The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-04
LIVE TOPICS Amour TOWN.

The question OF racing next year. which occu-
pied so much A. Of the attention of people inter
ested in sport yesterday. will be pretty well
thrashed out, as far Is discussion is concerned.
in the month Of December. The sport is largely
OF an anticipatory nature at the present time.
The football season Is closed, and there Is moth
ing in the way Of indoor sports TO occupy the
attention OF the great multitude OF people who
show 80 lively an interest In everything that
comes under the general head Of sport. There
seems TO he a general intention on all sides to
shift the whole responsibility OF putting racing
on a successful and practical basis next year
upon the shoulders of the officials OF the Jockey
Club. Though no oficial complaint was made
yesterday, two Of the stewards. in speaking OF
the matter after the meeting. were inclined to
complain OF tho Sinking OF responsibility which
has been displayed in every direction by horse
owners. track managers. and racing officials,
theory that the Jockey Club Itself, should un-
ravel tho question THIS 10 one OF the penalties
That the club incurred when IL assumed tho
prao cal direction OF the turf in America.
II may be a source OF congratulation to the
stewards of the Jockey Club, however, that bad
as things are in New York they are not to be
compared with the condition Of affairs in Lon
don. Over there the turf has been attacked In a
fashion that is altogether unprecedented In its
history. II was started by political opponents
OF Lord ROsebery. and they have cleverly sue
ceeded in drawing into their ranks nearly all the
reformatory cranks in Great Britain. They now
have an association that includes clergymen.
benevolent, and charitable societies, all the re-
form leagues OF Great Britain, and n strong po-
in every direction. legal and otherwise. and they
carried things before them up to a few weeks
ago, when the opposition, which was scattered,
Was confined to a single league.
The element. of this opposition cons!st OF a
enlisted BY the Jockey club in the fight. Oneof
these Is the railway which makes enormous
pronts every year by CARRYING the racing crowds.
real estate was enhanced 10 value by the Jockey
club. The third Il II combination made among
the breweries. The racing people entered into
an agreement to permit the sale OF certain grades
OF beer only on their tracks for five years as q
result Of, the coalition of the bIeweries in the
rSht. The lines are pretty well closed mp now
on both sides, but IL must be admitted that, as
on the race tracks in England are conside rably
poorer than they are here. IL the Jockey Club
ia this country cannot go much further single
handed they have the English precedent 10 fol-
low. and IL IL certain that the club has not shown
any antagonism to English Precedents thus far
in its career.
Mrs. Grannis OF Twenty.second street. who is
going to reform the low bOdices Of fashionable
women. is still opposed to Lady Henry somer-
set who is going to reform the living pictures.
The whole Grannis crusade recalls the extraor-
binary amount OF energy which was wasted for
upward OF half a century on. the question OF
corsets for women; The crusade was carried on
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the present attack on low evening gowns. and
yet to-day girls Of twelve or fourteen years wear
question OF their propriety. IL Is not fattering
TO the sentiment OF originality which Is sup
GrSnnis and Lady Henry are simply weak copies
OF their principals In London, but IL IL a fart
nevertheless, The attack on the living pictures
and the attack upon low gowns at the opera are
simply echoes Of the crnssdes which have been
going on in Great Britain in a more or less sr-
rattle manner for nearly two years.
Lady Henry, who Is at presentdirecting every
thing OF Importance. as FAR as women are con
stock OF London by jerome X. Jerome. The
humorist discovered that while Lady Henry was
denouncing every form Of social evl in London
she was drawing rentals from some OF her East
Ind houses which were Inhabited by feminine
top Of this MIR. Jeroms has just discovered
that Lady Henry has a lot OF hop kilns on her
farm. and that she receives a large income from
are used for the manufacture OF alcoholic
LIQUORS; and Mr.. Jerome Is now pointing out that
alcoholic beverages. while vigorously denOunc-
the traffic in connection with the Women's
Christian Temperance Inloa'
When Mir. Grsu decided. two years ago, to in
lrOduce American girls into the chorus at the
METROPOLITAN Opera House, he may have looked
for the successful results which have thus far
followed the Introduction of fresh and ambitious
voices among the old-timers OF the chorus. 1t Is
doubtful, however, II he looked for such re-
mArkable exponents OF the art OF acting as have
besu evolved By the new system. There is one
Young woman, whose name is not yet widely
EnOWns but who will eventually become famous,
acts all over the stage Of the Metropolitan
opera House with q degTee OF feryor and abandon
which is entirely indifferent to the presence OF
such artists as DE keszke and ERmes. She Is a
iaIk-teatnred woman with a rather prominent
makes up in q far more .ieroclons fashion than
De Lussan- - " Faust " she ontdoss the primR
iOnnA in na1en W1gs and rosy CHEEKS,
ind apparently lakes everything that is spoken
" sung IN. the opera as being directly at her.
she acts right bark 70 every one. On the Occa-
zion Of the hTst performance OF " Carmen" this
season a number OF the more experienced opera
goers amused themselves ~ studying the young
Soman through their glasses, and their Interest
was somewhat s~atiriCal. But later on IL WAS dis
that her earnestness and sense OF duty
~ her Hork had an insplIiting eject upon the
Ithsr chorus girls. who hrst Of all looked al her
With some disdain, and ended by copying her
gestures and actions. Now there are Al least .
iOzen youhg WOmen who apparently believe
,veFE thihg that Fdted says, who weep With Mar
I~aSFitc, and who scoSl ~ MepAisfO As though his
Vaccinations we're directed toward them In an
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