New-York tribune., 1896-09-30
ExuEs FROM THE TURF
RESULTS OF JOCKEY CLUB ACTION.
FURTHER PROCEEDINGS AGAINST TRANsaHhSs-
oRs LOOKED FOR


oRs LOOKED FOR.
, ., =, the stewards Of the Jockey Club
a.. .,,,ns on Riley Grammar and in calling Niiiiah
M'wallace and Martin. the jockey 10 account mas
.,raadv produced a gratifying erect on inc 'e'i'
.rs I, Is certain TO be extremely useiui III proo'
ting the best interests Of racing In many "ass'
pao,rg mon who have been in the habit OF read
,ng The Tribune with care are famiiar VII" ''e
s,,o,sr,s which this journal has printed IN re-
.-ard 20 The operations OF Grammar Wallace Mar
Tin and others These criticisms have been pam
and earnest and they have gone over 'he 'n.''
Ground in detail This paper has never hesi'"'eu
o. Tell the whole truth in the most complete ana
,horough manner concerning the doinss OF "ian-
-. wallace Martin and others. Pungers VINO
rrv On turf specua lions in the style In wh'eh
Grammar has been conducting such specuia"o"S
$or years cause serious mischief and da"'"se ~
.he snort In the columns OF The tribune '"'
ro,,re and extent OF the harm which plungcrs
ora responsible for have been described many
times at much length All plungers OF the "r"n-
,ar TYNE ough; 10 he eXed from the courses IN
This mart Of the country. The reasons why suoh
lungers should be exiled have been set ior'h WITH
emnhasis and with abundance OF explanation owe,
.rd over again In The Tribune. The stewards OF
..a 1oclev club have acted wisely ard well IN the
.asos ~ Grammar and Wallace and Martin. and III
certain other cases But the end is not yet Much
trouble may yet be in store for NUMBER OF pr
ors who have brought scandal upon the turf. NO
man who has been guilty OF any ohence against
fair dealing and strict honor and honesty o" 'hc
,,r, In this State at any time this year Is ont Oh
danger Every human being who has done any
ching In the least improper or discreditabe In the
xav of ineouitabe or stesthy or disreputaoie MINUS
or suggestions or innuendocs 10 any o""e'' "
,ro,per or Jockey or bookmakcr. thereby encour-
.s;,r the tempted victim to deviate by even an
inch from the straight and narrow pain Oh ""e
roodness may well tremble with terror.
The stewards of the Jockey Club have only begun
,hair noble work Of turf publication. and no man
upon whose turf escntcheon the slightest DO, OF sam
mas been discovered Is even suspected is secuis
,,on, nunjshment People who have purloined stape
secrets by indiscreet inquiries which theF hau "'
right 70 make arc peril. Persons who nave en-
,seavored 10 exert any improper influence. direct OF
indirect upon any owner. trainer OF l"cAeH "''
s;anding al this moment upon the crater OF Vocaio
which may explode In terrific eruption Men "ho
have bet with extreme and unwarrantable bo'dnesS
upon horses that could not be expected to WIN upon
snv careful study of the previous performances OF
those horses NAV well shver with apprehension men
who have laid money audaciousiy aud eXTaFae"H'H
against horses which ought 10 nave won races ."
public form the edge Of an abyss. 'ertain
owners trainers and jockeys and certain persons VINO
have got hold OF stable information illee!timaieV
and have carried that Information 10 plunsers ana
bookmakers may well feel alarmed Every eNh-uooi
on the turf should take enormous doses oil quihhe
without delay. for every one OF these e'-ooers lid!
have violent lit or cnl!ls anu seNNi anu "e"N
and epilepsy The stewards Of the Jockey clnb nave
taken the friendly and jUdicious counse and advice
which The Tribune with uabounded generosity mas
SO often bestowed upon them and the dogs OF war are
now unleashed. Things have come 10 such pass
that not only will the worst iransgressors be COM
PEELED 10 pay the penalties suitable for their msdeeds
but the weak and feeble tools and agents OF me prn
cipal offenders must also lac banshed.
