Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-11

lHE MAZE hACh. 1AS ocatOu 0oeoA
Il dsy there was no racing at ST.. Asaph,
q The Jockey Club, having revoked the
license of the Virginia Jockey Club,
which owns the st. Asaph track.
As soon as the news of the Jockey
Gibbs action reached the track, the
horse owners held an impromptu meet
Ing which resulted in the sending of a
; telegram to August Belmont, signed by
Mr.. Vim. DAILY, asking whether the rev.
( ocation of the license went into imme-
date effect. The reply was very posi-
tive in its terms. 1t simply that any
horse, Jockey, or owner taking part in
any racing at st. Asaph yesterday
would be outlawed. OF course that
settled the question of racing. and the
owners Immediately began discussing
plans for shipping their strings to New
York. Among the stables which left
for New York yesterday was that OF o.
A. Jones. Nearly all of them will have
left the track before Monday. In fact
not more than 100 horses, at the out
side, will remain to take part in the
meeting under the new order OF things.
The foreign book was quickly put in
operation at the old stand, and soon the
game was going on as merily as if moth,
lug had occurred. Messrs. ]. NJ. Hill
and ]. n. Kirk, who testified at the
meeting of the Jockey Club on Thurs
day night, returned yesterday after
noon. They were met in Washington
by John c. Carr and lobe Wall, and
later on the four held protracted
meeting at the Raleigh. After it was
over it was given out that racing will
be resumed at st. Asaph on Monday on
an entirely independent basis. The
club is to be reorganized, and j. NJ.
Hill announced that he will have moth
ing to do with its management. Mr..
Wall also stated that he has disposed
of his financial interest in the club. he
left for New York last night, accom-
panied by aIr. Carr.
A dispatch from Washington says :;
The stockholders of the Virginia AS
ISOLATION held q meeting yesterday
afternoon and decided to begin a new
and independent meeting next Mon
day, racing three days week as out
laws, drawing upon the Old Dominion
Jockey Club for horses and Jockeys;
lobe Wall withdrew from the club and
J. c. Carr and Dennis Mclaughlin will
dispose of their holdings as speedily as
possible. J. M. Hill, ]. n. Kirk, Jonn
Egan and few local lights will divide
the stock of the new venture. The
foreign book will be noyed down tt
the betting ring, in keeping with the
advice of 81. D. Mcintyre, and fnl
place booking allowed.
tito understood that 7. Wood Mar.
tin will bs the presiding judge unde del
the new arrangement, and Steve Stlii
we'll perform the duties of secretary
Frank Bray, formerly assistant starter
will drop the red flag. All purses vii
be 5000. All horses and owners which
have not bsen ruled off for fraud viii
be eligible to start at st. Asaph, and al
St. Asaph and Alexander Island vii
continue to race on alternate days unti
further notice, the Sc. AsaPh psopie ex
oect to draw on the Island stables 70
its fields. At present there are over ~
horses stabbed in the vicinity OF Alex ,.
auder Island, and these viii! be sum
cient to supply good-sized fields for bot
tracks.
ar. Kirk, in speaking of the aetlol
Of the Jockey Club, stated that the ae
ton of the st. Asaph officials in rlllni
of Doctor Street, Jockey Macy ant
the flly Summertime was criticised OF
the ground that onls the Jockey G II:,
had this authority. Street, Macy, III
and Kirk were summoned before the TIL
bunal separately and subjected to riglt
cross examination regarding the Sum
n,ertime case, and after long delioera
ton the decision was announced. MI
Kirk asked permission to continue tn
meeting until the expiration OF the Il
cense on May IA, but his request va
promptly refused.