New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-30
MARCUS DALY'S VIEWS.
uE, TALKS ABOUT THE TURF sIIoA'io''
.,,sr,urs OF THE RECENT SEASON cLEANhi
POINTED OUT BY THIS COMPILE EN-
SERVER AND FRIEND OF HONEST SPORT

POINTED OUT BY THIS CoMrEirNA
sr,rrp ,yD FRIEND OF HONEST SPORT.
,,,rcus DAILY Is not enthusiastic in resaru ~
.ho future OF the American turf under the - ,,
aoement Of its affairs in the East MI Daiy
Ia a bard-headed. enterprising business man 49,
&c not n novice in racing. lie Is up W va" -
oil important matters relating 10 the 'u.'' 80,
IN this country and in England. he mas il" y, &,
yearly 600 900 in horses. Mr.. DAILY says ina, "e -
canabIe OF controlling his own affairs anu ~ ~,
enough 10 quit on the losing side If an inVes'"'"'
shows that IL Is sure to be unprohtapie ,,
.J have lost money in buying trotters "' -,
"as did not give the purchase OF 'ne i ,,,v
10 me at public sales the attention that us'a 49,,
give to investments. matter of how niue III.
nortance the investment might be. sofa out a.
loss and did not try to recoup my losses III :.
that Is manipulated by sharpers. The great "o'."s
sales with the sensational features oil you"s
being sold for tens OF thousands Oh uo''" =.
things of the past Breeders from every POI
the country became victims OF men ""o nas
dubbed BY the press as boomers Inc %
boomers rapidly accumulated wealth. az VI, 'n,,,.,,
nense of the breeders. and to the lasting INJURY
of trottng interests all over the country. IT,
called boomers are we'll known 10 'ui linen
trotting horse men dropped them ou' " -
lst Of turfmen and placed them In their proper
class-the leeches of the turf The press III i''
a,. - ,ho ,boroughbred sales shows that the
boomer is attempting to prey on that Draheh VI
the sport. -.
Now is the time for the honest supporters OF
thoroughbred facing call attention 10 ,he ooon-
ers and their methods. Sales do not appear 10
be honest when the same yearnngs are so'p ny
tho same auctioneer at widely separated cities
of this country The auctioneer Is not 10 Diamc'
as he must accept bids for the Iots one'eu. nv
fact however that yearlings are resou a' uiieie"'
sales remains and to many persons indicates 'ha'
there is bve-bidiing and that the boomers who
fhpir
Tho sales must be conducted with the utmost fair
ness nv the breeders or the same fate Will over
take the thoroughbred sales that beell the trotters
So much for the boomers and the sales.
I'm regard TO turf affairs l can only give my own
Impressions of what the turf requires and the mis-
takes that have been made by the racing ofiicials
in the last three years. In the first place De-
II.ve q m be radically wrong to have men in
official positions who have a pecuniary interest
n nearly every by betting on their favorite
horse II is absurd for any racing official who
bets on the races to say that it does not bias his
judgment II his cwh "orus anu aus arc " NC
seriously considered.
"Onlv a wear ago an article written in good
faith by a turf-writer, who quoted HORSEPOWER
whose Jockey was criticised, and NUMBER OF
other shrewd turfmen, saying many uncomph-
mentary things about the jockey, was investigated
by the Board Of Control The decision OF the
Solons who sat In Judgment on the case was that
the secretary of the board should write to the
managing editors of the daily papers requesting
them to forbid their representatives 10 bet on the
races What a ridiculous exhibition OF STUPIDITY
this was, when nearly every man who sat IN
Judgment in that board had bet on the race II
they followed their usual rule. In nearly every
instance the turf decisions have been ludicrous.
Racing and the methods under which II is con-
Quoted require a complete overhauling. Moth-eaten
theories should be destroyed. The superannuated
old fossils, who at least thirty years behind
the age should be either pensioned OF or dropped
completely The numerous barnacles that are
firmly fastened on the body of the turf
should be removed. and; every obstruction
to smooth sailing should be removed / have
heard a man who is prominent on the turf
to-day and who has been before the public for
years in another direction say that some OF the
wealthy leaders of society anxious TO 90 In
for the sport of racing. but they were afraid OF
the criticisms of turf writers. Criticism is neces-
sary when the turf is conducted as It Is at the
present time 1t is not the criticism of turf writ
which Is feared so much as the associations
and customs of some Of the leaders in the councils
Of the turf today The turf leaders are ssr to
race. They tell how hard a game 1t Is to make
OF long aso. when odds Of to against TO 10
chance could be secured In an hours conversation
be derived from racing Is mentioned 1t is al!
money The sport Is sacrificed to the greed OF
The programme IS no longer arranged to pro
mote exciting contests and to attract large crowds
cause the crowds to grow. entnusas,lc and cheer
The winner . he sohS such races have e., no cat at
ditions are arranged for the benefit Of few
for gambling The season just finished is an Object
lesson 20 the lovers Of the sport OF racing. From
the the ne paS hf n
stronger as the season went on. The fact
d i' not eon baSs he Great
cations and the North North Bergen track It appears
officials accused of selnshness by the officials
of o m as s of a hs fact a
conflicting with one Of the oldest ASSOCIATIONS in
advertised. The laundering managers should have
taken lesson from the spring meetings, which
Sa he turf and Of nina and 10 co the
tinued on their course to destruction
satisfaction began to tell on the a,tendsnce at the
leading tracks. The officials with their usual stu.
the financial stringency. That statement is com
pletely upset by the brilliantly successful meeting
'Pariahs Of the turf from North Bergen The
be- "H Of pnSe S'r h pac
extremely forbearin2 in America. but like the
agement caused it first to hesitate and think OF
The injustice It had to- submit to- from the turf
from the leading associations.
The meeting At Monmouth Park was series OF
that made Will take years TO rectify. The
manner in which racing was conducted was the
general topic Of conversation by all who visited
the track. The leading turf writer's endeavored to
SsI the attention Of the persons in charge Of az
fairs to the danger of the course they pursu-
irE. The criticisms OF the press had little
effect on the managers. who continued to mis-
Tanage and at last made the most stupendous of
al plumbers by ruling two Of the abcst turf
writer's In the country off the course The think
ing public at once sided with the turf writer's and
s az careful study Of the men who ruled them
on came to the conclusion that the turf rot;
70 the core. or the charges made by the writers
would be investigated and the men have a chance
70 De heard before such measures taken
The stupidity Of the officials did not stop at this.
ou 70 get even for the loss Of confidence In rae
ing Dy the pubic. suits were brought for 800 go
10 repair the injuries caused to racing by their
every hour at the meeting at Monmouth Park Just
at ns close however a rift appeared in the clouds
ana gleam or light came The Coney Island
Jockey Club through the Executive Committee re-
fused 10 irdorse the action of the officials # Mon
NOUN farK Inc president OF the club resigned
from the Board Of Control and a determined stand
was taken 10 conduct tho racing at the fall meet
ing as sport and not medium to crafty the
Eamo oI,,n propensies OF few pungers. The pub