New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-03
RACING OF GUTTENBURG CLASS.
MISTAKES WHICH ARE RUININd THE SPORT Al
c.pAT0GA

| RACING OF
MISTAKES WHICH ARE RUNNING THE SPORT Al
SARATOGA.
Racing men everywhere are talking bitterly about
| the wretched acknowledgement OF the Saratoga races
this year The Jockey Club was exceedingly h'iu
| and generous 10 Saratoga this season. giving the
racetrack there liberal series OF dates. ana Keep
ing this week for Saratoga exclusively "o' pei
hitting any other Eastern track to compete WIN
Saratoga In the six days from Monday August "
TO Saturday August l. inclusive. III INC "'a'"ee
ment Of the Saratoga track had possessed an aver
og. ouartitv Of common sense snd intelligence the
managers would have strained every nerve 10 III
duce owners and trainers and Jockeys 20 HiaAe ''
week at the Saratoga track as attractive as po'.'
bic II the managers had any brains the! "ouu
have used every legitimate means 10 proVioe uaH
cling programmes for every day OF TINS Week. anu
,h,. would have mt forth every possible effort 20
persuade the owners and the trainers ana the
Jockeys Of the best horses to unite III u'''s ~
make racing at Saratoga In 1897 especia"! III ,,,,'
current month of August as Interesting anu III
pressive and notable and striking ana ia''"''"e
as II could possibly be made
! Rut the present management Of the Saratoga
track appears to be wholly bereft OF enterprise,
| of energy Of lberality. of sagacity ana even vi
reason For many years after the course was
opened the Saratoga races were In the lorc'hoS'
rank among the great races OF America Chior-
tunately "a few years ago the saratoga trach
nassed into the grimy hands Of the notorious
| Gutenberg gang. and G. Walbaum obtained con-
troll of IT, The readers Of The Tribune are faniiar
| with the shameful history of the Guttenburg gang
&, Hudson County n. j. That Gutenberg gang
| was composed Of a set Of rascals as unscrupulous
| "a John Y McKane was at Gravesend. That Gut
tenburg gang broke as many laws in New,Jersey
| as Mckane ever broke in this state Mckane
Tss t sqt to SIN" sans 81
Stat. haY Prison been in fsn,oS n M
% long as McKane has been kept in the Sing SIN;
Prison Since the Guen6nrE gang got o1st sort ri
seems 70 have fallen upon the track II this me .ho
| ing had beer generously advertised IN INC
nsTn IN r "n@ Brooyp
bera and enteprsns the races
at Saratoga might have been successful ,nls nd
s sens to advertise the races properly anI
they Cndsd rar Sy and Sck so
did policy They have been too mean and too par 7,
to print ra 10 sc sT'F those books at
| the place. where tJrfmen gather NO nan manage s
a 1ne Was ever stingier and stupid than the
! saratoga management has been TINS year vi
course with such MANAGEMENT the races at Sarr
loss and in additional discred to the manasehmsn n
an tne and energetic they might have had
fair nrogrnnm, e and fair attendance But turf
men always resent extreme penuriousness In racing
management. Last week some OF me sS,cnmer
hippodromng a, (iu,tenburg and at New -Oriea ~
and the programme for today is not WUr'n VIC 10
ons - ch,rec more than dime for admission
| to the Saratoga grounds 10 Sc 50 pun P
| gramme ss that of to-day run OIL -, II, .
The second meeting at Brighton VIII pesn nex,
! Monday with seven races each day Az Sntatosa
Tho usilal custom IS to give only five races eaSn
! day There Is ample reason 20 expect INA. M -,
6eiis at brighton next week viii be larger anu Oh
hetter Guality than most Of the fields at Saratosa
| have been this year and that. as rule me spor'
ui no hotter at Brighton than II has Deen az sara
| toya Every one knows that Saratoga itsef ~
most delightful place in which TO sPena she ~
Saratoga were under the control OF liberal wise
80 nrcpressiva management the quality OF the
snort and the number OF paying spectators wouid
be largely increased ,,, ...... an Two nv
,ramolv unnttractve card at Saratoga to-day:
FIRST RAcE-Purse $500; for two-year-olds Three
quarters Of mile.
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