New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-22
HINTS TO JOCKEY CLUBS.
WHO SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR
INCORRECT PROGRAMMES
A SUSPENDED JOCKEY PASSING THE SCALES
OTHER JOCKEYS BEATING THE SCALES

"A SUSPENDED JOCKEY PASSlNG THE SOALtS-
OTHER JOCKEYS BEATING THE SCALES
To-DAY's PROGRAMME. q
Jockey clubs are not careful enough with the pro
grammes that they sell TO their patrons for 10 Genus
SO many mistakes that the public has lost con
hdence. Wrong weights, wrong conditions, wrong ois-
tances wrong sexes. wrong ages and wrong ooiors az.
constantly appearing the printed card IL "ouu
advisable for each association to employ COM
petent clerk to that In every case the proerae
is right in all particulars before IL is put on ao
This is exceedingly simple matter ana "ouiu 'oo'
but little. The programme privilege Is worm soou.
$500 a day, and 1t IS not right that cinD shouiu
force its patrons 10 buy an unsatisfactory article
The sheepshcad Bay programme Is copyrghed TOT t'e
purpose OF killing of the opposition. that rs the
0boguss OF spurious programme sod ou'sioe '''o
Eroupds by BOYS not in uniform.
"Krif'' takes the part OF the oVer"orhou eeoio.
tarv and declares with emphasis that that Official
should not be held responsible for errors In weights
etca He believes In placing heavy me on o""oi'
and trainers who enter horses with lncorrec. "ee''
His contention is that the owner having hotihe eiso
10 think Of, nothing TO do but look sier HIS S'soo
and the placing his horses, should have no excuse
for making an incorrect entry 1he ruie '''' 'ON
on this point. II says:
In making entry it shah be Sufficient 70 give 'no
horses name and horse shall net be deoarreo from IT,
ceyine allowances omission to claim them owners
and trainers however should making the entry declare
the weight in when there are penalties or
and are In all responsible when horse S'ar WIN
the wrong weight. - ,,s
"Krtk' says that II owners and trainers were heid
str,ctIv accountable there would be fewer bunders
AS things 60 now at least half OF the entries made
rx0uld be thrown out account OF Incorrect ana IN
complete statements, descriptions, Claims etc., IL 'iio
secretary should strictly enforce the rule.
A cerk-not the clerk of the course-snoulu pro
the, procramme perfect before it is placed on
the market Your Uncle William DAILY and Phhp
Dvyer are in the boat as regards errors OF ehy
great deal of money lost Throughout the country
ont Sir John who scratched, because, instead OF
l1ie pounds, he would have been Obliged 10
Lapey - In all combinations made that
~ Ia was regarded as a certainty. Mr..
h)wver lost nothing, suffered nothing, by the
bunder. Only the public lost and suffered Your
Uncle William may lose purse by his mistake In rae
ing Atlantic with 90 pounds instead OF lo2. lie
should lose IL. He should be fined In the bargain
Another thing Your Uncle william should be required
"a nav 10 the fund for Disabled Jockeys and Pompa-
dour Suppers $500 for putting Lambley in the saddle
the other day while the boy was under suspension.
DAILY having only his stable to look after, must nave
known as well he knows that he is alve that
Lambley on the ground for bad behavior, yet ne
has the nerve to send him 70 the scales Mr.. Love
craft was censured by the executive committee for
passing the boy but taking all the circumstances into
consideration, ample excuse can be made Tor him.
HIS duties manifold and onerous, and it would be
almost impossible for him in the hurry of weighing
dozen or twenty jockeys to keep track of the record
OF each.
While on the subject Of weighing in and weighing
out it might be well for the clerk Of the to pay
closer attention TO the "smar aecks" of the saddle
who go around Boosting every day Of their ability to
beat the scales. in England il Is impossible for a
Jockey to beat the scales, but here II IS done daily
a beam soae'is used in Britain. The Jockey SITS in
chair and Is weighed. Here the platform scale Is used
The first race'On the card today will be found very
confusing. The weights are published they were
sent out on Saturday night by the club, yet by the
conditions of the ii Is not possible to understand
why Kingston should carry 139 pounds, Bermuda ZIG
and Leveler 116. These little discrepancies may be
explained this afternoon at the track. Under the
Schedule KngstOns right weight should be 1914 pounds
while Bermuda and Leveller each should carry III.
There are no stakes the card, but there Will prob
ably be mistakes. They nearly every day. Some
interesting races are to be decided. Sir John and
Riley will do battle again, with Longsteet as an aces
sory.
These are the entries:
FIRST RACE-A sweepstakes OF $40 each. with 81, 900
added OF which $3.50 10 the second third receive