New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-13
TURF BATTLES IN BROOKL1N
THE MEETING TO BEGIN To-MoHNo'
GREAT EFFORTS TO BE MADE TO Puhif
TURF

GREAT EFFORTS TO BE MADE TO Pukif
TURF.
Ths RrookIvn Jockey Club will begin It's au. ,.s
n,setInR tomorrow and Will use uoN ,s,,rs
Tho .nor, will be continued on "Wednesday 49,
s., md SATURDAY of this week. Next week ,"o
roce davs will be Monday. Wednesday '"' Ii
and Saturday with no racing on TUESDAY oo,,nv
day In the third and closing week Oh III" .,aoy
the afternoons for the sport Will De oi do,
Wednesday, Thursday and SATURDAY. az, ot
tho nrst race will be called at 2i5 O'CLOCK "o. :,
90 IA the DAYS are now becoming shorter " q"
necessary TO start the first contest al Ai' a
The Brooklyn Jockey Club had ho'"o'S ~, tho
full and profitable spring meeting us p'o"sS ro
autumn meeting will be vast II resoiute ~ IN
40, on foot and carried out to the end III o,"ei ~
koan In cbeck everybody who prefers crooked WIN
IN the turf to fair dealing Philip j. D"yei - ~
president Of the Brooklyn Jockey |iuo' a'u 7,
practically all-powerful ut the Brookiy" -
Mr. DIVER would like to have his NAME 80 .o
deruc down the ages an effective 'uii ~.
factor he will employ an extra loioe VI o.,
,udges and he will use every possible meahS io'
the prevention of all forms OF wrong-do'he' my
racetrack which is managed IN the i'e"' ~ ,I
secure clean sport and can stop all uh0ie ,ho
trickery Mr.. Dryer Is eagerly ahNi'"' - -,
prosperity and popularity and the perhai,'" -
ociro IN ,bis State At this meeting he VIII hh'e
n,apnincent opportunity to suppress al! "icheune'o
and TO call out the most enthusiastic s"pp''t "a
Americans who favor unbiemished iitesii'' az
affairs II Mr. Dwyer would be gratifeh by sd'i''e
lasting fame the Savonaroa OF American ''e
here IL a tempting chance for him. lie can es'"o.
is, a renutaton az a supreme turf leader, VINO hghts
all turf evils and turf abuses. and VINO Is deter
mined to make racing as blameiess as so" U, ''"'
tennis or croquet. No golf-payer WAS ever No.
TO cheat or to take an unfair advantage. "'e" "''
arrive that happy day when every thurman ~
America every owner, trainer ana Jockey can Ad'
his hand upon his heart, lift his eyes to heaven,
and say with all the soemnity. sincerity anu
veraclty Of Truthful James himself / am away
open and fair ard aboveboard On the turf. he'e'
try any tricks My conscience is void OF oHehse'
The record of my turf-doings is whiie as ssnun,
When. OH when will that blissful day De ileis
Phnp J. Dwyer. as president OF tne ID ,trSm.,,
Of America do great deal TO has'en 'n Ian
Ing Of that millennial day Ana 50 can Ind toor
oughIy equipped turf statesman. who has been t0i
So many years the popular. hard-workhg anu
much-c evrg secretary Of The Bro9kyn JocH sr
club Both M. Dryer ana Colonel McimtS,e ana
elevation OF the American turf. May their ardn.
Pos and th' ,S S" sse m@S.s
csted and benefcent toll be crowned WIN aou"""''
Colonel Mcintyre has prepared the book o., o; TINS
meeting with his marvellous s9rt G q,
Tomorrow, the opening day OF the n eruls' .ng
9renial anai,c1p d" o nte arr, at six FUR.
longs VIII he In the Oriental Ornanen,, i ne
hoIloday. sunny slope. Ben Elder. Lehman, Buddha.
Don DE orc Sir Walter. Dr.. Catett and other
popular horses are entered The weights FOR the
Oriental Handicap have been published IN Tn ne
Tribune already. and strong teli OF we'll mstchea
racers should tako part In the Prospect stakes
the unapproachable Hamburg. champion o, me
two-y ear-olds is entered ~ he conditions of the
race h. will carry ~ pounds, Archduke ArGueouS
The Huguenot; gibraltar Bowling Br9okk T9 2Gt
Lady Marian. Plaudit firearm and Others are en-,
tered. but H. Hamburg goes TO IN" post, no" can
any one OF them beat him. oven though tiainburS
* concsding much weight to several or them
For the first time in the history o. the Brooklyn
track a steeple ,hase Will be run there tomorrow
4 steenlcrhase course has been laid out upon the
grounds This will be the Inaugural Steeplec base
Handicap OF 81 80 The distance will be about
two and one-hHlf miles.
With favorable weather and dry, fast track.
the contests Of the opening day at Brooklyn are
likely TO he Of conspicuous attractiVenesS. The
following days OF tho meeting Will see the decision
OF many important and remarkable contests. ABOUT
which The Tribune Will have much 10 say later
For the present. let the above suffice. with the
repetition OF the earnest hope that Philip j. Dwyer
Colonel n. d. Mcintyre and all their associates In
the Brooklyn Jockey club will devote all their
energies with unexampled assdulty and with iliU5-
trous trlumphs TO the unhaggne and incessani
promotion OF the noblest interests OF the turf ana
10 the stern suppression OF every person whose
existence Is In any jot detrimental TO the radiant
lustre and nawless purity OF the Brooklyn race
track.