New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-30

CITY RESORTS OF TURFMEN.
WHERE Noted RACI NC MEN MAKE THEIR HEAD

QUARTERS
Few persons In this city have any iuea VI tHc
number Of people whose interests are directly or III
directly associated with the legitimate racing con-
Quoted on the tracks in this part OF the country ana
Who make their homes at the different hotels ana
APARTMENT houses from the Harlem River 70 the
Dattery beginning al the ST. James, one may mahc
tour OF the different resorts fTequehtcn oy 'u'ie'
The memory Of Captain Conner Stlll chhss 10 'ha'
,rouhnovn hosteIry and many Of his anecdotes are
renoated by It's frequentcrs. Al some time duilhs
the day every horseman Of any Importance ",aHes
a call at the It. James, persons away from New
York who want TO communicate with any VI 'io iedu
irc owners send their letters 70 tha' aoureSs anu
through Frank simpson, the CHEF clerh' "hSc Pci-
soual ACQUAINTANCE with turfmen Is extremely eA-
tcnsve the letter generally reaches the right pace
Phillip Dwycr, Colonel J. f. Pepper, General stephen
conford Srnan John Sanford, Milton Young, W.
: Rames f. Corrigan, Colonel Clay, Catesby NoH-
ford and Major b. G. Thomas, can always DC iounu
in the cafe of that hotel the evening when In the
city. 49,.
Across Broadway, on the opposite corner Is tne
world famous Delmonico's. Af'er the races i"""'
-, ,,ooLmakers and racing officials dine there.
John Kelly with his unbounded hospitality and mex
,usbe good nature has bis favor,e table and always
has a party OF friends to join him at dinner DaNu
Gideon who shares with John DAILY the hoho' vi
owning His iglness and other celebrated
anxiously discusses the entries Tor the next o'y WIN
come friend J. L. Mcdonald and Matthew |orDcu
alma torether there almost every evening. Charles
Reed of the Fairview STUD owner OF ST. Blaise' rAo
and other renowned sires spends his afternoons d"'
evenings there when In the city. John Hunter th7
president of the Board Of Control fingers there ie"
bours daily with the turfmen 70 talk over INC r'"e
prospects of the year. There are many ochcf 'diino
who hire apartments and take their meals at Dei'
mOncos. -. ..
At the Hotel Brunswick, A. +. Walcott' INC P'"
eoca,ion meets his numerous friends. james H.
gone and his SON. Foxhall Kecne are frequent Wis
i,ors 70 the Brunswick -
co,onel +. c. McLewee, Frederick Lee Channccy
Piss Major Robertson and Colonel John "cDD in'ih'
,ho ttrb Avenue Hotel their rendezvous MomeIi-
tous racipg questions are there discussed W t"e"
Tho midst OF the politicians who cease talking aoou'
,ho nrohablr nominees for the Presidency 10 listen
~ tho words Of wisdom that fall from the lips Oh
these turfmcn . ,.,,oco
The Gilsey House is the home Of H. &. Crickmoie'
,ho ecretory q the New York Jockey Club ana Inc
Monmouth Park Racing Association. For niVs'n
xco,. he has lived at this hotel and has been waeo
MON ~ tlye same waiter who insists that he kho"
inst What Kirk" requires to satisfy MS apfo"
pe,er Dc Lacy who gained 50 much notorieN thro"S"
his agtd with the Elizabeth and Linden RACING "S9,
cla,icus makes the Gsey House his iaVoiie reS'
Michael Murray, another poolroom proPr'eV' ".s
bookmaker spends few hours almost every c'o""s
in
Jsynes and Colonel Crawford. OF Chcaso i've ~ '"'
Cisey in the clY. - vu Dav,d Johnson.
c.,.,.in : - Brown, George VI. Rye ana X H'lns
are ircqucntsrs Of the Hoffman House: me md '
icy iloasc is tic abode OF Isaac Thompson anu 30
The Plaza is fast becoming the uptown reso, na iIr
,scing men Colonel Rupert, r. a. Ehret anu ..
H. sHus the breeder OF trottlng horses ~ yI,hers
m.nv Inc, ds % meet them there d. d. M WIFI,
made his home for many years at me i, i;'e G
HIS. Tho -turtevant House Is the home ol "; ~.
snth heller known as Fttsburg Phil" NJ i. pa an
slIcr and some other racing men Severai a., " nd
iasssr Wrhts in the betting fraternity meet theIc a
asrre out The chances Of tue horses entered u, .rs
,se ncyt day They mow1 rs MhdcnPPU,ss;
"e Tie 1inr.nal downtown place OF meeting for tnii
men is the rdtunda OF the Astor House Inc unnIy
cannty delccafion, headed by Mr. Wnlbaum nsun ny
dincs there j. \. KIRK: John Hanson, H. {; D,
mas Archibald Collins, W. IA. TImmons anu "s',s
ntssrs also dine at the Astor House Their, arc
numerous restaurants that are popular WIN 'uis sn,
csnT racecoers The savarin, Dorlons the AIeI,a'
Rourhe;s facctousIy called Mugs Landing Bnri d,
in unner sixth ave, Iarker's, ONellfs; the staa,ts
W.spm g. Co.'S In Courtland 81. Iccadonnis Mar
tins Hotel Martini and stewards ca'cr 10 ""t y
called the racing trade. -, ,, ,,o,o.
The list would not be complete II the Blower iio"ac