New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-06
MID SPOILED THE SPORT.
RIFT THERE WERE MANY SPECTATORS

TRACK HURT RY THE EFFECTS OF THE RAIN.
The profits Of this meeting of the Brooklyn
Hockey Club must be enormous. From the multi
,uae of peope who put out their money at the
cate last Monday the income immense Every
hookmaker is forced to pay heavy tax McGrath'
the caterer. is subject to Weyler levy. Upon
every glass of whiskey which McGrath sells the
collector Of the club casts covetous eye FROM
the sale Of premature peaches and half-sccrched
peanuts and misft newspapers considerable sums
come in. w +. Gladstone gained Worldwide iame
by his budget speeches IN Parliament. IA Chan-
cellor Of the Excheoler he put n microscope on
every possible source OF revenue In tho Briush
rmpre But Gladstone Ia now In the background.
After he retired from Office the Rongen rays were
found out No guilty dollar Is allowed to escape
AZ Gravesend. The rays are In use there ana
no innocent dollar can get away cither' MORE
over II isn't dollars only which fan to escape
scrutiny. II n cent is in hiding anywhere WITHIN
the grounds q squad Of scarchers is sent In pur-
suit, and its place OF concealmcnt Is disclosed
without delay. This Is right. Every fugitive penny
ought TO be compelled TO pay tribute Inc 'uTi Is
en- nob,c and mertorious an institution that every
evas!ye farthing should be dragged into the hght
Of day and obliged to yield percentage In order
10 sustain that majestic temple OF fortune the
American racetrack
Phiip J. Dwyer says that he is anxious TO in
crease the value OF the stakes and purses In 1910
statesman Of National reputation said with tears
and S0bS that his hedrt Dleu lot lhe PooT <>iiO''
Rurnors are in the ar that the hearts OF the own
ers Of racetracks are bleeding for the poor breed
ers But the flinty-souled stockholders OF the
Brooklyn Jockey Club talk TO Philip j. Dwyer'
president Of the club. In this way:
these are hard times. Mr. Dwycr. Our WIDOWS
and orphans have put their scanty savings into
Chicago Gas and Brooklyn trolley stock. Their
shares have yielded satisfactory dividends yet
Every widow and orphan among u.s. therelore'
hopes that the stock Of the Brooklyn Jockey Club
will pay large dividends Chicago Gas mas deceived
us Brooklyn trolley stock has led US astray' our
widows and orphans cry for clothes and cornmeal.
They can get along without bread, but ciolhes anu
cornueal they must have perish. Most OF
these breeders and stable-owners are miihonaires.
They don't need clothes and they never go 10 pea
hungry. We often moan all night because we uoh
ge, food enough. Let the breeders and the stable
owners wait until the wolves are driven from our
doors"
When the president Of the Brooklyn Jockey CLUB
hears walls Of that sort what does he 90! ne
turns TO the book Of the spring meeting Oh INC e'
which has been compiled with marked '"ea,'
and Judgment by Colonel Hubert d. Mcintyre TIC
these facts 1900 ., ,,os
The first race OF the first day Of this meeting was
for only 500 The second race Is for onE <''' u'
for tho Expectation Stakes the thrd rave' uHo
club guaranteed $500. ard that's no sHlai sum
Fer the fourth race. the Brooklyn HANDICAP ue
club guaranteed $1,000 just twice the total guar
o,toed for the Expectation Stakes. There were
other guarantees on the same day.
The American people are broad and big in their
ideas They don't for small details. But
mere glance at the book reveals that the amazon
on The second day was a 5000 affair. the May
Stakes on the same day for 5000, and the
Nanhanset Stakes and the Napoleon Selling Hahdi-
can on the third day were for S2Voo each Whlie vi
that third day the Gazele Stakes were s3"W les
terday was the fourth day of the meeting ana
the Hudson Stakes of $500, the Carlton Stakes OF
par Handicap OF 600 were
on the programme In the week which begins TO-
day the Clover Stakes OF 5000. the freaHhess
Stakes If 5000, the Patchogue Stakes OF @V"' the
Hanover Stakes Of 5000. the Brooklyn DERBY OF
SO 900. the Montauk Handicap of 500 the Great
American Stakes Of $3.50 and several other
nrizes Of substantial value will be decided Next
week will come the Bedford Stakes OF @c'' the
broadway Stakes of $500 the Brookdale HahoicaP
of 81 900 the Falcon Stakes OF 1900. the fosl!h
stakes OF 5000 the Myrtle Stakes of s2VV' the
fremont Stakes OF sl"o ana the bouie'aiu ~
cap Of s.,
Is il not plain. then. that Philip J. Dwyer and
Colonel Mcintyre are taking food out OF the mouths
Of the widows and orphans who own the s'ock u
taelI3rooklyn Jockey Club. In order TO set Guinea
keefs On casserole on the epicurean tables OF the
ovcrors and the breeders? Many owners OF racing
stables and many breeders now in this city
From the United States Treasury the colossal sum
Of $40 O0CCO is paid yearly 10 pensioners vi
the Civil War. Why don't the owners ana oreeo-
ers hold a convention and appeal TO the FeoeidI
Government for pensions? In all seriousness Ie"
.h,as ara mora grotesoue and absurd than the
gasnines and the groanngs Of stable owners ana
breeders because they say the racing ASSOCIATIONS
do not give enough mopey to be raced lot Is
there any law of the United States or OF any state
in the Union which prevents the owners ana the
breeders from starting new racetracks ana giving
all the money which they wish TO give for stakes
and purses? If they are not SATISFIED with the
methods of the existing racetracRs why don't they
go ahead and start lot OF new racetracks! NO
body will stop them ,
The heavy rains OF Friday AFTERNOON rildd!
night and Saturday morning ruined the RACING a.
The Rrooklvn track yesterday. On the turf courses
of England. France. Australia and various o'iiei
countries the most exuberant rains 90 not spoi
snort Turf tracks not turned INTO sWdinpS ny
GOODS from the sky But copious rains change
American dirt tracks into moresses' ana racing III
the clingng depths Of those morasses becomes
as hazardous and uncertain as the turning Oh NAV
urals at the game Of baccarat But the 'uil IL
the Empire State has a smart boom TINS year ~
far and as the sky was clear yesterday dI'oi
noon. although torrents had come down IN the
morning the people who went to the Brooklyn
grounds we're plenty And they looked prosperous
Few harder puzzles were ever known than ths:
From whom co all these peop,e who go 10 the races
get the money to go with? The railroad fares are
small il is true. but only a few complimentary
tickets are now Issued Most of the men VINO 20
through the racetrack gates pay 50 each. For
most of the women somebody pays 81 each Nest OF
these men bet Most of these women bet Nearly
all Of them lose in the long run. Where do they
get the money? Who answer that question?
John Wanamoker says these are very hard times
still And he ought 10 know.
The ancient oracles are dumb. Even the sphinxes
are silent Can any read the riddle? 1t costs
a great deal OF money TO go 10 the races. Who
puts up that money every race day? That's more
abs,ruse enigma than even the Havemeyer- Searles
Sugar Trust schedule In the United States Senate.
Who can answer Il? 10 one yet has limited at any
satisfactory clew.
Nevertheless the widows and orphans who own
the stock Of the Brooklyn Jockey Club don't care.
They Sit and sit and spin and spin and wal; for