The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-28
TURFMEN OUT FOR MONEY.
EFFECT OF THE ACTION TAKEN
ny the WESTERN CONGRESS.

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ny Practically Cutu.s Away rro- shs
Jockey tIub, They Iadtente ~ Istentio-
60 Foster the Foreign Book Abuse-Some
Eastern Turrscn LIKELY 60 Jotr The-.
The action NJ the Western Turf Congress ut
Chicago a few days ago, when that body prac-
tically cut away from the Jockey Club, did not
come In the nature Of a great surprise 10 East
ern turfmen. In tact, the Washington Park
Club was the only organization near Chicago
which was looked upon rs sound and in favor OF
high-class sport. The balance OF the racing as
sociations in the West have become welded 10
the foreign book system, and when Washington
Park gave up racing for the time being because
Of the unfavorabls attitude Of the lawmakers
toward the sport, the less desirable element lost
no time in getting together and practically re-
voking all the measures framed for the protcc-
ton of the sport by cooler and more conserva-
tive heads than theirs.
IL will be noticed that the representatives Of
some Of the best tracks ~ the
circuit were not at the meeting, but they won
votes enough at the command of Edward Corri-
gan and other Chicago and st. Louis magnates,
who believe In racing winter and summer, to
carry their point. The resembling Of the boy
colt rule practically bids defiance TO the Jockey
Club, with which the Western Turf Congress
was affiliated. and it remains to he seen what
action will be taken by the governing body Of
the turf In the East. IL has been a well-known
fact for some time that the greater portion of
the profits derived by the Hawthorne, Madi-
son. East st. Louis. and Harlem man
agement came through their foreign book.
The foreign book will hear description. IL
Ii a book, or betting privilege on races at tracks
In different parts Of the country. and the pro-
prictOrs of the various courses. knowing by ex-
perience that IL is q good thing, usually reserve
n -g-la - NJ
tors of Chicago fancy that they know enough
about the form of the horses which race every
year at the tracks in New York state or in the
South. and frequently wager larger sums upon
them than on the events which aredecided upon
the home track. They labor under more dis
advantages than they realize. The prices
quoted are graded to suit the fancy OF
those running the book, and frequent
ly n horse that Is at 10 to 1 at
Sheepshead Bay or Morris Park is
quoted at only 3 or 4 TO / at Chicago. II has
even been said that dupes are permitted to bet
by a fayoritc method OF ieecing the unwary in
stopped to such Jack Shepherd methods were
exposed and compelled to leave the business.
Corrisa sne and II his 81" ASSOCIATES psi%hss oTr' tse 8 By Edwsns
track may be inferred when Corrigan has hint
ed what that IT ,R paid o eyss s4 HMo 200 Gs z year; =, T.,
-, y "Nh ''' '''"Ny -" hNi" 'lib- VI = pre-
liminary meetings last winter and the late Sec
rotary Brewste OF Washington Park asked for
the affliation of Eastern and Western interests.
james r.. keene said that the Western people
were undoubtedly capable OF taking care of
their own interests. Recent developments show
that they are doing 40 with q vengeance. The
application of Walbaum of Saratoga for admis-
sion to the Western body is q straw which indi-
Gates that the ex-king of Guttenburg has n
craving for the foreign book. The profits of the
season OF 1894 at the Spa would have been
large could Walbaum have conducted n foreign
book, which was one OF the features of the
season Of 1903. This foreign book Is illegal.
but both the Saratoga and Brighton Beach Rae
ing Associations defied the law In 1893. and adj
vertised their foreign books. This year both
were in the fold of the jockey Club. Engeman
ofthe Brighton Beach course was identified with
the unlicensed electric light meeting ut Maspeth,
and he cannot hope to get a license for Brighton
next season, and walbaum evidently wants To
break away too and join his interests with those
OF the West.
This will leave the Jockey Club composed OF
the Coney Island, Brooklyn. and New York
Jockey Clubs, with the American Jockey Club
and the various pony racing and steeplechaso
associations under its wing. The outcome is in
~evitable. There will be two classes OF sport
racing for horses OF the highest class and racing
for thoroughbreds OF the lower grades. The
breeder will welcome the increased market, but
the sport will not be raised 10 a higher level,
and, after all, that should be the goal toward
which all should struggle.