The evening world., 1894-10-03
GOSSIP OF THE TURF.

The general run of turfmen do not
seem to realize the perilous position
that racing interests are In just now,
and up to the present there has been very
little visible movement among turf fol-
lowers at large in combining forces to
defeat the proposed amendment at the
polls An Evening World" reporter
talked to a number of men who are
prominent in turf circles, at Jerome
Park yesterday. and there was not one
who seemed to think that there was
even a remote chance of killing the
game In this State. There is the same
feeling of supreme confidence among
turfmen in this State that prevailed in
New Jersey some years ago. The
millions and millions OF dollars at stake
Is too great to take chances with, and
careful and methodical survey of the
question as it now stands shows that
the sport OF kings Is not on the firmest
of footholds. The meeting just ending
at jerome Park and the advent of so
large a number of small racing organl-
cations viii hurt racing. The days when
racing was sport, pure and simple.
are past. and the public has found it
out.
DR.. Knapp and his friends won a bar
rel of money over Iola's victory yester
day. While the big" money was going
on Flirt. the Oneck Stables commission
ers were quietly placing money on lola,
and. despite the fact thatSt'lirts odds
lessened, Iolas did rot go ~. The sta
BILE averaged 4 to l for its money. By
ron McClelland was one of the lucky
lola players.
Richard Croker was much in evidence
at Jerome yesterday. He backed all his
entries. but the only one to land was
Armitage.
The finish in the last race was the
best of the meeting, Mcintyre, Copy
right and Buckrene all finishing necks
| apart. -
Lonny CLAYTON vii be on from rem TT ne e
West to ride one OF Byron McCleIlahu
horses in the Matron Stakes.
Walter Collins has sold his colt Bu,
sirius to Frank Regan. price $1,000, and
the, mare Rama for $500. Both Joined
Regan's string at Narragansett last
| night.
Abe Carson left Latonia yesterday
with a string of ten for Narragansett
Fred Taral arrived home from Nara !.
gansett this morning. He says the old
| iMir Ground track Is one of the fastest
and safest in the country. lie VIII go
here with Johnny Campbell and j.
Rupert. jr.'s, string.
Billy Wallace, of the Tenierloin, bet
ter known as Prof" Wallace, Is max
ing book at Providence.
Green MorrIs's string now at Nara
gansett is in charge of Tom Green. who
| formerly trained for Father BIZ" DAILY.
Leonville was sold yesterday for $500.
The death of Jockey Jack Horton,
,.aI tn tl.a CT r. "a q
Narragansett yesterday. Is monentariiy
| expected.
After the owner of Blackwood had
talked to the judges at Aqueduct yes,
terday, the Jockey was called up and
Instructed to ride the horse, for all
there was in him, Blackwood tinished
for the place at 2 to /. and most OF the
bookmakcrc would have preferred to
see him finish a magnificent last
Little Kuchen, an old-time Gloucester
Jockey, rode for the first time al
Aqueduct yesterday, He had the mount
on verhia In the third race; and because Sc
of the boys hustling qualities the mare
run third After being ten lengths out
of 1t on the backstretch kuchen man
aged to, finish among the first three anc
saved the money.
Edward Swami was arrested in Louis
vile last night on warrant held by
the Sheriff of Lawrence County, Ind.
charging him with running a ringer
at the Bedford Qnd) Fair races, las
Saturday. The horse driven by SwanI
was entered as Little Billy, in the 80
) and go classes. He won the race II
4 good style and Swami and his partner
, secured the money and left Bedford i'm
: mediately What became of the horst
and the other man is unknown.
, Swann's career in the trotting turf |:
Oh oh a
the National Trotting Horse Associa
ton in 1890 for similar offense. com
mitted at Fond du Lac. Wis. and h
tried to defraud the Fair Association
r at Grand Rapids, Mich, last year. A
10 BLOOMINGTON and Hobson, Ill, tn
. horses name was changed to Fred $,
and he won every race in which h.
a was entered. Swami is charged witt
felony, and will be taken back to Bed
ford tomorrow.