eA-
cs,lcut custom of having an official representative d.
he post in every race This custom ought never 10
have boon abandoned ana IL ought 10 DO AcPS "P WIFI
on, interruption hereafter
Patrol Judge, have not yet been stationed ou' Vic
necessity for them is 50 obvious that Mr.. Writers can
hardly fail 10 use them before long. ON Sneh track
Of magnificent distances they are Indispensable 10
look after the jockeys, TO report on fouls ana 10 sce
that the riding and the racing are free rom Nau'
So many things out Of sight Of the regua Judges
that patrol Judges should be appointed without delay
Mr WitlerS could not do more popular uhhe'
moreover than TO adopt the rule in force on western
tracks that all betting shall he against stable anu
moi against a single horse, when stoie STARTS iI0ie
than one This is just and right Ii prevents any
riurv from such trickery as was prsct'>eu DH '"H!
c,vingtOn on Tuesday. when he won INC har",s"'
Stakes on Dcmuth, although Ms employer uc,I0N
min with Long Run The rule adopted in the "esI Is
smn,e and effective means Of setting this difficulty
II & fair 70 every one The hoOkmahers have no lEH
10 complain of il. They have no competition Hoi"
French or auction pools at Monmouth Iher VIZ
nines within the last week have been enormous nv
have every advantage on their side. Inc Det'iIe =
heavy and the races arc Of such character ta' inc
boohmalcr can almost invariably protect h4nS'A'
while so many favOrites beaten that uie V'on-
maker who fails to enrich himself each racing Jay 9
simply not keen. shrewd and alert enough % SUI.
In any business enterprise. much less III OoofaH'e'
Tint nearly all the professional chaIR."'e4uo'S "C
satisfied with their lot at Monmouth is PLAN noh '
f,ct that there were eighty at work yesterday ana i@'
only one descrter wac missed. Does anybody desire
any more sweeping proof than thatf AHc sA.-N
objection that can be urged 10y any one 10 a"'P,Ii.
the rule of betting against stables ill" po' Gu"
single entries of stables is that it Is not te oun'oi -
england That is really objection at all we nave
oaonted in this country the worst features OF ule
English turf and none of its best. Inc tusHSi'-
system Of licensing trainers ana JookcE9 o"s'''
have been adopted in this country a nan oe-i'ui'
AGO. 1t never has been. and the puphc nus Ho
protection against such nefai1oNs pi"V.'os " 49,.
The foremost and chief OF English loc'eys ai"r
Arcbers death. Wood, his license which bad enaoIoa
hin, "a make an income Of AT least S26oVo Seal'
and probably much by his riding much Oh "li'',
WAS riding TO lose rather than u wn We nave pie' :"
Jockeys IN the United states Just 40 unscfupulOI7
as Wood ever was in his worst days Du' u ti'ie -
M licensing system here. and as actual lcsal pfool
q
vent these thieves from remaining IN tie sadde al
thour there is not racccoer who is not familiar wl
their reputation and ther daily haDIt OF O'noDes'!'
We have never aoptcd in the United states the pa"
Of having a National Jockey Club. whose sr"ar'lS
should have authority not only 10 refuse hceHse l"
dishonest trainers and Jockeys, but also se'ci1iN
TO supervise racing at the various courses. and 70 sec
that II is kept clean and decent, SO far as such
sport can well dc lkOpt clean and decent
OF course there is fraud the English turf. IAec
Is fraud in the London stock Exchange IiHlc j.
plenty of fraud going SIX days IN the week "4uA
u few hundred yards Of Trinity sceple III TINS lo"'
But that fraud on the English turf is much less
fragrant, much less prevalent, much less audadouS'
upbushng and braZen than IL is here Is 50 clear tat
il needs no demonstration. In these things the Ehghsh
turf is far superior to the American. But we 20 ho'
follow its example in snch matters We HcIei'
cc,v il fooIlsly and savishly III such things as ue
betting AGAINST each horse by stable which runs
more than one and not against the stable But inc
reason why this system IS continued III England Is
,tr1, nj, rho surface There is an immense
amount OF betting III that country Oh every
great race for months before the race IS run
As any great stable may have from ten TO scoIe
OF entire, in ans great stake, 1t would De uHhcUO
ana would cause complications to discriminate between
tbc betting in advance OF the day when the race Is
,.u and the betting on the course inst before the
race Moreover all the pi.ncipal betting IN England
is on credit with Monday the setting Gay III
This country there is antcipatOry betting OF any
consequence. few small waGcrs are maze III
advance Of the suburban Handicap, the Brooklyn
Jockey Club Handicap aud the Kentucky Derby, but
uey are nfmtcsimal in comparison with the
enormous amount VI speculation which precedes
The English Derby the English 81. Lcgcr, the Cam
bridgeshre, the CzToWitch, 0I many another gIed'
stake in England In any circumstances the Brush
bOOkmaker has huge advantage over the men VINO
bct with him. This is shown by the statistics Of the
probate and legacy duties In Great Britain. Nearly
all the wcllkuOwn British bookmakers have left large
fortuues Not d few Of them started with almost
nothing They were brOken-dOwn puglsi~, or men
OF some other walk in life who Lad dmaescd scarcely
any capital such men went INTO b0oHmahlhg on "
very small scale and found it 50 profitable that thelr
capital was speedily multiplied many tunes over.
When they passed away to that bourne where there
is no bOOkmaLing lat least, 30 far as Dante or any
other visionary visitor the neither world ever dis
covered they left much store Of treasure
to their heirs. 90 through the betting ring al Mon
mouth and count Oh the finger, OF one mana ulc DOoh-
makers WHO could have signed an andaNIt hf'cch
years ago that they possessed earthly riches 70 inc
extent Of $1,000 each above t,Ir deOts. Then tiHk
Of t1e style in which many Of them now i've the race
horses that they the amount Of money tldt thc'
spend the evidences OF highly lucrative cdiiniR
Which they display on every hand Can any one
doubt or ispute that the bOOimalcrs have huch the
best of 1t in the long in the great game Oi tul1
gambling! Then why should Nh. NItheis. the most
influential and autOcratic man on the Eastern tnrI'
al whose nod every Eastern Jockey Club ucmbIcs al
the frown of whom every Eastern racing ASSOCIATION
has violent attack Of asue at the beck Of whose niue
finger every turf body hstcns 70 run TO 90 MS
bidding, insist giving The bOOkmahers uie
excessive and unwarrantcd advantage Of con
timing the utterly ndefenelble and unjust sys-
TEN Of betting against each horse in stable
when stable starts more than in race II the
Monmouth boOkmakers had French pool compeu
ton against them, they might have little excuse
for protesting against such reform. As they have
no such competition thcy show not the slightest
excuse for any protest or objection. Let Us have
no more Bcmuth Long Run Affairs That incident
sent many people from Monmouth TO Saratoga where
Captain Browns stable is not and where George