New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-21
THE NEEDS OF THE TURF.
PROSPECTS OF THE REFORM MOVEMENT.
ATTITUDE OF THE COMFY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUE
SOME MEN WHO SHOULD NOT
BE STEWARDS.

ATTITUDE OF THE CoNEY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB
SOME MEN WHO SHOULD NOT
BE STEWARDS.
Every one who truly admires racing and desires
- see the sport conducted in an honest and hon
.rah,e manner is anxious that the new movement
>o- reform shall be carried triumphant success
Mr. Keene and those who are working Win MN
with a high and worthy purpose deserve the zeal
ous aid and assistance Of all broad minded ana
clean handed racing men, 1t is of the utmost i'm
portance and extremely desirable from every punt
~ view that the Coney Island Jockey Club should
cooperate heartily with this movement lor re-
form. This club has an excellent reputation, ana
the sport upon its grounds Is well managed. lts
membership as The Tribune has frequently point
al ont is made up chiefly from the lists or the
best New-Yorx clubs; it is popular celebrated ana
.o,sr,cuous If the turf is to he saved in this
state and racing is TO be continued IN a manner
that deserves public favor. the Coney Island Jockey
Club ought certainly to cast it's whole influence IN
>,vor of the reform 1t ought not to cavil at petty
,,+s. u ought not to be unreasonable or stub
horn So far as the movement Is clearly
and plainy for reform and improvement the Nohey
island Jockey Club should throw It's heart ana soul
into the enterprise II will be most unfortunate
for the Coney Island Club. and for the cause OF
racing generally. if the club by any unreasonable
o,nosition or hostility should defeat or even en-
barrass the movement for reform
On the other hand it is equally clear that the
Of
ouanate popular favor and support IL would De
a sad mistake to make John Hunter ana James
Galway members of a board OF stewards, which
should have great powers on the turf ana whch
should attempt TO supervise racing AZ the primer
nal racecourses of the East Neither MI hunter
nor Mr. Galway is properly quallheu anu eq"lpPeu
o. sucb i,nnortant duties. Neither of them
has the judicial temperament Nelthe' OF u'ein
,s a man of marked self-control or coolhesS' vi
cearness of vision. Of grasp OF de'ais vi u III
martial intellect. Mr.. Hunter flew INTO Nioieit
raee in the stewards stand of the Coney lS.Aiid
Jockey Club last June before great h'u!'tuHe
Of people and rushed away from the S'ahu III /"
pet almost insulting his fellow-stewaards wisn nis
S and no sufficient excuse for his petuiance ana
wrath. He proved then ana there M ne,carisbin
IN the turf Mir. Gaways judgment Is sni'icnc So,,
Illustrated by the sort of trainers anu Jes and nv
- con. rally EMPLOYS handle his horses aii ~
ne almost complete and disastrous failure oil ms
stable win any impSrtant SIAM Manage his own
stebIe more successfully and ably than MT. 80.
way manages his is not the man to manage sfe"'
Moreover both Mr. Hunter and Mr.. Gal" ~ " ei
- Tcol;ci, sighted as TO give tieli, ,"I
Sroval to the amazing blunder made by Inc M bir
mouth Park managers last su ganst nn6c senti-
ment If the Monmouth Park managfrs d nd' sea ga
S nn and had brought forth fruits meet Tor re-
pentance IT is possible that the hen IN time: but
they went on from bunder to blunder rom ROM ey
from bad 10 worse b ne "nI and of the press
II Mr. Hunier and Mr.. Galway ana SoIle oos.ooi
rraao,nhcrs Of the Board Of Control had lpSSrSn1
sufcient sagacity, sufficient acuteness ana ~
csant Intelligence 70 qualify them for me pOSrS
stewards al our leading race courses, Grc,iise
drsli1aa that II was indispensable 10 conc.late
nublc sentiment in New-Jers.y anu .eS VI, s,J Of
rreaiized that the ruin of Monmouth ldIn s'I W.
..ooainsy in New-Jersey certain unless me
..ao,r,6 park managers took the back track $500
GGnDad their indefensibla position then anu NJ,
ord attsmDted convince the pupHc t5'" ..o,rrari
meant TO act fairly toward the press any ga noth
The n,blic Mr.. Hunter and Mr. "alWag ale no
IN ~ the kind They approved the unJustnlap'
,nouth Park on the back: they SuppoirIe.i ~ ,uh
tneone fight against the press ana agahS1 tuV as
az such men would be wholly out oi Ply, "a
Stewards under any new movement LOT 'u''
form . ,, orovab ,ae, winter that great
~nhiic INDIGNATION against racetrack Gaih,ieI Ia
Peen aroused in New-Jersey. II was men .I' ilic
6ssatisfaction and wrath against race.ach fr
bers by It's Improper and inexcusapie ners
Cstt When the Monmouth Park mdhisS,iio
soidod 10 fight the press and the pubic seiefaiS
~, Wrought their own fate upon their heaus di'
~, thorouchlv deserved the doom WHlch htS y
foien them Mr. Hunter, MI GaIwaF any t.S !
In,hars Of the Board Of Control who agreed MN
HI ia ALI in their power 10 bring upon Nvn-
youth and upon all the other racetrackS ~ -Sew
T Trssv the disaster and downfall wnlcn nav
ooccTrr4d Is il possible that the new nloLvn!ffie
O. Nv, reform should invite defeat ana destruction
~ -, c,t.ing these same in consp.cuous posi-
.yn,ssS IF the Coney Island Jockey CIuO or aiN
other racing organization stands out reSr' i NJ
ooesJns. the appointment of Mr.. Hunter ana MI
CsIu,oy, as racing stewards. that organization "olu
&c snre 10 have the heartiest support ana co-opeTa-
~ tho nubc in such opposition