New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-23
HINTS AS TO TURF AFFAIRS.
THE NECESSITY OF WATCHING CERTAIN .RAs-



Horse owners and trainers are not as keeny alive
10 their own interests and the interests OF the turf
IN general as the best friends of racing would like
70 have them In the past the associations sent
men around to solicit entries for the races Owners
and trainers did almost as they pleased and rested
.contentedy upon the fact that the Guttenburg and
Gloucester racetracks were open to receive them
should any racing official dare to offend them on the
so-calIed big tracks When horse owners and
trainers fail to their horses for liberal purses
in the responsibility for serious damage
to racing rests upon their shoulders.
The Jockey Club should not make the slightest
concession to owners who refuse to enter their
horses une.s races are conditioned" that 1t APP
pears to these owners that horses owned by them
have certain races at their mercy. This Is the
time for firmness and determination on the part OF
the Jockey Club.
In the list OF licensed Jockeys for 1896 the Of
several Jockeys who have been tainted by suspi-
cfon on account Of peculiar riding In races last year
and In California In recent months may be found
by anybody who cares enough about the purity OF
the turf to recall Of the incidents associated
with certain performances. The Jockey Club should
not hesitate In giving certain well-known jockeys
some very emphatic warnings before the racing sea-
son begins In this State. Moreover jockeys who
have been suspected OF pulling their mounts or of
association with INSCRIPTIONS agents OF men who
lay against what technically called dead ones''
on the turf should be kept under surveillance both
night and day. The slightest deviation from the
path OF rectitude any exhibition Of suspiciously
peculiar. riding should be met by instantaneous
ocatton of licenses. II should not be extremely
;dihicult task to find out who the agents or go-be
tweens who corrupt both trainers and jockeys
and with whom they associate. Men Of that stamp
should not be allowed to enter the racetracks This
Is the time to relieve the turf Of the elements that
have hampered and injured the sport for years.
When money is scarce and racegoers. like every
body else. compelled TO save every penny 1t -
not at all likely ono matter how much they love the
sport Of racng) that they will tamely submit to
losing their money through maliciously stupid and
eometimes criminal mistakes of Jockeys who escape
by giving the stewards fiimsy explanation about
'pocket:. "cut,offs and other things that may or
When the racing begins at Morris Park theye should
be no halfway measures taken 10 enforce The rules
of racing laid down by the Jockey Club.
The work OF the horses at the tracks goes merrly
on, although no really startling trials have taken
place as yet
There sporadic Of mouth disease
at the Long Island tracks The outbreak of pink
eye" Holmdel and Brookdae IL likely to give the
horses in that neighborhood another setback Fortu-
nately. the disease is Of q mild type. and nothing
The Board OF Governors OF the Turf and Field
Club held meeting at No. l73 Fifth-ave yesterday
afternoon. Only routine business transacted.