New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-19
COMMENDED BY TURFMEN.
r,,r REPORT OF THE STATE RACING
COMMISSION.
.,ccEsTIONS MADE THEREIN LIKELY TO BE
ADoPTED-MR. CROKERs ENGLISH

EXCURSION.
r,. exhaustive report OF the State Racing Com
,..,on is generally commended by tursmen and
racesoers II Is likely that the suggestions made by
.hs commissioners In regard to county fairs will be
aon,ed by the Legislature. Throughout the report
,ns efforts OF the Commissioners to prevent viola
lions OF the law plainly perceptble Their eff
,o-,s last year were crowned with success. not
rbs,ardinc the organized attempts OF the enemies
=, snor, to ruinrracing. To be sure, the Saratoga
pacing Association succumbed under the reduced
racapis from the various sources of revenue for
rerlv in existence under the old racing laws. The
snor, Of racing. however, Is not affected by the
r,,hdrawal Of the Saratoga Association. There is
m MACE on the turf for Wabaum and his dis
reputable Gutenberg gang. Hish-class racing and
q Iow-class MANAGEMENT cannot exist with the
gambling features OF racing suppressed. Notwith-
standing the extensive falling off in the receipts OF
1856 when compared with those OF the previous
year nobody gainsay the fact that on the
whole the racing was a under the Percy
Cray law, and under the administration Of racing
affairs by the State Racing Commission and the
Jockey Club.
I, is generally believed by turfmen that Thomas
FLYNN will be the official starter. Many horse-own-
ers say that Mr. Flynn is eminently fitted for the
position and they think that he will be selected
from the large number of applicants on his merits
90 a starter AS stated in The Tribune some time
ago the places OF starting Judge and patrol Judge
are likely to be abolished 1t is reported that John
Uoey may be appointed associate judge with Clar-
ence Mcdowell.
Raceccers will miss the sod!erlike Colonel Robert
simmons who. It is rumored Is about TO retire from
active service. Colonel simmons is man OF means
and is reputed to possess property worth upward OF
10000.
II 10 said in some quarters that II. Morris. VINO
has been the manager Of the Cough Acres Stable,
NAV be appointed as clerk Of the scales Tor tAe
present season
w s Sands. who is celebrated goif CHAMPION.
may perhaps. give up the game OF long vans
and take an active interest in racing as d Joche!
Club steward Mr.. Sands owns forty Droou mares
that are chartered at the stock farms IN heh'uch!'
He Is also a partner with J. W. Rogers IN soi"e "'si
class colts Runover is one OF them.
Horse-owners turfmen. racegoers ana aiiioS'
everybody interested In racing and outdoor sports
are DESTROYS that Mr.. SANDS shaii return " ' '
as active official 49, 49,,
Owing to some uIlooked-for incidents tha' nave
occurred II Is probable that James X. Neehe Will
return this city next week
The death Of Colonel Jesse Lloyd the owner Oh
the racer. Count Schomberg one OF the pest horses
IN England removes one Of the dangerous cand-
dates in the handcaps to be run at the spring anu
summer meetings An effort may De maze u nave
ENGAGEMENTS made to the horses instead OF the
owner The English Jockey Club has ior years re-
fused TO make the change. hence the old rule VIII
probably stand. II all engagements ceased upon 'he
death of the horse II is generally believed mat tAe
equine mortality would be greatly increased fer
haps IT would be good plan. as the turf might
possibly be relieved of large number OF worthless
brutes that misguided owners engage extensively III
stakes.
Richard Croker will sail for England to-day on
the American liner ST. Louis. His affairs In this
city are arranged in such a manner that ne mas no
occasion to give them thought Americas sfor,
merly Rev del Carrerres) has been seiec,eu 10
REPRESENT Mr. Cookers stable In the LincoInshlIe
Handicap in which nc Will carry III POUNDS. amer
icus shouid certainly have chance for the money
AZ the distance Zone mile) although his best races
in this nechborhood were at shorter u!stancts
- "a not generally known that Mr. Croker offered
TO match Americus against Zen Brush for SvoD rr,a
side and to give the latter fifteen POUNDS at MOTIFS
park last fail Every report from Wontage says
that the horses trained by Morton for mr.. se
are In excellent form at the present uIlt. me
Tnrillard horses at Newmarket are favoTaoiy COM
mented upon by the English critics. Iii, o., a.
morrow and appoint the official starter tne JUDGES
and other officials The appointments must Ds Ihaae
Tomorrow, the stewards resolved some ''iie aso
/ OF 10 delay them beyond February ".