New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-22
RACING MEN MUCH EXCITED.
THE NEW MOVEMENT AND THE OLD Sci.


no, Lent IN check The new movement for the
reform OF the turf must set aside the boa'u y.
Control must put II down and keep IL uhoer' VI ~
Is foredoomed to failure. Suppose the boa'u ~
control should go TO Albany. Would the 'e"'''
and Assemblymen listen with patience to the mem,
hers of the Board of Control If these men s"ouiu
,lead that the Ives Pool act ought to be kept Oh
the statute. book? The Board OF Coh"oi 49,"
have as much influence at Albany II IL s'o@'i
tempt to prevent the repeal of the ives iooi az
at the State capital as the Executive Con',''
~ Monmouth Park would have In the Repuohca"
Assembly In Trenton The sooner the genuine.
unse,dsh and disinterested friends OF the tuii
realize that 1t is Indispensable TO plough uiiu' w
sod the Board Of Control and all when per'aii'' ~
H. the better the chance to save racing Inc ho''
NJ Control ring must be buried out OF ssh' anu
of memory. or the Ives ioo "N' wa
serious danger ,u,,pc
CHARACTERISTICS OF ITS MEMBERS
Tho Roard of Control tried to fight the news
papers 1t was law unto itself 1t was arrosan
exclusive secretive. Its officers and members were
inclined TO set themselves up above cohi'i'o"
,,oor,e and the great mass of supporters OF racing
rbey tangled themselves UP in the nets oil 'ne am
many and Brooklyn rings. poltical oisa"iA".0 49,,
which are now despsed. detested ana eNecrd.eu ~
all decent people. Suppress the Board Vi co'o.
ar the turf has no future. either in New-hork q,
auJersev one conspicuous member OF the ,id
is celebrated for his anxiety 10 ghins that he is
pd ~ o salary if he pays jealous attention TO
racinc affairs His devotion turf interests Is 10y
no means entirely unsefish He Is extrele's s,gSt
headed and he is thrown into rage on the s ssh h
est no tm n 1 by the offer
of fat turf salary But he is not up to date M
s Ps'S has o SnH cast Of cur
rant jelly In place of spinal coi'H id as to
the capacity Of the jockeys and trainers Wh0, nne
employs for his readiness 10 as,se in stabbng
os friends behind their backs still another mem
Der Is renowned LOT t'Ie byrj Of a die and for
r be stubbonness With he hangs up his cred
tors sna aspratons are lofty that they look
down with naughty contempt upon o rag to
run OF to their they feel so far
above them The truth OF Inc d nn as to secure
and retain the admiration support ana coi' LED
Of racing men generally Or down Tr ' or there win soon
Turn 1t down and Keep IL uo"i' Vi '
be an end of racing
ANXIETY ABOUT To-DAY's BUSINESS.
How will it end? is the question asked py .ui
men who are anxious TO see racing Affairs $50,
,rhe new movement was gladly hailed as eu'ue ~
lead the turf in the pathway OF righteous"esS anu
reform, To-day will probably decide the question:
Inner Broadway will look like the quar'ersre.e"
90 the Conev Island Jockey Club track ON futuri'y
dav az owners trainers and Jockeys Will gather
10 hear the report of the committee appo'h'eu
for the organization of a jockey CLUB Inc met
,nsoemt and the Coney Island Jockey Clubs COM
mttee attracts the attention OF turlmeh lfoh e'''
pa' F Gray Grsw yOsao, }Sh eee G.
Hecksher ana heTo sSs r Executive Committee will
act for the Coney Island club /; is the OPINION
of many turfmen that no agreement Will oe ie"'"eu
ene dissatisfaction expressed because per
who incapable OF MING opnted as ocias
~ is the heartfelt desire of urfmen to relegate TO
S cstsa with fHsr' the Board Of Control Of the
leading owners openly express their s
OF the retention of any OF that pody on any VI
the committees -
One Of the leading trainers asks what can be ex,
pss sr b of passsd T his
lists say that cigarette smoking CLOUDS ,ne and
irresponsible many Of their acts tne , ueau n
cigarette acts so upon somethns horrible to
contemplate.
NEwJERsEY MEN PHILOSOPHICAL
New-Jersey turfmen seem to be of more phiio
sophcal turn OF mind. One Of the New-Jersey rae
ing officials said the writer: I'VE have nae sever
fat wears on the turf. now 1t looks as II we were
going TO have seven lean years It's all ris''' -
talk about mistakes made by the winter racing a.
sociations; the real trouble began when the hoai'
of Control got mixed up with racing III ne" ,
sew. Why. the Monmouth Park crowd 'housht ''i''
owned the state and in spite of the agtauoi
caused bv the passing Of the racing laws at Iren
tom last winter the chumps at the head or aial \.
reaes s daIlies in the country 1t did take Ions
before the entire State was arouseu anu rsa, 20
the death. knell of racing IN Ne"-'e'SeS ~
When asked if there was any chance for the New
Monmouth crowd think. there will be racing wit VIII
t Sein iea they should placed in some quiet re
treat at once until they recover ''o'" ''''
ATTITUDE OF THE SARATOGA TRACK
7, T. no, at all likely that the Saratoga Associa
.,or viii Nv into the arms Of the Board of Contro
or tho new movement. As the official before men
TONED said: 1--WE received nothing but abuse 10
wears from the Board of Control. ana as the new
movement seems 10 be managed by some OF IL
members. who are merely the mouthpeces of Ger
tain landowners the association Will carefuiy con
slider any propositions made to It, Besides W, W.
have engaged Judge Burke for the season. Ou
starter gives our patrons satisfaction, ana Is en-
gagged for our summer meeting. He receives 500
for his services so there Is hardly any , neeessa,
any prospects of racing at Monmouth PARK. sara
ega would never have been or se new we
ment Perhaps they think that the deluge IN New
Jersey washed out all our Spots ana tha we are s
managers of the Monmouth Park meeting last year.
NEW MEN SHOULD BE PUT FORWARD.
1t looks as If there only one course for tn
new movement to pursue. and that Is to put Tor
ward new men who have not been In any way asso
ciated with the members of the Board of Control
In regard to the rules. II takes a Coptc scho!a
10 interpret them. they are so vague in many o
their clauses 1t is betting that the scholar
Interpretation would be as Incorrect as that o
the member Of the Board of Control who frette
and fumed for an hour trying - explain the mean
ing OF a rule to a bCokmaker and In the enc
acknowledged that he was in error. and said tina
the printer made a mistake.
There is plenty OF young blood hand. and II
TRANSMISSION Of II were accomplished 1t would 500
be shown that there In this country VIII
capable of judging or acting as stewards at tn
meetings.
The Coney Island Jockey Club should announce
Its stakes at once. matter what the outcome Of
to-day's meeting may be- a large number o
turfmen are anxious 10 make their entries. so al
10 take their winter vacation in the South. TIT
added money is there to he run for SO that there
Is danger that the stakes VIII not NIL
In spite OF the threats that owners will not rul
their horses at the Coney Island track, the stake
excepted. Only the overnight handcaps an
purses are affected II the association is declared
outside the pale of legitimate racing
II the rough places are not smoothed over at TO
days meetings the outlook for the turf will be OK
tremely dark and forebodng. Peter DE Lacy look
on at the present fight as non-combatant. II
says: III the movement would efectual
wipe out the cormorants and sharks that hav
thrived and grown fat by sapping the ifeblood o
q great sport. l would be heartily In favor OF tn
movement. There are. however too many of tn
old crowd left in. who. II they have prominen