New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-14
A BALLOON AT THE RACES.
SOME THINGS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN AT AN
ASCENSION.
ro-pAy's ENTRIES WITHHELD, BUT THERE WILL
BE EXCELLENT RACING AT GRAvEsEND


THE PooLRooM WAR.
rnmor strange and startling as Ludwig's Victory
An the Great Eastern Handicap. stole softly from hss
Highway last night and exploded in the Iehoerioln
Precinct causing intense alarm among the racing men
whose beat extends along the west side OF broadway
from TNwenty-third-st. to the Dodge statue Whisper
incs OF fear and apprehension followed it, The Grower
House corner lively with agitation ING '''
James art gallery shvered with excitement.
The poclroom balloon. from which the brooNSn
Jockey Club races are TO be reported is not to De CUT
loose as was at first bned That would be periious
undertaking as the stays to be well ghsrueu oS
armed Western Union men. Another. saier' oeVOor
and easier plan, has been devised ior seN,us
rid Of it. The woods thick enough
aronnd C;rayesend to conceal half score OF
sharpshpoters. They will be armed with "lhc"esees
and at the first ascension of the balloon zen 44oo
explosive shells will puncture the skeh DuiO io"i
collapse will eBsue soon as the gas es'aPes' "nu
down 10 earth will go car operators ans AL No'V~'
knows who employs the rincmen. They are reaoy 10
AZ ,heir dntv and 10 disappear after it is done. They
will mistake the balloon strange bird ana WING
IL al the first fire. Bold indeed VIII DC inc opo,a'0I
that risks life or limb in this perilous ascent ~ -
n bad time for bsooniDg. The latest experiment d.
IL Dorado was fatal.
II &c understood that the woods will be filed early
.hs morning with detectives who have been instructed
a.. rrevent any attack on the balloon. They VIII have
no easy task Ten men might easily concca then
selves in the negliboring houses and deiy ares"
winchester carries long distance and seldom mlsseS
FIRE The telegraph men who go up In the car are
warned to wea' life pre- iervers AM Ia 1ehu'os
DE Lacy hiss decided not TO make the ascent bu'ch
Thompson intended TO 90 up 10 ballast the blrt put
the thought OF a sudden collapse has fnghtehea nin'
as he is a heavyweight and might make hole IN une
ground.
President Dwyer said Saturday that there was no
,rosDect Of a compromise with The poolrooms. lie DC
nands nearly IS 900 day from the rooms In TINS CIV
and DeLacy representing the latter declines 10 paw 80
much for the privilege of securing full reports Oh INC
races High fences have been built at the uack W
shut out the view from roofs near BY Inc eaIes VIII
be closed at O'Clock and reopened at D. In 'e III
.erval no person will lie permitted to enter or leave
en-. Grounds without the consent of the Executive Com
mittee and Robert PinkertOn. This step is taken "
check the so-caIed commission business. business
that never existed The free American oDlecls 10
beinr penned up but Mr. DIVER believes tnat not one
yorson in TO- 600 after entering The grouhdS cares "
leave them TIL the races are over
The revenue of the Coney Island Jockey Ciuo' rom
fbe poolrooms alone. amounted to nearly @Z'VOV d
dav The roomBeepers arc willing to give tle brooA'
lyp Jockey Club $4,000 day.
II Is said that a stakeholder in the Brookyn club,
who fears that the profits OF the ack WI" Dc 80
,essaned By this war on the poorooms has DECIDED 70
6iine suit to force the management 10 st0P IL, anu
10 throw open the gates to the public at all hours
storv cot abroad last weck that the horses in races
al cravesend were To be run under false names iae
numbers and false cOlOrs to confuse arc msieau VI.
poolrOom reporters Mr. pwyer SaS yeSS d oo tbin
4 feasible it would cause the public too much annoy