New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-28
cLEOPHUS WAS NOT FIRST.
SIMS WAS RIDING THE FAVOR1TE.
WORE STRANGE VARIATIONS OF FORM AT THE
BROOKLYN TRACK.

BROOKLYN TRACK
r,s 4, over happen that a committee OF the
,.sra.ure would investigate the turf in the cruel
- In which John W. Golf. now Recorder acting
a. counsel Of the Lexow Committee ihVes'sa'eu
The Police Department a few years ago. new
workers who knew New-iork well had known 'oi
= Iong time before Mr.. Goff began asking ques-
,,ors that the Police Department or that perih
80 o-qarized bribery and backman. The evil
so,oa which was extorted by the searching inqui-
rios Of the counsel Of the Lexow committee put i"
unarsyerabe form what was matter OF coihiio"
kroxledge During all the years In which New
YORK had Tammany Mayors the police force was
So IN Matchmaking every evildoer, every keeper
Of a sodden pit every woman who led wantoh
ne Can II be possible that Richard Croker has
,o,urned 10 New-York with the hope OF restoring
Tammany 10 power? If Tammany gets control
again then the system of Tammany DlacKHlaH
through the police force will come back MT
C-oter was the dominating power in Tammany
usu when the Temmany police force was black
mailing every street-walker In order 10 enrich the
campaign funds of Tammany Hall. 1t was
nleasant state OF things which was put on record
by the sworn testimony which John W. Con. now
Recorder compelled unwilling witnesses 10 reveal
In those fat days OF Tammany prosperity the price
wbch was paid regularly for a police captaincy
yrss 40 900 and that $1,000 divided among three
Police Commissioners, 1888 SO 10 for each. Life
was fall of fun OF checks and OF cash FOR the
Tamnany members OF the Police Department.
Those facts were proved by deliberate statements
uttered on oath before the Lexow Committee.
Many witnesses who could have added innumera-
bic details of singular interest and ncontestible
importance refused 10 tell the truth before me
what they knew might bring them In peril Of Grim,
inai prosecution That CON Lexow invesugatioh
made II clear that most OF the conspicuous MEM
bers of the Police Department had been guilty OF
tEagIer,t,on 1T 5 Straight sound verify There
We're some pure men Ia the Police DepaIt ment I'M
some pure men in the Cities of the Plain in Lots
day. Yes certainly. But not enough;
blackmaii system The reason is not far 10 seek
When successful backmailers blackmail far and
r rene theH abas so IaWvers and these Iawyers
rarely fail in keeping out of prison even the guilt
II a resolute and hard-hearted committee from
membership. committee which could not be
be Blocked. which could not be hampered or hob
bled-should ever stick TO an unsparing and PER per
State the evidence taken by that committee. pro
vided that 1t had tun powers would be well T %,,
Such a committee made up OF honest men and
s sfSsudaer " With alarm committee OF that kind
s snopi o e o ne hshes 70 The lowest i
should posses the power TO cut open every tur,
which the legislature could transfer to II that 10
man n me sG s9s ssb 10 e y 1srs al keaPi
Of except oa-lAe plea that i-l4 told what pc knew
h1 up hone tn the s99l4 e . a Js ~ from
reluctant ltps the urpsiing. reveiatons OF ne
TEN Of blacknail hosts Of foolish persons went 10
and fro saying that tho police force Of this city
well-meaning but silly people were praisng our
Police Department. that Department; was all cancer,
from op to bottom Nm Many vaoant and gentle
ngs say co5s;a66y that ne {gTf in this safe Is
mittee from Albany bent upon getting at the bot
that our racetracks would be found to be any
csansr 5h9n tHe police force IN Ns%Gork wheT
It were possible to put oath all TIE owners and
trainers and Jockeys who have been handling
majority OF them ne eligible FOR admission 10 a
brotherhood Of unsuled seraphs after the examina-
At the Brooklyn track Yesterday The weather was
again September's best The track was in good
n comparison With most tracks. Too much soft
Course too narrow. far too narrow Stretches 100
short. far too short. General result. slow races
stewards Always was. Many spectators. but not
very many. The great majority Of New-Yorkers
tackass and John Ciubhins's Gal:ce More are now
out Of breath from Their amoioEs and esger efforts
he courses between Lake Ronkonkoma and the
S Ss Men 5 sRq ba baa who have gaaed
BY Michael F. Dryers Cleophus ard John J. Nc
The attending physicians Say that fatal aia
ure is likely to set IN kitefoots in-and-out run
Hoyt ever wrote. And the in-and-ou running OF
NJ +. Dryers CleOphus Is more laughabe Than
any joke which Artemus Ward Mark Twain
ever contrved And the racetrack stewards In this
lesque than any satire in all the writings Of
Rabeais: yea verify. infinitely more diverting than
any skit or gibe in all the comedies Of Arts
tophanes.
MAJ ,eon was the greatest Of commanders Ru+
&c lost his head AT the Beresna II he had lei
spain alone and never invaded icebound Russia he
would never have known Leipsic or Waterloo TaraI
Napoleonic jockey. OF late. however he has been
TONG as II he were frozen fast in a rIacier
iBorodinos seem TO loom before him now whenevrr
ne gets Oh horse. And Sloane also rides in Ger
t1lh races just now as II he shut in iceberg
11Fulor In the first race yesterday Taral was on
=. a Grey, and Sloane was on Lady Mitchell Roth
we're backed lavishly in the betting ring SLOANE
i,nght as well have been IN Nova Zembla He was
iost 10 view from first 10 last TaraI rode a vel
xxalsh on J. A. Grey and Doggett on Trillette de-
Ivea MN Taral ought 10 sit on a range for
: week or two and try 10 get warmed up Ar
present he rides In races as II he were driving
an Ice Trust wagon ''e
sloane Will sail 10 England tomorrow on the
nssddn.nlp Majestic. This is authentic as we'll as
MAJESTIC. Sloane will ride James r. Keene,e 9,
ss,oter IN the Cambridgeshire II by any chance
p rt.is WINS both races. he Will probably buy a
1hr county or two and run for Parliament
rtniie boston Jack will purchase large part ~
c cos. as Scotch Laird. The strain OF game
yySs N the Valley OF the NTH is especially fine
OF ~ Dooknakers once more emptied the pockets
th,ss ae majority OF the visitors the track II
maisror n 81 ming goes on MUCH longer the book
vii rs VIII form trust. the dividends from VIII CHI
rets MAKE the profits from all other trusts look
~ IriHette. the winner OF the first race was
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS