The evening world., 1892-02-17
Mighty Protests Made
Against Race Track
Legislation.
BIG CROWD At TRENTON.
J. Bryant Buys StartIs and Bon-
nis King from AItonxood.

over one thousand men and women ap-
penred before tho House Committee on Re
vision OF Laws at Trenton yesterday and
with their united voice protested against
any race track legislation. II the House
Committee can -end In q favorable re-
port on the race bills after such q
demonstration as that OF yesterday they
Will be bold men indeed. 1t is dollars to
doughnuts that an unfavorable report will
be sent In and the chances are that the race
bills Will not be permitted to see the light
again. Monmouth Park, Elizabeth and Linden
must remain closed again this season. AS to
Guttenburg and gloucester the writer cannot
hazard any prediction.
The Board OF Control, or rather the three
members OF that body who are interested in
Monmouth Park, We're the unlucky engineers
In this second attempt TO pass race-track
bill In New Jersey. As usual with that body
when they engage in any important under.
taking th y made grievous blunders These
mistakes were pointed out I'm this column
months ago. Their first blunder was to for
mulate and adopt the resolution which
barred horses, owners and jockeys rae
ing on Winter tracks from the courses
rn under the jurisdiction Of the Board.
aroused the enn.ity OF the Guttenburg
Coterte and thus they antagonized Hudson
county, the strongest county In the State,
whose support was all important In the event
Their next mistake was to stir up the Law
and order League Of Hudson County to pro.
coed AGAINST Guttenburg. The raids on the
given them. directed the eyes Of the whole
state at "uttenb'!rg Clergymen everywhere
preached .ga!nst the hilltop track, and
the bills were introduced.
The complexion OF these bills constituted
another biunder: for they permitted racing
from one end Of the year to another This
clause, however, was added in the hope OF
pldcating Gutt.nburg and Gloucester, but It
did not have the desired effect, and 1t only
ing blaze The result OF this was seen yestek
day.
20 Tambirn. the crack three-year-old
daughter OF Joe Hooker and Marian, is re-
ported to be suffering with poor feet. She
recently went ~ lame that she had to let up
In her work, and as yet has not shown any
Improvement
Carley b. Is thinking seriously of taking
that good three-year-Old son OF st, Blaise and
Deilah, st. Denis. to Chicago to enter him In
the GARFIELD Derby.
Walter whyburn has traded the fiye-year.
old horse Grand Duke, by Duke of Magenta
dam Disdain, for the Beaverhead stables
four-ycar-od hay gelding Index, by Kantaka,
dam sheOoygan.
The Altonw nod stable has sold to j. Bryant
the chestnut golding Startlc, by Storey, out
of Manette, ior 5000 also the aged geldin4
Bonnie King, by King Alfonso, dam Gene.
We've, for $500.
W. Mcmahon, OF Parkville, has traded to
Blair brothers. OF sedalia, Mo-. the black
horse Falcon, aged, by Falsetto-Mollie Wood,
Tor the following two-year-olds and year.
Ing, Nay MY q by LSnSTYeW-hhattcK; HAT
yearling. by j. B. Clay-Surprise. and the bay
colt, yearllng. by j. b. Clay-Maud l. Falcon
will be sent 10 Missouri this week.
Johnny Campbell Is visiting friends at St
Louis, and is a frequent visitor at the East 50.
Louis track.
Jockey Castle got into trouble yesterday.
He rode suspicious-looklng race on the Sil.
yer Thread lilly. so suspicious, In fact, that
Judge Burke suspended him withour asking
for word OF explanation. This is the second
for suspicious riding. Judge Burke is entt-
tied 10 The thanks Of the lovers OF honest rae
Ing for his vigilant work in the stand
Barring the above the racing yesterday was
fairly interesting, but disastrous to the tall
ent. Three favorites succeeded In getting
home in front, cut they were at odds on and
did not net tho talent much cash, The first
race was one for beaten horses, the favorite,
sunday, winning easily.
The second race resulted in . Zig upset for
the smart ones Benjamin was played az
though the race was all over bar the shout
the place. silver Mint was the winner, and
st the ridiculously long odds OF 80 to l.
Any one who noticed this colts last race on
Monday when he got away five lengths be-
hind his held and made II all up In the run to
the stretch must have been surprised 70 see
MIN at such odds on this race the writer
tipped silver Mint TO run second TO BenJa-
min. The breaks at the post killed the late
ter's chances aud In the stretch silver Mint
came away and won easily. Bill barnes
landed second, u head IN front OF the firing
Benjamin.
Jay +. Dee won In such ridiculously easy
fashion In the third race that II Is a question:
as TO whether he would not give some OF the
speedy sprinters race at six Iurionks- Jay
y. Dee once possessed world OF speed and
has defeated Britannia, whose speedy quali-
ties every one knows. He Is In wonderfully
good shape and Just played with Duke John,
who was second.
Mohican won his race easily, and the put.
ting up OF l00-pouno boy on horse penal
ICED 10 carry l2l pounds beat once Again,
hot IayOrite, IN the NTH. Innovation won
easily. Brooklyn upset hot favorite In
Longstride In the last, the owner of tho latter
betting close upon thousand dollars on m
horse.