The St. Louis Republic., 1903-02-17
NEW TURN GIVEN
TO KlNL0CH AFFAIRS
Florissant Valley Jockey Club Is
Organized to Operate the
Race Track.
DECLARE OLD LEASE LAPSED.
KinIoch Jockey Club Is Said to
Have Forfeited Its Hold Up
on Property by Nonpay-
ment of Rent.

Affairs of the Kinloch Park race track
developed new and interesting phase yes
terday.
Messrs. Alex Konta, Phil Chew and j. d.
Lucas gave notice of the organization of
new jockey club, which they call the Flor
issant Valley Jockey Club, formed for the
avowed purpose of leasing and operating
the Knloch race-track property, the lease
of which. it is claimed, the old kin!ocn
Park Jockey Club forfeited through nom
payment of rent
If this claim is correct, it will let out the
old club and its stockholders, including Jo-
seph d. Sippy. who is embarrassing. by Ie-
gal means resumption of business by the
old concern. AS the leasehold, which was
one of the chief assets of the kinloch
Jockey Club, is, the Florissant Valley
Jockey Cub claims. forfeited. the only
things of value the old corporation has to
dispose OF are the improvements, which are
practically valueless.
Just whether the racing dates given the
Kinioch track by the Western Jockey Cluo
belong to the track property or to the Kin
loch Jockey Club remains to be seen.
If they were given to the corporation they
are certainly its most valuable asset. and 1t
may not be within the power of the Fioris-
SAINT Valley Jockey Club to acquire them,
save by purchase of the Kinloch Jockey
Clubs property.
II they go with teh inf1eld and fenceless
track. they are forfeit with the lease. The
dates are the chief asset of the kinlocn
Jockey. Club.
TO GET RID OF s1PPY.
On the face of it. the organization OF the
and Chew. two Of the principal owners OF
the old Kinloch Jockey Club, seems to be
an effort to- get rid OF MT sippy' whose Ss
jockey club in its effort to reorganize made
him person anything but grata to the i'm
periled Lucss-Chew interests.
that Mrs. Chambers, from whom the Kin
loch Jockey Club leased the land on which
the improvements are, cannot legally de-
clare the lease forfeited ana make another
until the present Intervening dispute In the
Kinloch Jockey Club is settled in the
courts. Further. Mr.. Sippy says that even
its lease, the racing dates given by the
Western Jockey Club to the track belong
to the Kinloch Jockey Club. are part OF
its assets and that the man who purchases;
the assets of the Kinloch Jockey Club will
belong the dates. So the entire affair
seems to be in as pretty kettle Of fish
ever.
FI.ORIssANT STOCKHOLDERS TALKS.
stockholder of the Florrissant Valley
Jockey Club said last night that his cor
poratfon had secured a lease on the track
thought the dates went with the track
itself. not with the Kinloch Jockey Club.
In this case they became valuable asset
of Mrs. Chambers when the lease lapsed.
The gentleman went on to say that his
company proposed to spend $4,000 exactly
in re-equipping the track. building stands,
etc 1t was further stated that the Subur
ban Railway had contracted to build a
double track to the grounds and run cars
at ten-minute intervals during the racing
season. Joseph A. Murphy Is to be mana
ger of the Florissant Jockey Club. as he
Is of the Kinloch Jockey Club. He is to an
nounce his stakes for the spring meeting on
rext Thursday.
Some weeks ago Mr.. Murphy announced
stakes for the Kinloch Jockey Clubs meet
ing. which was scheduled to take place
from April 10 to May 1, the same dates as
the Florissant Jockey Club now proposes
TO use.
The affair Is pretty muddle. II Mr..
Sippy brings legal action to decide to whom
or to what the dates belong he is liable to
be ruled off the turf for violation of the
Western Jockey Clubs rule against per-
sons who seek to ernbarrass the proceed
ings of racing associations by resort TO
courts of law If the dates are made sub
ject of legal controversy the Western
Jockey CLUB IS liable to declare them for
felt or be afraid to move. as 1t was against
the turf-investment companies.
Taken from any angle. it is as pretty 4
tanSIe as lawyer could wish employment
to unravel. 1t is said that Thomas NJ.
jenkins Ralph Orthwein. John 8. Bratton,
Alex Konta Joseph d. Lucas and Philemon
Chew world he among the new directors OF
the Fiorissant Valley Jockey Club.