New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-03
j, 81, DOBSON,
2 East 18th ST.
PERIL OF THE TURF.
SOME THINGS FOR HORSE OWNERS AND
BREEDERS TO THINK OF
THE CONTESTS AT JEROME PARK YESTERDAY

THE CONTESTS AT JEROME PARK YESTERDAY
FEATURES OF THE SPORT.
Nearly every HORSEPOWER in this neighborhood is
anxious TO sci remarkably low prices in compaFl-
son with the market figures of a month ago Inc
fear OF yesterday has developed into panic TO-DAY!
On every hand who have invested heaVhy III
thoroughbreds tax as II their investments We're
thrown away Some of the cooler heads predlct
nothing but disaster the turf, as in their opi-
ION racing is to considerable extent in the hands OF
men who care little or nothing for the sport, pu'
work the turf by every possible means lot a-i -
worth When any sporting enterprise i pi"oeu
largely az the mercy of man VINO mas no '"
ests involved except what he can squeeze out VI !.
IN pecunary sense. the enterprise Is IN peru oi
going TO the wal Horsemen of every grade VINO
are not the servi.e followers of re" men nave
begun 10 TAX about the situation Iheir lansuase
is In nsuncertain strain, but is forco.e anu 10 '0
point The rank and file OF men who suosis' oy rde-
ir,; assert that they being offered UP as sac
rhce to the prejudices and greed of a few men
whose malen influences have brought about the
present crisis. Some Of the leading horse-owners
are in despair and say that If the ant-gamohhs
amendment to the Constitution is carried, racing is
doomed in the United States.
A well-known breeder who has expended nearly
100000 on his establishment said IF racing is sup
pressed in this State what have we TO hope FOR?
Have the turfmen forgotten the lesson taught 10
them In New-Jersey? Should the racetracks in TINS
State be compelled to close their gates ana 'he
horde of track-fo.lowers invade our sister States
how long will the respectable cement tolerate the
disreputab.e crowd that has thrived on the sport!
Perhaps ex-dive-keepers. gamblers and men VINO
shrink from the shadow of the i-exow lhVesusa-
ton may induce the citizens of the invaded states
to think that they introducing the sport OF
kings as racing has been called through the cour-
tesy of turf-wrters from time to time. Turfmen
should remember the attempts of the men who tried
Introduce racing Of the Clifton brand IN 'he us
trict Of Columbia last year. Those attempts re-
suited In complete suppression or racing IN 'he LIS
trlct and the horsemen have been driven 10 VIZ
slna.
There are none blind as those who won't see
Is certainly applicable TO the men who can easily
assist in smoothing out the rough places ana can
hep aay the friction that exists on every bearing
of the racing machinery in this State If they per-
slst in unwise methods II is an absolute certainty
that we will wiped root and branch as there
Is no community in this broad land which desires the
acquisition of certain disreputabe men who nave
been allowed to race horses on the tracks in TINS
State Do you think that the fact that some lead
ing men or the turf looked upon as dead
SQUARE by. prize-fghters and by persons who are
adopts in alleged sports that are tabooed IN renen
localities is likely to influence enough votes to save
the investments Of the breeders in this state!
liberal estimate of the strength OF the racing element
in this State is probably 100000 persons, OF whom
perhaps there are 1900 majority OF the
eo-caied regular racegoers are numbered In what
IS termed the floating population. Consequently II
Is absurd to place the slightest credence in the
arguments which a racing devotee brings lorth az
10 the reasons why in his opinion the anti-amend-
meut may possibly be defeated. What is reaHy
needed is the evidence that racing Will be conducted
IN the future in such a manner that such disgrace
full affairs as Maspeth cannot exist The racing
here at Jerome Park is not conducive TO hea.thy
feeling in regard the sport The slowness ex-
hibited in investigating suspicious racing and star
Ting reversals of form is aiding In the dstrust OF
the public as to the desire TO punish fraud 1t is
onlv when the entire public is aroused that action
ia taken Everything appears to favor the enemies
of the sport and feel as If my investments are
not worth 10 cents on the dollar. IL we could only
unite and work together, 1t is not too late as by
acting promptly easily regain the lost con-
fdence Of the public
lanes Galway, who has been sadly missed by his
Facing associates times feels keenly the action
~ some of his former friends who placed him in
n false light, and perhaps caused him TO lose sew
eral thousand dollars through his generosity IN at
tempting to aid racing. His breeding farm at
Pneakness was seized by the Sheriff. and he was
compelled TO give bond for the amount Tor which
he was surety for his racing associates at Mon
mouth Park Mr. Galway says that there were
ample funds at hand at the time to settle the az
fair without the slightest difficulty to anybody but
that the funds disappeared myserously. and when
the case is thoroughly ventilated In the courts GER
tain turfmen may possibly stahu I'll dh uheh'idpie
Light before the public
philip J. Dwyer and Michael +. Dwyer have
agreed to pay their share of Indebtedness con-
tracted at Monmouth Park for which they in
any way responsible
The prospects for racing In New-Jersey are ex-
reedingiy dm and grow DINNER every day 1t is
not generally known that Billy Thompson, of
Gloucester and Dutch Fred" Wabaum. Of Gutten-
burg were about to engage in a game Of isticuns
az Saratoga one day in August, but were separated
Inv the bystanders. The language used by the
New-Jersey turfmen to each other. II is said
vould shock a Whitechapel cabman. The feeling
sneendered has been transmitted to their partsans
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