New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-05
TALK OF THE TURF.
CONDITIONS AT SARATOGA

rrNE PROSPECTS FOR GREAT MEETING THIS
FALL AT THE sHEEPsHEAp RAY rp.c-
SOME THINGS TO BE REMEMnrprn
Racing continues in humdrum sort OF wav
xlihout single feature out OF the ordinary o, 80
,Iyen the sport In this neghborhood Rr,vhton
Reach furnishes the professional racegoers .,.,
races OF a class that Will do to bet on even 70 tho
sport is not OF nigh order. In addition To the
regular racegoers liberal sprinkng OF arusa-
ment seekers materially assist the treasury OF the
Brighton beaca Association. The attendance has
been large and handsome profit has been nade
a. the gate receipts have been nearly double ,ha
amount OF the expenditures. To be sure the racing
Is conducted under the rules OF the Jockey Club
Joseph J. Burke is the chief steward and repre-
sents the majesty OF the racing laws as laid down
BY the Jockey Club stewards. Nobody knows better
than Mr.. Burke how difficult a task II is 10 secure
direct evidence OF fraud a racetrack: conse-
ouen;ly the knsves on the turf some OF whom are
lacked upon as shrewd turfmen, possessing a SUPER
abundance or gray matter In their craniums, con-
,lnue 70 despoil honest owners honest bettors and
unwary layers of odds their money as well as rob
the turf Of It's good name. The fate of s. W. STREET.
sad no terrors for the smart set" on the turf To
use the expression of leader in turf villainy
STREET. always chump. His expulsion is a
rea benefit rather than injury TO the men who
are ont for the money" There is only one thing
e,; for the stewards Brighton and their supe-
rors 81 tho Jockey Club-hat is TO rule off summa-
,ly some OF the owners. trainers and Jockeys who
are and have been under suspicion for weeks II the
proprietor OF hotel missed spoons and other arti-
ces every time that certain persons dned at is
fable II is almost certainty that he would either
have them arrested or refuse TO admit them to his
hotel II certain owners and Jockeys persist in max:
.ng serious blunders-and such blunders nva-
riably made when their horses at short odds in
nh stfo oh
sons of the turf once? If the stewards OF the
Jockey Club keen about the registration OF
certain owners and the licensing of certain Jockeys
as they have been about the registration entries
Of such horses Bathhampton and Ben Brush. the
turf would be greatly benefited. Excuses from Mar
Gus Daily and Edward Brown brushed aside
OF no Importance. yet the whlmperng Of
suspended jockeys. and trainers accepted
without murmur.
SPORT AT SARATOGA
Saratoga racing does not appear TO improve To
be sure there are many famous horses recuperatng
al Saratoga A few OF the cracks entered in
races and are worked hard to win and
then to pay the expenses of training. Clifford,
Henry OF Navarro, Dorian Sir Excess Lssak Kee-
nan and other wel-known horses are not likely TO
be ptted against each other at Saratoga Hastings.
Handspring Ben Brush, Crescendo. Hazlet and Re-
ouital are quartered at the health-gving Saratoga
track. but the prospect for race in such a field Is
extremely dim The army of Western horsemen
who visited Saratoga in former years are racing
their horses in the West. The Gutenberg and
Gloucester division of the army of the turf have
been disbanded.
Fragments of the divisions are still the turf,
engaged in a sort of guerilla warfare at some of the
minor tracks which have managed TO survive the
deluge of reform in New-Jersey and in this state
There is better class of turfmen at Saratoga than
ever before but the attendance at the races is far
- 0F :
nope OF Saratoga. that month has always been
the best OF the Saratoga season. The hopes OF the
Saratoga Racing Association are centred on the
present month, and the officials are determined TO
have the horsemen who occupy the stables al Sara
toga enter their horses. 1t is likely that stall
rent Of & for each stall occupied will be imposed.
as the shareholders OF the Saratoga Association
object to keeping horse sanitarum and giving the
horse-owners bonus for occupying their stalls.
HOLDING HORSES FOR THE MEETING.
II is generally conceded that the horse-owners are
reservng their horses for the fall meeting OF 'ne
Coney Island Jockey Club at the Sheepsheao bay
track The Coney Island Jockey Club has been ana
is almost certain remain the most popular o4 an
American racetra ,ks. Every official OF the ciuo
should work faithfully. diligently and earnestly 10
make the coming meeting great success i"o
active officials OF The Coney Island Jockey Ciuo ac
complished wonders last spring in the race OF many
difficulties Although the weather ana racing u"uei
methods maze the WON VI NiS 80
retary. Cornelius Fellowes. and the treasurer John
u bradford extremely arduous. there was not a
single hitch or an unpleasant circumstance 10 MAJ
the Success OF the meeting. Now that the oni0'ais
of the Coney Island Jockey CLUB nave raiseu ''e
hammer OF liberal stakes and purses. as Well as the
class Of racing. and doing all that can Dc Jun.
10 bring the best horses in training 10 SheepsHe"u
Raw rhe breeders horse-owners trainers and JOCK
evs should hasten TO assist them in their EFFORTS Il
the owners and trainers will start their horses III
races where the result is douotiui lor any VI nv
contestants and not wait for that are practi
cally walkovers, thousands Of persons Will a''e'u
the races who ordinarily remain al nome OWNS ~
tho nArnicios custom of Withdrawing the principal
horses engaged after the crowd has arrived at tne
racecourse. Everybody who has the true me-
OF the turf at heart should endeavor 10 heip 'Ae
coming meeting at the Sheepshead Bay racecouise
Moreover the officials Of the Coney ls4shu 'ooN'
Club should advertise the meeting eAtensN '.,
throughout the country. The lovers OF sport shouu
ha informed OF the many attractions that HaAe
visit 10 the Sheepshead Bay races dehsh'iui CA
pertence to persons from distant cities
Tbere is no valid reason why the coming meeting
should not attract a larger NUMBER u 'is''" ~
any of the preceding meetings
The stakes which closed on Thursday nave oeen
literally patronized. The number OF entries arc
likely 10 be still further increased by mail - sia'O
at the list printed here should cheer anu e'
borsamen and lovers Of racing throughout the land
There is no doubt about the number OF entries an"
everybody who has kept himself informed aoou
racing this year is aware that the qua"'y Oh '"e
horses racing is extremely high-class In the t"o-
year-old and all-aged divisions Here are 'ne
Island Jockey Club stakes and the huniDei u
each o.
Maiden Stakes - septeni'
,0fp"-e 'toNeS .''''' Reapers' stakes ~
H-Ah S,aAes ''''''-' ~. DOLPHIN Stakes -
be4es STAKES .''''--' ~ Twin City Handicap ~
Cat Eastern H'dcap. IO4 Autumn cup .'-''''''' DC
Partridge Stakes 81 LII. usndicap ...... "a
Golden Rod Stakes. 81 husset lsndIrsps -. 80
Flight stakes u Autumn"
The Twin City Handicap promises - -. - a