New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-20
TURFMEN WIDELY APARI.
THE COMFY ISLAND CLUE STANDS OUT.
NOT YET WILLING TO JOIN THE NE" Mo' -
MENT-CALAMITIES SURE TO FOL
LOW DlSSENSlONS.

Low DIssENsloNs.
sensational report is going the ROUNDS OF 'he
uptown hotels and cafes. 1t IL runored that
young man who formerly held a place or trust III
the office Of one Of the leading jockey c!uDS was
500 600 in arrears TO the betting ring ut the close OF
The season. and that a leading official of the CLUB
generously paid the young mans Obligations IL
seems strange to many that the bookmakers' II
this rumOr Is true, permitted the young man -
become heavily involved, as 1t was weii-hho""
fact that his salary did not exceed &oc year
The men at the head of the new movement are
determined 10 organize a Jockey club. 1t 10 not
a. question OF the whims and personal oesHeS VI
any individual club. but sincere desire 10 ~
form the abuses that have degraded the turI III
the eyes of the general public. The new club does
not intend 10 dictate the racing organizations III
regard TO the amounts added to their stakes or 10
the purses. 1t IS not the desire OF the ieaceIS u
the new movement to interfere with the CLUBS J."
the MANAGEMENT Of their affairs. 1t is. however,
their aim to relegate the blackguards OF the 'u'I
10 the rear and 10 wipe out the existing ABUSES
The new movement has had much to contend WI"
Yrom the start as there are 50 many divergent
interests affected. The Board OF Controi "e
manded consideration as the law-givng head OF
the turf. 1t was impossible TO place any oil inc
heading officials of the racing associations IN prom
1nent places as there Is much jealousy among
racing officials As the movement had peeh
talked about for months before 1t ma'erlanZeu
into anything like tangible form. some OF us pro-
motors were greatly surprised when the CoHes
island Jockey Club refused come INTO the foId:
Meeting after meeting was heid WITHOUT any
Tha m@etina on Wednesday was of the most
aiscoriant and unsatisfactory Of all that nave
been held Not single agreement on "if nr1n
1sition to make John Hunter a permanent
Ealaried steward disIleased some Oh tne Ibn
present very much John Hunter represents 'o,H
a Morris and has full power TO act ioF h ra a
when the scheme to make him chairman OF the
stewards for 1891 at handsome salary Mds
preached. he unable to speak for some min
The objection made to J. G x. Lawrence,s plan
member of the Executive COMMITTEE of each rae
ing association that was IN aEcPiu M'n n ie an"ther
Board OF Control that was sure to bring disaster
~ rbere was much talk about the difficulty of secur
ING men TO act as stewards. great stress being ali
on the fact tha 80 who he" wnr e present at the meet
ing would take time To look over the mes OF me
nersons who claim to know the rules. they VIII nhu
III. clear-headed. keen-siChted men. VINO are to1
biased in their Judgment and VINO nave no pttJ~
ins stewards than fossils of the palaeozoc age Wno
are compelled ask the assistance OF naii 49,,
81 netting rings and OF farobank dealers to inter
pret the rules correctly Tor mem tnv c,nh Of
MY persons furnish stewards for the at6
Tefber too much talk about stewards Nhdl ~, ~
Seeded is a sharp-sighted. QuickWitted may !" r'
2uuses iii act promptly whenever there is suspicious
sIding and one-haf the task OF the lie" JoON''
club Will be over. 49,. tive
II Is likely that meeting of the represents ~
s,orse-owners will be held at an early gay; ''ii ~,
s,rogress az the committee reported. II the I'm.
fsland Jockey Club does not fall into me an o'i ~,
will be made secure an agreeineht .et W. ",rn>,
to,seoUners not to enter their horses al ulS m:
island Jockey Clubs track II Is the nm 70 ne
30 Tho organizers of the new movement tltt "a -
snD ,,ovement for reform does not succeed IdE 1
Ing viii 90 to pieces that the les Pooi Law ot he
Ne renealed and that thorOughbreds VIII nol pc
70 - no,,ch more than a dollar apiece
The Raeng Gomm5ee Of sa %TmeF that e's meeting
ali He held at No I'LL broadway, on Mo rud?
january o. at $50 p m. of great lnloi "a. vo
your interests, and 1t Is earnestly hoPou '""' go
may be present.