Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-26
BROWN s MONEY
To AID CORR|GAN
TURF BODIES AGREE TO FIGHT
TO FINISH
Pittsburg Millionaire -Turfman Enters
Breach Against Western
Jockey Club and Sides
With Its Rival

Prospects of peace between the war
ring turf associations, the Western
Jockey club and the American Turf
association, are so slim that horsemen
are beginning to hedge on their inten-'
tions to race with either of the New
Orleans clubs this winter.
This means that the coast tracks will
have a greater number of owners and
animals to look after this season than
ever before.
Several weeks ago the announcement
was made that Ed Corrigan, organizer
and promoter of the A. T. A, and John
Condor, dictator of the w. j. c., were
about to get together, declare truce
and patch up their differences, but
this seems to have been premature.
1t was improbable and given but lit
tile credence at that time. The enmity
between these two has been of years
standing, and the only end in sight
is the death of one or the other.
Condor defeated his hated rival sew
eral years ago, and this has been stick
ing in Corrigan's craw ever since. 1t.
has also been the source of everlasting
pride to Condor.
The latest development in the war
is the announcement that S. S. Brown,
the Pittsburg millionaire who has been
Corrigans friend since the beginning
of the war between the rival associa-
tions, has offered to enter the breach
in behalf of Corrigan and place mis-
entire fortune upon the sacrifcial altar
to defeat the blind Harlem track
owner.
W. Campbell Scott, manager of Capt.
Browns string of runners, is authority
for the statement that Capt. Brown
had placed half a million dollars at the
disposal of Corrigan with which to
carry on the war.
The war is indirectly responsible for
the outlawry of racing in Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Tennessee and practically in
Arkansas, where the governor has the
game under his thumb.
With the renewal of hostilities at
New Orleans next month and the out
lawing of horsemen who race with the
Corrigan cohorts. the Western Jockey
club is proceeding in a systematic and
deliberate manner to kill the game in
the middle west.
Condor is up against it in this fight.
Already his forces have been weakened
by the loss of the two tracks in ST.
Louis, one at Kinloch, one at Kansas
| City, all the Chicago tracks, all the
Tennessee tracks and the field has
been invaded by the A. Il. A. at Hot
Springs and New Orleans.
| The loss of these tracks was severe
blow to Condor. 1t wiped out his main
dependence for fighting material and
lessened his hold upon the horsemen.
He has few tracks now where he can
race and his contingent is fast DESERT
| ing him.
Barney Schrieber, the greatest breed
er in the middle west, has recently left
the colors of the w. ]. c. for the Cor
rigan outposts, and has been received
with open arms. Other notables in the
turf world have followed suit and it
seems to be the general impulse to
leave the sinking ship unless peace is
in promoting the sport.
The Eastern Jockey club dealt a
singing blow to the w. j. C. when it
assumed a neutral attitude. The East
ern refuses to recognize any outlaw
rules against horsemen except for
| fraud.
The California organizations are fol-
lowing the lead of the Eastern and will
permit all reputable horsemen to race
regardless of the outlaw rules except
where it has been invoked for fraud.
| With the strife in the middle west
and the seeming inevitableness of the
humiliation of the game in the central
states, the prospect is that within an
other year or two all the racing will be
confined to the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts, the former in summer and the
latter in winter.
For the good of the game and the
salvation of the thousands of turf
men throughout the country, the un-
holy war between Corrigan and Con-
con should be made matter for united
action by the other turf bodies of the
country, and both warning dictators
notified to cease their fight against the
game or get out of it.