Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-28
THE RACE TRACKS.
A letter from Washington to t

"The management Of the Virginia
Jockey Club, at st. Asaph, is busy
/ making preparations for its first regular
spring meeting. The track and grounds
of the association are being improved
and beautitied. The 'infeld' has been
sown in grass, trees and shrubbery
planted, the driveways connected and
the buildings freshly painted. st. Asaph
in it's new spring dress will be thing
of beauty and the handsomest and best
equipped racing park south of New
York. Secretary Mcintyre, who is also
the secretary of the Brooklyn Jockey
Club, has been on the grounds for
several days, arranging the prelimina-
ries of his department. Fourteen stake
races will be RIM during the coming
meeting.
A letter from Washington to the New
York Sun says
sit was thought Friday night that
the representatives of the Virginia and
Old Dominion Jockey Clubs had settled
everything in regard to the two tracks
compromising, but later Secretary
Tompkins stated that there has been
some trouble about the racing days.
The Virginia Jockey Club wants TO
race fifteen days at a time, to commence
on March 4, then stop, and let the Old
Dominion people have fifteen days.
The latter are not satisfied with this ar
ran cement and want to race on alternate
days. A meeting will be held in a.tew
days, and it is expected that the matter
will be arranged satisfactorily to both
clubs.
1t was stated in the GAZETTE last
week that Mr. II. d. Mcintyre had sold
his interest in the personally at the ST.
Asaph track. A dispatch from Wash
ington to the New York Herald says:
1.-The principal stockholders of the Vir-
GINA Jockey Club held meeting at
Alexandria Saturday, and Mr.. ID. D..
Mcintyre sold out his interest to Mr..
Fora Hill. At late hour that night it
was rumored in sporting circles here
that Mr.. Thomas F. Egan would also
dispose of the stock held by him, and
that Mr.. John G. Carr mightbe the pur-
chaser oft. The recent visits Of Messrs.
Carr and Denny Mclaughlin point
to the fact that both gentlemen will in
terest themselves in the future meetings
at ST. Asaph. The general opinion
prevails here that, should all the old
members of the St. Asaph Club dispose
of their stock, the Virginia Jockey Club
might break loose and run its meetings
with q foreign book at its grounds"
1t is said in Washington that the
withdrawal of Mr.. Kirk will be next in
order, leaving Mr.. J. NJ. Hill. of the
original organizers, chief in control,
with J. G. Carr as the active manager:
These changes are significant, and
would seem to indicate first, that the
racing situation in New York has taken
on more hopeful aspect. As for st.
Asaph itself, there seems to be but one
Interpretation to the change of manage
ment, and that is that the track will be
run on independent lines, and not un-
der the jurisdiction of Jockey Club OF
Turf Congress. The foreign book is an
exceedingly profitable adjunct to race
track, and in addition to this fact there
is room for doubt as to whether suf-
ficient number of horses in good stand
ing with the Jockey Club could be
brought to St. Asaph to participate in
a spring meeting under its auspices.
The men supposed to be in control OF
the Gestinies of the Virginia Jockey
Club have been keeping very quiet for
the past few days, but it is expected
that during the present week they will
make their appearance for the purpose
of perfecting the agreement with the
Old Dominion Club as to dates, when
perhaps something will be learned re-
garding their intentions.
A letter from Richmond says "There
has been much talk lately about annex
ing Alexandria county to the District OF
Columbia. The Washington people are
said to be largely in favor of the propo-
sition. One reason why they desire to
acquire this territory is to break up the
lawlessness that exists on the Virginia
side of the Potomac. 1t is said that the
officers of Alexandria county are unable
to cope with the evil. Mr.. Samuel G
Brent, prominent lawyer of Alexan-
dria, who was here Thursday, said the
citizens of the territory on this side o.
the river are overwhelmingly opposed
to annexation and the scheme will GER
tainly not be carried out any time ii
the near future. There is no doubt o.
the fact that the legislature will have a
lively subject to tackle 10 seeking to en-
act laws to put down the alleged law
lessness in Alexandria county"