New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-16
SIR WALTERS VICTORY.
DEFEATING CLIFFORD AND RuBrcox
-uE CLOSE or TIE RACING SEASON IN THIS
eTNTI


t.eir horses 20 England ana VIII race in that coun
., m future seasons n the Prince of Wales an,
,orl Roschcry. and the Duke Of Westminster. .ant
,he Duke of Portland should once discern A gllrn
MGR OF hope that Michael r. .,Wver AMI Richlrl
croker could he induced t. honor Ascot and EPSON
x,umarHet AMI Donctsjer. C,odwooi ami san
AVN Win their stables. tho Prince the Premie,
AMI the foremost dukes OF the United kingi IN
vopli certainly await with fcvcrlsh Impotence the
coming Of the president Of the American Jockey
cnb AMI the eN-boss Of Tammany Han The
prince and the Prime NJ mister would probably re-
oucst tho Archbishop OF Canterbury TO prepare a
snocial service of thanksgiving If Mr.. Dwyer ana
NJ croker could b. persuaded TO run their horses
IN England And II Mr.. DwyeT and Mr. Croker
oy,f prevail upon the chairman and the other mem
b.rs % Board OF Stewards OF the recen; Jerome
PARK meeting. and also the starter who left C,inorl
a, the post In the Brooklyn Handicap last May AMI
Who has distinguished himself by many wonderful
exploits since then. and. in addition. the starter :
devoted friend the clerk Of the scales. to accom-
,any them to England. the reiocinGs from the Isle
n, Wight 10 the Hebriles might perhaps even eX-
coed those which took place at the time OF the
QUEENS Jubilee Moreover. these visitors TO our kin
beyond might not cause grlcvous dissatisfaction
IN this country II they took along with them the
Jockey club Handicapped. and II the who.e party
should remain for long tme-sav a century or
,vo-on the other side OF the Atlantic this Nation
might possibly survive the bereavement.
Americans unsehsh open-handed. self
sacriacing people They arc bounti;u they
would not shrink from bestowing upon the lesser
Britain northwest OF France every racing off,
ca. every owner. every trainer. and every jockey
uho has ever given cause for criticism and fault
finding in this country. England is heartily well
come to them al-yea, verify even 10 Or. street,
and John Reagan. America can spare many people
who have been connected with racing here, includ-
irc every man who has not tried TO free the
turf from reproach. every man who is petty and
small and trivial and selfish and mean. II all the
people who have trod the american turf and
have not earnestly sought It's improvement would
unite I'm one Tremendous exodus to England. what
a feet o. Atlantic steamships would be required
TO carry them. And how much America would be
the gamer.
RACETRACKS EAST AND WEST
There were legons of narrow minded people at
the tim of Noah. These people assured the
builder of the Ark when he was busy III con-
structins the Lucania of that early age. that it
would not be much OF shower But it turned
on; be genuine food and 1t far exceeded the
expectations of the Weather Prophet Dunn OF
people In these days, including one or two sport
ing tailors. These blind leaders of the blind say
be defeated the polls. These people have
seS on fail h@ .o o, ha D the nSr
An anu-eambline crusade OF porteEIouS prop pSf-
country The faro banks. the keno iens. all the
gambling houses and ell the poolrooms have been
Of the country for faro keno. roulette
and pools. the gaming hells have been invaded by
the police and tho VotarieS of chance nave Dcen
routed. The Washington Park Clue Of Chicago
+ by far the wealthes stronge1 st., ard m's' 1s
spacious grounds and costly buildings within the
It's race meetings in previous Years haNr pe cen
the fashionable the most popular ana the
have often surpassed extremely ambitious turf
undertakings in the East. IT was officially an
iay that the Washington Park Jockey club would
give more race meetings The ui laws OF rh bn n
crir,naI tTanssressors Of the laws Of Illinois
Some racing men in the East less sensitive
than the officers OF the Washlnsto ton PaTk %oSSh h
been arrested at one time another on Charges
Of violating the laws. and many OF them; al one
time or another have crimnally violated me avs
" New-York or New-Jersey in allowing Illegal bet
ing on the o Thcs reg h a some
sgO every raceirack official in this state WAo PER
nted betting on ,acera rae was c5na 6 sJ
r New-Jersey who permitted gambling on the race
racks in at STATE Wsre Ed ghafT ne ,hs
acetrack managers But they precise. accurate
Gottfrei Wal6aum. Duke of Guttenburg, former
vekeeper IN CanaI-si IN tns, Guy WaS al ~
he West and his fast sprinter Potentate was badly
,eaten IN special race OF SsturdiN. io'en'atSs
curse, he was beaten. II Is no, likely that the !
nike % Gutenberg lost much money by the defeat |
prrobshl1 the Duke OF the Canal Street Dive had
,een summoned East in order ina; , he might con-
campaign against the an'i-gambnng amend, |
ne1, There have been many maD in n r
,ard TO the ways ard means 10 be employer 10 |
fS1 I iuS Duke Engeman. Of Clifton Daks
lash Of Maspeth. and Duke fSank, OF the ga |
pump may have been cosoea Keen as 10 ,b u
ings the racetracks. But al these New OK {
annot get over the stubborn fact tina, the Re- |
ublican party in New-York and New Jersey Is now
committed the suppression Of betting
ings on racetracks. and this is a year Of Re
publican landsdes.
;oT ALIVE WITH THE TRUE MODERN
SPIRIT
Thousands Of people went to Morris Park yester-
ay but there not many candidates for Su-
rene Court Judgeshps in the throng. The quality
Z the attendance at the raceracks in the East has
eteroratcd sadly IN the last ten years. tn" cult
re and refinement OF this part of the country
we're rot represented by great crowds IN the club
tan1. In fact The gathering of spectators in and
bout the clubhouse was mOunfUllY incagre. MI |
roker the Dnyers ami "A few Of their friends wtre !
nj III Dryers and their friends h)ud spend their
inc in England next year and occupy chairs in
ne royal inclosurc a; Ascot and IN the most aris-
snon anI exGluSivG spaces at Goodw2oa ana AT
light had intruded upon the councils OF the brayc
now agreeable and enjoyable and commendablc
cen this year Il il had beer ru, IN the right
,alis ana mad been managed n the rght Spir'!
an the officers and all the stewards OF the
ocRey Club and all the ste yards OF all the prin-
ipdl meetings. had been o1cD-mindc1 men, who
ere IN deadly earnest as 10 the thorough puriiCa-
ION OF the turf. who knew all about racing.
zen who were thoroughly familiar with tho char
cte!s ana records Of all the owners, trainers ana
1ckeys men who welcomed intelligent suggestions
rom intelligent people men who did not think that |
slsoom would die with them. men who would hunt !
,nev 'rs9d mercilesSly and punish it, men VINO
'ushly equipped Cor their places. men completely
,nmoetent ard efficiert-if such men had occupied
u me Offices and all the stcwardshios OF the Jockey
iub and all the stewardships OF all the race
meetings. then the Eastern racetracks would have
az the most glorious. most delightful and most
riIllant in their history. But the racing |
as not been managed by men OF that
In these times the orient fascinates. bewilers and
ystiies all. Everything about the Orient has |
strange. weird charm for us since the Chinese
Hung Chang lost his yellow jacket. his buttons ! !
M his feathers There has been an American III |
nng Chang sitting in solemn state in chair Of
itaorty upon American racetracks this year who