The evening world., 1893-11-30
GOSSIP OF The TURF.
Word Comes from Washington
that Ivy City Gets a Respite.
Engeman viii Try to Prove that
Racing Will Be Pure.
SaIadin and Flying Jib Meet Mon
day in PhiladeIphis.

Word comes from Washington to the
effect that the District Commissioners
have granted the Ivy City management
respite. Final action will be deferred
until Wednesday next. The postpone
ment was granted upon the application
OF Mr. Engeman, who will endeavor to
| convince the Commissioners that the
racing will be first class in every par
ticular, and that he will make every
effort to keep Objectionable characters
from the track. Mr.. Engeman intends
to have large force of special police
men and detectives on the track for this
purpose.
The action of the Commissioners in
granting a hearing in the matter has
given Gloucester and Gutenberg horse
men reason to hope that, after all. there
| may be Winter racing at the Ivy City
course.
From Paris comes a queer story, one
that turfmen in this country will peruse
with amusement and surprise. 1t seems
that at the Bots de Colombes races in
Paris yesterday, every favorite lost. The
crowd became enraged at this and vented
their spite on the jockeys horses and
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flying stones. and there Is no telling
| what might have happened to some of
| the owners and Jockeys had not the
gendarmes dispersed the crowd. The rae
| ing must have been very bad indeed to
| have caused such demonstration.
| The long meeting at Hawthorne Park,
| Chicago, closes on Saturday. Ed Cor
| rigan gives as his reason for the wind
| up the fact that there will be no money
|
closing of the New Jersey tracks. 1t
is well known that the foreign books at
| Hawthorne received more patronage
races. There have been 256 days of rae
ing at Hawthorne Park, and in stakes
and purses the Association has given
away 1854, 1872. 80.
The action OF the Hudson County
| Jockey Club in establishing a book for
| the exclusive use of women cannot be
| too strongly condemned. The spectacle
| of women crowding around stand to
make bets on the races is most unpleas-
| ant. 1t is to be hoped that when the
| track reopens this dlsagreeable feature
| will be eliminated.
Saladin eos la and Flying lib (2OD
will pace for a purse of 81. 900 offered by
| the Belmont Driving Park Association,
of Philadelphia. Flying Jib is the prop
erty Of Monroe Salisbury, owner of the
|
will be decided on Monday next.
| The handicap at Guttenburg yesterday
was a really good race. Six horses fin
ished heads apart after a magnificent
struggle through the stretch. Sound
| Not much money was bet on him, be-
cause 1t was thought that the youngster
could not get Soundmore to do his best.
There will be a two days meeting at
| the Point Breeze track, beginning to-
| morrow. The Gloucester horsemen will
probably move over in body. The
Point Breeze course Is in PENNSYLVANIA,
on the part Of the authorities.
According to a Chicago despatch, a
new track Is to be built in the Windy
city a few furlongs north of the pres
ent Hawthorne track. John Condor is
he says there is no truth in the story.
A tremendous plunge was made on
Rival in the fifth race. The whisper had
gone around the track that Rival was
| to be cut loose and that everything else
consequence the crowd saw themselves
cashing big tickets, and they went down
heavily on the mare On public form
Wampezo looked an easy winner. and he
did win in very handy fashion. Loan
TAXA beat the good thing for the place
|
Oportos defeat in the last race was
due to Griffin's carelessness. The lad
was watching Mr.. Caldwelrs flag in
| stead OF the advance signal, and seeing
the starter hesitate, he began to pull up
thinking 1t would not be go. He thus
got away badly, and was only beaten a
neck at the finish.
Tartarian again made show OF his
| feld He got lead of ten lengths and
simply galloped through the last quar-.
ter. The most astonishing occurrence ir
that race was the riding of Clay, or
Azrael. The betting indicated that Az
rael was on Ice, and subsequent events
proved that such was the case. Clay
evidently had orders not to be third. and
he came so near to getting that position
that his black face was a dusky gray
from fright.
Jimmy Mccormick won pretty wei
over Early Blossoms victory. The track
suited the mare exactly and Brooks haC
a very easy time winning.
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