New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-18

-, THE AIOPTlON OF TIE ANIL
GAMBLING AMENDMENT.
,,.s,,reton is now the slogan Of the turf
On 10 o., Of the heavy bettors intend TO visit
me-" ,saph track Of the Virginia Jockey 'iu'
the ." 90 enough horses to furnish eXceLeht Pio
Thee ~ the conditions of the races are equ'ap'!
Can" throughout the meeting. With Michaei
sn,..- David Gideon. George b. smith JON"
T. wv, wa,,beV Corbett. John Il. White ana scores
Kelly nc, L,ovn horsemen at ST. Asaphs. the
Of o'" -. the meeting look lively. Many popui"i
p''sV exnected to take part In the mee'''s'
ho's-.rently the racegoers of Washington a..
C9a' 20 urn out in force to witness the spo''. -
KeN ~ that some hundreds of lovers OF racing
s's' ,s,s neighbo7hood will take up their guar
iV wasbington during the meeting
ID Xarragansett Racing Association al 'o'
Inc is already in difficulties. Members Oh
cehue' ~ ond order societies of Rhode Island are up
TIE i =, what they term ana invasion OF the
II a., - an army Of gamblers. Meetings are pe'is
s'A "a cetitions signed for the purpose oil re-
"'' ,.n law in regard TO lcgallzed pe''NHs y"
r. Although the judges ana some OIL ''e o'".'
'mc,als at Narragansett are men aooFe 'ep =,
oH =, a decided opposition 10 a man VINO u
tnei' ,..lv associate with the racing The feel
p'Oins, hin, personally is extremely bitter as
ns e. hen associated with lotteries and poHcy
H' = .or several wears There IS no danger Oh inc
gai"' ,,. sunr~es-on Of the Narragansett meet
'"~ os the law in regard to betting cannot oe re-
ne until the Legislature meets next winter,
q Gottieb Walbaum is In changing i"oou' ""'
20, .O+ know his own mind from one day TO an
GOES Nv, -, 49, decided 70 change his entire staff
,a officials at Saratoga, and has secured
" io.s NJ the men who manage the anaIs
Wv ro.o,io racetrack. y well-known DOCK
80 who was at Saratoga last summer "aH
mrr,ra enough to say that no "c'nch loN''is .,"0
. can afford to have officials VINO VIII not
r Wssn 10 Cd that the betting frequently decatsd
- an suspicious races at the western @ ~ TIC
oookn"n NJ tbs country When the right money
go wrong suspend the jockey ana pecIale, 49,
goes W lrSot might do in the land OF porkchops
on en-. ma mems and other toothsome Western deli
o~l owl any br, in his land of terrapn and canvas
back II Mo turfnoan chmed in and said Il believe
a.. .be saratoga meeting of the last season had
as much TO 90 WIN else. Why. there was a
oironn, for women in the grandstand ana gam
bling houses exnect the voters do anything
rcsnt 70 vote for the anti-gambhng Amendment
Az OPINION ABOUT NORRIS Pam
Another Of the leaders on the turf 'oiu an eN-
.remely doleful tale about the present unpieaaa"'
.,.m.,,or NJ the racing clubs. He said that Nor
,s d., was a monument to the folly of the man
.ho hull, II and gave to the racing public mag
r,scen, racecourse when ne might have construct
.a a track at one-third of the cost and have maae
handsome profits like the proprie'9fs oi an. ah
smra 10 furnish racegoers with luXurious SUI
roundings as the average racegOer was az iIhc.!
70 Pc Pc, parr az The Conev Island Jockey club
srhs turf leader added: Experience has taught
a severe lesson to the men who desired 10 give
srv,hing 10 make racing attractive and 70 at
tract the better class TO the racetTachs' ne
sndtnS his remarks wI:h tire statement that ne
believed the ant-gambli,g amendment wouid %
NAV be a surprise to many persons TO hear that
the racetrack men OF New-Jersey believe that mere
iNe%"Jersey racetracks in 1896 80 strong is their
belief that propositions 10 bet That there WI ~
ia New Jersey turfman who was seated in the ST
James Hotel yesterday was greatly aInn.sd d, ee
VIII be no racing in Jersey next year. or
for several years TO come 'lhiie certain ineh b r
for racing in New-Jersey.
Some racing men say that there viii probably
the racetrack owners and their followers to pre-
vent the adoption Of the anti-gamb!ing amend
'uents in this state.
TO HAVE ITS MEETINGS ANYWAY
Z The Brooklyn Jockey Club will announce ita
stakes as heretofore and will hold Its spring meet
ing no matter what turn affairs may take IL Is
likely that the Coney Island Jockey Club Will give
Its regular meetings. as there is handsome sur
plus In the treasury. l,
John A. Morris says rnat the reason why ne
dispensed With The services OF his jockey, Little
field is that he cannot afford 10 carry such large
stable with the enormous expenses ihSiue''ai $50 ~
twelve horses will comprise all the horses IN Train
Ing OF the Morris family next season ,,,,.
The sale OF broodmares from Pierre Lorillard
Rancocas stock farm, and some cholce mares
owned by James +. Kittson. will begin AT COCK
to-day. II is seldom that the chance presents u
self 10 purchase such high-class animals unner
such favorable circumstances for the buyer. me
sac will be held at the American Horse Exchange
al Fiftieth-st. and Broadway. ,,
Burning grandstands seems to be epidemic inns
year. The racetracks have escaped until TUESDAY
night. when the grandstand at Fleetwood fark
was burned. The utmost vigilance should be man
talned al all the Tacetracks. as SUCH lnnaihindplc
AFFAIRS are to be completely destroyed "heh-
ever fire gets fair start in some OF theih .
Harris Oney, who gained fame as Jockey ~
The service OF Pierre Lorillard met SAD dcatn
N The Metropolitan Hotel Williamsburg, Iuesuay
night Oney twenty-eight years OLD, ana was
vel known to racegoers. He rode many winners
10 The Loriard colors Olney raced small staDIe
Of horses al the winter tracks and at the smalcr
meetings in this neighborhood. on Tuesday night,
IN company with James Dalton, he secured room
al the Metropolitan. and retired at a late hour.
An attempt to the two was made by the
nc'ei employees. without securing an answer 10
her repeated knocks at the door. The door was
S.osen open. The room was filed with gas. WHICH
Isl escaped the gas-jet was turned on iuil'
i.A not definitely known whether the men com
iaie1 suicide not. Many believe that they accl-
0enaily turned on the gas when they went 10 bed