New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-23
THE RACETRACK.
EIGHTH DAY OF BrooKLYN MEETING.

Form a., the Brooklyn track yesterday was al
most as eccentric it was In the boweiS ''
banks in the time Of William NJ Tweed Inc WIZ
ern Turf Congress has been holding sessions '
con1v The disposition on the Western tracks 10
protect the public from raids whicn turl h''a'
and thieves enter upon Is far stronger '"an :"
in the East Who Is there among the tacN ~
cials in the East who is In deadly earnest IN 'o'
ing constantly TO maintain Thoroughly honest epo
at any cost? who is there who VIII WORK Win N,"'
and ordor dav in and day ont to put racing on 'he
plane upon which 1t should he held; rms ,
lyn meeting like the Brighton meeting III july ""u
August has been the playground oil ""'"''
BclIal and Beelzebub Sport at this meeting mas
sunk TO an abyss almost as low as that 10 winch
I, eonk in New-Jcrsey in 1893. Then New-JeiSoS
spat upon such so-called sport at the NoNcroo
election Are New Workers so silly dupes 'h@' ''''
will allow themselves 10 descend to d'P'h "s' a.
which the voters of New-Jersey reVolted III 1890
q dentb which New Jersey has refused every year
since 1893 10 endure? Turf rascas act ~ ''''
Brooklyn meeting as If there were no eecuonS anu
No Ieeisla lures and as IL no judgment day couu
ever come. When Theodore Roosevelt WIS pleS'-
aor+ of tho Police DEPARTMENT he declared that no
gamblers would be permitted to violate inc anu
gambling clauses OF the Penal Code at Morris
Park or I'm any part of the territory over when
the police force had jurisdiction. Certain persons
who were anxious that gambling should be carried
on in the bettingring at Morris Park without any
possibility Of police interference were angry be-
cause Mr. Roosevelt declared that the law would We
strictly enforced at Morris Park and everywhere
else in the city while he was president OF the Police
Board.
Perhaps Colonel Roosevelt may be the next Gov
ernor of this state II he Is the Governor in 1892
may he not possibly do little rough riding In the
betting-ri OF the racctracks, I'm every one al
which the laws of this State violated on every
race day In the most audacious and offensive man
| ner? Here's hint to the bookmakc-s and tn"
betting-rings' New-Jersoy cast you ou'. Do YOU
| think that Colonel Roosevelt as Governor ana
Roosevelt Legislature Will let YOU coy and cozen
here? The law is clear Every bookmaker knows
that he is transgrcssor OF the law every race
| day when he takes bets I'm the hetting-ring what
do you bookmakers expect in 1899? one In coll?
| Two in a cell? Three in cell? Four in cell?
! VIII II ne a Joyous year for you? Whatever may
| occur In 1929 other year no veracious man
| can deny the obtrusiye truth that II justice were
| metcd out unnnchnrly. certain owners, trainers
Jockeys touts and bookmakcrs and various race
| track nd-crahs would now be unwilling guests of
| that amahle and bountifu landlord. warden sage.
S XII the 0''N' OF '"S ''''0''' ''' '"' ''''"
| What odd fun was Maher having with the back
| crs of his mounts yesterday? Who owns Maher
| now? William II. Clark. cX-Corporation CounseI
| the next two years As Corporation Counsel MIR.
| Clark was cautious But when he signed that CON
tract had he thought diligently concerning Mahers
whose first name is DANIEL IS without neSN an "f
sanity turf acolyte and candlc-bcarer. j. may pe
that Maher did not ride 10 certain extent for the
be- b@"e"! Mr. 81 GiarR is a Tammany veteran several
| years ago he detected the infancy OF a wisdom
Makers ndins yesterday with care, he dil not sleep
sounlly last night when b. Inciitatef upon INA, W."
years contract Mahor rode az y ne were Ih' kIanu
| son Of Tweed. the graudneph"" % Connolly ana To-
lated 10y lineage TO every h9norod Iaininany ,ea 'y
| who drew his perC'ntag" from tn" ouhy '"ul
| Honsc contracts which Samuel J Tdcn exposed
to i2od ihe eFg GCi'n r % Collector under Gap
tain Williams in tn" years when Williams ana fti,"
Tenderioln. and Dcvery was specializing in Fast
Side amusement Maher could hardiy haTe i n1n
| the way in which he I'D handle them. Has me sA.
