New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-16
CHAT AMONG TURFMEN.


D1sREPUTABLE CLASS TO BE EyCL''DEp STORY
ABOUT SPLINTER" GOSSIP AND NOTES
movement is on foot to organize a club com
posed OF leading layers-of-odds on the race
tracks in this ncghborhood 1t is the aim OF the
better element Of the who are pro!essionil
bettors to exclude the disreputable class Inc ie-
suits of racing last year under the heavy taxes
imposed 10y the Legislature plainly Indicate thdl
to keep the sport up to the high standard aimed
at by the Jockey Climb the taxes must be reduced
or some other sources Of Il Ultimate revenue mus'
b. created for the racing clubs In ADDITION 10 ue
gate receipts. There east thirty layers-oi-
odds profe ssional betiors who are not nor h'''
they ever been. identified with the socalled EN-
balmers' that have corrupted certain Jockeys
trainers and owners al varous times Certain we'll
known layers of odds are anxious to have fair ana
honest races These men thoroughly opposed
20 the employment Ia any capacity 0f persons WHO
welded NM ar iles at Gutenburs ana cse"he'e'
Some influential laycrs-of-odds arc rcady and Will
ing to contribute toward the support OF legitimate
rae Ing and high-class sport
In the face Of the reports from the N"R'n",
merry -so-rounds where .destituton prevails ana
starvation is only prevented by charitable con'r'-
buttons. respectable horsemen and the better class
OF professional laycrs-of-odds ask: is IL poSSlDo
that any man who was bookmaker at the VIZ
GINA tracks IS un-talned by the general crooKe'-
mes, and corruption that prevailed before the track"
were closed"
The proycs,l club is likely to settle the status
of the rlrh and file OF professional heitors. An
outlaw bookmaker is no better than an outia"
horee-owner Jockey or trainer II H. not likely
that the cl, will he organized until April ""e"
the leading betting men Will be in the city
There * much Amusement created In the uptown
cafes hy a woli-known predctcr ~ dire ca4d'h'''"
a. well as Of impossible racing bills IN N'"-'''s'S
He crJaks dismay about the lack % interest ''N',
by his associates in their common cause. "
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self" l. an every day threat OF ths hNpoC"ii'Ii
who aficts his friends and acquaintance W, 30, Ill
in general. one OF the wits OF the br''!hb t,', ,
says. The man Of many cilami'irs = I'm u" h
n. world money TO. nrttH-' ~
does all the Worrying about 1t being Pa. "'l'
i'e Goub that cgr,ain Ia" ~. iS-rs club By
every means in thor power to MAKE f'''"N d"
uors. owners. racego,rs. hettors and alnl3..,
everybody who attends the races Know 9p,,i,,ss.-
'snlnter' l. an expert On ODDS agt inst anyth.us
from a yacht rae 10 a gum1fop one tsn, mn 80 a.
tromey dilapidaied c,ndiii'n h,ih ry'' w.
blackened and H. va e'a,Y 'I ,y. IN TTori
hapn ana cns Ill CHIT last week was standing IN IN,
street in front OF oirroom %hrn thr ",Ii -" 'b
JpoT When 'Steve' O'Donn,l rushed out ana WIZ,
out ns aG sar he m" Zone Hr' IN mp ~at
splinter evidently eSpecica -ymn15rny' nni Gl
YOU grt against O'Donnel'' ,, ,.,e-
"Spllntor.' said This - n Joke would la,ner
meet a prize-nghter than man WIN ~ ''"P''"'
in his make ny .,. ,,k,ns,s
isaac Thompson INTENDS 10 start l'' ''' ''
Hot Spring on Saturday. .r,,.., h, - an
So'dnnrh ~ Ormonde. dam Thistle VINO - ~
,be dam of Common. Thr1stl" ana othrT M
,orious performers is now one OF IN" hhhcno ~
paso stations Re II likely 10 prove s'i'ouS ~,
tremeiy promising. and English turfinrn ,3hc''e
Ia, I ~ H1gg!n secured prize In G9ldnnch a,
The trainers AT Sheepshead Bay ana draV'se,.t
are giving their charges plenty OF outdoor .A'rS,se
an ~ ro1ds In the neghborhoOd OF the raC,ttaCks
penortr from Babylon say that August fcr r, :
borsrs are In splendid condition. and that tra',st
uuriand IL vel pleased with the outlook Tor th'
Hlcmton Stables In 1895. - =, .At. ,t,,. -,
Friday