The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-30
WAR ON THE TURF PLUNGERS
,,BtrOGA PROGRAMME or RAG
ING IOR IRIS OWN SAKE.
uu "a, BE Made toWork There, Maybe II
MIL prevail AT MI th" OtEer Eastern
TRACKS Turf ideals From England
and lInw They Are Recei, ei Here.

s,uAroGN Aug, 20 Now that the chains
.,.. mn, If th, yates of the Newmarket OF
1,,.rica" ard the gIadness and madness
and lg,ln.-. e u Saratoga summer are
noinp ,rm,rr,d ard mellowed by the diver
inns and laIcunn~S of a Saratoga autumn
,,,v he of general interest to record Il
,aw G,n, r,ranirng what has come to he
.rovu a, ,h- Saratoga situation"
f. L. A mighty interesting situation to
,b. r5r, .e of this beautiful village lying
t ,l. foot Of the Adlroi dacks and TO citi-
,.,,nf tie State Of New York whose horne
.t.ad, ard farms are scattered all over
mi, valley Of the upper Hudson ard vino
,r1 her. Re- market for what those farms
.r,Ilro rtr "Sarnto ga situation" ought
ID fr inter. sting to many outside tins
,p~,Irui;,r territory and to everybody
.,ra.,-rud IN the racing Of thoroughhrcds,
.orpu~c. IN the opinion of those who should
,unv. 20 he Saratoga situation Is linked
yer, closely he rntm" of horscracing in
go" .i~
Tie uI.u who have put their money into
'un ,"o,rrc Of building up ard developing
nrSirltuga Association for the Improve
mont or o., Breed Of Horses include many
rf.l l-nwhn control Eastern urint. STOCK
lofJ.r, I'M the Saratoga association are
macn.t lea iu IA" .Io"kcy Club ana. jndi-
.na'y. e course, in the State Racing Com
rr-anr so far as is known, no member
of 'hn State Racing Commission is stock
.od.- In thn Saratoga association, but
..Il gYno have MANY interests in common
,.. .,np,,nr. Of TIN, commission are in
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.,l ,rd mia, ~ tho urn in control
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""nNi ~ Co." 80 A. 49, 600 ,hira ~
w" 70 p''e'' 800, T.. 49, ros, = is
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To- -. aam s .,;..n,n. l'''o
Tbs are, To he controlled ia not so large
and tha attendanoe az the Saratoga track
on anv one day is not to be compared with
that at even the smallest course in the
district. 1t is believed, how
ever, that once patrons Of the turf got in
the habit OF wagering small sums on races
Tor the sport OF the thing rather than for
the purpose of making money, a precedent
will be established that may be made to
nurain on all the race tracks in the East
It is easy to sec, Of course, that if turf
gambling Is restricted or contracted the
pr, fessional and amateur plungers Of the
turf will be put out OF business. The
"Pr'sburg Pills and the Saleys, the
punging bookmakers and the heavy gentle
ma be'tors will find no reason for their
beng On American racsrracks, or, at least,
ON those in the East, and in their places the
pk"rs will reign supreme
Ihere are some persons, and they are
not r"w, who believe that any attempt to
"mail the business Of the betting ring
MI result in failure, because, they say
lo .aring association can exist without
E" uooSmakers, and ii the bookmakers
'"aupt 60 on doing business as they now
"re they will roll up their sheets and go
Ncs, When the story was circulated a
.ew days ago that some of the officials
a. he Saratoga track had tried to check
the he,ttpg NJ sor,e ~ the nlnn gers n ynem-
her o! the State Legislature made this
remark
The foolishness of the man who triee
thai Job is beyond that Of the foolish viz.
gins s. long as there are racetracns
men will bet on the horses and bet as much !,
~ a. i.ttle as they like. When they can't !
ID thai the racetracks will have to close"
The other view Of the case was pretty |
strongly expressed by one Of the wealthy :
patrons Of tne turf, who made the following
statement to TIE Sun co,respo ndent:
When the time comes. and come it will
hat The mainstays of the turf are men who
20 in fer racing for the Snort inst cad of
he profit there is in it, then will &C me the
me when the Letting ring will be an I'M
important feature on every track in the
f.aa' There is nothing like the betting
n IGg,and that there il here, and vet there
he tart is almost a national institution.