The evening world., 1892-02-12
Monmouth Business Men
to Work for the
Track Bills.
.DETR0|T's NEW RACE TRACK.
Rowe Will Act as Starter fer
Brighton When at Leisure.

number OF farmers, hotel-kecpers ana
business men OF Monmouth county, who are
Interested financially In the opening OF Mon
mouth Park next summer. have arranged to
60 In body to the hearing which will be
given by the Committee on Revision OF Laws
at TruAtol next Tuesday on the race-track
bills. They VIII present Il huge petition,
signed ty hundreds OF residents Of Monmouth
county. and able lawyers will present argu-
mcnts In favor OF the race tracks.
on the other side Of the fence the clergy.
men and other opponents OF racing are rally
Ing and viii also Do present to argue against
, the proposed legislation. The Rev. DR.. Kemp
shall, who came into prominence during
Peter De Lacy's fight against the Elizabeth
| track, has addressed call to arms to tho
neral ana religious people of New Jersey. He
writes:
"On Monday evening last two race-track
| bills were Introduced into the House of As
sembly more Infamous even than the ones
| you defeated year ago. Those OF last Winter
| permitted racing and pool-selling only during
the summer months These lsgallze both
perniclous practices all the year around.
! fGuttenDurg and Gloucester VIII be the chief
bcRehClaries OF these acts"
There IS much more OF the call, but II con-
tiEues In about the same strain. DR.. Kemp.
| shall sailed yesterday for Bermuda, but left
the nnti-race track campaign in the hands Of
Couascl!or Richard a. Lendaburg.
The management OF the East st. Louis track
have promulgated an order that all owners,
Jockeys ana others ruled of .or fraud will not
DO allowed inside the gates. This is good
rule and one that should be adoped by other
associations. II man commits n fraud he
should not be allowed the opportunity OF ~
peatlng lhe Ofronse or inducing others TO
commit the same crime.
\ Detroit syndicate has bought 5000 acres
OF land nine miles cut OF Detroit ON which
mammoth race track Will ho built. A meet
ius VIII BE- glysn at the close OF the WASH
imgtOn Park meeting IN Chicago and 100000
International Derby VIII be the feature.
This land Is on an island which Is commonly
known rs Fighting Island. 1t Is the inten-
lion OF the syndca.e TO make the place .
beautiful summer resort as well as race
track. the price aid Tor the land was
100000.
ilirct Lakeland has purchased from E.
Puscr the brown nlly Faithful, two years old,
by lOnglelluw. dam hiSS Primrose. Lakeland
says she Is the most promising tiiiy he ever
handled.
Jimmy Rowe w.li start at Brighton this
year ao usual, providing there Is no clash OF
dates between Monmouth Park and the sea-
side track. In case there should be clash
then steve >tillwell Will handle the nag.
Tho management ot the New orleans race
track are very active III their efforts TO pre-
vent fraud. Hardly u day passes but what
suu.c boy is called into the stand by Col.
simmons to explain some suspicious act In
riding.
capt. Graham and his constables scooped
eight huuEmakGra AZ the Guttenburg track
again yesterday. Ii IS Sold that Graham Will
90 to gloucester very soon aud make arrange
mentS Lo raid The south Jersey bookmakera
Fairy Rose, the dam of Racine and Fairy,
fuw days ago Goa!cG colt by the great Flan-
beau Iiurnsmcu pronounce the youngster
the most promising racer ever produced In
california.
Mr.. John Hunter thinks that Yorkvtlle
Belle Will prove 10 be as coed three-year.
u!d ~ was L. rosca. The Belle Is certainly
ul the highest class. Thura, her DAM was tho
best rae, -mlrC ul her time. The Belle Is well
put together She has stout heart and legs
liHe hammered steel. Last Fan she did
lhrrr-puartcr trial over the Brooklyn track
with her weight up. In l.l4.
The feature OF racing at Guttenburg yester.
day wa, the defeat OF Rancocas by Bitten.
RanCDCpS WAS giving the yUungSter eighteen
pounds. IN" uuuEles held Rancocas at the
extremely shorU prlce III . To >, and at this
price / e was hrNily played. Bitten beat him
very Edrdily, and 10 the hard track can DO
asGriOgd kRncOCaSS defeat lie never liked
u hard track, ANA all his recent Victories have
been secured In SOFT going.
The racing throughout was excellent. Tho
OOOSmlkrrs picnic, as the maiden races Afo
styled, furnished The usual upset. johanna
AT u 10 /. Wun after II head finish from Moltte
Davis AMI standard As the readers OF Tpn
EVENING WORLD were given Johanus as the
winner, they were naturally well pleased
At the result.
The second race was run In q fog and o
driving snow storm and when they came In
view once Again was winning In gall0p.
He won hands down ut the finish. The third
race proved the easiest Kind OF victory for
Miss Bcss, whom THE EVENING WORLD asserted
was the best Hly yet seen at Guttenburg.
\ race between Miss Bess and the Witch
colt would be very close and exciting. Forty
was second and coming last at the finish-
Vocal was third and II looks count for any
thing this young miss Will give good ac-
count Ol herself In the future.