The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-04
THE c. /. j. c. SPEAKS OUT.
HORsE OWNERS MUsr ORGANIZE BE-
ROM the CEL q COOPERATE


Asothsr letter 10 Cbsiru.a yohs Heater
TIE ttas will -Cortipue it- Existence ss
f. Raefns As-oe,suon o.. the Convey I.innd
SosEry Ctub"-D,iseey wor,inG tor the
Repeat OF the Ives Root mn q, AIsssy.
The Executive COMMITTEES OF the Coney
Island Jockey club. including !. @. X. Law
renee J. II. Bradford. Cornelius rellowes. Gen.
Daniel Dutterneld. Cot Lawrence Kin, John @.
Hscksher. George Peabody wetmorc. II. G..
Peil and T. Gray Griswoid. met at II o'clock
yesterday morning In the rooms Of the club
Twcniy.seeond street aud Fifth avenue After
deiiL Grating IN private session until high noon
the committee handed the following letter to
Representatives OF the press:
NEW YonE Feb 3. 1914
yo,r Hypisr 70. tLafrnop.
DEAR sin: In reply to your favor requesting
miitee ut this club and your committee am
Instructed to call your attention to tn" Tact
Of ills ' club iva was DEFINED ami that We stated.
after due deliberation. exactly what we were
willing TO d.. the same to go into ELECT when
your organization shall have been perfected"
In that letter we substnntialy ole Ell to in.
trust the horse owners. through the interme-
diary OF your JOCKEY club. which IL, as we I'M
derstnnd 1t. their representative. with the ,ie-
tail management. SUPERVISION. anil decision
OF the races in which their horses may meet
for competition on our grounds. provided that
no horse owner be disqualified for racing at
other tracks than those under the jurisdiction
In View OF our decision 10 continue our ex-
istencs as a racing association as the Coney
island Jockey Club we prefer to await your
complete organization before appointing n
committee to confer with yours: we believe in
this way our effor' and cooperation with you
viii be more effect" IN your purposes Tor the
IMPROVEMENT 81 raciLg with which we are en-
hreiy in accord. Yours ycry rfespe .InIsSv
President Coney Island Jockey Club.
Very few OF the horse owners who had taken
part in the owners meetings at which the
question Of cooperation with them by the
Coney Island Jockey Club was discussed. could
be found. and those that were met evinced a
disposition n lot To- give their opinions "a to the
a ton OF the Coney island Jockey club until
they, the horse men. met In general council,
which would probably be on Monday. Mr.
recent meeting Of horso dW ss'pe at which
number of them signed an agreement to
boycott the {. J. J. C. in case the club refused
to cooperate with them in matters pertaining
to the gOyernm ent Of the turf. after pcrusing u
copy OF the letter was apparently a little sur
p-ised ut its tenor, and. while he intimated
that IL was satisfactory. declined TO express n
deridsd opinion regarding IL.
AT the kens ngton where the Office OF the
faratoGn Racing Association Is located. and
where ali-rouni horsemen drop in occa-
sionslly, Of the active fol overs OF the turf
voiced the apparent idea OF the others by say
ing that the Ceney Island Club men had
what the horsemsn desired to know.
The pool rooms in the vicinity Of the jockey
clul, rooms were closed yesterday, and IL was
fraternity. with. several lieutenants. would
visit Aliany On Monday. to he on hand when
the fight agninst the Ives Pool law began. and
A leading N emil .er al the c. l. J. c. was sked
y the club would send any one to Albany 10
look after the Interests 81 the club. and the
senieh