New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-18
ORDER OF COL. CLOWRY.
Affects Only This CHy-Outside
Distributing Point

Colonel Robert c. Clowry. president Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, ct , P. m
yesterday issued n statement declaring that the
delivery of reports Of horse races to all classes
of subscribers in the city OF New-York' had
been discontinued. The order. according to Dis
trict Attorney Jerome and Captain +. Norton
Goddard. as we'll as poolroom and racetrack
men, had little or no effect yesterday on the
delivery of racing news. II was declared that
the only change was the distribution of the
news from points outside this State:
Colonel Clowry's brief announcement follows:
1 have. my initiative. directed the discon-
tnuanee delivery of reports of horse races to
nIl classes subscribers in the city of New-Nork
and the reports have been discontinued.
The discont.nuance il was understood, took
effect at 4 m.
- CONFEDERATION sHoRTLIvED.
For few rrsirutess after colonel clowry's an
nouncenent was noised abroad CONSERVATION
reigned among the great army of bettors in this
city on the results Of horse races. Only for
few minutes however. Il became apparent that
the pooIrooms were running usual Bets were
being placed, odds We're posted scratches report
ed and results announced just the same as every
other racing afternoon.
In a nutshell Colonel Clowry's announcement
was construed as meaning merely that syn
dicate and not the Western Union, could gather
racing q
arrival No. 1875 Broadway, redistribute 1t
from a point outside this city.
/ Captain F. Norton Goddard made the follow
ing comment Oh the action OF the Western
Union Company:
OF course, this is a long. step in advance. be-
cause the Western Union by this move shows
that It possesses the power TO stop the thing.
The whole result however. lies in the action.
Nothing is really accomplished. but at least
there is no longer any reference the old ques-
-fra nP 1iFarg n
that officials of the company don't know where
| the poolrooms are. They have shut off the poO.-
room service IN the city. and thereby tended to
throw dust in the eyes of the public but never
yet heard Of 4 successful cure for cancer accom-
! plished by cutting of the edges.
The issue in this case has been made on moral
/ grounds and Colonel ClOwry has not met il. He
! has yielded 20 public pressure to the extent of
/ attempting 10 pacify New-York C!ty, but WAY
if his conscience pricked him about the pool
! rooms in New-york City, did II not also prick
! him about those in st. Louis Chicago, Hoooken
J or Providence? 1 have the direct information
! that the bedrooms Of this city We're not in the
/ slightest degree crippled by the action of the
/ Western Union. For my own satisfaction took
! the trouble TO have some one call up pool
room by telephone. and prices and a description
! or a a Morris Park were obtained. | am
/ OF the opinion, Furthermore, that can eStab-
! Iish the fact that in the past the Western
Union has had direct knowledge Of the exist
! ence of the poolrooms it was serving with racing
I news and that II was cogniZant of the sort OF
news being served these people may have still
more 10 say later.
J Senator DepeW,
| Clowry had ordered the racing news discon-
tinued. EXPRESSED no surprise. lie said that lie
knew that such an order was TO be issued
When the news reached Morris Park that tho
Western Union Telegraph Company had or
/ dered its peoIroom service discontinued there
| was little evidence on the part OK its operators
/ that the order had gone into effect The opera
tor who sends the calls. the betting and the
withdrawals to the poolrooms-or to the dis
J cal "a
/ when some one told him that he was out OF a
job.
.,rhe,'re at the post at Morris Park" he said.
ouotirg the message his hngecr were sending to
( mo pooIroorn world. second later he added
,,,.n = sr,le. .aThery're Optimistic Heather in
! the lead-the rest punched" When the race had
been won and he had nonehalantly clicked off.
..careless first by two lengths. Longspur sHc-
cnd and Briarthorpe third" he turned to the
man who had conveyed the pleasant information
10 him. I've not heard of it yet" he said.
"and I guess I'll keep calling them for the
rest OF the day anyway Aad he did.
IL the Western Union has really discontinued
the pooIroom service said S. S. Rowland. Il
member of the Jockey Club and q stociholder
in 4 number Of racing associations. "it VIII be
a splendid thing for the racctracks. They have
.iever had anything IN common wieA the pool
rooms / Suppose If a message Is handed TO on
operator here it will have to be delivered
whether It is directed to a pooiroom or not. but
.f It Is handled in the ordinary course Of bust
ness Il won't help the poolroorns to have it de-
liverad IN two or three hours By messenger
Anong professional gamblers and men who
are or hare been interested IN pooiroons the
news did not creatc any visible disnay All
/ they're got ia do" remarked one poolroom sym
pathI=er, '.is TO send their calls and hashes to
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