Remember Sodom and Gomorrah. If a reasonable
numher Of righteous men could have been found in
the accursed cities OF the plain. Lots wife might
still remain unsalted and the Dead Sea might now
be dry land Remember the fate of Herculaneum ana
PompeN The sites Of those buried towns nave been
laid bare and the evidences Of the wickedness OF
The people OF Plinys day in the vicinity OF NesuVius
are so horrifying that II Mrs. Charlotte smith ha"
them she would wonder how any inhabitants OF l'aiy
or any other country could become so depraVed
when the hcvcle habit had not even been thought Of
Sodom and Gomorrah would not have been bIotted
out with fire and birthstone. and Hercuiahe"ih anu
Pompeii would not have been overWhemeu VIC"
lava and ashes If the citizens Of the four capitals
of crime had been pious and CONSCIENTIOUS anu
decorous Anl there would have been no 'rouDie on
-he turf II the exhOrtations and appeals OF Ihe
Tribune 10 the misguided sinners of the Iaceuacks
had been needed as they should have been needed
But there have been so many sinners. ana uiey
have s.nned so grlevousy. that II the stewards OF
the Jockey Club had taken action il Is Key tha'
the turf in this State would have met the fate OF
Sodom and Gomorrah, of Herculaneum ana Pompeh
simply because righteous men were so rare IN ihe
vicinity OF racehorses.
BL. the stewards Of the Jockey Club have acted
wisely and well May they go on and may they
Danish from the turf every person who at any
time has INDUCED in any practices OF any klho
which might interfere at all with the absolute
fairness equity, honesty and honor of the sport
The number Of exiles is small SO far. II ought 10
be increased on most liberal scale
And what Go the racetrack stewards who ad-
mred Wallace and Martin and others SO much
think of those WORTHLESS now? The action OF the
stewards OF the Jockey Club is in substance and
effect so severe reproach and a rebuke TO those
rscetrack stewards who regarded the perform
ances OF Wallace and Martin and others with so
much favor. that those racetrack stewards ought
20 seek sackcloth and ashes Then they shouid
knock their foreheads on the ground and cry out
with the lepers dismal croak, "Unclean! uncean"
stewards of the Jockey CLUB are applying neroic
hoped that they VII carry that trestmen, s so far
that not trace OF disease VII be lstt on me iuT
called the Metropolitan Turf Associauon' are Shat,
saSs 81 OF & e ihs key ne ought TO
thai Grannai have hearing. because Grammar is
q member of the association. But the members OF
not talk too much In d case of this sort. Suppose
. committee OF the next Legislature should in
poses. objects and plans. Then there misht be fun
When the belief became prevalent at ,he Scf tGScK
Club stewards on Monday was merely beginning
and that startling announcements mlSht
be antcipated fear and trepidatiOn caused several
persons to consult railroad guides ard the sailing
fists OF European steamships. a rumOr got afiodt
that a telegram had been received from Lexington
Ky denouncing the action Of the Jockey club IN
daring to punish any Kentuckian or 10 intimate
that II was possible that any men from the land
The path OF recttude. Soms Kentuckians object
TO almost everything, and especially to low prices
FOR yearlings, simply because they do not under
sts nd the situation o. the turf In the East
Even the horses appeared to realize that the
Jockey Club stewards had taken action. II Is doubt
ful II six races have been run this year like the
six decided at Gravesend yesterday. 10 use the
expression of WCll-knOwn raccgOerS, the horses
went away driving and came home whipping
sloane rode three wnners-Scarf Pin. Sir Fran
eis and Belmar. He beaten ny head for the
Neptune Stakes with Divide by Michael + pwy3
er's Cleophus Louis " Thompson On hand
and laid on Cleophus. raising her price nom the
entered selling amount of 500 TO $500 when her
,h. nd rsta her n