New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-20
TALK ABOUT TURF AFFAIRS
THE ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMMES AT
SHEEPSHEAD.
FOR MORE UNIFORM coNDlTIoNs-THE SITUATION


IN THE WEST.
p,.go.rs have reason to attend the OF the
conev Island Jockey Club at the Sheepshead Bay
~ Attractive Programmes the rule. and
the conditions such that high class of con-
.as,s result In nearly every race. 1t would be
weu for the horse-cwners and the public II at
,,or tracks the conditions OF their were
made With tho same degree OF fairness as AT
cheenshead BAY Under the new order OF racing
,bs reprehensible practice of formulating conai-
.,o,s u, suit certain horses should be promptly sup
messed. When races are made with conditions
like the following they cause everybody with the
sughtest love for fairness to remain away from the
races: purse $500. For one-cyed horses that
h.ve not been galloped at better than two-minute
Gait since . O'Clock a m. June Is. Gray horses
ouowed five pounds. Black or brown horses. with
one and not more than two white legs, allowed
seven pounds Bay horses with three white legs
star snip, and lop ears and a SPAWN. allowed
twenty five pounds Distance, four and three-seV-
enteenths furlongs."
All races should be formulated and the conditions
made far from the influence of men who own
horses Some horse-owners and many turfmen be-
lieye that the conditions OF all races should be
approved by the Jockey Club. The programme at
Sheepshead Bay shows plainly that races eminent
~ satisfactory to horse-owners and the public can
no arranged so as to give everybody n fair chance
There has been much comment about the fru-
rality OF the Coney Island Jockey Club in refusing
10 issue complimentary badges TO legislators who
have rendered invaluable aid to racing at Albany
The truth is that some members of the Executive
Committee Of the club do not take the trouble to
attend the races at Sheepshead Bay every race
day. and only seen on other racetracks on rare
occasions. 1t decided by such members of the
committee that only twenty complimentary badges
should be issued in addition to the press badges
and that Colonel Lawrence Kip should have the
mower to distribute the twenty Thus II Will be
seen that the active officials have not the power to
extend courtesies. no matter how much they may
desire to do So
The Lazzarone case has been settled and so have
the so-called 'handcappers,' "dope-players and
classihers Of racehorses generally. In regard TO
the detailed statement of the stewards of the
Coney Island Jockey Club meeting, 1t was worthy
OF Shoate N us ingenious ana plann az NO
AS binkers have mace such mdrVeiious cilanee
in Lazzarone, ii behooves the turf authorlues 10
shall have an ample supply Of blinkers constantly
william Easton is nothing If not progressive
He believes in meeting the public half way. Con-
sequently, he has constructed new ana connections
Of the Sheepshead Bay track where the Ran Th
sale viii begin promptly at l2 O'Clock to-day and
persons DESTROYS Of attending It should take me
at least 800 yearlinss during the present season
The efforts of the poolroom piotters ana TIER
allies to harass and annoy the racing associations
taken seriously by the men VINO are, now az
the head Of racing In the days Of Boss MeNans
tically partners in racing with certain olncldls
Of cer qd sSSl Sas o oT pmg Se law
10 be openly and fagrantly violated Boss Nc
Kane's address is now the state Prison, sing sing
and anybody who attempts TO extort money by
threats at the instigation Of pooroom gamblers VINO
placed portion of their lgOtten gains where II
did the most good, is likely TO join their former
leader. -, ,,.,,
The suppression of the Hawthorne and Harlem
gamblers in Chicago is not likely to injure racihs
Park he Wss5 is VIII as
with betting in the manner in which II Is
permitted on the tracks in this neighborhood More,
over the meetings at Milwaukee and Detroit VIII
ence of many stables that would not have left chi
cago but for the unexpected downfall! OF the gam
b.ers who have got control TO great extent "a
the Western turf in recent years $500, -
Robert Rose the owner Of clifford said yester-
day: 1.-THE Eastern horsemen should thank the men
who have brought about the present racing situa
ton in the East. If there had been no revision OF
the Constitution the public wou,d nave er 5er
ted 10 exist under the old Ives and Saxton laws
The situation would have been the same IN 'h's
neghborhood as i Is in cnieas9h said. Clifford
starred in only one race in the West, and he won
that race with something to spare ne mas recoe
yer that afflicted him las, year Clnord VIII De en-
tered and run whenever there are races on the pro
gramme that give him an even break with MS OPP
ponents ,,.,o-
As Dorian and Sir Excess are In fine condition;
the races al Sheepshead Bay over distance OF
ground are likely to be extremely adtdcNt S,rry
even Domino at The sprinting distances.
II is possible that Domino may wear me rogue
the hood and blinkers on the superb head Of Dom
;ro but he sulks and attempts 10 bite his oppo-
nents in Consequently y may De necessary
TO put on the unsightly appendages ~,, - 49,,
~ members meeting Of the Jockey Club was held
at its rooms. Twenty second-st ana rlIth-aVc.,
yesterday afternoon, and ne ioIQSH'g "t,hds~i
III S,nwart tr F r. Hitchcock and Andrew
KILLER There was meeting OF the stewards