The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-16
THE RACING SEASON OF '94.
IT NAY NE THE LAST Nv NEW
YORK FOR NAVY YEARS.

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Every I-tenieeu, Ms--whst the Horse
IsssstrY or the Coustry - Threztenes
wth-Ths jockey CI-s $50 Its mission
-ne.ey very Eve.iy Bi.trisutss en- the
Tracks OF the Jeehey Ci-s Durins the
sssss. watch closed Yesterday, eiseOn
- Daily Lsssi-s with s1ss,sss % Their
Cresit-The Mes.r-. Keere seeo-s sad
| Richsrs Croker's Ns-hsttsa Stable
Thirs-M. FsDwysr Much Lever Thsn
u.-si o. the Iist-s,--- Leads the
Jockeys ny Comfortable Nsrrin.
| The racing season which closed yesterday At
| Morris PARK may be the last In New York State
| for many years The people have the power to
determine whether death blow shall be given to
| the sport in this State. The partisan Constitu-
tional Convention will not be at fault II the sport
Is not killed, and in the fight which Is being made
against racing lying misrepresentation are
made daily with the most unblushing effrontery.
The trainers Of the race track amendment are
using every influence TO have IL passed
| Racing was never more carefully conducted
| than during the season which came to an end
| yesterday, and II the deplorable jerome Park
meeting had never been held 1904 would come
| very near being the banner season of the turf in
this country. This too. despite the fact that
Monmouth's magnificent stretches no longer
| echo the tread Of the best race horses in train
ing and its splendid grand stand no reverber-
ates no more with the applause Of thousands.
Racing has its uses and its abuses and what
| killed the sport in New Jersey is now It's most
| serious menace in this state. aside from the ami
| mus OF those who stand behind the amendment
| formulated by the Constitutional Convention.
| Those who controlled smaller racing properties
| in New Jersey were not content with racing
legitimately in season. but opened their tracks
and encouraged thousands to patronize them
when the so-callsd sport was travesty on rae
| ing. Quarrellings and internal chickering's did
| the rest and when the crash came the good
persisted with the bad. and millions Of dollars
worth OF property is now going to ruin.
During the past season in New York
tracks have sprung up like mushrooms. and one
Of them gave the sport it's final push down hill
by having alleged racing at night under the
glare OF electric light. The law allows thirty
days to each track, and this body, Incorporated
for 1.-THE improvement Of the blooled horse"
carried on its improvement ~ night and day.
should the race-track amendment fail 10 pass
with the host OF others with which il Is
| punched, It will be high time for the Legisla-
ture to step In and place still greater restric-
tons than are contained in the Ives law against
the suuse OF the privileges accorded the racing
associations. Electric light racing is danger
Gus and debasing. and New York should know
IL no more.
The Jockey Club has reason to feel satisfied
with its showing for 1924. II has made some
mistakes but its labors have In the main been
with and m, has unn sqs sf b ie
convi nced that the gentlemen composing i are
striving, to forward the best Interests OF the
line and be amenable 10 what they called red
tape" but once they realized that there was
their manner changed, and many persons who
were wont TO sneer at the Jockey Club and its
| oil bod l..tNt
are now among the warmest advocates
Forfeits are collected. and their interests in u
dozen ways are fostered and protected. There
has been equal chance at all Of its meetings
for the horses OF the rich and the poor alike.
The names In the roll-call or the Jockey club
r ete enI p pS does not run ri"t and
rob men of their sound Judgment and common
sense on election day additional reforms will lie
introduced next season.
The season OF 1904 will always be recalled as
Gideon q DAYS. lucky year: This firm with
year-olds. have carried away the lions share Of
The prime money shsir earnings reaching the
BY far the greater portion OF this was earned
by their lively lilly Butterflies, "A daughter Of
this fragile piece OF horsefesh stand the strain
OF training until she captured the chief prize
ment OF luck lowering over the victories ~ the
firm n,r OF , Gideon DAILY was INTRODUCED:
run It was thought that Butterflies had
irretrievably broken down. and her owners
came in for great deal OF sympathy as she had
In training up TO lie middle Of the season: With
determined TO take desperate chance with her her
and their trainer, John Hy land. WAS instructed
TO TAKE hey SSSF Th h hs Gsn%t Of the ,trnT
did So. and IL was with quskn heart that
he set her Esi1Eing once mn5r A. dayI Pa>,
length and speed Of the tlly's work was in
creased. Every time she was sent upon the
lame hut lie was agreeably disappointed; aud
on the day OF the big race butterflies not quite
faulty front legs. was sent to the post. She wOn
that race, but will never hear the plaudts OF the
not break down IN the actual contest, she did
give way shortly afterward and has been at
the Holmdel Farm for some time. Luck played
a prominent part in the career OF Butterflies,
but there was skill OF high order In her man
unqualified praise for his cleverness in handling
Walter, their second best two-year-old, won
Anumber OF prizes for Gideon q DAILY. seeming
10 catch most of his opponents out OF condition
@. Ssy 1eh the 1a SS nn
old in training but he got the money and beat
colts In the spring that Gould beat him easily
race horse and greatly increased the winnings
OF the stable by taking both the Metropolitan
the saddle. DIR. Rice, the winner OF the Brook
Ign Handicap, for which RsmaRo was not a
whose entire turf career has been crowned with
success. hamapo, like Butterflies, went into re-
tlrement under suspicion, and there grave
doubts as TO his ability TO stand a preparation
next spring.
1t has been a disastrous year for the Messrs.
James X. and FOxhall T. Keene, who by the
towering successes of Domino last season over.
topped all competitors by hundred thousand
dollars. No stable went into winter quarters
with higher hopes than those OF the Messrs. |
Keene. They had in Domino, HOrnpipe, Hyder- |
abad, and Assignee n quartet OF most fOrmid-
able twO-year-Olds, aud they were expected
g carry everything before them in 1894, |
Then, too, their yearlings had been very !
highly tried, and James H. Keens was !
confident that he had in the lot at |
least one Domino. In the early spring no horses |
looked better than the Keenes. but somehow the |
best OF the .wo-year-olds went wrong. and |
Emma G. and Dangerous the cracks OF the |
stable, did not appear in public the entire year.
Hornppe did not grow, and as the season adj |
vaneed seemed 10 lose what form he possessed |
in the spring at Grayesend and Morris Park. |
Then, to top all. Domino. after winning the With
ers Stakes at Morris Park, hit his on foreleg in |
the American Derby at Chicago and failed To |
win a race which seemed TO be his beyond doubt, |
taking public form as guide. This dssppoint-
ment WAS partially AlAyed by the black colts |
brilliant victory over Clifford in the early au-