The sun., 1905-08-02
TAX BETTING COMMISSIONERS.
,cLt'HHOTsE AGENTS Ar SARA
,TOGA CHARGED Sf2 A DAY.
Rookn,akers wiiiinG 10 Fay 600 fav Al.
vance Information PROVIDING Oid Ad'
mission n % II Charged Piungcrs
Requested to Keen Their Wagevs Down.

vance I'M nfofmotl0n frOVluun8 Osu Au'
misslou sf - IL Chsrssd-Piunger
:, Requestedto Keep Their wasers Down.
SARATOGA, Aug. LIT Ia the intentIon OF the
managers OF the Saratoga Racing Associa-
ton to make this meeting pay. no matter
who has To furnish the freight money. Yes
terday the order went forth that the bosk-
maters- would have 70 pay Sis day for ad-
vance information pertaining to the races.
and to-day tho clubhouse betting commits
sioners were notified that those who wished
TO work would have to pay similar sum
for the privilege.
This taxing Of the clubhouse commissioners
10 q new move. Not 10 long ago the mssssnger
were permitted to take bets for the clubhouse
members simply By purchasing an admis.
sion badge 10 the track. At tho sheepshead
Bay meeting tho price jumped to u day
Now Il 10 Oh. II this sort Of thing continues
there will not be enough betting agents 70
handle the bets OF the club members.
The meeting has opened we'll. financially.
and the small revenue derived from the COM
missioners will not be . drop In the financial
bucket at the end Of the season. There 10
scarcely more than twenty-five members In
daily attendance at the clubhouse here. and
the messengers have q hard time TO ma
are taxed. II 10 the opinion here among
bookmakers that next season will nnd
RADICAL change both In the way tho betting
ring 10 conducted and tho prioe OF admission
to tho yaoetraoks.
One Of the members Of the governing COM
mittee of the Nets spoke on the subject as
follows.
Il believe that all the racing associations
will charge 800 day for the news OF the races.
such a. the jockeys names, the overweishts.
the Withdrawals and the declarations to
win. instead Of the present rate Of si2 per
day, The association could just a. easily
get. )oo a. Si2 The only wonder u that they
did not do 30 In the beginning. The layers
would readily pay the higher rate provided
that the prioc Of admission was reduced to 81
The old admission price would bring back
the racing crowd in full force With In.
creased attendance the ring would boom and
the bookmakers would handle twios the
amount Of money that they do to-day Any
man who offers the odds would prefer to
pay q high rate for racing information and
be assured OF good patronage than to pay
small sum and hnd business practically
limited.
IT understand that during the winter the
proposition will be made to have the general
price OF admission TO the racetraok a. The
Grand stand and field stand would be throw n
open into one and the rate would be the Same
for both places In other words, there would
be no field stand. but simply one enclosure"
There 10 feeling among the racing authori-
tiee that the turf would be better served n .
high rate Of admission 10 maintained that
the sport Of kings" 10 not for poor man
and those who have to work hard for daily
loving.
II the big plum sers obey the mandates Of
the turf authorities here this meeting will
pass OF without any sensational bets being
recorded The ofYicials OF the track have re-
oueeted the big spectators to refrain from
bettin heavily on the horses. They don't mind
modest wagers Of 1l. 900 or 80 on . race, but
they frown at s2s 900 and eso. 900 bet on sin gle
contest. Such wagers the mana cement be-
lieve cause discussion and sensational stories
in the newspapers and attract attention and
notoriety which ia harmful to the game.
The majority Of the Western turfmeR such a.
Jonn A. Drake and John ". Gates have
promised that they will keep their bets down
to small Mmts.
wa: tSs4s SSns IN s suSs hs
Of strike on the part OF the Nets. The
success q four well backed iav9Iises ysstes1
members to such an extent that they we're
ready to take to the yoods:', Manager
hs the ns es % ss
entrance, and this savs lncreased space.
ssS e: .ss s:d AZ tss s
$500. The horse on his running TO day showed
that he was worth much more than that sum.
Is no wonder. therefore. that Billy sohaut.
Ehe trains oI Ss ss Se s s9.:e up To-
Snocked SIS Ike down 70 hi: old owner. n
Murphy MS who rode Uncle Tris6. in the second
by reckiessly dlsresardins his orders while
e.. e. s bsrrls9 and Alter ar cassidy had warned
them several times he suspended them Tor
t:.s no.s :sG e. s ss2 .ss
Of the second rage ten or fiasen minutes
this horse became such 9 nuisance that the
stewards ordered Starter Cassidy to limit him
e ve minutss and thsn !, e Leave AYE
list list S TSis viii be waste Of time. a. Old Eng:
a.: @tRout seod ' e'
and Sssv.T;s. h.rSy s.ySs %n'nsMy.: M %:idss ss. y
the Ss Stretch % and I'd t .Ss TsscSsrs ses%p.rsa psi
% % o the nF s and s SS sysn a doss lar:
"a taken % and the price s ssaln.s tie entry fell to
to Essctton ans;S took place .S ScEsyer
from s to down to to i. She Is nice aiiy.
BY Meddler andspun. and she won easily.
Commune who was e n.Hsa have oes!sn itS
T9GmSe.S1 ~ H.IS w. no snnnnS =, nen' 49,
Snow, who 6nlshed NTH in the FIRST race.
beaten two heads for third h0nors, really
should have held that posjtion.. Baird. who
rode him, made one OF his wide turns into
the stretch. and this lost third place for his
While the horses were circlins around at
the post for the start OF the fourth race Fleur
de Marie wheeled around suddenly and threw
her Jockey, NooDan. The boy was not hurt
and the mare was caught before she had time
Visitors to the track this afternoon were
greatly annoyed and inconvenenced BY the
action OF the Stewards, who ordered that
the jockeys names should not be displayed
on the board until Just before each race was
learned. was due to the desire OF the track
mana cement to make che booknakers realize
that they were receiving aonething like real
advance information when they Issued the
Jockeys alps before each race and for which
they charged ti?. In their endeavor to i'm
press the value Of this service on the minds
Of the bookmAkers the stewards lost sight
Of the fact that they were causing great an
noyanoe to their patrons who had paid o.
TO see the races and were entitled to all the
adjuncts Of the game. suoh - the jockeys
names. quite - much ~ the layeI1,
An amusing incident cropped up just before
the hoEsss were sent 70 the post for the first
in res.rd 70 &c chance ot hls ,, colt IA Eattis
yssrins black Gap. y. nppEosesShed Il. thepT.
said: