The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03
GOSSIP OF THE TURF.

| The general run OF turfmen do not
| seem to realize the pcrilous position
that racing interests are in Just now,
and up to the present there has been very
| little visible movement among turf fol-
| lowers at large In combining forces to
defeat the proposed amendment Mt the
polls. An Evening World" reporter
talked to IA number Of men who are
| prominent in turf circles. at Jerome
| Park yesterday and there was not one
who seemed to think that there was
even "A remote chance Of killing the
game in this state. There is the same
! feeling Of supreme confidence among
turfmen in this State that prevailed in
New Jersey some years ago. The
millions and millions OF dollars at stake
Is too great to take chances with, and
careful and methodical survey of the
question as II now stands shows that
the sport OF kings is not on the firmest
OF footholds. The meeting just ending
at jerome Park and the advent OF so
large number Of small racing organl-
cations Will hurt racing. The days when
racing was sport, pure and simple.
are past. and the public has found 1t
out.
Dr. Knapp and his friends won "A bar
rel of money over lola's victory yesier-
day. While the big money was going
on Flirt, the OneCk Stables commission
ers were quietly placing money on lola.
and. despite the fact that Flirts odds
lessencd. 1ola's did not go up. The sta
BILE averaged to l for its money. BY
ron McClellnnd was one OF the lucky
lola players.
Richard Croker was much in evidence
at Jerome yesterday. He backed all his
entries, but the only one to land was
Armitagc.
best of the meeting. Mcintyre, Copy
| right and Buckrene all finishing necks
| apart.
West to ride one Of Byron McCleliands
horses In the Matron stakes.
Walter Collins has sold his colt Blu
sirius to Frank Regan, price $1,000 and
the mare Rama for $500. Both Joined
Regans string at Narragansett last
| night.
Abe Carson left Latonia yesterday
with string OF ten for Narragansett
Fred Taral arrived home from Nara.
gansett this morning. He says the old
Fair Ground track is one of the fastest
to Providence at the close of the season
here with Johnny Campbell and j.
Rupert, jr.'s. string
Billy Wallace, of the ,Te,nderloin, bet
ter known as prof" Wallace, is max
ing book at Providence.
gansctt Is in charge of Tom Green, who
! formerly trained for Father BIZ DAILY
Leonvlle was sold yesterday for $500.
The death of Jockey Jack Horton,
who was injured in the steeplechase at
Narrasansett yesterday Is momentarils
| expected,
After the owner of Blackwood had
talked to the Judges at Aqueduct yes
Instructed to ride the horse for all
there was in him. Black wood finished
"A good second. He was heavily backed
for the place at to !, and most of the
see him finish magnificent last.
Little Kuchen. an old-time Gloucester
jockey, rode FOR the first time al
Aqueduct yesterday. He had the noun
on Nerba In the third race, and becaus,
of the boys hustling qualities the mare
was freely backed at even money [,
run third. After being ten lengths GU
of 1t on the baCkstretch Kuchen man
aged to finish among the first three anC
saved the money.
Edward Swami was arrested in Louis
vile last night on warrant held b,
the Sheriff of Lawrence County, Ind.
charging him with running ringer
at the Bedford UndD Fair races, las
Saturday. The horse driven by Swan
was entered as Little Billy. in the 2.2
and 80 classes He won the race II
good style and Swami ana his partne
secured the money and left Bedford i'm
mediately What became of the hors
and the other man Is unknown.
Swann's career in the trotting turf 4
a choCkered one. He was expelled b.
the National Trotting Horse Associa
ton in 1880 for, a, similar offcnse. com
mitted at Fond du Lac. Wis. and h
tried to defraud the Fair Association
T at Grand Rapids Mich, last year. A
, bloomington and Hohson, Ill. tn
l horses name was changed to Fred S
$ and he won every race in which h
was entered Swami Is charged witt
- felony, and will be taken back to Bed
ford tomorrow.