New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-23
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-rvx RIVALRY ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.
.-rsrs TO TAKE PLACE AT sHEEPsHEAD BAY
pp1cHToN BEACH AND MORRIS PARK.

BRIGHTON BEACH AND MORRIS PARK
,,..rs will be plenty Of racing in these parts on
r,,urth OF July. The Coney Island Jockey Club
"" .,nounced a most attractive and admirable pro-
hrne for that day. including the Great Trial
s"rss for two-year-ods of a guaranteed value OF
80 the second horse to receive 5000 and the third
80 Sn Most OF the celebrated two-year-o;ds Of the
N arc entered in this rich stake. and The Great
81 NAV be expected TO be contest of exceptional
.ares, on the day. at the COMFY Island
,.ckev Cubs course, the Great independence
s..onechase over the fun course VIII be run Inc
,rh guarantees the value of this race to be N"o'
~ arst horse TO get 1900. the second $50 and the
- $50 This Great independence Steeplschase
"" Vs. closed on May "A with twentyfour entries Be-
80. these two closed stakes. the Coney Island
,s,Sev Club Will offer five other races 20 each CT
go {, 90 will be added The conditions OF these
aces will be announced later.
Tho Brighton Beach Racing Association always
.ss on the Fourth Of July. and now the New
~ and Brooklyn Jockey clubs have decided TO
ave races at Morris Park on the National holiday.
:, wednesday. July T. 1S94.is as hot as the Fourth
:, 1ulv usually is. the journey up the Second-ave
elevated Railroad TO One-hundred -and-thirty-sec-
an5.st on the way to Morris Park will be ago.
,,ng and the great majority OF the admirers OF
o,,e will prefer 10 go to Sheepshead Bay.
yn.,,rdav denciously cool and agreeable sea
,rsezes were blowing through the Coney Island
Iockev Clubs grandstand. The air in the city was
anil heavy and lfeless. ana the neat was torHeh@-
DO But the afternoon hours passed off pleas
D,lv I'm the delightful ocean breezes at Sheepshead
p.v In July and August the most cheerful and
.,,veninc place for racing is In the neighborhood
~ the sea After the races are over the specta-
,ors can go TO Coney Island, can enjoy the luxury
~ q bath in The cooling salt water and can dine
mid gratifying surroundings, and In air from
,,hich the excessive heat has been extracted by
,hn waves of the Atlantic. Inland racing in the
GUNNER months cannot be compared in charm ana
Aversion 10 racing near the breakers
VIII The Monmouth Park Association was In
.,,ve existence It always gave racing on the Fourth
:, Iplv Many months ago. when st was plain that
,5sre would be no racing at Monmouth Park this
,s,r The Coney Island Jockey Club announced that
!. would occupy that day. Ii not expected until
Yesterday that It would have any rivalry except
eve feeble opposition Of Brighton Beach. But the
Nev.York jockey Club and the Brooklyn Jockey
cluh have resolved 10 carry a damaging and in
,ur,ols competition with the COney Island Jockey
club on the holiday. The Brooklyn Jockey Ciuo had
tho most prosperous meeting in its history last
month The New-York Jockey Club has just hhshed
eighteen days of most lucrative and profitable rae
ng az which the gross receipts were far larger IMAM
On any rrevious year The clubs might. there
fore well afford to leave the Coney Island Jockey
Club in peaceful possession Of the Fourth OF july
pndisturbed by any rivalry serious than that
~ BRIGHTON Beach. But there are dissensiofs anu
.nm,es and envies and jealousies among the Jockey
clubs Of the East. The men who controI MOTIFS
Park and the Gravesend track were in controi OF
Monmouth Park last summer, and wars ana ruhors
Of wars have prevailed among the racing men OF
the East ever since July l. 1893
II there is racing at Sheepshead Bay MOTIFS
Park and Brighton Beach on the Fourth OF July.
as now seems certain, all three associations VIII
surely lose money. With three clubs competing ior
public patronage the same afternoon there VIII
not be a sufficient number OF bookmaAers to sup
ply liberal revenue from all three betting rings
The total amount Of money added oy me Soile?
Island Jockey club to the races OF naStators and
legion OF bookmakers at 500 per DAY each, ~, WI
b. required TO repay that outlay TO the CLUBS
With racing at the three places. Sheepshead bay
will surely attract the choicest part OF tIe IdStv
t9a5 heavy losses with Morris Parl; and Brigh-
ton Beach competitors for the FAVOR OF the sup
'insincere and absurd assurances put forth
thai there is no i'll feeling I'm among nat ,g ali is amty
ma6y and good VIII IN the Samuel we read
Inc simple and touching story OF the iraen S ~
Of Joab for Amasa. These are the words Oh
S And joab said to Amase, Art thou in health l h
my BROTHER And Joab took Amasa by the Dear"
WI" Bu t' Amasa took no heed of the sword that was
sS B a naHd Shed ed ou, his bowels to the
M" And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst
Of the hfhT gresent it o ARe ne ofu the
Jockey Club and the Brooklyn J3cRey 0iuD island
Jockey Club the ground For that is the PT nT
cal r7pa
Alas. alas. why cannot brethren dwell toge'her III
unity! 49, ,oo,ev c,ub this
vtek prints the formal announcement of the
Monmouth Park Association that I'm VIEW SSyn Ur
The fact that the Legislature of New-Jersey naNns
nsseed s.lrh laws as TO practically prohibit racing
h Nev-Jersey it is therefore impossible tor me
lawn Closed stakes: Lorillard, Monmouth oaks.
stockton, Stevens and Omnibus for Iolds;
tore IF a necessity must be declared of.
In relation TO the charges mace ny Ma 1870
against Rowe the starter ana b ms fined
ant stewards OF the Jockey Tbao st nave is
expressed in very odd English According to the
wording Of the decision Mt Allen mas D yinp made
full retraction and ample apology VI bo ~ NJ
the stewards mean to c0nyfy 'f Ser more severely
II he had made fun TetraG h a " do
ssy They declare further that recurrence OF
such conduct will be subject 10 the seVerest ,,
ment N0w you esn Pm,sn The Jockey Club
has at least one active. hard Workhs me~ how
ever in writing articles for publication as wen as
n weighing Jockeys 10 g atca ape calendar Of the
locke club The club might well employ ano ards
newspaper man put the decisions OF 10 ssntennes
The New Jockey Club is quite Englsh, II se t,nS
n some things but not always III 'S u'e "a
Here is the decision of the stewards IN me Alien
In he matter of the charges made by Matthew
Allen trainer concerning the ofhcai star s park
meefiJg June is which referred to tne Stew ",
ards Of the Jockey Club for action me td Alien
the Jockey Club in consideration OF the said Hleii
having made a full retraction and ample hPolu T-
therefor fine him 800 and him that TecuI.
renee Of such conduct will be subject TO the seV@c9'
punishment BY order OF the
STEWARDS OF THE JOCKEY CLUB
Owners and trainers have not entered so noeraiy
for the races Of the Coney Island Jockey Ciup TO-
day as they ought TO have done the ciuo Is r.
parkabl, generous in its added money. and in the
conditions OF its races Twice already at THIS meet
Ing It has divided large fields making an extra race.
Many OF the owners and trainers were complaining
bitterly "a Morris Park that the steep, rocky mn
there ma s. fheir horses lame and sore Now they
have Their horses the level track az Shseps1eIt
Bay with no hin 10 grumble about Superlniend.h!
Clark has the track In the finest possible state anu
every inducement is offered 10 owners ana trainers
% enfer tner horses freely in the various contcss