New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-06
RCTTgE D1yS FOR rue IrEf.

The officers IL the Jockey Club AMI the men
who control the various rlcctrackS In ms S'a'"
will have an opportunity this year 10 make racing
a thoroughly popular sport and one worthy 81
nublic confidence. They have fallen Into many
errors in the past. They have spurncd w'il-c"n'
sidcrcd counsel, and have been bent upon having
their own way Every raccirack IN THIS state
has been managed IN past years chiefly win Inc
idea Of deriving the largest possible proilis from
the bcttlny.rings and without sufficient regard
for purity and integrity In the sport and for IN"
rcnutoilon Of The American turf. The managers
~ orr racc;racks. as rule. have looked with
contempt both upon the press AMI upon The pun
lie ,,hile they hav. taken a large and liberal
vi.w of The bcncfaciions II the bOOknakcrs To
ia. ,reos,lrie, Of the turf associations. Those
h.ncfaciions will now BE- dried up. Revenues
from bct,lngrings will no longer hold out dnz
cling and almost irresistible temptations to The
mon who n, the racccourscs In charge. The
PROSPERITY OF the racciracks in the Empire state
INNS, depend absolutely in the fuiur" upon the
favor and goodwill uf the public ana the press,
and thai favor and goodwill can only he secured
by an entire revolution In methods OF manage
mon, and In the spirit with which racing Is To b.
carried on In this State.
The Jockey club itself. and MI The raceirackS
I'm the State In 1891. as In other years, wer"
handled In such n way as TO provoke much just
and well founded criticism. The members al Inc
Jockcy club made the mistake ~ putting III
office I'm some instances men who were narrow
minded. who did not possess broad and generous
vicws. bookmakrrs formed the most valuable and
bcno,iccnr element In racing. The Jockey club In
several cases named stewards 10 preside over
race meetings who were not of the right quality
and Of the right stamp to excite public cnh'isl
| osm for the turf and 10 enlist the admiration
and zeal Of racing writer's and expert critics III
r,cIny affairs. Some Of those stewards were
sadly rcmIss IN the performance of their duties
M every meeting which was held last year Th'y
were no, sufficiently yigilnni aud active IN
battling the schemes ~ the many rasrnls ana
,hlcyc, who infested the turf There were many
dishonest rncrs run on The rncclrackS IN the Fan
miro state IN 1894: there were many eases OF
obvious pulling; there were many Instances 81
fragrant chIcancry: ihcr" were many Jobs ana
steals carried through irInmplinnily ANA success
fully The stewards who presided over III" warn
ous meetings IN the Empire state were either
Indifferent and negligent or they were not SUN
| GENTLY acute. kccDeycd aud rcsolutc 10 cheek
the opcraions II the conspIraiors who made
| money by all sorts Of dlsrcpu'ablc Tricks. lh'
Jockey club did not manage turf affairs In ihi'
State lost wear I'm a way that excited The fcrycn
and uustn,cd commentator Of those best quail
fled to pass Judgment in such matters
The racccorrscs Of this state ana the men wh'
are responsible for Tie management II these
courses are now Oh probation. The members %
the Constitutional Convention Of last year wcr
so dIsgus,ed and nccnsed AT the way in whlcl
the managers Of our racctracks had permitted
professional gamblers 10 swlndlc the visitor
who went to those tracks, they were In
pressed with The damage and injury and mis-
chief caused by The bcliingrings. and by M
bridlcl speculation on turf contests. that II on
blow they smashed into fragments The Who'll
fabric Of the turf in this state. The Legislature
after many carncs, appeals and prayers III
part Of those interested in keeping up racing, In
consented to give the Jockey Club and the race
tracks an opportunity to purify racing, TO remov
all the scandals and abuses and evils and max
: the sport clean and decent 1t was not clean an