New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-10
rYrJTENENT AT THE RACES.
u,-pr,fEN AsTOUNDED BY THE NEWS OF
CROKER's FLIGHT.
rury INSIST THAT HE IS IN GOOD HEALTH
AND ATTRIBUTE HIS ACTION TO FEAR
OF THE LExow COMMITTEE
HIS RACING STABLE,

OF THE LExow COMMITTEE
HIS RACING STABLE.
wnsn II was reported at Morris Park yesterday
A., tbs former leader OF Tammany Hall had sud
80 and slvly sneaked away to Europe, without
s,,o EARNING 70 his friends. the excitement was
.s..rendous/ Predictions were heard on all sides
49,, this was only the beginning of Tammany
.,oaus and that many Tammany leaders wonIu
.,sespv follow Cookers example The conduct OF
me man who had been the autocrat and despot OF
~,mnany Hall for many years. and who had
...n the nractical dictator OF the municipal gov
lament since John Kelly retired from power. was
s.Do,nced in the strongest terms. Democrats were
v,,s freely and yehementy that the corruption
and rascality which had been exposed by the hexow
committee and in connection with the electon
frauds IN this city. were wholly due TO Tammany
urong-dong and that Mr. Croker. as the Tammany
leader was directly and personally responsible TOT
the infames which had been disclosed Mr.. CroK-
A.. unsrnected and furtive flight to Europe was
generally referred 10 cowardly In the extreme.
+, was common talk at the race-track that 1t was
u,ranlv and disgraceful for Mr. Croker to desert
ria forovers and agents and tools when they were
IN q nitit,l blight 1t was the general opinion that
the leader Of Tammany, whose msgovernmeht hau
brought about almost all the evil things whch nave
been revealed in the metropolis. ought TO have oeeh
man enough TO stay here and face the music. IN
stead OF running away.
THE PLEA OF ILL HEALTH SCOFFED AT
The pretext that he was suffering from Ill health
and hat Il was necessary for him to go TO Europe
In order 10 recover his strength was 1eered at anu
so,u,,s without reserve Mr. Croker has been
constant visitor 10 the race-courses TINS year. anu
be never hooked better in his life than ne mas
looked since the Morris Park meeting was begun
As ons plaln-speaking turfnan put 1t: You doh
tell me that Croker is pretending to be an inVaiiu'
Why, ! have seen him al the races again ana again
this year, and he has been the perfect picture o1
health He has been looking as II he would ENJOY
fight OF twenty-five rounds with Jim CorDett
Croker sick man. Stuff and nonsense! He was
never stronger and better at any time in the last
twenty years."
Some OF Mr.. Cookers friends say that he has
been complaining for some time that he was
sufferer from malaria. and that he had been taxing
medicine on account Of malaria In recent years
Mr.. Croker has been living in the healthlest ana
most salubrious parts OF Manhattan Island wnen)
he has been in the city. His costly and sumptuous
country place at Richfeld Springs is certainly IN
healthful region. When he was travelling through
the South and West in a luxurious private car
with every comfort and delight that enormous
wealth can command, he could hardly have been
exposing himself to the poison Of malaria so far
as Is known the air OF Tammany Hall Is not
hilarious in sanitary way, and not deleterlous
physically 10 a former prize-fighter OF croker
Tremendous bodily powers although II IS n0lsS,e,
yenomous and vile in a political sense fernaPs
Mr. Croker caught his malaria in the city Prison d.
where ne spent a considerable time some yea hs
ago. or possibly he took 1t into his system at the
Hoffman House where all sorts of evil political IN
fuences have been imbibed In recent years
MUCH ADO OVER A MEDICINE BOTTLE.
Nr. Croker has been very ostentatious OF late IN
showing bottle Of medicine. and has been ex-
teme.y sarruous in talking about his health. Many
shrewd politicians believe that ne has been afflicted
With severe attack OF shaking palsy-the palsy OF
shivering apprehension lest he be summoned before
the Lexow Committee and asked 10 explain the
sources Of his vast wealth The subpoenas OF the
Le1ow Committee do not run across the Atlantic
ocean. Mr. Croker has been constant frequenter
OF the racetracks this season. and has been seen
frequently al the Hoffman House and in the neigh
eorhood Of Madison Square within a few days. lie
mas not looked in the least Ike an invalid Every
one who has seen him has spoken about his STURDY.
iooust vigorous appearance. He has been apparent,
lis health ana N the tbe pe 81 de
yslopment
As racing man Mr.. Croker in 1893 and 1894 has
oeen one OF the most conspicuous IN America. Al
ne celebrated Ehret SAFE OF racehorses in 1892 Mr.;
Croker paid $4,000 for the FLY Yorkve Belle and
r norse Longsreet at another time FOR $500 ne
Sad N2oo for Prince George and $1,000 for Red
the purchase OF racehorses within twelve months
ms can be proved any time by official figures
sss an for s y IFS house
trIlh-ave., into which he moved from his former
tns'iem home not long ago. cost him for the build
Ms: the land. the furniture the fittings and the
ueeorauons more than $4,000.
everybody Is asking where Croker got all this
money IN so short time. Only few years agt
~ was a poor man. Now he mas great deal OF
money IL the Lexow Committee or any other In
,s.sssgstng committee should ever get at all the de-
Iis OF the relations OF Richard Croker with John
a. Morris. Of the Louisiana Lottery and OF Morris
tark; II any committee should ever disclose all tnt
inner history OF Mr.. Cookers dealings with Mon
mouth Park and the Brooklyn Jockey Club; II any
gard 70 the clas,nn Of The City nnalrnnms the mn