New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-09
RACING AT MONMOUTH PARK.
A SEASON OF TWENTY-FIVE DAYS ADvER-
TISED.
THE BETTING QUESTION, HOWEVER, REMAINS
uApEcrDED-MR. WRITER'S TRIES AN Ex-
prI1MENT-THE SARATOGA TRACK
Avn JEROME PARK

AND JEROME PARK.
The conviction of the Clifton iacetrack officials In
passac County does not deter Mr.. Wlthers from an
nonncinc publicly that there viii be racing in Mon
month County, as usual beginning on the Fourth OF
JuIy and continuing twenty five days, till August 90.
Mr. Whers being the accepted oracle OF the Monmouth
Association this statement cannot be regarded other
wise than as official and trfmen are bound to re-
ccIye IL as direct TO all their wondering COM
,es on the prospect Of keeping up the great sport
at Long Branch defiance Of the lawas revealed In
Passao County. AS previously remarked In this
column, Jersey justice is purely matter OF location
The prison in county is equivalent to hne OF
500 In another Not every county has Judge Dixon
on the bench. Bergen County has, however, ana IL
remains 20 be what the reopening OF the Dunaee
track will result in. 1t seems certain That CLIFTON
will be abandoned and the latest news from that quar-
ter is that the Engemans pulling up stakes VIII
the intention Of moving to Dundee where they VIII
carry on racing without betting and where party
of NewYork men, having no interest III the ti1ch VII.
carry on the betting. This is whipping the ueNn
around the stump. and II the public prosecutor A Der
gen County does his duty, and the Grano jury uo
theirs, the Dundee circus Will soon be stoppea 4"
the meantime the Gut keeps up its winter orgies
and nobody NEEDLES with its affairs
The Monmouth Stakes for 1901 close on March
with the secretary VI. G. Crickmore' Madisoha'o'
and Twenty -sevenfh.st. The will probably Dc
divisions into meetings may be changed separator
from the racecourse by the public road from oceans
port to Little Silver stable for 1o2 yearings' WIN
saeroom boarding house and training track VIII oc
ready by June l. The hotel, supplied with artesiah
we'll water will be ready at the same tmc' Mr.
Whers has made an extraordinary change III tio con-
ditons fof the Fourth Of July Handicap 1t Is an eA
ceedngly interesting experiment. and II successful
means new departure in racing in this country IL
is the more extraordinary because 1t comes from man
noted throughout the turf world for his conservatism
IL seems almost improbable that the Sage oil BoNoao
could have given us this: -o
The Fourth OF July Handicap-A sweepstakes Oh 4oo
each h. e. or only $40 declared on the day before tne
aay appointed for weights to be ubished on 'e
second gay before race the winner oi any hahocap
after the publication weights to carry ID extra
the horses entered be divided into t"o sAaes'
those accepting over 1oj n to form race NO Il those
accepting los or form race No 2; IN race NO
the weights are TO raised hreey 10 H. LOT
Odds or upward N than they were handl'
canned To each race 500 be added OF which $500 10
second and Sl5o TO third stakes foies and deciaa
ions 10 accrue to owing them Is assignee
Ivy tho Handicapped One mile.
Inst for fun let test these new conditions WIN
paper handicap and see how they work