New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-06
RACING AT GRAvESEND.
SOME wRErcHEp STARTING WORK.
vrs,;Lrs OF THE CONTESTS AT THE BROOKLYN
,0rrrv or -R TRACK

?, N. question of repeating the Percy-Gray Dill
s.,,d come I'D In the Legislature in 1896 and some
.,,ouen. orator who saw the racing al the DraNes
- track OF the Brooklyn Jockey Ciuo !eStefuhS
sous give a vivid and glowing description OF me
,ar,ing the Legislature would repeal t"e o'''
rrorp,y by boz majority ana 'ne "oNet"
Io,,,S siyn the repeating act without delay Last
- and last spring The Tribune repeatedly ad-
,-s tho Jockey Cub to employ two or three start
- =, handsome salaries and TO use them one AFTER
a,o,her on race days No great tenor shser anu
-, great soprano ever consents 10 sing every nlsh'
=, a, onera season Starting Is harder Work thsn
...,,c Singers need rest. So do starters In
.osohou clubs no pitcher Is required TO pitch In
.verv game Of the season Starting Is harder 'nah
s,~ II the Jockey Club had taken the ex-
49,, s6v,cs Of The Tribune and had employed
,.o-al starters using one starter on one race Gay
&c o,ha- starter on another race day. Mr. Rowe
- bavs had time 10 rest. and no such pitiful
rork with the fag as he performed yesterday
uo,,,d probably have taken place.
- snac,ators almost sobbed with sympathy as
-s,w the over-worked. weary exhausted starter
. overcome by his exertons day after day through
-, the racing season that he could not pun NM
lf torether sufficiently to send on the horses on
s,vthnc Ike fair and even terms IN the thiru MN
- s,xth races Their hearts bled for him. A
a. 81 listener with acute ears. could almost hear
- arinnins OF the red drops as their hearts pied
--hs Trbune's racing column has gwen the JoCHeF
9Th nrecous store Of uncommonly Valuapie anu
,a,,A advice from time 10 time. but 1t never gave
hs,,e- counsel than when it urged the Jockey C'uo
=. or,nlov several starters. But the warnings APP
-, "a reuonstrances Of this column seem 10
- ut,le effect upon the adamantine ears OF tne
"fscs-s and members of the Jockey Club. Ihey 90
NO, sppear 10 be inclined 10 accept ADVICE rom 's
orr,1n no matter how reconcile, profound anu
precious that advice may be.
RADIY IN NEED OF A REST.
,.,o- s,,cb starting as that OF yesterday the most
frovara. peevish and perverse OF turimeh cailno'
deny that Mr.. Rowe needs rest me 800 -
,-,,h ought 10 give him d months vacation win
- law. and trv another man. or two or three
- So char men Mr. Rowe has earned MS rest
pA has gathered a golden harvest on the 'url oY
many wears Of earnest and arduous attention 10
duty at high salaries IT.,
As Tba Tribune has said many times, X the pm
o,,al na,crs o. Nev-York would unite with one
-, - demanding reforms and improvements on
The ,urt reforms anC Improvements WOULD cer'a''-S
ne made and every oEe would see better sle""i"
shin better Judging better handicappihs, ue''s'
Starting better riding. better training ana oe''''
hs,ting than are seen now But one paper 10 wv
srs,, nth circulation afidavits and the advocacy
~ unlimited drunkenness on sunday 10 pay 'i'"N
attention 10 turf affairs Another paper is 100 u0"
o,a--,es lest the earth be destroyed by co'iis'o
Win a comet 10 concern itself extensively VII"
racing matters Another paper Is so uuOh O0-1
MED with exposing the Cleveland thrc-'e'Hi 00''
e,,racv that II has little time TO look after any
thing else. while still another l. so cose'! e"e
- SWINGING a censor before the President WHO l.
c,,.av ca,rhrated for taking more vacations ana
lo-rA- vacations than any other Presi'en' eve
l,oo.r and for giving far more thought anu s'uuS
- he s-ulpfns % Buzzard's Bay than 10 'ne "e'S
Of the Na.on) that the fumes OF tie incense N'''
arc constantly arising from its censor obscure ''o
,r-s almost entirely from is sight so II IS not
vii ever unite with one voice in deman0lhs ms
r.f,-rs and improvements upon the turf Whlch are
50 urgent and 50 important
TIE WEATHER ALL RIGHT ANYHOW
:. is Wonderful weather which the Brooklyn
1oc,ss,, Club has been having. the hnest weather
ina ENABLE. from the outset Of the meeting. 40
,co-- delightful October afternoon was ever known
than that Of yesterday. a moderate nu'nOe' y.
- u,art 10 the track The days Of great
nnultitudes Of spectators at the races nave eo'.e
ard thew will never come back. Il the racetrAchS
- baan managed in recent years In Thoroughly
ron,-lsr Uav and II the owners and managers OF
those tracks had tried earnestly at d" .Ii"e9 -
Give the people who went 10 the races lu" 'e'u'"
for the money which they spent IN supporuns '''
turf the prospects of the racecourses III 'D'S
You'd ne much brighter than they now are But
,..,,,aa,, Americans with few exceptions, have
r,ad. nm their minds that American racetracAs are
rot as a rule well managed. and that Inc man
ayers do not at times give racegoers luH 'aue 'o'
money received. II the starting me s'e"a'"S"'p'
the training the riding and the betting were 80
h,ra,ed that men Of brains who go to the races
- b,ras,lv cav that American starters, stew
"a ,udges owners trainers. jockeys ana DOCK
r,akers Uere all American citizens OF exceptional
hf,.v intellect ssgacity. conscientiousness' earn
~.,.ss zeal force and resolution. the racing "ouid
he by far the most popular, the most ad"'''eu anu
the most delightful OF American Sports
THe reasons why it isn't not fer to seek I n
Tribune has pointed them OuI @ ont also II they
vare not so busy with other matters ~ i plai.
now, 70 everybody that popular interest u me tuI Is
I'd fau of the Roman Empire were due 10 me
fxurv the efeminacy and the vices OF the Romans
,ornan n,anho5d decayed and Roman virtue was
ro-roded When Rome was poor Rome was great.
When Rome % sSs f fen Twsntynve years ago the
American turf comparatively poor ana A'ilei !
frugal The deceitfulness riches Of fat dividends
and OF enormous profits have tainted ana corrup'ea.
smpilcity OF frugaty OF integrity. OF honesty. Of
honor conscience and seN-respect is lndlspensa oe
or the American tur, will vanish from the sight OF
WHY NOT TELL THE TRUTH?
Why will not all the newspapers join In telling the
whole truth about the TURF Why will they not act
together and drive out all the vultures and buzzards
and carrion crows that be discovered upon our
rac"tracks. and make the sport sounl anG WhoI n
rome throughout? August Belmont and James X
keene have done a great ded4 lot the lui anu
nave worked heroically TO improve and benent
American racing. But they need the help OF all re,
spectacle newspapers in their labors 20 cleanse and
dssnfect the Au2ean stables Il IS truly task equal
20 the whole total Of the twelve labors Of Hercules
which they have undertaken. They Wi! fall unless
all the respectable newspapers come 10 their AID.
and unless all the respectable newspapers act TO-
gether and insist upon better starting better stew
ardship better training better riding and better
betting than have often been seen In recent years
American racetracks.
THE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.
I. there is racing in this State next year the
Jvners OF the racetracks situated on Long Island
ought 10 plead with the Brooklyn Bridge trustees
West 4hSt.