The sun., 1905-08-02
TAX BETTING COMMISSIONERS.
AGENTS At SARA
.TOGA CHARGED S13 A DAY.
Bookn,akers wDliuE 20 Fay eAO fes Ad-
vance Jnfermatien Frevidins Oid Al.
rlsslon q ~ II Charged-Piungera
Requested 10 Keep Their wager Down.


vance Information PrevidinG O,d Al.
mtssion sf ~ II Charged-Piungers
ReQuestedto Keep Their wasers Down.
SARATOGA, Aug. lit is the intention OF the
managers OF the Saratoga Racing Associa-
ton to mako this meeting pay. no matter
who has 70 furnish the freight money. Yes
terday the order went forth that the bosk-
MAKERS, would have 70 pay sis q day for adj
vance information pertaining TO the races,
and to-day tho clubhouse betting commits
sioners were notified that those who wished
to work would have to pay . similar, sum
for the privilege.
This taxing Of the clubhouse commissioners
10 . new move. Not 50 long ago the messengers
were permitted to take bstss for the clubhouse
members simply BY purchasing an admis-
sion badge TO the track. Az the sheepshead
Bay, meeting tho price jumped to u . day
Now II 10 si3 II this sort Of thing continues
there viii not be enough betting agents TO
handle the bets Of the club members.
The meeting has opened we'll. financially.
and tho small revenue derived from tho com.
missioners will not be . drop In the financial
bucket at the end of the season. There 10
scarcely more than twenty-five members In
daily attendance at the clubhouse here. and
the messengers have q hard time to nnd
enough bots to pay even half the sum that they
are taxed. II 10 the opinion here emonS
hookH1ekers that next season VIII nnd
radical change both In the way the betting
ring 10 conducted and the price OF admission
To- the raoetraoks.
One Of the members Of the governing COM
mlttee of the Nets spoke on the subject a.
follows.
Il believe that all the racing associations
will charge go q day for the news Of the races.
such a. the jockeys names. the overweights.
the Withdrawals and tho declarations to
win, instead OF the present rato OF el2 per
day. The association could Just a. easily
get. >oo a. Si?. The only wonder is that they
did not do 40 in the beginning The layers
would readily pay the higher rate provided
that the price Of admission was reduced to ~
Tho old admission price would bring baok
the racing crowd In full force. With in
creased attendance the ring would boom and
the bookmakers would handle twice the
amount Of money that they do to-day Any
man who offers the odds would prefer to
pay q high rate for racing Information and
be assured Of good patronage than to pay
small sum and find business practically
limited.
II understand that during the winter the
proposition will be made to have the general
price Of admission to the rscetrack u. The
Grand stand and field stand would be throw n
open into ono and the rate would be tho same
for both places. In other words, there would
be no field stand, but simply one enclosure.
There ls feeling among the rsoink suthori-
ties that the turf would be better served II .
high rate OF admission 10 maintained: that
the -sport Of kings" 10 not for . poor man
and those who have to work hard for daily
loving.
II the big plum ssrs obey the mandates Of
the turf authorities here this meeting will
pass OF without any sensational bets being
recorded The oficials Of the track have re-
ouested the big spectators TO refrain from
betting heavily on the horses. They don't mind
modest wagers Of $1,000 or so on race. out
they frown at t2S 900 and $50 900 bet on sin gle
contest. Such wagers the management be-
lieve cause discussion and sensational stories
In the newspa pers and attract attention and
notoriety which is harmful to the game.
The majority Of the Western turfmea such a.
John A. Drake ana John ". Gates have
promised that they will Keep their bets down
70 Eys1yshins very a va. quiet in tn. pettin. ring
this afternoon an there 10 no trouble or threat
oi strike on the psr. Of the Msts. v..11, The
day wrecked bank rolls Of siI Of the orlginsl
members TO such an extent that they we're
john sisay sshs found sp.ce or
ehs eso,e Hs y ns @ sss
.sa S: Ss
ssoo The horse on his running 70 day showed
Tor Tor he slipped his Held easy soon after the
start. opsned up q gap and won IN hand. It
onds ds y. ga Sa hS hyr.s p t.
800. r. \: Bureh. ths trainer of Gr.encrest:
BID an additional IS and the horse was
An1'e COCHRAN. n" Who " 1'r rode @ sonoma Belle and
Murphy. who rode Uncle Urigh in the second
1rds the s odss. OF sHe
e.. e. ss and ssr cassidy ssa
them several times he suspended them for
ation whie vii at tie hep. post and ds!syea the stsSt
81 81 s sse .n sse 81
this horse became such nuisance that the
Ords.d sns .Sts' to % n%
here ne he!ss was placed on the sslh0qline Sls 1
land land has ' been on the schooling list times
lnnumerabie without, good results.
and dhs rs.f yS. S o sn .des
tWo-yesr-eid:. two il Tie third 'I r.ne. Both horses
;Ss lot y s.SD
sst.a s ana ss aas s. Ss snsy M e
.ss Il. soa GSs py.a Tsn
by MsddlerI IHsndspun. and She won easily.
PeTyer.e IN private trial.. Finished NTH.
Snow, who finished NTH in the FIRST race.
beaten two heads for third honor, really
should have held that position. Baird. who
rode him. made one OF his wide turns into
the stretch. and this lost third place for his
While the horses were circlins around at
the post for the start OF the fourth race Fleur
de Marie wheeled around suddenly and threw
her Jockey, NooDan. The boy was not hurt
and the mare was caught before she had time
to run away.
Visitors TO the track this afternoon were
greatly annoyed and inconvenienced by the
action OF the stewards. who ordered that
the iocteys names should not be displayed
called, The reason fcr the delay It was s
mana cement to make che bookInakers realize
that they were receiving something like real
advance Information when they Issued the
Jockeys slips before each race and for which
they charged S2. In their endeavor to i'm
press the value Of this service on the minds
Of the bookmAkers the stewards lost sight
Of the fact that they were causing great an
noyahoe to their patrons who had paid o.
to SEQ the races and were entitled to all the
adjuncts OF the game, suoh - the jockeys
names. quite - much ~ the layers,
tAn amusing incident cropped up Just before
the, horees were sent TO the post for the first
race. While Harry Payne Whitney was
talking With his trainer. John W. Rogers.
Axe. 6 young boy, dressed IN blue = suit and
Lifting an anxious face up TO the men. he