The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-29
RACETRACK PROFITS REDUCED
RIMORED THAT p. u. DWYER
SAYS PLAN is A FAILURE.
Roobmakers willing to Make Up Several
Purses Daily as Substitute for the Old
Tcrs, but the Jockey club, warned Of
trouble, Stands Pat-TO-tlay's Entries.

I'll fl has discovered that there Is a marked
l!Ms OF in the gross receipts as com
,orrd to the first three days Of the Gravesend
surins meeting year ago. ON Brooklyn
Handicap Day, the gross receipts. which we're
e.t,matcd at close to $50, 900. were $4,000
l.ss, it il said. than on this occasion twelve
months ago On Friday there was another
.n,lrp, while on Saturday, in spite OF the
fact that about 81. 900 persons paid the high
pr,oes- there was also a falling of. Should
mis- state of affairs continue throughout the
rest of the meeting. the Brooklyn Jockey
,mn i Is said. Will take f1rm stand IN favor
OF the old prices.
f. /, maintained by friends OF the Gravesend
track that had there boon no increase in
ur,,es the Brooklyn Jockey Club would have
tahsn in more money from the public during
the present meeting than ever before, ana
that the loss OF revenue Of $1,000 day from
tbe Lookmakers would not have caused
unusual anxiety. But with falling on IN
receipts under tho present circumstances,
instead of an increase, coupled necessarily
with smaller crowds. 1T Is set forth by some
persons that the raising of the tarih has been
a blundcr, unless within the next week or so
the public becomes educated to the new
prices and racegoers return to the track
with the former liberal patronage. Nobody
for A moment believes that. under the present
srnle of prices and patronage displayed so
far the Brooklyn Jockey Club will lose money
on the year, but ~ Is saie 10 say Una. tne ny
dchds VIII nov w ~ ia p",i,,n nand,oan
falling on III reoerpos Gu ,nr,.,,an. ,,aS,
tcr,lay said that the bookm akers' former fees
were not taken into consideration. so that.
If such was really the case. the track owners
were shy about So, 900 OF what they received
on this day year ago.
While +. d, D"yeI, 'he pie'iueu. -. sno
Brooklyn Jockey CluD, ls sald 10 nave op-
posed the change in prices from the start.
hs has not az yet expressed an opinion as
to the result Of the new plan. But among among
turfmen there is rumor that Mr.. Dwyer
i4 ready to pronounce the scheme failure.
Meanwhile there Is story turren' ,h wa" us ,n
bookmakers are sun M.lins ~ puy 'h he oman
tees 30 SUGGESTION ,ne that You'd cover the toll
u,dsr some other form. While the Jockey
Club has already severed all relations with
the books in this respect. the layers accord
inu To report are thinking of making a sug-
seson to some OF the track Snns a p
[nT h r5I.o could be made up by method
n nriyate subscription which in the long
ri run ' would be of much benefit to the tracks.
From what The Sun has been able TO Glean:
subscription OF this kind could be paid at
end Of certain na1sF o %, sum on
makers ns'n a., nss hssed mon the amount of
business handled by each OF them during
iasnoc,eed time, The bookmakers who have
had this plan under consideration say o Una,
it would simply mean that they were ao.'hs
in the capacity Of voluntary contributes contributors
u ii ,ht s,,ch donations could not be ascribed
Msu ,h t,A basis for legal proceedings Involving
the drect t t9naer rng Witch were threatened
wn 'e ssatsd fees We're paid over each day
be Hd gstd wneeheI ns
sb under the present It GI,s,s in
VII anarIs Sn " ASSOCIATION With the book.
mak. sSs element would F. svoidsd i 9 N
m nj shte be '' made upon the sport There g
II reiusnG 20 acssp certan persons who had
,he TlaS 20 make serious trouble The fact
mat no warrants iof see apped for as yet By
a. ne aoy eT others is TAKEN to mean that the
,s n nan w aaS the new ARRANGEMENT in
eee .ns wNo,mId prove to be failure.
The policy Of lhe Jockey Club h on this hi,
to several causes. 1t is said that the powers
that be received some sort Of tip that unless
there would pH p be Would adyoeate Tie
of the oy na RSuq M aiso who are
ipn t S poSsiGn to Know what hey are talkins;
BEEN betsoT s As
nv tha Governor for This reason alone. Real
i2 ~ , ,hat IL mi oht he a dificult matter to
nsnst n General crusade at Albany under
ne old regime It il stated on good authority
w. o no Jnckev 1,iEb was virtually com
rans ' 70 tase action in order to prove con-
Gp fIf that hat racing in this State is not con-
e .le,nept WIN vic
Anntber reason for the change in policy
40 anm,linad bv We'll posted men. is tie ex-
H a. Intention OF lanes Butler the owner
tSa Emnire CIV track TO test the legality
~ rho law which gives to the State Racing
r o. 1mn IaM absolnte hover to grant or re-
nsa Iccnses to tpacks opsrasng in this state
ise 81, raeli.d dhst Nr B,iier's applica ton
Tor va, license e IN Behalf Of his track at Yonkers
NO That incident occurred several
,bs ,co hnt MIR butler IL In said has been
, bis Mans 70 4 pht the case in the courts
aa lux i nto p' For that reason. il is reported
~ Inct.y Cluh and the Racing Commission
H 1e ~ fortirv ,hejr oostion by cutting
' III, ~ ers ONT Of the situation entirely
me 200 b2oA ar6'Hnd ~ seems hard to believe that
80. ,rornsitior from the bOOkmakers look
an? prop ponnxni df trbute in any form oud
~" w. orsi5arad for n moment Incidentally
!, nav he taken for Granted that the general
rs tn n, Grayescnd for the next two W eek 3
vii he The subiect of much lively discussion
o1nong the track owners and those members
a. Jpss Jnckev club who have the welfare
oi racing at heart
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