The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-02
TAX BETTING COMMISSIONERS.
CLIBHOUSE AGENTS AZ SARA
TOGi CHARGED 81? 4 DAY.
Boohinakers WILING 10 Pay 500 for Ad.
vance Information Providing ola Ad.
mission or "a II Charged -PlunEers
Requested o Keep Their " ayers Down.

mission or "a IL Charged Plunsers
! Requested TO Keep Their Wngcrs Down.
SAEArooA. Aug. lit Ia the intention OF the
| managers Of the Saratoga Racing hssocia-
ton TO make this meeting pay. no matter
| who has to furnish tho freight money. Yes
! terday the order won't forth that the book
| makers would have TO pnr s'3 n day for ad-
vance information pertaining 20 the races.
| and to-day the clubhouse betting commits
| sioncrs were notified that those who wished
| to work would have to pay u similar sum
| for the privilege.
This taxing of the clubhouse co commissioners
| Is new move. Notso long ago the m assenEers
| were permitted to take bets for tho clubhouse
members simply by purchasing an admis-
sion badge to the track. At the Shcepshead
Bay meeting the price Jumped to 81 day
Now 1t in Si2. II this sort Of thing continues
there will not be enough betting agents to
handle the bets OF the club members.
The nesting has opened we'll. financially,
and the small revenue derived from the COM
missioners will not be a drop In the financial
bucket at the end OF the season. There is
scarcely more than twenty-five members In
daily attendance at the clubhouse here. and
the messengers have hard time to fnd
enough beta to pay evon half tho sum that they
are taxed. 10 10 the opinion here among
bookmakers that next season will find
radical change both in the way the betting
ring is conducted and tho price OF admission
to the racetraoks.
Ono OF the members Of tho governing COM
mlttee OF the Nets spoke on the subject as
follows:
Il believe that all the racing associations
will charge 500 day for the news OF the races.
such as the Jockeys names. the overweights.
the Withdrawals and the declarations to
win. instead OF the present rate OF sl2 per
day. The association could Just as easily
get $50 az Si2. 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 back
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 a high rate for racing information and
be assured OF good patronage than to pay a
small sum and and business practically
limited.
Y understand that during the winter the
proposition will be made TO have the general
price OF admission to the racetrack s.. The
grand stand and field stand would be throw
open into one and the rate would he the same
for both places. In other words. there would
be no field stand, but simply ono enclosure"
There ia feeling among the racing authors
ties that the turf would be better served il
high rate OF admission Is maintained. that
the sport OF kings" 10 not for a poor man
and those who have to work hard for a daily
loving.
IL the big plungers obey the mandates Of
the turf authorities here this meeting will
pass OF without any sensational bets being
recorded. The officials OF the track have re-
qnested the big spectators to refrain from
bettiEg heavily on the horses. They don't mind
modest waRers OF 81 900 or 40 on race. but
they frown AZ s25 600 and $40 400 bet on sin gle
contest. Such wagers the mana cement be-
leve cause discussion and sensational stories
in the newspapers and attract attention and
notoriety which is harmful to the game.
The majority of the Western turfmen snch az
Jonn A. Drake ana John ". Gates have
promised that they will keep thor he $ down
10 small limits.
this Ms' Sei !" or he
success Of four we'll backed favori,es yester.
members to such an extent that they were
ready to take to the woods, Manager
he In the ns We "e sa
entrance. and this gave increased space.
he was offered for sale at his entered price OF
$500, The horse on his running today showed
s n he s w1 ss sd on hs hs
is NO Wonder theretore that Billy lyus sohant;
slSoo p NJ Bureh. the trainer t Of qhr n.a
Get Coeh mam Who n's rode Sonoma Belle and
Murphy. who rode Uncle Urigh. in the second
race. came under the displeasure Of the starter
h e aS RGs' and NEE c. SO Ea
them several times he suspended them for
old England again showed hIs ugly dispo-
sition while at the post and delayed the start
by his antics. AT tho Brighton Beach meeting
this horse became such a nuisance that the
20 Ave minutes and thcni if .neceasary e leave
him at the post. Instead Of enforcing this rule
here n hS1e ss Of On the as old
in!nImerahle without good results.
and Perverse, Harry Payne Whitney, maiden
two-year-olds. in the third race, Both horses
the lot an S @ sa
on them, Al the early even money was
when the paddock contingent played Tansie
hy dGTn and Sn she nice sas
TssryeTsss il private trials, finished fiith.
snow. who, finished NTH in the first race
beaten two heads for third honors, really
snOull nave neiu tndI posltlOn. faiTu, VINO
rode him, made one of his wide turns into |
the stretch. and this lost third place for his
mount.
While the horses were circling around at
the post for the start OF the fourth race Fleur
de Marie wheeled around suddenly and threw
her jockey, Noonan. The boy was not hurt |
and the mare was caught before abe had time
to run nwny.
Visitors to the track this afternoon were
greatly annoyed and Inconvenience by the |
action of the stewards, who ordered that |
the jockeys names should not he displayed
on the board until Just before each race was
called. The reason for the delay. 1t was
learned. was due to the desire Of the track
management to make tho bookmakers realize |
that they were receiving something like real
advance information when they Issued the
Jockeys slips before each race and for which |
they charged SIP. In their endeavor to i'm |
press tho value Of this service on the minds |
Of the bookmakers the stewards lost sight |
Of the fact that they were causing great an |
noyance. to their patrons who had paid 50
to see the races and were entitled to- all the
adjuncts Of the game. such as the Jockeys !
names. quite as much as the layers.
An amusing incident cropped up. Just before |
the horses were, sent to the post for the first
race. While Harry Payne Whitney was
talking with his trainer. John W. Rogers. |
in regard tn the chance OF his colt Battle !
Age. a young boy, dressed In blue suit and |
wearing a black cap. approached them, |
Lifting an anxious face I'D to the men. he |