New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-07
THE RACETRACk.
TALK ABOUT TURF ABFAIRs-RUMoRhp
PLAN OF THE JOCKEY CLUE.

Inconsistency IN horses trainers ana Jockeys on
the American turf throughout the racing seaso"
that is about 10 close has caused much bitterness
among the best friends OF racing n sport i IS
likely that an effort will be made to improve mat
ters on the turf next year. and that many changes
viii he made IN the rules OF racing and In the per
sonnet OF the active staff OF racing oihcials NO
body expects horses TO run with the regularity o.
a clock but II is expected that trainers VIII pay
some attention 10 keeping them WOUND Up anu
regulated. so that the general public when PAT
ronizes tho racetracks will not feel that II mas
been duped BY the Vaccinations Of trainers JOCK
eva or booknakers. II is hcrculean task 10 rin
the turf Of is enemies. Men who class racing ~
O game should be avoided. and their advice shoud
not be needed or listened to- no matter how insig-
nihcant the subject under discussion may be- More
over men who use their position on tho turf 10
crafty personal malice a menace 70 honest
sport Il is common talk among turfmen thai
v,ell-known owner and breeder Of racehorses TOOK
an unfair advantage OF his associates IN his snXi-
ETY. 70 secure the services OF o jockey who was
under the ban Of tho Jockey Club To os sure
mon will talk, and turfmen are Ike souorettes
and are confirmed gosslps. II has been an unso'ea
riddle 70 tho keepers Of the el-night cafes where
thu lobster turks and tho champagne efservesces
and sparkles. why turfnen who patronize tAeir
places ST. up all night and invariably leave the
place IN 2 body II IS lot record that one OF &
party 81 convivial turfrnen ever rnarred an even
lnEs pleasure D. sOinE away "'-Oi0 ''~ F'~-''
The riddle f. easily solved. When q party 0.
turtmeu meet 20 discuss racing and their aosent
associates not one Of them Oares 10 70 away 4SF
foar the others OF the party VIII discuss MS al
inCs. There fs so much 10 talk about When tuI--
men meet ana eacn individual has varied as,
sortment Of grievances particularly MS OWL,
great many turfrnen improve their minds by ,sIh-
INK among themselves Coleridge's Ancient MAI
iner was q simple Naval Reserve man y MS
rhyme Is compared with the tale of woe OF the aV-
erage racegoer Of the present. There IS IN eHcep-
money he possesses and his record az = straight
forward turfnan who never dome nothlnS 70 no
hcdy, but made lots Of IL when the game was ecoo,
Racing as spor, furnishes It's devotees win
MANY Interesting TOPICS. that the conversation ls
never dun; nor does Il drag when spOrtsInen meet
and talk over either the past future OF racing:
When the Who IS in reality sport lnsIeao
OF q sportsman, or professional masQueracinS
as an amateur gets mixed UP with spor, smen, me
latter, who have th5 best interests or the tLr az
heart invariably ger the worst OF the associaton
II is rdmored in uptown resorts that the Jockey
Club intends TO expand and thai Il is likely 70 IL
crease its membership, and 10 leass the building
now OCCUPIED by the University Club. Should thers
be any POUNDS ton 10 the runlor, Il behooves the
members OF the Jockey Club % exercise every pre-
caution 10 prev ent the sports from outnumberng
ths spOrtsnner
soma 81 tire horse owners and trainers who
Soined the Horsennens PROTECTIVE Association
ars anxiously inquiring about the finances az
the defunc- association. u the money coiected
has been turned over to the fund for disabled
Jockeys and trainers there should be 10 hesitation
in dividing q, every renber COLLAPSED and be-
came disabled as the Jockey Club dIsap-
proved the association end its aims and objects
James l. Sloan record OF winning mounts since
his arrival in England excels the record OF any
Jockey who rode IN that country.