New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-17
TALK ABOUT TURF AFFAIRS.

THERE wAs LARGE CROWD At THE FUNERAL
srKvfrrs' oN MONDAY.
The racing season ~ 1885, closed in blaze Of cleo
'rc nsht ~ the Mispeth track on Monday night.
TIE season hls been prolific In good things Tor the
stewards o. contemplate their leisure II is Singh
lar that nearly every raccgocr who has attended the
r,ces from carly spring until the last was run
IS a loser on the season. n" winners ar" f"w AMI
far between. Many 81 the boOkmak'rs report heavy
losses and the few bookmakers who are on the
winning side % the ledger have won moderately
Naturally the question arises. whore does all the
money 20 that is los, the races by the bettors
and the bookmakers? II the ques,ioners Will have
the patience to walt until the reports u the track
receipts are made public by the state authorities
they will md an effective answer to thc question.
Som. ~ the bettors expressed their intense salts
faction that recess 81 twenty years WAS likely 10
take place before racing would have "A chance 10
separate the public from their money under the
methods OF IN. last two years "Gooiby We VIII
meet In 1915" WAS frequently heard In the betting
ring Monday.
Il IT not ptiful TO hear racegoers make bitter. sar
castle remarks about the running II horses owned
bv one Of the Jockey club stewards
Mondays racing caused IN" bettors to leave the
track in anything but a pleasant frame or mind
as only one favorite succeeded In catching the
Judges eyes the finish. large crowd was
present at the funeral services as one OF the wags
Of the betting ring expressed It,
IL reported that the stewards OF the JoVhrN
cluh intend TO rrinstate W &. DAILY. AZ To give
him a chance to race his horses at the late fall
meetings In Virginia Tn" road agents must nave
had an inkng OF the report. ~ they promptly
held up the Virginia express train. ana secured
81. 90 before the pets OF the turf got chance at
Nirginias treasure. ,,, 81,
John Croker is nled with vlrtiIous INDIGNATION a..
the press, because some Of the newspapers Salu
n. was ruled of the turf. "Nirtuous' john says.
II never had a license. So how could they rule me
of, | never was ruled on. because ! always pdld
my way and raced my horses TO VIII An hoh"st
man has reason to fear
j. j. McCafIerty intends 10 give the fankcrS an
| exhibition OF how to get money. AT IN" NarraSih-
soft meeting Mct' ancrty evidently has not hdd any
dealings with the New f.nglanders The khoie
| ISLANDER are experts In stufiing turkeys Tor IN"
| market and can tell a duck from COOS" In inc
! cain Consequently. McCanerty should attend 10
! INC main sheet himself " hc desires sate salhe
The situation In the West IL similar 10 mat IN
| this State Ertt!ngring' are out OF faN'f p"'h III
| Illinois and In the Empire state. -
! William Hueston who trains for Edward Corriglil.
| ie in the city He said that the Washington Park
! Stakes would clOse as In former years me reason
! for the withdrawal from the Turf Congress ne say
! ls that roe property has become too valuable Tor
| racing purposes . ..a.,..., H.. Tho o,d
| Of the week Leo Mayer Is going To Chicago. j. -;
! White will 20 10 Washington. Many Drttor" mtehi
To try their luck AZ Oakley. - ,,,,. ,
| - 1; Walhaum ".as at the track on Monday ana
! from observaton made In the West ana what
10 h,.. heard OF the situation In the East, he mas
come 10 the conclusion that racing mas been over
! done and that there Is too much or H. lhkrh as
a whole the racing fraternity are IKE iaerhp'ck
! animals who preserve the peace win eich other
because circumstances have thrown them together