New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-29
4 TTRFUiN'S POINT or TIEW.
NOTES AND COMMENTS on CURRENT TOPICS BY
\ VETERAN RACING MAN

NOTES AND COMMENTS on CURRENT TOPICS BY
4 VETERAN RACING MAN.
"t.vervthjrg e mixed" Colonel John r. Fellows
remarked 10 some friends in the ST. James Hotel
one evening last week. Evidently Colonel Fellows
knew what he talking about when ne MADE
the remark. Racing. with all its vnlany and cor
rtIption, il whittier than the snow that Commas
sioner Andrews is unable to remove when compared
with the exposures that have been made before the
Lexow Committee at the recent meetings OF tha'
body When the Revised Constitution was being
framed the vileness OF Maspcth and other race
tracks caused the delegates TO the convention TO
raise their hands in horror at the depths to which
racing mad fallen. Il the convention mad waited
until the LexO~ Committee had ended IFS iabors the
Constitution could easily b. compared TO OIL lor
the suppression Of scenes and acts taken from
Payre's transactions Of The Arabian Nights" sup
pressed by The collector Of SEQ subscriptions FOR
inc Society for the Suppression Of Vice. OF course.
the subscriptions are not brbes because the chief
suppregsor IS as innocent OF bribery a. the propre-
tors and the patrons OF the dime museums OF this
city
Riehard Croker has no: permitted the public TO
forget all about turf. * his Onslaught on W.
Eourke Cochran has set tongues wasgng all over
the city. To be sure some persons were sAochsd
T.; Mr.. Cookers attacks and attributed mis- animus
to Jealousy. believing that the BoGrke Cochran al
lacked vas the once famous ca Car "a any
obstacle ~ could look over. Row the pfesfhi
outs. plspens and water jumps that are 50 p.enlI-
fully supplied over the croker remains TO ne
seen. In the Tammany De;ting-r!ns it is odas on
that Cochran bolts AT the first Jump.
l.. is reported that Mr. Croker has every reason TO
stuffed him with prunes and Tammany gallwhop-
pers which have inflated rim 50 thar ne can
asserted that Mr.. Croker waited until James Mar
tn who is considered fairy good ,rsiner o WAS
knocked Sadie West before the sweeping cnan T
was made TO the stuffed huri.c-junper or TAM
many o. 49,. 10. o.o.,,. mould
wrte book" is 10 longer used in mis- city, as
vind.ctvc men exclaim: ''Oh. mat mine enemy ~ ~
would b? called before the Lexow c9nm'tee y ds
velop that Dobbns Is 10 be trained for cfoss-couhfy
purposes or something equally startling ,,O......
III police surgeon doesn't know the difference
between an Escuiapi and a Brighton Beach selling
platter, the evidence Of some OF the men hShcT up
has nothrg 10 fear from his enemies II he should
70 upon the witness stand; AS there are only rev
days left before Mr.. Croker starts for Florida to
consult with Michael F. Dwyer. the racing men are
anxious to have the Cochran controversy settled AZ
The announcement made by the Brooklyn Jockey
Club that the surplus to all stakes will be given
the conenders peases the Uns e., pors
causes his associates TO feel uncertain apout "nas
action should taken by the club In regard to turf
Peter be Lacy Is about town every day lie said
to u intend ,s to Te% Y .sar que" of news as
paper notorlety." When asked II the poolrooms
he Isssdc na Is
has demoralzed the poolroom men as well as every.
body else who has been associated with the Ponce
Department So far as am concerned. VIII not
be associated with anything that violates the laws,
az / an content to walt for developments"
There has been much talk about poolrooms being
:as RSs y P S:w
Gfeans Vs snd AieSandris The ticker is the medium
q for the who :y ns % Sds .
to-day or Tomorrow, that attempt will be
made 70 secure case against the ticker" COM