New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-23
John HUNTER GOES OUT.
NO LONGER A RACECOURSE STEWARD
nrsrIEAsEp At TIE BANQUET AFFAIR IN 1"H
SUBURBAN.

M ,,s r-orrammes Of the COney lsianu 'ooNeS
Club yesterday the name OF 'a"' .,o IN r,oco
o.sred az one OF the stewards OF tnc n'',o'e -.
~ that Of John Hunter. AS eHo'"s a., YI
IN The Tribune on its first paie -. r. ,o,,o
,,r had rcsig ned his place as s'c""u ..a
" =. 80, ,r.r. On Tuesday. as the horses
oro =, thc most for the suburban iiahu'c"p' Daq''
p,acc was close by the on'er '"" '"' i"
rnor ,hc Grand stand and the spec'aors' ~. o"'.,
hnrso broke avav several times on' i'an1"e. oo ho
Ca, ,h.m philip j. Dwyer. president OF inc bro"h'Sn
y' ~, ,a a member Of the Board OF Control
,.rord OF the meeting. was sitting In
-, Tho Grand stand which Is reserved al ms
, ,or tho Dwyers. Mr.. Croker and their fnehus'
.."', .oA N his brother Michael F. Dwycr, owner
:, panou., that Banquet was apparently delaying
w, ,,r, and would probably 60 off promptly " pn'
,xhcrc on the track. HIS brother might send woro
A.. ,,c starter Mr.. Rowe. asking him to change Ban
.,.s Mace Philip T. Dwycr told n representative
., Tho Tribune Yesterday that ne made this suggestion
"a lis brother and said that II any one was IN 'nu'
IN the matter 1t was he and not MS pro'her'
Michael T. DIVER straighiway sent his bettihg
commissioner. Joseph Verdg. with message 10 Johh
Ismblev the rider n Banquet. telling him 10 ASK
Mr. Rowe 10 change BanQuct's position MT Rowe
swiftly complied and put Banquet on the inner rail-
,hc hest possible position. Under racing rules tne
startc The right t, pu' horse wherever he pe'seS
10 PIT him In order to get fair start But IL was
miudlcious for the Dryers TO ask Mr.. Rowe In this
,,a. originally assigned him. The positions OF horses
NJ the start are allotted by numbered balls Just as the
or1er in which pool players make their shots Is de-
cidcd II banquet had got place IN the SUBURBAN a
serious turf scandal have followed this changing
ranouct from the worst place at the start To the pest
enc nj the request Of his owner As Philip j. Dwy"r
Is tho president of the Brooklyn Jockey Club ana
ucboc, F. Dwyor Is the president OF the New-Jcrsey
Jockey Club both OF them employers OF the starter
Mr. Rowe and his prompt compliance with the re-
ouest Of Banoue,s owner to change BanQuets place
nj the start might have led to widespread criticism
NJ severe sort If Banquet had been first. second or
third In the Suburban But ms 1t happened the change
made no difference at all I'm the race
Tho stewards Of the meeting were j. q. V. Law
romeo president OF the Concy Island Jockey Club
John H. bradford treasurer: Cornelius Feliowes sec
rotary and J. g. lIeckscher. Of the Board OF Gov
crrors Of the same club. and John Hunter. president
NJ the Board of Control and James Galway. a men,
her of the same board. Mr.. Hunter took the ground
that Eowe's action in changing Banquet's place ut
the start a. the request Of Banquers owner was
Improper and that the starter ought to be censured
far T. The officers OF the Coney Island Jockey Club
did not agree with him. lively dispute arose, ana
This waxed 50 warm finally that much oheDce was
taken on both sides Mr.. Hunter left the stewards
stand In an angry mood and sent In letter Of
resignation OF his place as steward The Coney
Island JOCKEY club accepted his resignation ana
elected James r. Keene In his place. II Is under
r..
icnaton Of his place president and member OF the
Board of Control but the board has not acted on
this The members OF the board met yesterday to
decide upon disputed question concerning the weights
10 be carried in the Standard Stakes tomorrow. but
transacted other business.
