New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-15
IMPROVEMENT AT BRIGHTON
THE BETTING QUESTION GIVES RISE TO
ALARM.
PROMPT MEASURES NECEssARY-HENRY STE
DEKER AND THE CHAIR TAX-To APPEAL
TO THE CouRTs-soME PROM

TO THE COCRTS-SOMt fno"-
IsING HORSES.
That racing has been reformed goes without say
Ing. The sport at Brighton has been vast I'M
provement on the racing at that track IN FORMER
years. Although Handicapped by the weather on
the first few days Of the meeting. the financial re-
suits extremely satisfactory to the managers
A small cloud that Is rapidly growing arose on the
racing horizon during the meeting 1t made Its APP
pearahce In the same quarter that brought ABOUT
disaster TO the tur. In the past The betting ques
ton Is the cloud. and It grows more portentous
every day Veterans look upon 1t with alarm, as
bitter experience in the past has taught them that
the evil should be nipped In the bud Moreover
nobody has any confidence In men who nave peeh
active In degrading racing b. originating schemes
whereby books made for women pet'ors'
Catchpenny devices and the methods OF bowery
fakrs should be vigorously and promptly sup
pressed II prompt measures taken by the Jockey
Club at the minor tracks. the leading ASSOCIATIONS
may not have to bear the brunt OF the misdoihss
OF a mere handful o. designing men In the iuture'
There Is a determined opposition OF the ieau'ns
layers OF odds to the proposed plan to permit mon
who have TO real interests at stake to impose an
unlawful tax upon them simply because they say
they have purchased certain PRIVILEGES OF .he "~'n
owners. Gutenberg. Gloucester, Maspeth ana al
the merry go-round tracks. with the Subsequent
disasters to racing. were maze possible ny VI.
Vaccinations Of betting ring agents ana tne s'eeu
for revenue by racetrack keepers. City poolrooms'
books for women. electric-sht racing ana .ho"
sand kindred evils grew from the hesta.'on U. ''o
leading racing men in crushing the evils III '"e''
infancy
II is passing strange that Henry steoeHer was '
cctcd as the victim OF the argus-eyed conservs;-rS
NJ Tho law AT the Brighton Beach track IL was
tie last day and only two races remained 10 De oe
cided when he bounced upon anu "u,. ,,
by being elected from the racetrack. MI o'eoeher
makes some startling assertions ABOUT 'he ah"'r
that are corroborated by many other men VINO arc
familiar with racing affairs Perhaps MT o'euehe'
d,d ,,,k ,oo much about the chair tax to suit his
anc,on, business enemies IN the racetrack stauoh-
cry line Personal quarrels should not De used as
a pretext to eject anybody from the face"ae" '
technical grounds; besides. the case shou'a hase
been presented to J. ]. Burke. VINO representa- 'e
Jockey Club at Brighton. The end Is not yet' AZ
Mr. steleker Is determined to hght the o"'"e '"
tho bitter ed In the courts
LONG DISTANCE RACING.
Iorgdistance racing IL certainly more satsfac-
tory IN the nublic than the spirits the race De-
tween Lovdal and Stephen j. aroused more scn"-
Inc enthusiasm Saturday than AZ Oh ,ne hc
races on the card put nriehton as the sharp
turn gives n quick beginner an uhHu. a thc,
over he other horses In the race Moreosei. 49,
ore danr.rous to the Jockeys and cause the start.
10 become morosc. taciturn ana sour, 10 -, ,hs
sspandstand as a little short OF mansiaugh,er' un-
less the horse he bets upon sets o' ~ at tho
when ns' Is sss.furlong race at Brighton, the
angle makes Il appear 10 ths spu",hs hehtnd The
horse on the outside was se'e'"' ''"s'''
intermission ran a race on SATURDAY that ra ss
E 1s.ls sa fss for brighton besides he y can
give seSes s p9 Sr . ss an" IN ii their worn
Pa.ain has developed INTO use,u ,, no prcha IL n
her best; and showed high-class form on sa'uruas'
IN THE NORRIS STABLE
o.,,. a, the horses in the Morris stable suffer
..y.r.ly from the effects OF the sore mouth that
has addicted the horses in this neishoorhood since
.ar,v sprng Formal the crack two-year-old cox
OF ths Morris stable s eouShng' ana nay Stable hIe
- an .. ceent form and In likely 10 cause several
changes in The programme A. ssra'oss some Of the
rsess Dorian showed the spectators at BIisnton
he wa; ep.se % fo1saa to heT his Ses Sir
Excess won his last race with amazing ease. Cl.i,
n ,s expected he will show Eastern racegoers the
kind OF racehorse Bramble can produce. Glen 70.
rec We'd in the car on the journey from Chicago
Mai hew Byrncs takes matters easily win Marcus
Dat horses and Is ready for the question "hen-
ever the programme suits his horses =, a..
The Gideon q DAILY horses are likely to be IN dii-
rersn Mann and rseure only little fast work to ut
them. some interesting races may result VINE" '"e'
The Kccne stable Is not as strong as It was , ex-
peced to be IN the early spng I have dis
appointed both James II. Keene and William Lake
land. 49,. 4.
Gold Crest is a good-looking youngster that Is
the hest specimens OF the equine families from which
he Is descended, but may Ill out to the desreu
Philip J. Dryers stable Will be shipped 20 sara
toga where Handspring will receive special prep
aration for his fall engagements
August Belmont's horses have done well mus Tar.
and are likely to improve wonderfully at Saratoga
The racing outlook grows brighter every day, gay.
There has not beer hitch or the slightest trou,
bic since the season began until the objections OF
the LAYERS OF odds to the methods OF the lessees or
the privileges at Brighton Beach developed last