The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-03
NV RACING COMMISSIONERS.
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hoo, uav . Npy Higgins has APP
. u.mI"rs II Tho stat" Racing
49, l.rsfesam1n lafnr- W WadH-
ton f,..... ilhn Sanford ~ Amaisfa
=. ,,i tnrry Is Knapp " N"W '"rH
- ~, fa.rI FOR i've vtur' and ~"
u.,..4 tnn nnU.aBh Rod WHd--
add Nulpp ato m" nav tu"inl"rs
,.umIanr, succeeding August
-, ant n Morgan. whil" Sanford
-...u,,I Nr KnHpp is u h1nher
] - br1ssf. with onicr" at - br'ah -'se"''
-. yotE orv and = r"aidenc' at 10 at
r,.v.frb ..nrr' Al 'ha o",nriH7'"n"f4
ar f'tp''.'n'
ut.,. IL became known ~ TIC Jamaica
yesterday that Gov, Higgins m
va ,lv members ~ tho stat"
w. CTuui-sion had omitted tho maine"
y 49, Belmont and = u Morgan there
o. -,',b -Irrr-c With " X Knapp,
~. sanford and Congressman James
e.aworih making ~ the nov comnt-sion
to~svcr II VIZ quickly ualied Una 'he
~ 4, ,tt. state would not be injured.
W.T. kp,pp T. one 81 the most active
- of tie Jockey club On his
%p.rfier Il late has fallen much Of the
Ennnsibihty for managing thing, and he
-, equal ~ tho taak. He IL the owner
n he Oneck stable and n sportsman IN
.vsry sense ~ the word.
Wad worth is the father OF the
s.~sLer of the Assembly and N a strong
ossoca., II racinR. II was understood
- limo ago that he had been selected
I. he Governor tn I'LL a place on the Com
2Ii.siop but IL WIS said at the time that he
"a declared an unwillingness TO serve
- Nr. Belmont remairei chairman Of
Il AZ body. Mr.. Sanford has long been
Identified with hi- father, Gen. stephen
e.nford I'm the conducting Of n breeding
s.sm M Amsterdam, n. Y, and also OF a
rssjps stable that has produced sensational
n was limited last summer that there
"a. intense opposition to Mr.. Belmont's
,Ssnpointment 10 the commission In certain
.-.ytars The fact that Mr.. Belmont as
chairman OF both the commission and the
Iockey Club had been opposed TO the grant
ne N A license to the Empire City track,
orned by James Butler. was taken to mean
Ia, pressure would be brought TO bear
an tbe Goyernorto turn the noted millionaire
mrfman and breeder down, while other
Il combinations Of a political nature were
known to be in favor OF new blood IN the
mskeup of the commission. .
n also was said that Mr.. Belmont had
been notified that il he wouldmake a formal
reorest for reappointment 1T would be
granted. but that Mr.. Belmont's reply
was emphatically In The negative. 1t Is
An mdeniable fact that n majority OF turf
men wanted 10 see Mr.. Belmont r~eappointed,
Il because Of the amount Of time and money
4 Ia has devoted to the best interests OF the
Fport, but as the appointments have e
= made and there il no chancs at present
10 hgislate against the sport, the turf world
viii accept the situation with ~undoubted
N oomplacence.
sMr. Belmont was too heavily interested
IN pcetracks 10 warrant O reappoint-
rent,' said a politician who Ia a raoetrack
81 stakeholder last night. 1T wa believed
that q new commission without him could
dive greater satisfaction. That Ia all that
T. can be said
The rumor was current last night that
X tbe Empire City track would Immediately
make an applica ton to the new commission
ri Tor q license 20 hold a ac9 meeting at
yonkers next August in conflict with Sara
toga, and that II such a. lipen 20 should be
secured the track would he Id n thirty days
session regardless Of the action Of the Jockey
Club, Put it was predicted that the Yonk-
es track would be turned down again,
pending the building Of required i'm
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