Mr. Hunter has long been welknown in connection
with the turf He associated with William r.
TraveYs in founding the Saratoga racecourse In 1864
and with Leonard ". Jerome. August Belmont, ID. ID.
Wifers. Pierre Lorlard, George l.. Lorllard H. Z.
Monson, John F. Purdy Mr.. Travers and Others IN
establishing the American Jockey Club at Jerome
Park In 1sG7. He was Tie president OF the American
Jockey Club during last few years OF Its existence
lie was on terms If the most intimate friendship
with William r. Tr,vers, and at one time they owned
racelorscs in partnership The best racehorse ever
owned by Mr.. Hunter was the famous keptucky.
For a dozen years more during the eShues ana
later seventies, NJ. Hunters colors were not seen
upon the turf but few years ago the city bought
the cid Hunter property ~ Wes,chester County Tor
Its new parks. and Mr. Hunter started racing
stable again. He bought several OF the SONS Of the
vouns sire fremont, aud employed Jacob Pncus
as his trainer. After the death oi MI
withcrs Mr.. Hunter was elected presi-
cent Of the Board Of Control. Reports have
been anoat Of late that he might sell his racehorSes
ne they had not met bis expectations In speed and
quality Mr.. Hunter Is very positive ana eInpha'c
In his views and convictions very earnest ana reso
lutte and not easily moved from any position winch
ne takes. He Is impatient Of opposloi anu Vi merry
temper He Is a prominent member OF the Union
Club ard has q large family. His sons are wei
known IN Wall Street and In the Ncw-l DIRK clubs,
especially his son Arthur a Wall street broker, who
was formerly the most sk'ul amateur Jockey Ill
America and who successful In many races.
Mr. Hunters quarrel with the stewards OF the Cohcy
Island Jockey Club has made great sensation on
the turf and his retirement from the presidency
OF the Board Of Control, II he insists upon retiring
will make a still greater If he goes out james
r. Keene will probably be elected to the Board oil
Control in his place. ,.
Many wcll-known faces were missed at oheepshead
Bay yesterday The officers Of the club were present.
OF course so were the Dwyer brothers John A.
Norris James II. Keene, Pierre Lorillard j. u
Bonner and Richard Croker. But a. F. Walcott, OF
the Board Of Control and president OF the Monmouth
Park Association, mad gone 10 Chicago ana taken
Diatlo and some of his other horses with him. THESE
horses win run az Chicago until the opening OF the
Monmouth Park meeting next month. Michael F.
pwyer was at the track but his colt Don Alonzo and
his trainer, Hardy Campbell, were In Chicago 30
was his colt Nomad. FOxhall kcene had gone 10
Illinois ChOrster and st. Lconards run III the
American Derby, but his father remained at Sleeps
head Bay. Dir. G.. L. Knapp had gone West as had
his trainer, Walter Rollins. to prepare u W,
Johnson for the Derby. John Kelly. most
popular Of racing men, and David Gideon
started for Chicago yesterday morning In fhe nope
OF seeing Ramapo first over the line Tor the great
10000 stake. The Gideon IL DAILY tralher JOHN
j. Hyland had gone a few days before. Charles
FrOhman and a parry OF theatrical IS sports also
began their Western journey yesterday. Ihey nope
10 get rich BY betting at Washington Park II they
cannot amass fortunes out Of Chicago theatrical
enterprises. And the jockeys Taral Garrison, f'tz
patrick. Doggett, OvcrtOn and John IanDicy had
also gone 10 Chicago. ". L. Iamersley, the ccie-
brated punger, will start to-day, probably Just III
time 10 miss the Derby. He declares that his
friend Eugene Lcighs colt Clifford Is sure TO capture
the 1ch prize. Ii is clear that the centre OF turf
interest for the whole world tomorrow Will be the
American Derby at Chicago.
The programme was ssurrcd and manglcd almost
beyond recognition by the many scratches yesterday
Only two were left In the first and only 40
In the last Among the well-khown horses that were
withdrawn from the various Kingston,
DObbns iOrkville Belle, Lowlander. Prince George,
Ajax The PefnNr NcsilnlIn