New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-21
THE RACETRACK.
e,or,crsrrR RUNNING AT GRAvEsENp.

SEVERAL JOCKEYS WERE N The BACKGROUND
After the rain Of Tuesday night 'he - 80
,.ra,asend Yesterday was heavy ana "''',''e
-. :. ,ho ,ockevs we're heavy and holding ALSO
mr. weather was not unknd. but the hunnoe' W
N,vers 81 erandstand tickets was si"a'"
dav tho bitter talk about the misIhai'ah' -.
che turf this year becomes louder. aho inc O'
Of hookmakers jockeys and ineihcie", % @,,~r
oor,no,sn, officials spreads further ana iul me-
- seide o,ore cut I'm pieces 10y slashes an" "40
contests were petty. Dishonesty among ''7 -
makers and the Jockeys was a. cohsP'0"
usual There Will pc no racing al Ii'Nes''
,,orroU. New-York would he cleaner "ere me-
10 more racing within its ooroers u'', '''. m, ,na
wore The card to-day does not much eNce' '"7
400 r-osrarnroe at Iron Hill So weakly mas
49, ,',rf hesn governed IN 1899 that the darkest
clouds ~ suspicion and scandal have selueu INV"
anon u And these clouds are not HheN ~ 80
awav until A new policy Is adopted ana 'le =. ,
rings are free from the plo's OF I'm nno
r,,nears and Jack Sheppard bookmakers' WIZ
- ,ocpsvs Several Jockeys have been puhlsheu'
49,, ..veral ~ the worst Jockeys are sun rlol'e'
md No dishonest hookmakors owners anu u"
hav. been punished few puny riders "l''' ,
,nnuence or pull have been PUT on the ground o''
what bribegiver among the ooohi"""''
rlungers has been disturbed
T., the FIRST race the favorite. Matanza, ran sec
md and the second choice links. was successful
p,ree on Blsrneystone ana OLeary' on MaNli"o
,,onoez did not ride n they were really diN''''
% Kin or even CO. place. Their performance
were 60 bad as 20 call ont much severe 'ohNl'"'
In the second race OLcary. on the favorte' Rare
perfume DID not appear ~ he anxious 10 win n"'
,as CONSTANTLY looking around TO see II Cathedral
would ovorfake him. cathedral came up """'''
md O'Iearv was contontnd with tmrd pace
l., tho yiiloV stakes Musette ridden ny spencer
was an added starte and the ia'oi'e' op'".'
M, only did not seem 10 do his best TO win WIN
u,set,e hut no did not aeem even 10 try nara 10
ret a place with her His riding was scanud'oNS
ma shameful Spencer evidently imagined that he
aas IN Wall Street bearing the marEe' anu Se''''e
uocks short. 49,. ....,-,,.
In the fourth race OLeary rode the iaNo'''e'
somper Ego and astonshed the Spectators ~ WI
descending to take hrst money
7 Jovnor put stable boy named SeueY o"
bread in the NTH race. What excuse mas ne 10
,rer for this2 Many years ago Joyner Nalneo i'r
Frank Hall OF Maryland Who ~ one ume vas
natrol Judge The writer Of this article had ire
,nent conversations with Mr. Hall in those days
A. 70 certain performances Of Joyner when ne
ralned for Mr. Hall Joyncr practically owns
Naher at present There may have been some gooa
;eason why Maher did not ride Dread but what
rood reason could there be for putting that bump
,n-a-log rubber sctey on Dread Wei Wei rT9f th
setlev uu she was third TO Bold knight ana Myh-
.oT tvo-yegrolds TntiI recent years the rules
'orced owners 20 run of dead neat III seiIas
owners Of dead heat horses in selling race are
low allowed 20 divide the purse as IN 0'her !aees,,
Nvnheer This change IN the rules for selling races
direct encoufag'men' TO- fraud on as 50 ' h
he promotion Of gambling ana ne proiecuon "i
'raHd, no one is hksN 10 ma iaHl tho ,r,,ross,or
~imner Iocochee The owner Of Locochee IS AN
honorable gentleman He IS much esteemed hy
an VINO know him. ana he IS candid frank sinceIe.
Desperate