New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-24
NOTES IBOTT TURF AFFAIRS.

Ouotncs, prevailed in the tuf he'dq iarter' yesterday
Tn, average Il pcpe\cd at the action OF tn men
who are the head Of aiar, IN bth the Con"y Island
ard the new Jockey clubs arkei each other II the
gentlemen Of the can't what can be exre'tei
II the owners and trainers, OuerS said that the JOCKEY
club should have leen Organized with all the details
perfected before the existing racing associations were
consulted.
some of the men who signed the agreement not - race
oc tracks other than the controlled by the Jockey
lub .,v that they hasty IL pre- ud'S them
ON racing az the BRIGHTON Bcach track The saratoga
, -l,tloI has such enormously large number oi
entries that the officials of the track are not
A. all afraid Of going alone without any assistance from
thor ouarters H. however tie Jockey Club Is organ
d and the clements turf discord relegatei % the
roar the association IA only too anxious H. join the IN
dica,on. point 10 turf reform.
4 number o, the members OF the Conay Island Jockey
club me-, at the of the club yesterday To confer In
r.c,rd u the prcecdngs % Monday. IL Is now posi-
bic rough places will BE- smoothei over ana oa'
, Conv Island cnb VIII join IN the effort To secure
one., rnr ard rccan the lost confidence Of the pub
H. The cs,cn-!ons individuals are not likely to ic-
o. I've ,cru, consideration ia BODY OF fifty reprc sentative
rbo Hell cato S,al IT, owned BY Colonel +. c. Me-
tcv,. in lSg and by r. A. Ihret IN 1872, was perhaps
rho .trcrcc.t .'a Ia the history Of the American turf
ctl Mcfcvee who mauaeei the stable felt that some
amin, was wranc when cracks o the stab" me; defeat
,op.at div wien they favorite- In the betting Ill"
,.n hl. own torp~cl. ard AZ great eNp'nc proD'n inc
To- np
iutc,ed bv him unma,ked the roenness Of t" turf
and H., nailrulato- certain operators that when the
evidence was laid before him he advised Mr. Ehct TO sell
,t tho entire sta. 10. Tim, ana tine again the ra'ihg
Official. we've appealed TO- f't wItont avail JOCK
e, took ali sorts Of liberties In regard to their
....,r.,,t- Z, ride for stable, that racing.
instead Of being pleasure 10 Mr. Ebret ana
,oio,cl NJ Lewcc. bc,ou" torture. Colonel MrL'wee
.,,, tnt crooked jockey up'et- thu calculiton' OF
and trainers To such ext mt that enormous losses
hot hi hnra
END, hor-e the post tha' has been eareuly pa'd
IN a r,c. with field which APPEAR to b. vastly Inferior
"a him. and the jockey pulls the horse The tN''er
links the hors, shot OF work, or has had Too mueh
~ IT, I'm thcr case the hors' and his owner get The
or, Of IT, The only satisfaction that Colonel McIcwee
ever received any IN fman wa, tho assurance tha'
when wealthy YOUNG men who were not experienced IL
;ur matters In lor racing and paid literally 10
horses they were looked upon IS grc'ngoeiS men VI
nnyo strcs looked their victims. that Is that thev
were av. and the Legitimate Of the Nuitnr
~ the turf who wer, materially aided by stupid officials
bo w.r, Ian I'm their methods and foF polcys SIX" IT,
Trained from enforcing the rules and pnnishR o' e'
II the new movement makes comW't' '"'''-" "''
drive. OIL the turf a number Of persons who have oee
under suspicion for years IL l. likely thu h"n' p'7''
who desire 70 race Will purchase horses.
An epidemic Of catarrhal fever has broken o' III N''
tucky and Is alarming in its extent. Inc u'''''o -
not necessarily fatal, hut leaves It's victims III sue"
weakened condition that II takes months for them Z"
Moude Hamilton the dam of Ban Fox aud KING foN'
- I'm foal Ia Tyrant and has yearing hy by th' sac
ia She will De bred back u the sire OF Bo"ers'
The Sal,ator.Iyda colt Is easily the fast youngstei
TINT ,er roamcd in paidocks at the kancho DEL faso
- IL likely that J. j. MeCarerty will Try TO win races
18th Iuda, Morrow next He Is the 'oneriest
ros. ever seed, was G.. -. Morrlss expression when
NJ. shippei him West last summer
NcCarertv Wishard's horses are wintering at Mon
mouth Park The horses sick nearly all last season
40 Met Utterly wintcred them In the North 10 SEQ
~ the fever could not b. frozen out OF them before the
season OF 1894 began.
The report that Jerome Park Is haunted ana tha'
ghost with lantern stalks about tho track every night
NJ the witching hour OF II Is fse. The ghost Is w
e. Harretto who makes a complete round Of the stables
&C that hour that every horse In his Keeping
safely housed and comfoi tably bedded
Adolf Nelson's celebrated imported thoroughbred Poen
tate ha. arrived jersey city from Kentucky Mr. Nelson
went Jersey City yesterday to him. Poenate reoe
n ytd him whinnird with deii2ht Mr. Nelson
fell on his neck and wept with JOY Poten'nte VIII D.
trained by John Miller and Is likely 10 take part III many
Of the turf battles OF the coming scason
For other turf nsws see fourth page