The evening world., 1891-04-07
Philip Dwyer's Anget
with the Coney Island
Jockey Club.
WILL He CLOSE P0OL-RO0MSi Z
The Reported Resignation Of Soc-
rotary Kock Not Verified.

An interview with Mr.. Philip Dwyer, Presis
dent oi the Brooklyn Jockey club, 10 printed In
morning paper. Mr. Dwyer's remarks are 30
very warlike AMI fierce that one feels troubled
In anticipation Of the dreadful consequences 70
come. The BrooElyu's President 10 angry as
the Coney Island Jockey Club because the latter
refuses, very properly and sensibly, to spend .
lot Of money TO help pass the ssxton Ant-Pool
Room bill, measure that would not oenentthe
race tracks enough to make 1t worth the whiles
Mr.. Dwyer, however, declares that the pool
rooms must be closed. In order that this may
be accomplished, he declares that he will cut
of all telegrapLic communication with the
track; that he will withhold all the entries
from the newspapers: that he will withhold
every item OF Information from the pools
rooms
tis generally thought that when one monkeys
with buzz-saw and gets hurt he In not likely
TO Indulge In that pis'ime AGAIN. 1t was MI.
Dwyer's foolish tussle with the aforesaid buzzs
saw which put sn end to racing in New Jersey
and caused his valuable property at Elizabeth
to lie Idle this Spring.
He attempted to close the pool-rooms while
running his own track in violation Of the law.A
Then the buzz-saw in the shape OF Petef
DeLacy appeared and things went wrong.
That the pool-rooms have nghy to carry on
their business under the guise Of common carr
riers has been decided BY o high court 10 o test
case. That they harm the Summer tracks to
any extent no one will believe. Any lover OF
racing prefers BY long ODDS the breezy pre-
cincts oil the race track TO the close, hot pool
room.
Pool.room players are. as rule. men whose
business prevents them from attending the
race course. They are an advantage to horse
men who get creamy odds early In the day. II
there Is any harm done It 10 to the Winter
tracks. aud not Others. They 10 harm the
Winter tracks cons ,derably there is little doubt
the writer has 10 desire to uphold the pool
rooms, but Just where Mr.. Dwyer 10 gong to
profit by this movement the writer fails to see.
To wiholl the entries from the newspapers
would work harm 10 the track, aud the At
tendance would be visibly decreased. The
Dwyers tried that scheme at Elizabeth but
gave 1t up IN hurry.
tits reported in turf circles that Mr.. 4. II.
Kock, Secretary OF the New York Jockey Club
had rspl ned lls poslIlon and that his resigna-
ton had been accep ed. No verincAtlou OF
this could be iearned al this writing. IL had
pTOnhDly as muCn IOunuatlOn as the previous
rumors Of Secretary kock's retirement
MIR. d. d. witnprs. who has been III with
pleurisy, has recovered sufficiently to travel 10
his country home nj Rrookdale, where he Will
remain until convalescent
Carroll, a Suburban candidate who has been
PLAYED to some extent in the Winter books. u
working well 3 Monmouth Park aud Ia said ~
be much improved Irse. His best WORK M
To date mas been mile In l.4s.
L. Stuart has sold two-year-old bay colt BY
Turco, dam Hoyden, TO J. Price Ior 5000
Gascon, that good colt whose breakdown waa
been declared out Of the American Derby.
Patsey McGrath, the well-known steepies
chase jockey, died of pneumona at the North
western Hotel In this city yesterday.
Snas was heavily played in the maiden raoa
yest. rday. His disappointing performance
was exp aimed when he pulled up bleeding at
the nose.
An addition of seventy feet is being made to
the Brooklyn grand stand. The new club
house now IN course OF erection Will be oxllO
feel
A sweepstskes match, $500 q corner, to b0
trotted on the Gutteuburg track next Monday
al 10 A. NJ, was made yesIerday afternoon be- |
tween Messra q. Walbaum, i. C. Carr and K. :
Larkm.n. The latter enters his bay gelding,
bOrkmaker, and 6. NalDaum names his
brown 9, ldinR Roy, while j. Z. Carr expects
to win the stakes Win his brown gelding, Fitx-
gerald.
Michael Dwyer made one OF his old-time
plungps at the Gutenberg track yesterday. .
Civil Service aud Prince Howard were tho
mediums
Civil 'rvico would have been beaten by both
latter started. Civl Service was tiring at the
end, and a strong boy on Blackburn might
have Won.
A feature Of the new clubhouse will be big
orchesr, on, which will cost tlT, 500, and 10 eE-
Iected TO excel anything OF It's kind In the
country. II WAS constructed BY lmhof OF
BA en-, Germany, aud Is expected 10 arrive
very soon.
The famous stallion Isouomy, the greatest
horse OF his day, died In England lew days
ago.
The Irish horse Clear the Way, who won the.
IriSn Grand National tn 1888, arrived Ia this
| country yesterday. He was purchased and
brought over oy h. ID. Morgan, and Will be
taken to the lstteT's farm AZ Westboro, L L
Jack Joyuer, has met with misfortune In,
the bleakdown OF Padishah, whom No puE-
chased AZ the recent Belmont SAle.