The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-04
RACE TRACK MEN
ARE WAG|NG WAR
Corrigan Thinks He is Not
Treated Properly
WILL BE DECIDED SOON
All Tracks In West and South Are
Interested In Action to Be
Taken BY Board of
Stewards.

Chicago, January 2,-.Whet1ier there is
to be turf war or peace between the
race tracks throughout the west and
south will be decided within the next
twenty-four hours. The track owners
who are dissatisfied with the allotment of
racing dates decided upon at the annual
meeting of the Western Jockey club went
before that body today and presented a
petition asking for a revision of the
dates. The request was refused by the
controlling body In each instance with
the exception Of the new Louisville
track. This track was given five extra
days in accordance with q previous un-
Outstanding. The Louisville club asked
that the fall dates granted at the pre-
vious meeting from September % to Oc-
tober Z, be changed to begin October 2
and end October 90 The request was
granted by a unanimous vote of the
stewards.
Application Was Denied.
The renewed application of the New
Orleans Jockey club for racing dates for
1905 was denied, as was also the applica-
ton of the Hot Springs Jockey club for
change in the allotment of racing
dates for 1906 The Hot Springs Jockey
club at the regular annual meeting in
December was given the full number of
days requested. but it is dissatisfied with
the dates on which the meeting is to be
held, claiming that the Oaklawn Jockey
club, the new track at Hot Springs, was
given the best dates. The case of the
New Orleans Jockey club, which is con-
trolled by Edward Corrigan, is different
having been refused racing dates of any
kind whatever,
After the refusal of the stewards of
the Western Jockey club to reconsider
the proposition, Mr.. Corrigan, Humphrey
Devereaux, William Shannon Rodgers
Bears, and other track owners dissat-
isfied with the racing dates as dealt out
by the Western Jockey club stewards
held conference at the Auditorium to
discuss the situation and to decide on
what the next move Will be- What the
outcome will be is problematic, but I'M
unless there is a decided change on the
part of the disgruntled owners, they will
undoubtedly decide to fight the Western
Jockey club in an effort to bring that
organization to terms. Mr.. Corrigan was
the most outspoken of the disappointed
owners but unless he can bring the
other owners who are dissatisfied to his
way of reasoning, he would hardly be in
position single handed to wage war on
the other tracks. which are satisfied now
with the rulings of the controlling body.
Corrigan Is Mad.
just DelOlt Tie iItu went lHlO cOIleT-
ence Mr. Corrigan said 1t WIS hardly
probable that any statement of the de-
cision reached at the meeting would be
made public tonight.
I'VE did all In our power to make the
stewards see that there was some con-
sideration due u.s." said Mr. Corrigan.
There were over one hundred signers to
the petition we presented to the stew
ards. These names were all of men who
have considerable weight in horse racing.
The stewards, however, saw fit to dis
regard our request and now it Is up
to us to show them that there are some
of us who can probably get along without
the aid of the Western Jockey club. In
my Judgment, the only way to bring the
stewards to sense of justice in their
rulings is to wage war against them. We,
that is the track owners who are dis
pleased with the racing dates allotted
us, will get together tonight and decide
on some action. What that action will
be / cannot say at this time, and 1t
undoubtedly will be impossible to make
any definite public statement before to-
r4orrow."
Other business of the stewards today
was but of a routine nature Renewed
applications of the Newport and the
Union Park Jockey clubs for reinstate-
ment were again denied.