New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-28
RACING OUTLOOK BRIGHTER.
WORKING FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE
MORRIS PARK MEETING.

HORSES READY TO RUN WE'LL ON THE FIRST DAY
SOME coMpARIsoNs WITH ENGLAND
The racing season of 1896 begins under far more
favorable auspices than last year! Inc courts anu
The Legislature have definitely decided ID FAVOR vi
wholesome honest racing conducted uncer the aus
pices OF the Jockey Club The state Racing com
mission has done much toward improving the POSI-
lion OF racing in the eyes OF the puoNc.
Everybody appears to be working for the success
Of the Morris Park meeting except some OF inc
'cinch" loving trainers who have ontaiheo ncehSes
from the Jockey Club There should be no lack OF
entries for the Morris Park races At the tracks
the horses are sufficiently advanced In their train
ing to be fit and ready TO run excellent races Oil 'e
FIRST day Of the meeting. -
u,sa pity that the racing season in this neighbor
hood does not open with a great handicap wh'on
would arouse public enthusiasm al inc OUTSET IL"
s.ead OF beginning with cheap racing at the Aque-
duct track In England the Lincolnshire haho'eap
is talked about for weeks before the race. lheie 10
much betting the result and II furnishes iuei io'
discussion until the last of the great spring handi
caps has been decided Then there Is the Nia'i"
National Steeplechase, at Aintree, near LVef-
pool to aid in keeping UP The interest III iao's
what IL the use in comparing American racing with
the English? Every condition is different Cer'aih
Americans who collect exorbitant rents ior
etuffy fats and apartments, and VINO ram d. r
high prices in this country, when compared "i'n
the cheap living abroad pay $40 to sZp 10 WITNESS
single days sport in England, and KICK IKE e'eei
when asked TO pay So TO see just as soou spo'' ~
Eheepshead Bay or. Morris Park
There should be halfway measures taheh "
ENSURE a splendid success on the opening Gay a.
Morris Park Governor Morton and his STAN re-
splendent in the glittering panoply OF war shouto
be invited to be present. Mayor Strong Iheooore
Roosevelt and Colonel Waring might assist In CIV
ing the sport boom on the opening aay i"o'"'
I, Plat however should remain at home. as some
of the horses would surely bolt If he were preseht
with the foregoing distinguished company com
mittee should be appointed to inspect the roads 10
Morris Park and to inform the authorities about
the dams erous places and rough spots IN the THOR
pughfares leading TO the par -, ~ ..,o.,
Ii is singular that the men VINO tam tt ne mn mn
bout exc cling clubs are >the men
who the intimate ASSOCIATES OF the ,
element. Covert attacks without names pes ~ he
toned, upon any turfmen vino are meiiioets Va .e
Jockey Club not at all likely 10 ala lhe cduse
of racing. Ingrates are at discount on IAe tui %
well all other places There snouiu DE no LILY
tion aroused on the turf if success is desired me
Jockey Club should act fearessly and promptly IN
every case where suspicious circumstances occur
In races Trainers ana jockeys who are under sus-
picon should be cautioned before acuNe racing
begins Measures should be taken 10 ascertain
who the go-betweens are that corrupt jockeys and
admission should be refused TO the suspects a' inc
gates. 49,, -, ,,o .hro,eb D.. course
of physic and are ready for their nal prepara-
ton William Lakeland is satisfied with the wpf iS
~ his handicap candidates. Hornpipe, King arthur
II and Counter Tenor in superb condition The
etockwell Stables o-year-olds are well forward
in their training and Arthur White is correspond
Cheering reports come from Brookdale Homdel
and other training grounds in Monmouth County;
The epidemic of pnkeye has its course, and
the horses afflicted are rapidly recovering from
There has been some lively betting on the Brook
lyn Handicap. Bemar, who won several consecu-
tive handicaps at Morris Park last fall, was heavily
Supported last week. King Arthur ii Is now at
Sto in the betting. , ..,. ~.
week did not please some of the critics who were
present