Evening star., 1895-08-12
Niagara Again Racing.

Niagara Again Racing.
SOUTHAMPTON, August 12.-Luna, Aud
rey. Niagara, Inyoni and Veneta started
this morning, close together. in the race
for Lord Dunravens challenge cup. under
the auspices of the. Castle Yacht Club.
The course was from Calshot Castle,
twenty-five miles long. A strong south
west wind was blowing, compelling the
yachts to race with raced mainsails.
The Future of Racing.
From the New York World.
After five months test the Gray law can
be pronounced IN unqualified success. 1t
has revolutionized rorse racing. eliminated
some of it's most Objectionable features and
given to the sport a new dignity and de-
cency. The conditions Of the races to be
run this autumn mark the beginning of 4
new era on the turf. For the first time in
two years there will be cup race, all the
events are at longer distances. and there
is a wholesome absence of short dashes.
The meaning Of this is that the Gray bill
by abolishing the bCokmaker and his 800
a Gay has made the track managers turn
for their revenue from the betting-ring to
the grand stand.
Under the old dispeEsation the attend
ance was an incident. Two hundred men
in the ring Were more valuable thar 1c,OOO
in the grand sta nd and were easier to get.
The ring demanded short races and two
yeer-old races, because these always fur
nished big fields and uncertain contests.
Every demand the bookmakers made was
joyously acceded to by the associations
which we're earning fabulous profits
watered stock. Horses two years old and
sprinters became of the greatest value, and
breeders found that stamina was no longer
in demand. 1t was none too soon that an
end came to the reign of the gambler.
The Jockey Club has secured control of
oEe great racing property, Morris Park,
and it is not improbable that this is only
hpgjDnnV a
Gid courses will be established where will
be fought out the turf battles of the future.
With the noble old sport in the hands Of
men who love horses better than they love
dollars the future Of honorable racing
never before looked so bright.
Sporting Notes.
About 1900 people attended the profess
sional and amateur races Of the National
Cycle and Athletic Club. at Manhattan
Beach. Saturday. The half-mile scratch,
professional final, was won by H c. Tyler,
Porter second and Sanger third. The mile
handicap professionally, which had twenty
two starters, was won by w. Coleman,
Springfield, Mass: twenty-five yards)
Tyler won the two-mile scratch in 4:41 %
heating the American competition record
of J. S. Johnson. ....-,.,.-
Peter Jackson, now In London, said last
Saturday: Il do not like to express an
opinion about the Corbett-Fitzsimmons
bett. He has not treated me fairly in
the chance to meet him.
E. c. Bald had his own way in the most
important class 3 race of Saturday at
Chicago, winning the final of the one-thrd
mile open and the 500 diamond. He took
his heat in the record time of Al %
john Lawson, ''the terrible Swede," fell
in the eighteenth mile of his attempt in
the hour record and broke his collarbone,
at Chicago. Saturday, and Harry Palmer.
an employe in the post office, was thrown
and sustained concussion of the brain.
The twenty-rating yachts sailed in a
twenty-eight-mle race at Portsmouth,
England. Saturday, for the Yachtsman's
cup. The 1nyoni won, with the Audrey
second and the Niagara third. The Vineta
and the Isolde gave up and the Euchars
did not start. o.. a ..