New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28
UIyTER RICING UNDER A BAN.

The principal Jockey clubs of the East nave
decidcd 70 cleanse themselves OF the Stigma vi
tooratinc winter racing The Board OF Con-
troI ronrcsonting these clubs, has decided that
ov-po,s trainers and Jockeys who continue TO
take mart in the so-called races at GuttenburS
after January /, or in any winter racing east OF
Ohio and north of Maryland, shall be excluded
from the tracks of the leading racing ASSOCIATIONS.
This is a udcicus and commcndable STEP anu
in lis action the Board of Control and the Jockey
Clubs deserve the earnest support OF every true
friend of the turf. There can be no apology
or excuse for winter racing in this part OF Ohc
country. 1t is a cruelty and an abuse an IN
fanny and an outrage. The Tribune has often
expressed its condemnation of this evil III inc
strongest terms. 1t ought to be broken up en-
tiply. Since the State of Ncw-JerScy seems 10
be powerlcss at ppsent TO relieve nseli from
this disgrace. it is well that the most influential
and CONSPICUOUS of the Jockey Clubs have re-
solved To do all in their power 10 stamp 1t out.
There is no serious objection to racing in De-
cember, January and February in the southern
States. where tho climate is mild ana the
weather favorable. The Board OF Control con-
cluded not to interfere with Western racing as
it's power and influence arc confined chieny 10
tho Atlantic Slope. But ip members have maze
lid their minds that Guttenburg, gloucester,
Clifton and tracks of that sort, have already done
far too much injury TO the turf, and that they
will cut aloof from such ccSspoOls entirely. NO
doubt, the wIctChcd pcrycrSions OF sport I'll"
contemplate caricatures of racing, that have
brought so much diSreputc upon hudson county
will he KEEP, up for time. The Hudson County
ring is too strongly intrenched, and enjoys too
much of rhc favor, patronage and protection oil
Governor Albeit to be cast down and destroyed
in a day But the course adopted by the Board
Of Control will weaken it and shorten It's wicked
and dutcSable career on the turf. There never
was a more corrupt and cXccrablc compact oil
iniuuisy entered into in racing AT airs than that
hy which the Guttcnburg racetrack has been
cherished and protected by the Hudson County
Ring. Every wrong and every evil that can
pacsibv attach 10 the turf that it has degraded
TO the lowest depth, has been conspicuous al
Guttcnburg No honest and decent man. VINO
wi>hc, to promote the true prosperity OF rae
ING. has a word To say in cXtonua,lOn or apology
for Guttcnburgs practices. 1t should be rwcpt
away altogether.
ne Atmosphere Oh VI" Pi'''' f''
the East will be clearer and cleaner in ls?2 by
mean, of this action Of tho Board Of Control
The worst men on the turf, those who have
been a nuisance and pcstiencc 10 1t, will, OF
course. continue to take part in winter racing
and will make Guttenburg still more of an AlSl-
tia and thicyc, paradise in the future than II
ha, been in the past. But great deal VIII have
been accomplished by the shutting out Of these
follows from the precincts of the reputable
COURSES, There VIII be- fewer jobs hereafter
fewer combinations for plumber, less irlckcry, and
O., robbery on the well-known courses, and
consequently then, will bc less danger of hostile
iogisla,ion a, Albany. The action OF the Board
Of Control IS a d ,tnct gam To the turf.