New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-23
TALK ABOUT TURF AFFAIRS.
THE JOCKEY CLUB AND THE BETTING
QUESTION.
PLANS REGARDING MORRIS PAEK-soHE RACING

PLANS REGARDING MORRIS PARK-soHE RAoiN1
ANTIQUITIES HEARD FROM.
Upper Broadway was the gathering place OF
large number of men interested in racing yester-
day Groups of turfnen were on every corner,
and the corridors OF the hotels were well "iieu
with men whose faces are FAMILIAR 10 racegoers.
An attempt was made TO form poohlnaAe'"
club Yesterday afternoon. AS the best known
OF layers OF odds failed 10 appear, the meeting
failure
The attitude of the Jockey Club toward the
betting question causes some Of the timid per
sons who we're formerly poolroom keepers and
play for the poorer classes Of raceeCrrs to be-
come greatly excited. as they fear their occupa-
ton is gone Some OF the Coolest threaten TO re-
ceve and pay out money on the track TO
make test case be decided by the courts
II NAV prove beneficial to some of them to learn
that the slightest deviation from the rules laid
down by the Jockey Club is likely to land them
outside the gates OF the racetrack Moreover.
as the new racing laws are trial. men who
deliberately violate the laws may find out TOO
late that test would probably he pushed
10 finish. and the who makes the test
may 80 to Jail
Every honest turfman and breeder is a firm
ally OF the Jockey Club. and is willing TO walt
until matters satisfactorily arranged. Ihe
Morris Park plan VIII be carried ont. and new
club will be formed composed OF the leading
men In this part OF the country or course the
members OF the Jockey tluD VIII DE
associated with the club.
Some Of the fossils Of the pieocene and palaeozoic
ages of the turf stirring in their mummy-cases
and desire to fill desirable positions when the new
organization is an assured fact 1t IS possible that
the Jockey Club will Set apart the basement of the
Morris Park clubhouse to be used as turf mu-
scum. Consequently there is some hope that the
turf antiquities will be preserved as horrible eX-
ampos of the days OF turf degradation
Some of the city poolroom men have opened their
dens surreptitously from time to time and reaped
harvest by laying villanousy short odds The Po-
lice Commissioners have ordered that the poolrooms
he closed and kept closed. Moreover. the Police
Commissioners have ordered the arrest OF pro-
pretors clerks and all persons found in the rooms
when tire arrests are made. II the agents OF So
cieties can evidence the Police Commissioners
say that the Central Office detectives should have
no difficulty in getting evidence. This means bust
ness as far a. regular poolrooms are concerned
but there is a small, army of men who make hand
hooks on street corners, in alleys and Railways
Their methods are such that 1t IS almost imposSloe
to secure evidence against them
A meeting OF the stewards of the Jockey Club
was held at No % Nassau-st.. New-York yesterday
afternoon at which the following stewards were
present: August Belmont James r. keene. Or Z"
Lee Knapp j. @. Bonner Colonel W. T. IhohpSo"
and +. X sturgis August Belmont presided MI
Belmont was appointed committee OF one 70
formulate plans for the proposed race meeting 10
be given at Morris Park, and 1t was DECIDED 'ha'
10 spring meeting should be given pr,s ia which
reads as follows shall apply on all licensed courses N,
Zine secretary of each association snail RETAIN one
per cent OF the full value Of each race . $500
Francis Trevelyan was appointed steWatu 70 ieP
resent the Jockey Club At the Prlico DriVihs
Cubs meeting. ,
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That the starter shall be empower
TO have any vicious or unruy hoIIs helu - Ea So
sistant in position as indicated by the tna ssg
lion of Rule IS of the Rules OF Racing. wnicn rcaus
as follows: Nevertheless the starter may pace
vicious or unruly horses where they cannot inlure
others by placing them behind the line in the POSI-
ton which they have drawn. -. c....,s
The stewards decided that :. W. Streetts
horses should be declared out OF all Their en-
gaaements. and that ne should ne respohs 1,
for the minor forfeits which accrued TO the da'e
of his disqualification. -, ,.u -, ,,o
MIR Belmont will attend TO the details or me
new Morris Park Association. and when reauy
will submit his report 10 the inh BOARD Oh
w l.. Powers will be the presiding judge at
the Baltimore meeting. - 1890. =.
The PInlico Driving club does not expect to to
make a fortune OF the coming meeting AZ
baltimore The club will be satisfied TO make
expenses. Should the meeting prove reasonably
successfrll the club will hold another one on
much larger scale in the fall.