New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-05
TALK on TURF AFFAIRS.
WHAT RACING MEN ARE SAYING AND
DOING.
FIFTY LEADING BREEDERS WILL TRY TO HAVE
A F1DsTcLAss TRACK NEAR THIS CITY
SIGNIFICANT PRICE OF CIR
TAIN SHARES OF STOCK

FIRST-CI.ASS TRACK NEAR IhlS 'ili
SIGNIFICANT PRICE OF CIR
TAIN SHARES or STOCK.
rbore are many horsemen IN the city who intend
IN remain for sevcra. days II Is singular 'h'' 'no
races were postponed az ST AsapA TO permit inc
horsencn to return this city to VOTE a. il J. So"
orally known that few Of them have registered as
thew were absent on the registration days. AS ioi
.be antI-cambling amendment. horsemen tax ana
ACT as If they did not rap either way ""'e
many Of them In favor Of the amendment
Turf affairs are in state OF chaos Doth N the
Fast and West Everybody associated with the 'u'i
attributes the present condition Of affairs TO the pro-
nretarv racing clubs and is bitterly opposed TO any
thing that will strengthen race-track owners IN
their position Fifty OF the leading American pfee"
ers some OF whom race their horses nave uhi'e"
IN an effort TO rescue the turf from its present peril
Gus situation An attempt Will De maze 10 SECURE
control Of the .eading race-tracks in TINS heehoo'
hood by purchase or otherwise TO build track COM
rlete in all its equipments and to give racing 'na'
Will be free from the faint of the jobbery "h'h mas
caused the turf to be looked upon as gambling
device
I, l. indeed an evil omen OF the future OF the turf
when go shares % the stock of such prosperous
racing concern as the COney Island Jockey tIuo Is
Offered for sale and bid in for the marVehousV ~"
price of $50 a share. The Coney Island Jockey 'iuo
has always paid handsome dividends and mas
surplus in its treasury OF nearly S3p"o II Is sdii
that the sale of the Coney Island Jockey club stock
was forced. the stock was placed in the hahus OF
the wealthicst trackmen In this nelgnDorhoou az
security for 2: loan and was placed on the Market u
satisfy the cain The ruling price for years Tor
Coney Island Jockey club stock was Sl3' snare
consequently the presen; holder of the stock IN
question has become a factor in that club extremely
cheap The foregoing shows plainly the direction OF
the wind which IS not likely 10 be tempered TO the
shorn lambs of the turf.
In the West Edward Corrigan and his followers
rule the roost with q. G. Wa.baum struggling about
seeking chance 20 secure a place on the perch'
The Western tracks can earn dividends OF al l''S'
~ per cent. without the aid OF foTegh DoohS ana
mid-winter racing on account OF the ofter ieeihS
and enmites cngendered last winter there Is niue
chance for an amcable settlement of the difficulties
which beset racing south Of the ono River. me
tracks in the neighborhood OF Chcag" attract near
~ all the horses in the West hence the tracks
at the smaller Western cities have severe struggle
10 make both ends meet
At the Oakley track the managers are on eN-
tremelv thin ice As betting rings are Illegal ~
Ohio and the constant drain Of everyday racing
in the neighborhood Of Cincinnati has brought
about the usual result as many intelhSeht men
who love racing sport have Withdrawn ther
support and characterize the constant every-daY'
in-and-out running of tired and Jaded horses as
n medium 81 gambling that Is as IeThiclous III itS
effects as keno and far below faro as s tpfr 81
will promptly and in their own interests Pr
vent excessive racing at the cities ana III thr
Much depends on what is accomplished at the
joint meeune OF the Jockey GRID anu '"e "e''
Narragansett Park has been the scene OF SOM r
good racing. considering the qualities OF the con
tenders Crockedness has been rebuked whenever
the slightest cause FOR suspicion was and va" far
between. 1t has been announced that the meet
the efforts of the management to have honest rae
ing. strong antraclns sentinieh, prr snanI ~
the liberal racing laws enacted by the Rhode
island Legislature last winter -.
Iobp Qf
10 match yearng against any youngster in no
country. the race to take place fext autumn for
chance for the owners of match-breakng year
Richard Cookers strathmore ;spinaway colt
promises 10 round into grandy proportoned
conformation. combined with level head. which
give him all tie qualities desirable to make
Daniel Gideon says: There are no no., extremely ,erd!
as the trials have not been up TO the standard
of the stake winning colts tried at the farm Tho
Jacob Pincus has returned from England Inc
old He visitsd several training barns and It u
pTobabie that he selected training quarters for
turfman who intends to race in England
ford Sons 81" Laureate. has Clearly and honestly
established his claim as the champion tT9yeai.oia
per Of English Jockey club. clinched Whituer,s
claim to ' his % is
capped at l2S pounds. while his nearest conletitor
tries to the handicap which includes al ne t ,'
year;old cracks OF the yfar WIN ,e 6 M his
back Edward Wetherby in a letter to friend.
. speaks of Whittier phenomenal colt. The
London Field of october 10, referring 10 the race
for the Challenge Plate run October II, which was
won by Whittier against aged horses, speaks OF
Whittier the best two-year-oh Of the season.
and goes follows. whittier was faVorite OF
Old won. but he severely pressed by Woods
thorpe, who. far can remember, never ran
a finer race. He stuck to his guns. under George
Chaloners guidance. and Whittier beat him by
half a length. This was emphatcaly racing. but
the youngster Whittier finished with splendid dash
and won i'm great style THE London Sporting
Life" Saturday October 49, speaks Of the race
as follows Whittier must be "A big future winner,
he has the luck escape accidents as he played
with the old this week. He is not in the
Derby but in the EPSON. Grand Prize and the ~.
Leger.
When such 'unstinted praise as the foregoing Is
bestowed on a sire that stands and is owned In this
country. there are no grounds FOR doubt as TO the
quality of his produce in England. Hurricane ~
superior stations Potomac ana Laureate ana
the great collection of marons that roam over the
extensive paddocks al Amsterdam. go
In few short years American horses are lkeiy
10 take d rapid stride forward in quality and breed
ing With such liberal buyers James +.
p Keene. J. y. Haggin, Marcus DAILY; w; +.
ford & sons who securing the best-bred Eng
FISH sires and dams cross on the best American
bred horses there be only one result-a high
class average with the exceptions superlatively
frst-cass.
Ominous reports have been received in regard TO
Ormonde, who Is said to be failure in the stud
II is not all surprising that Ormonde should ais
aDpoinf his owner in his hrSt season, as ne was
shipped almost around the world and was bred TO
an alarming extent by his owner in the Argentine
Republic 4 long rest. to give Ormonde chance
TO the breeders and horsemen OF America.
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