New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-25
WINTER RACING DENOUNCED.
GUrTENBURG OFFICIALS sCATHINGLY REBUKED
FROM THE PULPIT.


FROM THE PULPIT.
The Rev. Thomas Dixon, jr, preached in Associa'
uon Hall YESTERDAY. The sermon was criticism OF
C,lprel Robert c. IngersOls religious creed As
nr.,,de 20 the sermon he dealt with The suDJco'
n gambling in general and winter horse racing in par
tjc,,lar This is substantially what he SAID;
Inst now we arc passing through a National Crisis
in the history of gambling In America Inc eailocrS
seem to have assumed the aggressive. Inc qu'S'on
X .hau We have a carnival Of gambling debauchery
for another generation. in which the Na'iohai io'a'
Shall sink lower than ever before, or shaii "o io'
forward along these lines we'll as Others "i'0 ~
* of the greatest importance TO crush the INFAMOUS
lottery In the south, 1t is also OF great lhPofl','
IN crush the villanes Of the racerack in the Nor'
The Louisiana gang cannot pant 10 700 ua'"
ooIors But we have some home mission "orh ti''
stands in need OF serious attention.
.Tbe following extract from report OF a eceh'
days work at the Guttenburg track VIII give some
idea of the situation: -Four thousand persons inc
sc,,m Of the metropolis dvekeepers, thieves VINO nave
grown prosperous at the racing game tmioioiee'
plain pickpOckcts, burglars, women Oh Ou '0p
and men who never did an honest days "orh- "a" "
lot OF miserable apologies for raceloi9es Pv v,
through mud and slush while jockeys In thh siiAe'i
Jackets shvercd and suffered as thc ram Dc'O ~
their benumbed bodies -,
Winter racing Is crime against the Diu'o on
as we'll Only brutes attend such exihDi'i'hs'
brute, who run these winter gutter uache oP'
their cIInlualty ana dcIy INC laws Va WV
one of these scoundrcls recently said 1 nave Ocen
reliably informed that application has been or VIII DC
made 10 Justice Lockwood for warrants for our aftHrs
but that does not mean anything we Keep u yt "ny
al The track here while racing IS 10 progress ana ',H
arrest are made we can Immediately furnish baa
the arrests mat could be made would hoI i"'e'i0'
with US. - 49,. 81. no,.,,cnod tbe
political life Of the county in which 1t Is situated oa.
gal prce.s has become the laughing stock OF the MODS
whose viii Is a% co~", Go% SJ sa :,5eHseders Of tbs
orazen villany. Even the Grand Jury, before WHOM
make bsa for tS foreman a Gutenburg boOkmaker,
and several more Of the gang were eber, ~. ,a
10 gamblers farce.
Regulate ,1ch an infamy1
Yes: that old old trick Of The devil IS tried again
and again TO Nil him the state goes mo par,,er
ship with his satanic majesty Inc deVli AWAY o",is
business.
their cSrs4 againsi he lottery and dirty pooltoms
should recognize TINS fact atd refuse 10 ig" beiI
Surely our editors must realize later that there
rests upon them terrible responsibility lor '""s 'e'
is it not time that every decent man should ION
with the Christian world and demand tle 'oti' "oon"oh
VI this National inlquity2 ~
TO CARRY on TIE GUTrENBuRG FIGHT.
The GuttenDurg fight looks ss II would end by inc
last o. this week as II is getting monotonous' Inc DOOR
masers who do business that track are osgutd WIN
the turn which The fight will b. pushed
his week. several are engaged by the La"
and Order League that there viii be little chance Tor te
big four The terrible condition OF the track
snd the injury liable h happen both jockeys ana horses
when are run they Saturday have
Injured the "bg fourp in the eyes CT many who were
before friendly TO them.
When the Law and Order Society, aided by Peter DC
Lacy. wagct its against the Elizabeth race track
great laid the fact tina: bets low as one
dollar could be made parts Of the grounds The
opposition considered this nineBse importance as u
brought betting within the limits If boys putse' OF inc
money OF poorly paid clerk They argued That uiis
cheap gambling q demoral<ins people VINO
could possibly afford 70 t IL the lowest wager received
was S. therefore could demoia2ed In that way
This good argument, doubt and served the pur-
pose we'll but may react the local bootmnkers VINO
we're instrumental In closing the gates OF the rsectabe
NewJersey race tracks Perhaps It, would be well for
~ss<ubvmaa Shields look INTO the miserable. cheap