New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-12
THE RACETRACK.
EMPIRE CTTT TRACK WILL GET DATES
T0s-KEY CLUB STEWARDS REFLECTED
KEW STARTING MACHINE

--,-. ANIMAL meeting Of the Jockey Club was held
. he -luh~ooras Twenty-second-st- and Fifth
are yesterday afternoon. Il was expected in some
-.--z-s that The Jockey Club would announce the
er,o-r-enr q dates for next season, but this al
-q---er- has been left in the hands Of the stew
.-ss who VIII meet next week and formally an
-----~a +be dates While Z was impossible 10 get
any official Information upon the subject, IL was
e-55 hat The stewards had already decided 10
--~z certain dates 20 the Empire City track. al
--r9rr r-e ruuher of dates has not been decided
mn ss vet L IS thought by some that a few Of
ne dates - Re allowed 10 Mr. Clarks track VIII
conflict with The Slr1roga schedule Among those
--a=zr- ii rhe meeting wee August Belmont. J.
n Green +. B. EaEEin Andrew Miller. F X
sturEis James Galway. H X Knapp, F r Hitch
cock r Gerhard and a. F y aIcott. August Bel
mont + H Bradford. James R Keene and F K.
S-urg5s were reelected stewards for two years.
The secreIarv's and the treasurer's reports were
read.
Paragraph Of Part XVII q the Racing Rules
was amended 70 read as follows:
IN races. not Of heats dead heat for the first
s.ace If be rgn OF on the same day. al the time
-Es1 TE-5r-v minutes unless the race admits OF
cfrtson and the owners agree 70 divide but i the
divide
4 model q lev starting machine. which viii
b given a trial some o. the local tracks next
season. was exhibited at the meeting. The machine
e the invention Of Samuel Snedeker and the in
veuTor Is confident that with il the starting OF
horses VII be vastly improved The little model is
~ electricity. and If the buIkier machine moves
as smoothly there nay be a place on the racetrack
for the barrier. The machine is operated two
narrow gauge tracks laid the outside Of the
course. which little trucks From each
truck perpendicular wooden post shoots into the
ar and z fabric hand completes the barrier. Elec-
the wires connect the machine with the starters
coZ- The barrier IS placed several yards behind
the starter. and the horses move up for the flag
Tne barrier moves with them When the starter Is
ready 70 send the horses OF ne simply presses the
electric button and the posts Win the Ia5Tlc ny
inro the air ard the wild scramble for the win
King post Is srar-ed. The new machine viii nave a
trlsl Al Gravesend a. the spring meeting
ONLY ONE FAvORITE WINS At NEW-OR-
LEANS
Ne1-or,eans Jan 1.-THE track was heavy to-
ear and most Of the good things astray. Lord
FAIRFAX VINO landed the first race. the only
wiring fsr0Tfre though Pan Charm. IN the third
race. narrowly missed victory. The summaries
t-.l--:
Fist six fu-longsLord Fairfax 1919 zIoJoyntl
&c , snd . wou. ssmivel 1a2i eAkerl 70 and
Second. Scottish Grit Io6 Giothe-soll), - 70 l.
-nrE Tir1e-1Is-
se-c-1 race H1e}-Tirkful. Jos lBoiandn. - !
r-5 - s-u Barney p 101 (-lav-sun)- Is u . and
z=c-2z. The Bobby. laS Richards. le 70 l. tra
-z--5 race selling: one and three-eghth niles
tNez1e-sr-a-L1- 70 and : u D. Won
Pa earn. loe ,Boland). even and 70 ? second;
F7--r1 selling furlongst-o.onel assay.
-a5-z 0EcJ0ynrl 70 and 70 l. won: jim Etogg
rsog-51 3 = third. Time-I-3
Fsfrh race selling nile and twenty yards Goge
S---- 100 1F5s-shherEerj Il 70 ! and l. second.
Wa-s-c-est Jos JsltcheiD. 70 l. third Tine-l;4I.