San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-15
HORSE TALK.
THE NEW YORK RACES A FAILURE
DOBBINs A DISAPPOINTMENT
WARNING TO HORSE OWNERS.
Big Money understanding to Be
Done to Fight Constitutional
Amendment Against
Gambling.

racing season in the state OF New
York will close today. At Nara
gansett and at Washington supple
mentary have been held, but the
season of rich stakes and memoir
able contests Is over. There has
been little brilliant racing in the
east this season. Not one first
class horse has shown out, with the
possible exception of seven of the
butterflies and her great reputation
mainly rested upon private trials.
Besides the butterflies, the two.
wear olds have been mediocre toe.
In a year of great two-year olds tho
present crowd would have hard
work to win a selling race. The
best of the three.year olds is Henry
of Navarro. The extraordinary
campaign through which he passed
have made him a great favorite
with the public. Although DOM
inc has only been defeated twice,
once by a scratch and the second
time so badly that the horse could
could not possibly have been at his
best, his admirers have deserted
him with astonishing readiness.
The extraordinary eclipse Of Sena-
tor Grady's son is one OF the most
mysterious events of the season.
1t is reported among turfmen that
Senator Grady has had an accident
known as "breaking across the
back" as training Of those muscles
and tendons which give him driv-
ing powers. Tournament is said
to have his accident, although the
impression at the time was that
the trouble was not with the mus
cles and tendons of Tournaments
back, but with those Of his heart.
How good Rubicon is remains to
be seen. He has wons his recent
races easily, but he has not yet
beaten the cracks, and unless he
does he can hardly be classed with
Henry of Navarro and Domino.
Dobbins was disappointment.
His victory in the Realization was
an extremely lucky one, all things
considered. Dobbins ought to be a
warning to all men who own a
good two-year old. There is some
consolation in knowing that hog
gish policy of grabbing at every
thing in sight, in some cases at
least, meets with swift retribution.
If Dobbins had not been raced for
$500 purses in the April mud at
Elizabeth last year he would have
won more $1,000 stakes this year.
The season has been the most
profitable one in their history for
all the eastern racing associations.
The racing tracks seem fabulous
when the original investments are
considered. Brighton Beach, with
its $260,0O0 profits, has been con-
sidered phenominally successful.
1t is now known, however, that
the Coney Island Jockey club
cleared in the neighbOrhood of
100000 and the Brooklyn club over
$360,000. These three clubs alone,
which hardly cost their builders
100000 a decade ago, have earned
the season over 100000. Morris
Park represents such tremendous
outlay that, while all its profits
will probably run above $25O,OOO,
this summer is not a very large per
centage on the sum invested.
No organized movement has yet
been made by the track owners to
fight the constitutional amend
ment. 1t is said, however, that
something will be done this week.
All the money made in racing
goes to the track owners and the
breeders, and there is profound
belief among horse owners that the
burden of the war should fall on
these two classes. In the past the
breeders have carefully avoided
contributing anything to racing,
except high priced yearlings.