New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
HE RACETRAOK.
NORRIS PARKS MEETING BEGUN.
o,.rs1prRs WON THE CHIEF CONTESTS.

,,aes+ smile In such weather the desire for
rea.on was enthralng. Wheels were whirring
.rervvhere and for hundreds OF miles in all
a,,sctions from Printing House Square and the
,oox,vn Bridge except down the Bay and out
~ the Atlantic the riders OF single machines. Of
rser,s Of everything which moves on air blown
,,,os were flirting hither and thither. Among all
,be Saturdays OF year memorable for its mer
va,Ious series OF sunny days and the comparatively
ANAL percentage OF gloomy and stormy hours. the
Saturday with which this october opened
wholesome and healhful that 1t will not be forgot
ten suddenly What fun the wheeers had They
welcomed october with mellow merrment and
october laughed for them and with them. Every
old man and every young man who could hold
handle bar every aged women and every slip Of
O Girl whose tiny bit Of foot could turn pedal
oil the bicycle riders OF all ages of either sex. OF
everv conceivable occupation OF no occupation
that first day of october was unalloyed delight
for the huge army Of them. What day of autumn.
what day In any month Of 1898 or any other year
was more tempting and alluring for me fascinating
diversion Of wheeling? Legons of those wheelers.
battalions and squadrons Of those wheeers. fleets
OF wheelers throngs and swarms OF wheelers al
most countless. How well they looked How
happy they were, What peerless thing for health
and exercise and pleasure is the bicycle!
Al Morris Park six contests of thoroughbred
horses were seen. and a betting ring damned win
hnOkmakeTS
But the bookmakers not bicyclers They did
not 60 to the course for amusement. They went
with the cruel purpose OF emptying the pockets of
their wan and weeping victims. Outside OF the bet
ting ring some Of those bookmakers look and act
and talk like human beings But in the ring they
resemble Stheno. Euryale and Medusa, the horri1
progeny Of Phorcys and Ceto In that Gorgonian
ring they are lost 10 every touch of pity. They
sit there as grim and nerciless the Council OF
Tea In Venice when helpless prisoners were sent
10 the chamber Of torture. And the bookmakers
had no compassion upon the thousands of misguided
wanderers who strayed into their domains. Inc
Pepper pair Black Venus and Kentucky Colonel
led the betting in the Nursery Handicap for two
year-olds at six furlongs on the Eclipse course
and Martinas winner of the Futurity. was sec
ond choice in the speculation. But Etheloert
comparative outsider first in the Nursery Inc
bookmakers gloated over the lambs and the lamps
were fearful
In The Jerome Handicap George Keene was the
favorite He was unplaced and Philip J. Dryers
consistent heroic and celebrated colt. HandoaIl'
colt without fear tof the bookmakers) ana Win
out reproach from the bookmakers). al outslue
odds got first place. Again the bookmakers sloa'-
ed The lambs began 10 sob
In the Manhattan Handicap. the lambs were
divided into three attacking parties, and they
rushed in a double-quick charge upon the betting
ring one Of these assaling divisions carried me
colors Of Irish Reel Another was loyal TO AigoL
The third devoted 10 81 Cailatlne' All three
were routed with appalling slaughter sanders
ran first and Swiftmas got second place. The BOOK
makers eloated no longer They fell 10 and de-
youred lamb chops in heaps while the shrieks OF
the immature sheep rent the distracted air as they
we're broiied alive 10 sauate tne Go. IN appeutes
OF the sanguluary and Gdrgdnludn boz nmdheTs. ,
But what d Saturday OF Jubilation IL was for the
bicycle riders who od not 20 TO the races ana VINO
the bookmakers might have sunday OF feastlng
e1fff4 a. lla Ia IS
70 the races and whose pocket y never ransacked
10y the predatory and rapacious bookmaker Peace
and plenty attend him everywhere HIS conscience
forbids him TO stoOp 10 the loathsome vice or
gambling. and mis- sleep Is ever soft ana sweet;
No fevered dreams over losses which unpTincipled
and depraved horses have brought about disturb
his spotess slumbers. Why is II that the owners
of racctracks refuse yl,G To the onset of prog
ess and civilization and to turn the betlng-Tlngs
into schools OF instruction for the wheel When
the leaves of the judgment book untold, and this
my globe upon which they are now living yanishes
J. smoke and flame these racetrack owners Will
gaze upon the recording angei with more COM M
their having transformed bookmakers into BIZ
ccelingy proud Of the thoroughly consistent
ling OF HsndbaN since he first In public.
ffniiies. as Inc moral law Mr. DIVER is Under
500! 10 Dc q recording angel himself. Wingless.
..ordng angel he IS an embryonic angel. as it
were not a fuli-ncdred angel; a wingess angel as 4.
set, rot an up-to-daie angel just now. But few
anae as 10 the perfectly consistent record and
ming Of that wonderful colt Handban which he
mouth Frk "' IS cTGr S6 ssf al anS0n
that pious calm should always prevail on every
harsh words are used on a racetrack He was
saocked and distressed when he heard himself
utter harsh words in certain AFFAIR on the sara
toga track some years ago; He was shocked and
words TO James 3. Haggn IN the timer stand at
Monmouth Park some years ago. At that time he
told Mr. Haegin in harsh language that he had
started horse for the purpose Of fouling the
DWyer horse LongSireet He made thai Gire,t
charge to Mr., Haesin. OF course. the charge was
not true. But the writer Of this article was in the
timers stand and heard every word used by Mr..
Every racing man knows what perfect control Mr.;
DIVER has Invariably kept of his mild meek and
Gideon for instance Now it seems that Mr..
Dawyer and some persons associated with him in
most dehca refinement of all the dainty arts and all
The exquisite graces, the Brooklyn track are deeply
within the sacred precints of that modern Eden.
that earthly paradise, the Brooklyn track. or
at that track or anywhere else Mr. Haggin. Mr.
Gideon and Others can without question slsn
Mr.. Dryer use any harsh words to any one Row
could he? 1t is impossible for man Of his dis
stances TO utter word ruder than a roseleal;
And some Of Mr.. Dryers associates in racing ana
some OF the persons who are responsible Tor the
existence OF illegal betting-rngs on racetracks in
h5 T5os Are heads haTe Seen aG cut off, they
and candid on the revered and haliowed lawn OF
the ated grounds of the Brooklyn Jockey club
Now what is the Brooklyn racetrack that any
American citizen need bow The knee or seal me
within its gates? A few self-appointed racetrack
au,Ocrats seem 20 need lesson as TO the right>of
free speech and The right of free press, guaran;
ieed by the Constitution Of the United States ana
the Constitution OF this State. Some Of these self
appointed racetrack autOcrats were constant law
breakers BY their maintenance Of Illegal betting
rings before the original Ives act was passed More
over. % j. plain that the betung-rlngs Wmch now
exist are kept up in violation Of law, and that any
person connected with racetrack who has any
thing 70 DO with handling money which Is paid
directly or indirectly by bookmakers for the use OF
gambling privileges Is NlO.atOr of the law.
Theodore Roosevelt will be the next Governor OF
NeW-YOrk IL j. well known that his hostility TO
lacetrack gambling Is resOlute. determined and
uncOmpromisng That made clear and proved
beyond doubt when he was the president OF the
Police Department in this city. Governor Roose-
,ef.t. -, ReDublicaD