The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-19
!, two years old; n sweep
| 900 added, uf which 5000
I; four and n half furlonRs.
Seventh Race - For three yearolds. and upward;
~ which 5000 TO second and 300 to third; non-winner
The y. u. r. n, a, end INC Jockey tIub.
The following communication was received at
this office last evening:
s~rEEPLECHAsE. HUN. AND PoNY RAcISol
ASSOCIATION, ne BROAD STREET,
NrtV Hnau. Ror,t IA lSul

this office last evening:
srEEPLEcn.sE. HyNT ,asD PoSy RAcrSol
ASSOCIATION. ae BsoAp STREEI,
To THE EprToR or THE suN-sir: Believing that your
paper Ia an advocate OF fair play, Justice, and Impair
tiai hearing. the undersigned, stewards Of the Long
Island Pony Racing Association. request that you pub
lish the following facts connected with the recent
race meeting at the Parkway track. The stewards
having vainly sought an audience from the Jockey
Club are forced, In seltdetcnce, to take this step.
FIrst-The stewards. In view Of certain comments
which appeared in the daily papers, wrote on Aug. 80
to the Jockey Club, asking for a personal hearing and
Investigation Of all charges. Receiving no reply, on
Sept. ~ another request for a hearing was personally
delivered at the Jockey Club rooms. To this second
appeal no answer has been made.
Second-on or about Sept. Il the daily papers pub.
li-hed the news that the license Of the l.. |. p. X. A.
had been revoked. The stewards OF the l.. I. =. r. A.
were not 50 notified officially until Sept. Is. and no
reasons were given then nor at any later date.
Third-It has been learned from members OF the
Jockey club that no license viii he granted to an In.
dividual, to haif.mile tracks, to any association Civ.
ing purses less In value than $500. or to any place
which allows a foreign book. The stewards OF the L.
I. 7. X. A. desire to call attention 20 the fact that
Brighton Reach, Saratoga, and Providence tracks-ali
s.. Asaph. or Virginia Jockey Rub. has maintained a
foreign book al, summer, and paid the return fare Of
S Sna that 1s 'Gsrs 's c T itrG an R InGiS,sasI p .sS. .se SGi re-.
fourth.The Jockey Club, II Is understood, accuse
the IL. y. Il. A. Of allowing boys from Flushing to
5 5,ae; a, p 1Sy s wsS nsSG ,1 r,las sn5 Z; ,a %t1Is, n : sEs %rs S,aiPE IL to,
way who never acted as an onlsSiafi having a ons!tSirl
Interest for eight DAYS In n book, when, as Is well
hnSwn, such sSti1n at Saratoga and other licensed
sixth That fines Sent to other licensed tracks
from Parkway have never been collected, nor any at.
selling Ssnsn, .nc That ~ e.! he s s,ScS Of + .'1 sp.sIu W nG 9si.: IN /"
wood was TSi rais .T1 sos 1G' and 2 &osits M ss6,o III qIn ,.' na%si
hy N DprgDnk known a rpgupnAiIlp In Mi Jphn IInaN
tie Tkresidins Judge. Thu stewards hope that Il III;
R%Gs' an S Se,. tssy Win al Tn isnsi be ee sTsaIle d @ S1Hn ss4s@G'
ness to go % q higher rgure than those mentioned and
NE sis sh.s,Ins M I, Ia: az ss Sao , r. %drS = that m,1 The lie p p; tn,. Of
est 10 state tina, on fourteen hares-th full amount
the prSht Ss, slo@ - per share. mad. nv n.rsor. IN.
terested IN other tracks to hire or close the Parkway
scandal since circulated has been with that end In
the Tf /, m 7 !. +. I, Of aa ,sf M Gssr.e F a9 5SssslRSs a s's %s%SsT of
eRas~ ASSOCIATION HIiSa !! d! u Hi Beard sdf' {. I. R 90 see R s'f 4. os
s @%oa Fax J; Rnl fon SFih r S%nsr and M ne =, ! \, Ware, ' sss1eI Els;
MD = rt 6, r% ssn "a the Fs,.ssa, E e iPss s A:.9Sisi,sa;
S;S:;"s,si,ss, i:si:$S ; ssss,sTS% %sm$s,; fss:s gen
agreed that no EFFORT should be made 70 rsce more
than four days u expenses were TOO heavy; The
the sItsnd.pce Increasing from q few hnndreds totwo
six to twenty. Then It was that efforts were made 70
H. ,s,t p ii ,ss.s .c Of Sr SIc"s .,d ,Gs !r rae. and then 1t was
,. Ths . stewards y, SsI T Snh All ali " tnt public came e mat,
person who wa" present to say whsihSer very Effort
was not mad! TO have clean racing, and the average
results AS good as on the larger tracks. The presiding
steward, Mr.. j. A. Hennessy, was offered every and
several such Offenders have since been ruled on. The
stewards explicitly deny that Mr.. Hennessy was ham.
peTtd In any way.
The money given away In purses was distributed
% %%SS q { ' %hSm " %eTe, aud ID arr .%e l sS2y' IN heed nsed o. SS sn Of:
Tortunity to race, and who must prrfurce take To the
outlawed tracks, should the Jockey Club persist In
making NO provision for them, For these men, their
horses and followers the l.. l. y. X, A. strove Ia cater.
and all race conditions were carefully framed FOR their
benefit, As no EFFORT IL being made to allow them to
port the Jockey Club las would the l.. |. =. X. - WIN
he forced 10 become outlaws.
The stewards of the !. I. z. X. A. desire To state that
at a word from the Jockey Club they would have
In any fair and legitimate enforcement OF it, rules
and regulations. When, however, a courteous request
meets with no reply, or even acknowledgment such
rs the most ordinary business courtesy demands, the
stewards are Justified In considering such action an
outrage and "A most grievOns insult To a body NJ men
who have done no wrong, yet are denied the hearing
which would be accorded the worst ~ turf blacklegs.
selfconstltuted body. and that Its authority is self,
by the approval OF the racing world:
the l., l. 7 4, A. are willing To- suffer the eStrsmest
penalty II guilty Of wrong doing: being, as they are,
conscious OF utter innOcencr, aud, falling To secure
the audience, which Is not a favor but a right. they
tiOn, and place their case before the racing public,
confident In the belief that the old adage. Pair play
Is a jewel" viii secure them unbiased consideration
The onfclats ofthe Parkway Driving Club VIII sub
*. !" 4sBSRS,l
y. IL, WOOD,
b. ID. BEARD, Committee.
&. II. Row.,