E9rpofa ~ the 0r tnr ate, a VAT and and
| vatcb Nahcr This year he has been an altar boy
IN the service Of certain uIim,n %ho' so T
| He has been employed IN crrthih l'''l i,'t
e eHGy ' food start ' T6ai faas whh Manner dd
Kali TnTTyoV Drop ana Dr Parker was worthy Of
| the rctracte force OF the claws ~ Idmhdi,y
slscr ,Id s retTac,ilc riding IN To nes,
years. which may not please Mr. lai" intense! :.
| chiffon Glouccster -GuttenhurS type which vas so
much talked about in Nc%.Jrrsey I'm Wi
| be hanishcd from Graves"nd because Stferts WI w
v,u ho ru, IN into building lots. when racing r.
abolished On The acres now occuIi'n ~ m ~
| canned hv those pcr-o who d"Fr" sine rely am
unsclhshiy TO promoi" the true int.i's'S oi " '
| munity Eve since TINS bIookYh mH,H -, ~
opened It ha, boon notorious for me ln-ahn,ou run
| ,,I IN rev
scen upon the course. and II mas Der. ho,' ,nr
also for the lack Of zeal on the part of ihc Track
| doing The attendance yesterday was not nsignif5,
| cant I'm numbers. but IN quay - W. ,nI ~
Gas Most Of the people VINO went 10 this track
yesterday did not expect honorapl. .nu ,r,in
| Most Of the people who went there eApfc'cu 10 s,o
number OF horses run for WORK nr oicb was no
| more commendable than the ghasty JOpS VIM"
| ~ T.Pfe 1af
| ~ the psople The law ~ violated on every race
day by open and public gambling IN IN"
ring and no determined earnest IN, ~" Rnnuhfcan
ss ,nre tonV@nton when II meets In Saratoga next
week would act wisely ana 90 an eM,gny FORM
demanding the suppression OF pcttIns -l'Hss r,,"
haunts of rogues and sharpcrs nnu Su,n soon ~
as was seen yesterday, ana has oitcii ucvl go. n,
brook n nIacc The publ needs protection from
such so-cacd racing. The gambling passion Is ir
banks roulette wheels. baccarat ana Same yor It
chance generally are under inc pan pInn And yet
the raccracks allowed to maintain ,ie,r D
cheating and swindling than the average iot'ef'
| or the average faro bank. ,.., and irdefen-
Sp In every race yesterday crookedness TO somo exc
tent could be dscefned by the watchfHl onserNen
And Mahcr's riding? Some people probably prohtcd
extensively by Makers peculiar ridlhs. d n1e and
stupid and In some things when TOOK p'aCe II To
| ily A
| contests are not worthy OF detailed constellation
| TOO many crooked incidents occurred 10 Justly ~
tended comment. Racing AT brighton aiiI fhSnS q,
| Crayosend ought to be unknown attei 'he cioSe "a
| this century. See how happy the Ncw,Jcrsry Pop'e
| have becn without racing for several Year, ''ru
how happy they now without racllR! my ~ .
more sense IN regard to Taccrack betllnk inks a.
p | Ncw-Yorkcrs seem to have. Anyway, IL ceflhIn
| that as the voters Of Ncw-Jersey see now mucn
harm how much evil. how much dishonesty, nov
much thievery. how much vice OF every sort ana
how many crimes of all kinds are caused Dy tnc
racctrack bettngrings in this State they are more
determined every year that they VIII never ,hIp"
the mischcvous corrupt. pernicious ana apoihap',
racetrack betting rings to be opened again IN an!
: county between the Hudson River and cape May T.,