New-York tribune., 1896-01-15
CHAT AMONG TURFMEN.
CHANCES At OWNERS AND HORSES.
CLOSING or THE BROOKLYN sTAKEs-PLANs OF
RACING MEN

CLOSING OF THE BROOKLYN sTAKEs-PLANs OF
RACING MEN.
Horse-owners and trainers should not forget that
the Brooklyn Jockey club stakes VIII close ,o-uaS'
Every owner and every trainer should 90 ms Ut
most TO make the Grayesend meeting success
The racing this year practically means the final
trial on appeal of the sport before the bar OF pub
,c opin,cn The owners OF high-class three-year-
ODDS should enter them in the hahdlcaps' me
BROOKLYN Handicap gives horse-oWners spe"uu
opporturity to test the merits OF the thfee-!eai-
olds n a race with the aged division carefni
study of TIE performances Of the aged DIVISION
shovs pla;nlv that with the exception OF Henry OF
Navarro there are very formidable horses III
the al-aged division over distance OF grouhu. \
liberal entry OF the three ycar-o!ds IN the hI"oN9'
Handicar would certainly attract an enormous
crowd and give the sport Of racing declded I'M
petus toward the goal that racetrack-owners are
60 anxious to reach-that is. dividend-paying re-
GENTS II 10 fervcnty hoped that the entries TO the
stakes Of the Brooklyn Jockey Club VIII ea"ai '''
number of entries in former years.
The war scare has at last reached the conhhes "
Conev Island Point Clam-disgers and other re'-
dents Of the sand dunes who are familiar win 'ne
dacentions practised to delude the public at the
Brighton race track persist In saying 'hat ''o
massing OF the English warships ana the nSlhs
sauadrons fitted out for war purposes are ih'e"eu
for A sudden descent upon the Midway AT Oohcs
Island. TIE WPathor-Dcaten DedCnCoiH'-iS "''' '''
rooned refugees from the streets OF Caro are
alarmed and amazed at the apathy OF the Prcsl-
dent in not placing batteries and intrenchihg '"e
coast and protecting the Brighton racetrack iHeIe
Is no alarm felt in regard 10 the other racuacNs
in the nelchborhood as 1t is generally conceded
that few persons can become active racing o'hclais
on those tracks unless they possess certificates OF
Canadian or English birth.
I, is likely that an effort will he made TO prevent
rumoiei duel that IS reported may pe louS"' o''
the sands al Ostend, in Belgium. Ihe 'oney 1871
anders persst in saving that the duel ought TO be
held at Norton's Point and gate money collected
The pistols could be loaded with clam fritters ana
excursion boats could anchor outside the line OF
breakers one Of the duellsts is said TO nave H.
heritod a pair Of duelng pistols.
Matthew Corbett intends TO visit the Arkansas HOT
SPRINGS where he will remain six weeks. DaVld
Gideon will 20 to New Orleans next week. and from
there he viii journey TO San Francisco He expects
"a return in April in time witness the early train
ing of his horses.
Turfmen in this city pity the poor horsemen VINO
cast their lot with the outlaws at the Virginia ta'hS
The want and misery which prevail at the virginia
tracks should furnish wholesome lesson to .esis-
lators all over the country. Where such extreme
d. astitution exists Il is impossible 10 have honest
racing The cry Of the apoogsts for the poor hose-
owners falls the ground before the facts developed
by the wretchcdncss at the Virginia tracks. HacihE
under the rules OF the Jockey club means that the
quality Of the horses that contest for tho prizes must
necessarily be Of high order OF merit The Ill
formed m bred crooks that worthless for racing
nurposes and which trained with hypodcrin'c
srynres must go. The men that breed snch hofs's
will be compelled to adopt higher standard IN the
quality of their srcs and matrons. The class ana
quality Of the attendance at the racetracks are Ger
tain to improve with the quality Of the racing.
There is place on the turf for owners OF moderate
means bat there is place left for the horde Of
men, boys and horses that are so absolutely at the
mercy of gamblers that starvation begins when the
gambling ceases