The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-03

party Of about one hundred and fifty
horsemen, owners and trainers now rae
ing al Benning, took trip to Chesapeake
Beach yesterday to see the place, and to
judge for themselves what the outlook is
for winter racing as proposed by the
Maryland Jockey Club The day was an
ideal one fer this season Of the year, ard
all seemed to be favorably impressed lay
the surroundings. The general wish of
those present was that the Jockey Club
would consider the suggestion to permit
racing at this point by outlawing the
| horses and not outlawing the owners and
trainers. This seemed to be the eohaen-
| sus of opinion and every man seemed 10
be sincere in his belief that IL such an
| arrangement could be rived at, it would
be good thing for the Jockey Club. and
! enable many a poor owner 10 earn iiv-
ing through the winter who now finds
himself unable TO do so. II was argued
that there are thousands of horses now
running on the big tracks whose class
prevents them from finishing inside the
money. and that BY putting those horses
in a CiaEs 10 themselves it would improve
racing from every standpoint. and create
a market for horses that are now without
| less interesting. the finishes among such
horses would be just as close and as holly
contested as If they were OF the class OF
EthelbeTIs Imp. Commando. OF Tommy
| Atkins. IL is true the time would not Re
| so fast, but the interest would be equally
| as great. 1t was also argued that the
| prevalence OF large fields in selling races
! is entirely due 10 the oyerplus OF this
| class of horses. owners entering then and
/ waiting for chance TO help them Win.
| thinking ana hoping that the unexpected
| may happen. Bad starts are due IN most
! cases TO bad horses and large fields, and
under such conditions the best horse does
/ not always win as he may get in behind
j i lot Of bad ones and cannot get through
until it is too late
| In examining the stables. some of them
now occupied by horses that lately ran
at Atlanta and are now getting into con-
/ dition for the opening at Chesapeake,
( we'll known jockey who has been riding
/ AZ Atlanta WAS net and asked this CUES
| ton BY prominent horseman: Are you
/ going 30 outlaw yourself by riding kereZ
! The answer was quite characteristic and
/ fully explains the position OF many a
| Jockey and for that matter. many an
1 owner and trainer Outlaw myself
| Well / might as veil be outlawed as out
/ cIassed. I cant get any mounts on Il @
! big tracks. and ! cant afford to exercise
! horses al starvation wages. What am
! 20 do? have the same rights and an
/ entitled to make living the same as
] you
{. That is the position in which many roor
i owners and trainers are placed .oday,
and while the Maryland Jockey Club IS
! not posing Is piifaBthropists they pro-
| pose TO give such men and jockeys
| chance 10 earn a livelihood, and, at the
| same time promote honest racing. Joha
/ d. Allen. President Of The Maryland Jock
| ey Club when interviewed on the subject.
! said: We nave no desire 70 clash with
any club, We have asked for q license
from the New York Jockey Club and II
| has been refused US We now propose 10
run as independents. and 70 promote clean
/ and legitimate racing under the stTieIest
rules laid down. and We viii not tolerate
/ anything in racing that is not on the
level Our officials viii be men we'll
| known in racing circles: each one will be
! vigilant and watchfGI that DO crOokedness
| shall be attempted. and the failure of any
/ enc official to do his duty will be suifi-
/ cient cause for his removal. We have
! more applications for stable room now
/ than we can accommodate and we have
10 fear whatever for the success Of our
/ meeting