New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-28
HARRY REEDS POOR RACE,
WALTER WON AT sHEEPsHEAD BAY.

TWO rAvoRITEs OUT OF SIX CARRIED OFF FIRST
,,oSry-GENERAL REFLECTIONS on RACING.
The meeting Of the Coney Island Jockey Club is
vo,ne on. with generous public support. with many
attractive and interesting features with deiehtiu
music (Which other rich ana nourishhho
Jockey clubs too penurious TO supply ana
with sharply disputed contests of unusual impress
sveness 1t is liberal patronage which racing
men bestow upon the club at this meeting, and win
reason Once more II was distressingly not on Man
haitian Island yesterday, while the air at Shecps-
head Pay had been cooled by passing over the STU
pendous plain Of the Atlantic. 1t is true that the
mercury might have SCARED 10 portentous oglres
~ a thermometer had been carried into the pct
ting ring. where the tormentIng heat was not tenn
pered for the benefit OF the shorn lambs. Thomas
Appleton, OF Boston. the well-known wit once re-
marked that II the old proverb that the wind was
mercifuly tempered in order that shorn lambs
might not suffer true. shorn lambs ought to be
kept constantly tethered at the Beacon-st corner
of Boston Common The east winds do sometimes
scorch in Boston
II cannot be disputed that the equator seems at
times to extend exactly through the centre OF the
betting ring at Sheepshead Bay. with all its ad-
juncts OF tropical disresses. II is possible more
over. that some hardy and adventurous betting
men might be tempted speak disrespectful.y even
OF the equator If they should chance TO encounter
st IN the centre Of group Of bookmakers But how
that may be. 1t is certain that the Sheepshead
Bay racecOurSe, IN these OeQOeScent dAttI-
moons, is generally a much cooler and breezier
place than any part Of the metropolis Even II The
tumult the rush and the fiery ardor OF the battle
for gain raise the atmosphere In the betting ring
10 a ferceness and intensity Comparable 10 the con-
suming fury Of a blast furnace, the peaceabe
philosopher in the grandstand. who has made up
his mind (as the Shah of Persia did when he was
taken to the English Derby rum that 1t is of
no particular consequence which horse can run
faster than another because 1t has been known for
countless ages that horses vary In speed ana VINO
therefore does not risk his money or his serenity
OF temper or his equpoise of mind. by betting on
these eccentric, caprlcious ana uncertain animals
such a philosopher. say sitting plac!dly IN the
grandstand. and observing calmly the turmoil
around him. revel in breezes which make MIN
infer that they have encountered iceoergs IN their
voyage the Atlantic, refreshing and refrg-
Grant are they. The grandstand at the Sheepshead
Bay racetrack lies in wait for airs from Iceland IN
these smelling. tropical days and seeks 10 eaten
them all If you want cooling summer resort IN
these afternoons OF Sheol burnngs. to the grand
stand at Sheepshead Bay and keep out Of the bet
ting ring.
But whatever you do don't bet on the races. One
OF the best-known hotel men in the country, a
man Of the widest acquaintance. the most extern
sive experience and the largest popularity, man
who the turf from centre 10 circumfer-
ence said the other day: mo sensible man bets
on the races in these times with an expectation
of winning money, unless he is oookmaker'
or owner, a trainer or Jockey. OF course the
Jockey Clubs racing rules forbid Jockeys 10 bet,
but some Of the Jockey Clubs racing rules seem
20 have been made chiefly TO be broken The hotel
keeper is right. No human being ought 10 make
bet at any time. Betting is always wrong. and
1t is always damaging and demoralizns In its in
fuences and effects even II the archbishops and
bishops Of the Church of England in the intervals
of their earnest opposition 10 every reform and
Improvement intended TO benefit the English race,
do violate the moral canon by stalking shilings at
whist But of all the discouragng and disastrous
forms of betting which the ingenuity of man has
devised, betting on horse races is one OF the most
Injurious and calamitous for the general public
OF course the general public can have no chance
in the long run. Too many bookmakers owners
trainers Jockeys and horses painfully uncer-
tain In their ways.
The whole structure of the turf as It is now
managed Is built on the foundation OF the betting
ring This Is true of every country in which rae
ing takes place. All the Jockey clubs In every
nation on earth agree in saying that racing cam
not be maintained without betting-rings. 1t would
naturally be supposed then that the jockey clubs
whose very existence depends upon the betting
rings and upon public support Of the betting rings
would strain every effort protect the public
which sustains the bettng-rings and. therefore
sustans the jockey clubs. from every form OF I'M
position. trickery and unfairness
But the jockey clubs do not always do this. The
feeling among the jockey clubs everywhere is that
clubs second. for the benefit of the owners or
racing stables: third, for the benefit Of the book
makers; fourth. for the benefit OF the trainers ana
jockeys. But where does the public come in? It
comes in usually TO be taxed and assessed and
made poorer This is a slow. tardy, deliberate
world, and many reforms and improvements creep
and crawl and slumber and sleep. But the trumpet
must sound some day. and all ears VIII be listen
ing and all eyes will be open in that hour
1t not many generations ago when lotteries
were thick ieas in all civilized countries But
as we near the close of the nineteenth century
most civilized nations have reached the conclusion
that lotteries are deeterious; that they stimulate
the gambling spirit to destructive intensity. and
that they do great deal OF harm Racing, as now
conducted stimulates the gambling spirit to an In
furious excess and, moreover. It does not at all times
give fair treatment the general public which sup
ports It, Can't the jockey clubs that they are
doomed to destruction in time. as surely as the
lotteries were doomed, unless they can insure 70
the general public without fail thoroughly honest
and thoroughly trustworthy racing on every race
a;ent for the money spent in the bettingrings and
on the turf? Can't the Jockey CLUBS see mat
clearly? II ought not TO be df1cut Tor them 10
Two ont Of six favores were successful at Sleeps
head Bay yesterday. The fields were OF good size.
and some iive.y encounters were enjoyed and ad-
mired But in one or two OF these conflicts certain
6sttIes we're over Owners and trainers to have
recovered a considerable extent from ne lethargy
and apathy which have recently enye.oped them,
and they are making their entries much more freely
than before. The programme or the Coney lsiahu
Jockey Club for to-day IS crowded with names.
and the prospect for stirring sport is enticing The
owners ana trainers appear 10 be waking up al
last to the fact that there VIII be no racing IN
New-Jersey this year, and there Will be no stakes
and purses at Morris Park on the Fourth OF YIy:
The rich stakes and purses which they could try
for at Monmouth Park in former years have van,
ished entirely. so they all ought 10 seek TO- win
many possible at this meeting OF me
Coney Island Jockey Club as the prizes which VIII
be offered In July and August at Brighton Beach,
Saratoga and Jerome Park will be far inferior IN
value and in importance 10 those for when they
now compete at this meeting so all OF thein
ought TO do their very utmost 10 win races thiS
week and next week at Sheepshead Bay 49,,
In the first race yesterday Stonencll was with
drawn, and some OF the starters came from Staples
which do not enjoy the loftiest reputation Lord
Harry owned by Il. +. Cadigan, was the IA