The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-22
NETS RECEIVE CONCESSIONS.
EDDIE BURKE MAKES PEACE
WITH TRACK OWNERS.
Non.Members Not to He Increased and
Must stay in . Remote Part Of the
Ring-Wlll There be o Contribution
From the DoOks?-IAght betting.

Must Stay in q Rem Ote Part Of the
Rins-Wlll There he Contribution
From the Dooks?-IAsht Betting.
ring. Peace was formally declared yesterday
between the track owners and the Metropolitan
Turf Association, by which the bookmak ers'
organization will receive certain concession.
under certain conditions Edward Burke,
the we'll known layer. who. as a mcmber of the
Nets governing committee. has never been
in favor of the hostilties which nave been
going on ever since an open ring was declared
at Belmont Park Is the man who has brought
order out OF chaos. Burke, as The Sun
stated yesterday. is the sole representative
OF the Nets. and through him in future all
business between the ring and the tracks will
be condu cted
Before the track owners would listen to
Burke's proposition. however, 1t was under
stood that the other members OF the governing
committee. wheelock. Jones. Heney and
Lichtenstein would step down and out and
have nothing further to do with controlling
matters in the ring.
With tho elimination OF these individuals
from the situation. Burke met the track own
ers in conference the other day and asked that
the Nets should be allowed to draw for posi-
tions in the ring at all tracks as in the past.
Burke also asked that the ten non-members
WuO WeIe poCeO III llouI iiio vi al NNaesA
footing with the Nets should have their
position confined to that portion OF the ring
nearest The field, or In other words the center
Of tho horseshoe. With the non-members
located in such q remote place. though still
in the front line, Burke also asked that there
should never be more than the ten outsiders
who are booking at present and that in the
event Of one or more of them dropping out
the vacancies would not be filled.
Eurthermore Burke made the request
that the Nets should have the two sides of the
ring parallel with the track. and that in the
event OF a falling OF in numbers no nom
mem bers should be moved up among the or
ganization layers. Burke had been made to
understand, it is said, in the first place. that
the non. members would not be put into the
back line again under any circumstances.
80 that there never was a doubt about their
permanent positions. But the Nets. through
Burke have succeeded in having Tyler and
his adherents put so far away from the real
business end OF the ring that they will no
longer be q menace to the organizations
operations,
The Nets. through Burke. were able to
have these requests granted. and the new
There were sixty-nre Nets in line, thirty
Ave on one side OF, the ring and thirty-four
d dssdii1s sf Behind Hind them, her '' ' a
In making THESE CONCESSIONS 10 lle NietS,
in the interest Of peace, the track owners
evidently wished to avoid all further con
troversies such as caused a wr9ngle IN the
betting ring on, suburban day. The men who
! were responsible for that row have been
forced to surrender their author ity, and the
affairs Of the Nets have been, placed in the
just what the peaceful negotiations viii
lead to is not clear. but It vas said last night
| he allowed to make M the amount OF the
overnight purses. which are, something like
Ihs @ wn IN rer npI &c for bndss
and par aphernalia. but the Nets as a body
would hand over a subscription in bulk at
II is set forth by The Nets that there is no
law that SAYS they cann9, hang up The purses dss
for se and hITfs II BOOK
| now, without paying contribution. il would
he just as legal 20 operate under the above
| to agree to any arransement. by the way
that wa do aTag xtn tne IN n tarm
0" RH, It lust ' now there l. wide difference Of
+! opinion among the track owners as to the
again from the books II those who favor
the r{GrT. plan Fl kseFS s sloo ron OF the
Jockey LOCK- lIab, i, i said that, the rack win
| ultimately abolish the field entirely and
charge uniform adm pss, rate Of s. to
/ til, feet remains that there will be no mora
| friction between the Nets and the tracks.
and that Bur ee Is responsible pie Tor the s'dIen
20 & ,or H. 5' al e. II. races
( winner Flavisny, n the 0rsr race, was backed
/ from TO- to II to >. With Leo Aayer,
r, Ros Gs on tss Lac sgsf and Ed
/ Burke took . long chance with Sweetheart
at q TO whs SaS hoss WAS MAJ phlarHa across
Grimm mn and julius Frank PLAYED HONEYWELL:
Graceful burned up Iot Of smart dnn money ,,,.
b 81 S} 1'i sot! 'G pax NsKePns aud q,Isrs
bohemia with Joe Murphy bctti1e, $3.50 on
her: George King, Tony Aste and ". Harlan
YAM Yankee Consul was another bread winner
| for the books in the third race. ,rearly all
the big operators taking him, But it was
show. even when the price against his colt
%eqt Hp to 39s% A. ntat tse! no" odS
MhtmaSel Carried ar bets i for Morris Stack and
Cui Holland, with Last Cherry rlaE;sd by Pat
Biz Tim sullivan picked ~ up som more
sTmad s@4ss = bl to and 1nf t4sd nha
went, TO Coy Maid place in 2 solid phalanx.
a little too tight fit for comfort. The club
house commissioners also put cios E to stM hn
Coleman and the Lichtcnsteins also backing
| the FatheTless colt.
Charles Head Smith. n close friend Of John
| A. Drake. whose colors were carried by
| .Jocurd in this race. bet s., 800 on Ocean Tide.
who was reduced to o to 1, while Jocrnd re-
coded to 10 TO 5. only TO be beaten nose.
Leo Mayer was in possession Of tip on San
| ton and bet $500 on the horse at 20 to l..
| There was one stable commission OF 81, 900
| on The Sout herner at an average Of 5 20
in the last race which the wise mon As
| rule stored clear OF
William Wheclock. the brother OF the pTesi-
dent Of the Nets, who is III. resumed booking
| Yesterday which set at rest the report that
he had been advised TO quit
John f. Modden's yearlings bred at Ham
! burg Place will be sold at auction to-day
and to. morrow at Sheepshead Bay
| II 7 Grimm sold Wild Irishman to Jack
| Phillips yesterday for 81 200.
Previous, winners Of the Mermaid Stakes
Druid s victory recalled the poor way she
was handled by Lyme in her previous race
ran second in the first race ia a gelding by
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