New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-08
STRAIGHTAWAY RACING.
1T HAS MADE MONMOUTH PARK CONTESTS

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course 1t is surprising that any one should favor
,acnc aroud turns where there Is every chance for
unlimited fraud and chance for all sorts OF excuses
bv the Jockeys Of the defeated horses Another thlng
that has surprised many racegoers is that some own
crs start horses In race after race That can
not run more than half mile at rhclhS
pace but arc capable Of running three cighths
OF mile In thirty-slx seconds. Why man
should pay TO start such horse in Held
of good performers has been asked many times. The
answer is easily given. such horse III race can
easily destroy the chances OF more horses that
have been backed BY the public at short Odds by ont
running jostlng and interfering with them in the first
part OF n race But they are careful In no way 10
impede the progress OF the horse selected TO carry the
money Of a few heavy plungers who think that they
should have at least twenty pounds the best OF tho
public when they bet on race AT the tracks whore
majority Of the races run around turns TINS year.
II one will recall them, by looking the files OF the
daily PAPERS. he will find that there was more scandal
and talk Of pulling reversals Of form and accusations
Of collision between certain owners, in any one days
issue than has been heard about crooked racing the
straightaway track since its Introduction 10 American
racegoers ON ii straehtaway track the horse that
Is known as good helper IN tie first hafInile
Of race has lot its usefulness and the jockeys who
seldom win races, but are always welldressed end
usually lave large amounts OF money In their poe ke's
are disconsoste and penniless unless they have emf
Take the racing at Brighton Beach as criterion
Day after day racegoers are treated 10 accusations
In the daily papers that report the details OF the
racing at that track OF COLLISION between certain
who control the services OF jockeys whose skill
at beating the flag and iockeying on the turns, such
as cutting OIL, coming In collision, carrying TO the
outer rail their opponents superior to any other
Jockeys on the turf Even the stanchest patron Of
the cheaper grade OF racing rebel and by Kissing and
shouting outside horse manages to break
the combination by winning, they exhibit the greatest
pleasure and tell everybody whom they meet Of how
the good thing did not go through.
Now when racegoers whose hides are tihckened and
| tanned by the summers sun and OCEAN breezcs AT
Brighton Beach and who daily face The snow, hail, rain
icy blasts OF winter racing al Gutenberg, raise an
cutlery against the barefsced JOcryng and Interference
witnessed every day in the over the circular
tracks why should any attention be paid - lie
chronic grumblcrs and hckcrs who Are opposed 10
racing over tracks where horse aud every jockey
has an equal chance 10 win the money. Another
class who are opposed strAightsway racing not
very numerous, bN make noise ana disturbance
enough 10 make Themselves inaginr That
they mighty army, and that the
existence Of the turf depends their appreciation.
one easily find them "A race track ~ they are
tho persons who always right In line with the
finish and insist That the judges and stewards cannot
see across the track They dispute the time Of the
races and generally looking for ball. when The
timing Gag drop AT the sturt. no many Of them
racing 10 please Ae p,iLhc should conform 10 the
Guttenburg Gloucester standard. TbeIe are any
nubec OF precedents which could be referred 10 In
regard racing for valuable stakes around CIcuar
tack but Saturday furnished two Incidents which
caused dissatisfaction than AL tlir That
have been run at the meeting. The Freehold stakes
was looked upon one OF the best the card
and 1t the principal subject talked nbont
by racegoers the trains and ut the track The race
final ~
Il mile, when Of the contestants swerved all over
the track and destroyed his and the chances OF
two others. The clIclaI-track apoloGists aud their
friends howl aud ind fault with the dsquatC alton Of
| the horse which caused the trouble Now II the
horse that disqualified did rrtard the progress
OF the other contestants will somebody explain why
the race In such remarkably slow time, when
| one OF the contestants, In bis last race within
u fraction Of the record at the distance! Had the
| been run over sraieiaway track, there would
have been occasion for the trouble ana dissitis
faction caused by the disqualification Of the horse that
first past the post.
| Another race at the same distance furnished
exhibition OF the favoiitrs In the In pocket
! all the way around the turn until the field well
| into the straight work the bomesiretch. This
gave every horse chance. The favOnte managed
TO get through but could not overhaul the leader who
won easily where II every horse had equal chance
| as every horse would have had srraightaway
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| at the finish with, perhaps, different result
A. J.. Wolcott is a practical business man. who races
| for the pleasure there Is in racing and Is sAtshed
Whenever the best horse wins lie Is not racing for
revenue only and j. satisfied with break lie
should DAY 10 attention 10 the csipng critics who
always looking for "a shade the best of the public
straigtaway racing will take Of itself and where
the public goes the boolmakeIs will follow even II
some OF the opponents OF Monmouth Park can only
count 300 persons in the betting ring and see 5000 In
betting ring third largc the betting ring at
Monmouth Park There seventy nine bOok'nnkers
saturday to attend 10 the wants Of The patrons OF
| racing at Monmouth Park.
owners suggest that when the stake
announced II should BE- stated in the conditions what
| course they should be over, and than
them willing TO wager that the entries for the
| 10 be run the Nraighta.ay course will far
Outnumber the entries for the 10 b- crcd ii
| the circular course.
| p Lorillsd Is Outspcsen IN favor Of straighawsy
| racine. John A. Morris. 4. i. WalcOt, Charles
Reed. +. A. Ehre James Galway and John Hunter
are all In favor OF sraisbaway racing. OF an the lead
| ing hoI owners there only who radically
| opposed to sraghtaway racing and one OF them
that he does not object TO ,hree-quarsr mile chute
| for the two year-OldS.
If any one who has the Interest OF racing heart
will visit The tracks in this part OF the country and
compare the appearance OF the patrons he decide
| without q moments hesitation 10 the quality OF tho
r. coInepiy called Gaping or in regard
10 the attendance DAYS at the different tracks
| can mako intelligent persons believe that harem
scar.m scramble. where 1t Is pun. Josts and crowd all
| the way around she track The horse that
is selected by few ~sure thing i-sce goer> !, in
The lead Attractive than stTalghtaway racing
| wherr under The method, used Monmouth
| PARK the Jockeys hOr>es closely watched b.
cam pctent Judges from stat 10 finish. In nine
ouI of ten The finishes close that the winner
! Il not known until the numbers show the board
OF course the ball watchers know, they usually
| knew an abont every thing associated with racing
.aoM ns what Soea eva iisS ch aons