New-York tribune., 1897-01-18
TALK AMONG TURFMEN.
CONDITION OF AFFAIRS HERE AND
ELSEWHERE.

I CONDITION OF AFrAinO A1A
" ELSEWHERE.
| THE RACING IN CALFoRNIA-THE MANICURE
GETS GARRuLous AGAIN AND TELLS A
| THING OR TWO
! Turfmen racegoers and everybody associated
with racing look forward to the coming racing sea-
| son the dawn OF new era on the turf. 10 Do
| sure, many specimens OF the fossils OF FORMER
| ages have been retained In the inches OF the mu-
scum Of the Jockey Club. Fossils have their uses'
so the who have charge OF racing anairs ha'e'
In the wisdom Of their experience decided to retain
the familiar specimens Although there nave oeen
much smoke and little fire In the scandaous ru-
| mors that prevailed on the turf last year, the
situation was such that the Jockey Club was power
less to take action In many cases or fraud where
the evidence OF wrongdoing was wholly circum-
| stantial. 1t Is thing TO rule man OF the
| turf but It Is another to be sustained by the
courts The decision In the Riley Grammar case
| was given on the fact that Grammar violated one
| of tho rules of racing As stated In The Tribune.
| the Grammar decision gives the Jockey club ad-
! dtonal power to deal with the suspicious acuohs
OF persons who are associ with racing whether
| as owners trainers Jockeys, layers or takers OF
odds or spectators Hence It is safe to predict that
racing will be greatly improved under the changed
| conditions of affairs. owing to Judge Osbornes de-
| cison In the Grammar case
Another thing that has attracted the attention or
| turfmen breeders and others Is the movement
| headed by DR.. Day. Of Waterloo. ~ Y 10 secure
modification OF the racing laws for the benent OF
| the trotting tracks Owing to the vast amount Oh
money invested in the breeding interests In this
State there Is no objection to any effort the trot-
| ting horsemen may make to improve the condition
| Of the trotting associations and the breeders or
| trotters
| In New-Jersey the turfmen. like the mosquitoes
are hiberna ting. and the prospects OF racing IN hat
State are very remote The idle. silly vaporinss
of ina gnative medders about racing la" III
| New-Jersey have succeeded In arousng some OF
| tho professional reformers OF the what s-in-t!
stripe The racing situation In New-Jersey may be
summed up by the slang expression, Nil
| In the West turf news is far more pieh'tu than
in this neighborhood Sales and transfers OF race
borses ora almost OF daily occurrence. The stakes
orered Inv the Western associations have been Id
orally patronized. Turfmen and breeders are con-
fdent that just and equitable racing laws VIII oe
secured in Illinois. and that Chicago VIII once
| more take it's place as racing centre. IL mas
been said tha. the wind is tempered for the shorh
,,h h,t ~ renort be true. the shorn lambs from
| tho Eastern race:racks have struck blizzard IN
| the land OF the glorious climate Large ero"us
attend the in California The pettins IL ias'
| and furious The men who manipulate races nave
| received what Is known as the doupie cross oo
| often that the "sure-thng" element are driven "
/ desperation. ...
Owing to the success of some Eastern turime"
who race their horses to win every 'i''e '"e' "
| sent to the post. some of the Wyatt Earp 'ui
| desire to boycott Eastern horses throus" u''
| eliminating legislation. There Is no iih"eui"'o
| danger that anybody will present any measure
| 70 tho California Legislature nimical TO the IN
terests Of California breeders and their oes' ~"
trcns the turfmen of the East. ,
Tod" Sloane Ed Purser ana DaVid u'oeoH
| have aroused the ire Of San Francisco sweiis oy
| This is due to the futile attempts OF ,he s".ns
! "a keen in line with the wearing apparel Oh 'he
visitors from the East 49,.
| C.eorpe Wheelock Is winner on the races ou'
is far behind the procession IN wnes dress psrade
Gottfried wabaqm Is iav al ronferences with the
sparss shrinking Of turfmen winierins on no,
water Philip j. Dwyer is expected to ddsn,Iv a,Txs a.
HSt sPFinsS ha hs advent viii enen
| to marked degree
| MGUIGAN.
william McGucan. whose remarkabie career
| compares favoraby In interesting oe.a'' WIZ Wv,
,ba. of Captain Robert Kidd, is prominent cl'l-
| ION of Hot Springs Mac is known as a
| good fellow. whose life is full Of startling situa-
| tions that would furnish any NUMBER OF oppor
tunties for "to be continued In our next IL II "ele
written in serials The days Of Small Hopes are ire
more recent occurrences McGuigan Is h .ns famous nous
driver OF troers the only man VINO ever sut sot
wealthy in Arkansas Span said: MGoiuigan, wen,
one TO cow and ten pumps Now ne stable OF
racehorses" There was time when tantuckians Mnt
did not appreciate his talent and tba Mc
prominent citizen There Is 50 onT 9yan inE and deveop
He is good sI5sSmq" Wuer last st YEAR
le nd sSu Sas sold him two-year-od colt and two
yearold fiIly that likely to be heard from th's
entries the nrookyn HsnasSa} from mdifat sa
| Reed TO rate dlOHS duu
| Sleophus or Harrington to make the pace. N; r;
chnfes to sesn wn esF By Who
| Considered as skiful handcappers Then there Is Is
rn 10 aTSf mention Rsa"a Peep Day
The winner In talking about the BTSOkyn oytay Is em- em
tered in that handicap BY Frank Fos,er Soy NoW' ~
should win o1 Johh The j. aes nsaRa WITH IS DR. Rice
which Hyand discarded. and 1t wculd be too much zen
for hin to hear if Foster w0" with an0'"er OF Ills
August Belmont's horses will race in his own name
hn ,his y" Wr Belmont had good for racing
| his horses under the name OF Biemton stables he
| names but could not consistently advocate 1t while
himself raced Under an S n mako rule t6a
every horse shall be entered In the name or his own
eral satisfaction
LADY MARGARET'S FOAL.
LADY Margaret. one Of Mr.. Belmonts pet matrons.
has given birth 70 a slashlng foal by Rayon dor. II
the colt thrivss and up the standard of the other
foals Of Lady Margaret. he is almost certain to be
| a fit successor to Rayon dor
James Galway is sad and forlorn owing to the
| premature foaling OF many OF his mares at Nieys
| Farm. Spring Station Ky
| The yearlngs at the Hurricana Farm run out in
| large paddocks every day. The result Is that the
| yearngs are OF excellent size free from ailments
Of every description and promise to excel any other
| lot of Youngsters ever bred at Hurricane.
| John j. McCaferty Is highly pleased with his
| stable of horses at Norris Park He reports every
one OF them as having excellent appetites and says
IF my horses do well the track as they do at
| the manger will have money to burn"
A. J. Joyner il expc,; Ted home from North caro-
| lima on Thursday. when he will begin active work
| with the Gideon horses.
| There has NOT been a single case of sickness
ported from any Of the local tracks during the last
| ten days. This l. a remarkable showing.
| The manicure Is consoled for the loss OF some OF
her best customers who well known on the