New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-25
TALK AMONG TURFMEN.
VARIOUS FEATURES OF INTEREST IN RACING
AFFAIRS.


AFFAIRS.
John c. Carr and Dennis Mclaughlin appear 10
have secured control Of the st. Asaph track Carr
is reported as saying openly that the Western
Turf Congress is ready TO receive IT. Asaph
with open arms He intimates that racing VIII De
continued Indefinitely at ST. Asaph. with foreign
books and all the accessories that mace Gutleh-
burg infamous 1t is not so long ago that New
Jersey court Of competent jurisdiction sentenced
both John c. Carr and Denis Mclaughlin 10 the
Hudson County Jail for four months, and every right
minded, honest citizen OF New-Jersey hrmly De-
Neves that the sentence was far too lehieht ana
that the scoundrels who made GutenourS posi-
BIZ should be behind the bars instead OF being al
liberty 10 inhict further injuries upon racing ana
upon the public. Now that the Virginia Jockey
Club seems to have outlined its policy, prompt
action by the lovers OF honorable racing shou'u ue
taken In order 10 place the club where IL Tsh'l!
belongs. The Jockey Club should not hes'a'e 10"
that the intentions Of the Guttenburs element nave
been openly proclaimed Moreover. the De ReszheS
of the turf should not appear or be represented at
the continuous shows OF dime museum CHARACTER
Neither should the Jockey Club properties such d.
starters clerks OF the scales. or any OF the othe
props" be loaned to enhance the freak SHOWS
OF the turf.
So far as The Detroit Jockey Club is concerned
the members Of the club under no circumstances
would permit: foreign book on the course anu
furthermore IL the club could not have secured d
license from the Jockey Club the meeting "ouiu
have been abandoned. as the members declared
that they would not affiliate with the Corrisan-
Hankins gang that controls racing in the neigh-
borhood Of Chicago.
, 1t seems to be the aim of some persons 20 bring
.uout racing war between the East and the west
while the very existence OF racing IN this 0'd'e
hangs in the balance at Albany.
II some alleged racing experts had not ihleriered
with the Gray BILL the racing question IN all PROB
ability would have been settled by this time, ana
the horse-owners and the breeders would know
what to expect.
An enormous attendance witnessed the race 10Y
the City and Suburban Handicap at EPSON. IN
England yesterday. Gable reports say the crowd
exceeded that OF any former year by many thou-
sands Thomas Cannon's Reminder, with III pounds
on his back, won the BY half a length; Stow
market. 12l pounds second; Irish Car lO3 pounds
third There were nineteen starters. The distance
was one and quarter miles Reminder was
warm favorite In the betting from the time when
the weights were published. The favorites for the
great English handicaps are beaten as rule. but
Reminders victory one Of the exceptions Fox
hall Keenes bay colt Dimity unplaced al
EPSON. in the Hyde Park Plate, TO Radiaia, who
was first, Eau dor and Miss Archer running a
dead heat for the place.
The entries 10 the Coney Island Jockey Club
stakes are not as numerous as the officials antic-
pated The Suburban has twenty-one entries up to
date. Here are the names Of the stakes and the
number OF entries.