The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-24
GOSSIP OF THE RUNNERS.
WIZ EIRNS AND BULLMAN BE
REINSTATED?
Jockey Club stewards TO Meet To-day
and Question May he Decidcd-Discip.
line for Poor Rides Under Discussion
Washington Meeting Ends This Week.

John BullmAn ana lhOfnuS BuTns, tn'
Jockeys whose licences were revoked for
the rest OF the season last September because
Of constant disobedience at the post. are
In California and are anxious to ride during
the coming winter meeting. They have
fled appiiCations for licenses with Tom Will
liims. president OF the California Jockey
club. and the latter has written to the stew
ards of the Jockey Club. controlling racing
In tbs state. asking for Information. The
stewards are expected to hold a meeting
to-day at the Windsor Arcade at which they
may take up tho cases OF Burns and Bullmnn.
If they do. some persons pretend to b 'iirvc
that there will be a tempest in teapot. al
though the proceedings of tie Jockey club
have ever been smooth and harmon ious
A Bennings last week the story was in
circulation that behind the action taken
against the jockeys. particularly Burns.
there existed the old feud between William
&. Whitney and James r. keene that In Mr..
Whitncy's absence abroad. Mr., keene, be-
cause OF Burns's ride on Girdle In the Sara
toca Special. which served to keep Dazzling
from defeating irish Lad, had exercised is
power In Jockey Club affairs and had been
instrumental In having Burns punished.
that MIR whitney, to STOW that he did not
care for the ruling at all, proceeded 10 sign
Burns to n contract for next year. thereby
virtually defying the JOCKEY Club to keep
Burns on the ground
Us TINS story mas Deen gaming strength
each day, a large number of turfmen have
come to believe that there is some truth in
Il. so that any action the Jockey Club may
take will be awaited with interest. Persons
closely Identified Wit the inside works. Z !
OF the Jockey club, howe yer. are ridiCulmg
this story and point TO the fact that even II
Slr keene and MIR Whitney were at logger
heads. they would not condcsceud to war
over a jockey who Is dependent upon The
fnr al a lSp de q
Burns and Bullman were punished for the
offence which was originally promulgated
constant misbehavior at the post. Before
leaving for the West Starter c. II. Pettingill
said to THE SUN man:
Burns and Bullman were not punished
for anything but disorder. Since the stew
ards set them down there has been no trouble
az the post. II was matter of discipline
and as Burns and Bullman persistcntly re-
fused to obey orders. they had to take their
medicine"
Not only has Burns signed again TO ride
for Mr.. Whitney. but Bullman has also agreed
TO ride for John W Schorr next season, 1t
i apparent, therefore. that the boys are con-
tdent of reinstatement. Louis Smith. whose
license was taken away 10y the Jockey Club
stewards because OF his ride on Merry Acroba t
ia the Rancho del Pa-o stakes. il not 50 con-
lldent. He has asked the stewards to reopen
his case for he maintains that he can edsily
clear himself OF supposed wron gdoing. The
statement that smith would make clean
breast of everything and would incidentally
mpGae SesSnd no who sas o
Smith has all along insisted upon his limo
cence and that an admission of guilt would
from the racetracks controlled by the Jockey
Club. Smith says that he hopes 10 be re-
ns,a1Go chance 20 oom Tor next m
In dealing harshlv with Jockeys, either Tor
rides 9T h at t the P pos
meeting public demand for some snch
action. When jockeys are made 70 EEL
sport viii BE- vastly benefited Wha, re-
dress do people have when they see heavily
Jockey. whose salary il close to $4,000 a
year in way s sdat would LIPS Wske green APP
can be offered by the Jockey for such ride
1t is not at all strange. therefore. that when
so UNPUBLISHED on Metropolitan tracks, the
racing authorities have come in for genera
out the necessity for eStreine discipline in
the, cases Of boys guilty of incompetsncy or
suspensions for such things inflicted with "a
much frequency as the penalties slapped on al
the post would soon work wonderful chan "a
with such authority 70 WELD, they would
enjoy the implicit confidence Of the patrons
pnb bic snoT Support Sr the fGI pay.
the liberal rate of admission 70 the trac OK
of the bookmaker Protection. Therefore
the public has right to demand and to re-
il will not be so very long before the racn
season of 1908 rolls around to the Metropollta 2
tracks. With the sport, at wonderful pitch
q ngPdsnts TS"d G to p '%S cad
should be- permitted TO escape the watchfu
eye, Of the s"Ma5dS sa h9,R Mhe psPS n
gather. have come TO regard certain clique
Of owners. trainers and bcttors VIII d.,
favor Some of the operations attributed &C
ttpm before
,ninly did not io9s as i they would ,Gi pear tnT
Toys Of %5s ah's mater cP o SS S%"
hand upon ANYBODY who might b guilty
RI ust tho Am" the lnpr@LIinn ma ,on VI,
reversal in form, the so-caled clique came
dncted a so-callcd crusade against the, evil
e horse racing found 10 their dlsmay that I
was mnC s sni to lk in ' no PrG H
form reversas or the cases whore the "edu
Gated money went down riiSht: o out ~ n,
efforts 10 disclose something wrong served
20 further emphasize the fact that with,
more strict Surveillance over the jockeys th
running Of horses e public form would b.
The Washington meeting winds up mex
saturday Then somo OF the horses VIII III
brought back here to go into winter Quarter
time comes for preliminary ,callops in, th
spring. Other stables will be shipped q
New orleans, where tne regular winter meet
ing begins next Thursday. From pre-en
indications the New orleans meeting Will b
more successful than ever before. The stalk
events have all filled we'll and number o
owners S,ho have never raced there befor
will be represented by powerful string
ChristopherJ Fitzgerald, who has thorough
recovered from his recent attack OF typhoh
fever, will do the start ing, a. in tho pn-l
while Clarence Mcdowell will act az presidin
Judge The California season, too, indicate
marked success President Williams hn> 80
cured the entries of some OF the largest sta bic
In the country. and says that with the openin
OF tho Inglesido track there has been a
additional boom for tho sport
When the WaShin gton meeting closes, IN
state Racing Commission will prepare 1t
annual report to the new Legislature a
Albany. and the stewards Of the Jockey Gu
viii take UP the problem Of anQtting dat.
for next season. which Is Of vital interest
the different racing associations here In We
Jockey Club for its track near JamaicI
The closing OF stakes TO be run next seaso
at the big tracks in this vicinity has show
q wonderful increase In the quantity az
quality of the entries. and has incidental
proved beyond perady"nturc that the breee
Ing industry Is enjoying remarkable boon
r. Keene. James B Hagcin, John T. Made
lishments have made n remarka bic shovin
in the entries, Wills even those who brec
thorou rhbreds on a small scale have sent
surprisingly long lists. Racing IN this stat
is conducted primarily to foster the breedin
H. Int has