New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-07
TALK ABOUT TURF AFFAIRS.
PRESENT DOINGs OF HORsEMEN-IHE
JOCKEY QUESTION.

JOCKEY QUESTION.
,,,cb.e, r DIVER intends to devote all OF MS
time TO the preparation and management Oh ms %
tcnsive stable OF horses At the Gravesehu "" az
Mr.. DIVERS health is fully as GOOD as IL ""' ''
at any time in the last five years $500,
A sl,9h. fall of snow caused the trainers 10 neep
indoors since Friday. with the single excep''Un -
Previous who is likely TO be one OF 'ne VIZ " ,h.
aeshed order Of thorourhbreds Inc hoises -
island tracks are big and high In hesh' ana "pp.,
TO be In excellent order 10 begih the "e.'' 49,,
required TO put them in condition Tot the sp''"s
campaign. 49,. Ham,
hr,c,s condition Marcus Days expensive racer
has been extremely Ill. according W ao'"o r,,h
while other reports say that ne 10 IN s"p ,, 49,,
md was never better In his life IL is hkei! '"'
Uamhnrr will be trained with cloud Oh see'e''
enveoping him II what the turf soSs'ps horee
Why there should be any mystery aoou. 800
60 ,,orousbjv known as Hamburg causes soi'o
turfmen to smile and to pass REMARKS i"
breds belong to their owners rh'ii 'ne
exposed and then they are pracuca"! p - -,
ertv and it is useless for owrers or 'raN'e'
make a great ado about horses 'ra' ''e 80.
certain 70 be odds-on III the betting IN any i~o
$3.50. ,a,cons made by a competent handicap
NOR, IN which they may start. Marcus DaIy Is
,,,,ral progressive turfman who Is grea'ly ~"
mred by the rank and file or racesoeIs'
ouently when active training begins MI 80 l.,
likelv to make some changes IN the h'an"~' "
which Hamburg Is being made an adver''s'"s '''
dunn for individuals ,,.,. ,o,a
William Aston Chaner deserted poh"os e
h an Saturday TO make a visit TO MOTIFS
park where he has five horses In training Caiu "a
,s the pride OF the Chanler stable, anu :" "
Joyners hands may furnish some NO. 'r"
the early spring campaign .rb.r
w b. Burch Is having hard Time OF II d. n"'''
G G. Catarrhal fever attacked his stapie &c"
ma
"a more or less severely. To cap the cHhaA Va
his nisfortunes John Sanfords hiy May d ms,
tried two-year-old. by Meddler' hao az -
meningitis, which caused Trainer bulcn 10 -
MAN. nights sleep. as he beheFeo V"o my -
NEARLY frat class Mr. Burchs horses are no" !"
s, ,a,, "a REGAIN the time lost by the invasion
of disease II is hoped that Mr.. Burchs hoises
will he sufficiently recovered 10 take pat III INV
spring meeting at Bennings ",
lanes Rowe was in the city on Saturday ne re-
ports that the horses at Brookdae are mahlls So
progress. and are taking regular WORK ho"e 20
now farmer well as trainer az" 49,,
earnedly about crops and the 'haiNe '
turnips, pumpkins and caooages. ,
Feakes the trainer is happy ana cohteh'eu az
Homdel, where he has fifteen promising , '"'e
the property OF DAILY 6 Gideon
Louis Stuart pursues the tenor OF his way
confident that he possesses the pest WV
in Monmouth County "b'gosh!
Thomas Welch is hidden on farm IN ua' Av .s
New-Jersey where he calmly coniempIates o o,e
work of the Fleschmann horses, anu ,b@ Jersey
farmer Although there is nothing in the fiSiSe sen
mann stable that is likely to be sensasores
former malicious purchases at the sprinS meetieo
in tennessee and Kentucky add materially 5 mse 70
the strength Of the stable before 'he 'uie '''e
ings begin in this neighporhood, ,,s, attending to
John j. Hyland when he is not busy a''e a BABY
the extensive stable of August BelmoH'' var a. Win
Ion discourses about the chances Oh wdl W. u
Spain and the probability of the EizEaya 1phxinn
through Fire island inlet and sheng 6a HyIana
as an oracle and will bet on Don de orc 10 a man nan
in the handcaps. as Hyand was seen THIS the shore
Knows that Myiand will mount the aeeest horse tb IN
the stable should the alarm be given 'ha' INC
Ssns 5 sma Ro S' eG IS some
Sacred by racing men as Of the best tTo-year
oids at Inc Gravesend track. Philip j. DWye sa:
stable pfOmssds to BE IN
and length and pToP0roHed so sDe m b ,has
his wear The Dwyer two-year-olds are an eXcei-
lent lot and almost certain to be nearo , IRON
the cng sene sny by
the pick OF the lot The brown colt by water tier
: We o thousht Of by Frank McCabe who believes
he will prove useful colt ard aid materiaiIy IN
paying the expenses OF the stable
The question OF jockeys makes horse owners DO
some deep thinking The primary SCHOOLS for JOCK;
in the E sss IS Wa M 6has at
the outlaw tracks in Maryland. but the doors OF the
CLUB s Wes r a only
one stable in the East that turns out jockeys OF
any ability That stable is w. c. Days and the
class OF American Jockeys Is not OF very high
standard. 1t costs an owner great deal of money
to educate jockey in the art Of riding races Be-
sides his friends forsake him. because they bet their
money on his horses and frequently 1t lost by
the incompetence OF the stable boy or apprentice
that the owner is trying 10 educate When the
owner OF moderate means finally secures boy who
exhibits ability in the saddle. the boy either leaves
him Of his own accord or is entced away by the in
ducements offered by some millionaire owne:. Mill
onaire owners never educate jockeys by putting
them on their best horses In races
The result is that the class Of Jockeys OF the
present day is not nearly high II was several
years ago To be sure. there are few Jockeys
who are really high class, but the average jockey
of the present day Is rather mediocre individual
physically morally or Intellectually. The grandilo-
quent manner in which a Jockey can explain the
loss OF a great race on the best horse is always
amusing. The jockey swaggers and struts about
like pouteT pigeon, and bames everybody but
vanity cost the the race. and the public who
bet the horse thousands OF dollars. Many OF
the leading stables in the East are without Jockeys
Some OF the leading owners have not made the
slightest effort 10 engage jockey. as hgh-priced
jockey generally manages TO make trouble for the
trainer before the racing season Is fairly started
Tout Jockeys who tell all they know 10 heavy
bettors after they have ridden a horse In a race
are dangerous to both owners and trainers: hence
some OF the leading trainers have decided to do
without the services Of Jockeys who accept mounts
for the purpose OF getting a line horses for
future betting purposes.
J. z. Madden Is In the city, and is willing to
buy sell or swap with anybody who desires to make
a deal in horsefesh