The morning times., 1895-07-08
RACING NEWS hid GOSSIP
Old Dominion Club PraGtiGing
ShOrt-sighted Economy.
WILL NOT ISSUE BADGES
Patrons Have to Pay to Go In and
Lose Their Money! Moore should
BE Reinstated-JOhnny DisteI Send
Ing Some Hot Tips from Oakley.
Summary of To-day's Races.

The short -sightedness of the Old Do
minion Jockey Club officials in refusing
badges to everyone but bona fide horse
owners is rather amusing, in view of their
experience in this direction last summer.
They attempted to catch the stray 80
cents then by the same means, but finding
that the attendance steadily decreased,
were only too glad to give badges TO any
one who wanted them
They make the plea that they are los
ing money and must have those extra
half-dollars, but before they get through
they VIII find out that they don't get
either the halves or the attendance There
are many men who Will go over once or
twice week and take from $50 TO $50
with them If they have a pass to get in.
These men, however. would no more give
up 10 go in ard lose their money than
they would attempt to fly.
If the track doesn't go to pieces in
the meantime, it is a safe prediction TO
make that the managers VIII be glad
enough, before the hot summer days pass
away, TO give out admission tickets BY
the handful
notwithstanding the accidents that have
recently happened on the st Asaph track
there have been no repairs made and the
same thing is liable 10 occur any dav
From the time the club threw open IFS
gates the manage have not had a COM
peteut person 10 oversee the track.
with this one exception the Virginia
Jockey Club has had a most successful
meeting The idea has been to look after
the interests OF the public first aud this
has been the direct cause OF their success
The judges have been on the alert TO de-
tect any fraud aud have just as quickly
punished the offenders when caught
OF course there have been mistakes
made, but they were such as are liable
TO happen on any weIl-conducted track.
The most recent case where it would seem
as though ar injustice had been done was
the ruling off OF Jockey J. Moore for the
alleged pulling OF Al HeIenbolt Just
why this was done and by what system
Judge Martin ''doped" this colt to make
better showing than he did under the
circumstances, il would be hard to say.
Every time the colt has started he has
acted meanly and has either run all over
the track or halted and run out at the start.
Saturday he hada good chance TO be second
but swerved from one side OF the track 10
the other, when within hundred yards OF
the wire
Judge Martin is very easy on the boys,
however, evidently believing that more can
be done by kindness than force, ard he viii
Johnny Distel, the young man who has
made quite name for himself as one OF
the most successful handicappers in the
country. recently left here for Oakley and,
Judging by the good things that he has sent
over the wires he must be making the
bookies out there jump Off their boxes
DiStel is a close friend OF Steve Still
well. the secretary of the st. ASapl track,
and nearly every day he sends over some
thing that nearly goes through. His most
brilliant aifort in this line, since he
reached Oakley. was go to l shot. which
ran a dead heat. Last week he sent
Frontier and the entire talent got down
on the horse, nearly putting the foreisni
books out of business. Saturday it was
Candor and he won in a gallop.
The card at the st. Asaph track to day,
while well filed, is not OF a very high class.
The fields, however. are well matched
and viii keep the talent guessing to pick
the winners. The opening event has eleven
starters and they are very much on the dog
order. Sir Rae has been steadily improving
and while the distance is a little short, he
should be factc!. FL TelegTaphO has not
been out this spring, but if he is fit will
likely do the trick with Wyoming and Sir
Rae close up Septour VIII win the two
year-old race i'll gallop The third viii
likely go to MonitOress, who only has
lightweight pounds to carry, with Busirus
and Minnesota as the runners in The
fourth is a corker, but a good guess is
Dervish, West Park and BeliSariUs
The two -year-old CadiZ is i'll great
shape just now and should defeat the all
ages field in the fifth event Trojan and
Gonzales look to be the best of the balance
Samaritan viii about break his run of hard
luck and win the closing race from Arch
bishop and The Snake