The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-16
BOOKMAKERS ARE DEFIANT.
90 on STRIKE AND THEN BREAK
THE RULES.
Force Excluded Members Int the Front
Line in Opposition to tho Wishes OF
the Coney Island Jockey Cub-There
May He Serious Trouble To-day.

Line in Opposition to tho Wishes o.
the Coney Island Jockey Cub-Ther'
May He Serious Trouble To-day
The trouble between the bookmakers
organization, known as the Metropolitan
Turf Association, and tho Coney Island
Jockey Club, as foreoasted IN yesterday &
SUN, came to q head an hour before the
first race On Wednesday George Vince
lock, the president Of the Mets; after
having request for exclusive privileges IN
the front line Of the betting ring refused.
made threat that he and other members
OF the Nets would make book on the lawn,
II necessary, which caused an order 10 Be
given to the Pinkertons to eject such Of
tenders from the racetraok.
The governing COMMITTEES Of The Nets
decided to come to the track yesterday pre-
pared to resort to drastic measures. Tho
Nets to the number OF eighty six had
drawn for positions, although It Is said that
out Of this number twenty OF them were
without bank rolls and were simply accepting
positions with the idea that somebody
would supply them with the wherewithal
for booking purposes. But when the Meta
arrived at the track yesterday about I o clock
they found that acting upon instructions
from the Coney Island Jockey Club, John q.
Cavanagh, the superintendent OF the betting
ring, had set aside places for seventy Mets
and ten non-members in the front line.
Incidentally Cavanagh had allotted these
seventy places to the Nets In accordance
with his own ideas and not In conformation
with the drawing for positions a. held by
the Nets. This meant that there was
no room for sixteen Nets unless they
chose to do business in the back line.
Finding that, although they were paying
no revenue to the track for privileges, their
bluff had been called, and that the Coney
Island Jockey Club as owner OF the track
had decided to manage its own Affairs
without diotation, the Nets through
their governing committee held an i'm
mediate indignation meeting and sent
word to Cornelius Fellowes Of the Coney
Island Jockey Club that they wished to
confer with him in the ring.
But Mr.. Fellowes, feeling that a confer
ence was not necessary inasmuch as the
in any way since the close Of Belmont Park,
declined to accept the invitation.
By that time the governing committee
had become worked up to point where
resentment of some sort was deemed ad-
visable, and word was hurriedly sent to the
Nets" who had climbed upon their stools
in the ring to refrain from making book
on the first race until they should receive
orders to quit entirely for the day or to
proceed as usual.
In other words, a strike was ordered,
much to the indignation Of the crowd. which
showed little sympathy for tho belligerents
and scored them roundly.
Meanwhile, Frank Tyler, the Humning-
bird. who has been repeatedly black
,alled by the Nets. for unknown reasons
Ind who has been making the biggest book |
n the ring since it was declared open, pro- |
,eeded to open the market and as soon as |
lie showed the first quotations on his slate
great cheer went UP from hundreds who
surrounded him.
One or two members Of the Nets moro
than the others also dis
md begged them to desist. over at Cava-
,agh's stand there were sixty applicants
or the Nets places, who had bank rolls
md were eager to take a chance. CAva-
lagh assured them that II the Mets CON-
'luded to, leave the ring they would be
accommodated, 1t was within Ave min
nd yet the Nets had not begun their
Usual operations and things began to look
qually when suddenly the governing COM
nittee concluded to weaken for the time |
'eing, although they have no idea Of giving
$50 ahead and book was tho order that
anne to the Nets, and with 1t was a COM