The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-25
N THE SPORTING WORLD
yrBFyEN LEAVE FOR BENNINGS
TRACK THIS AFTERNOON.
0,oo Be,,tnE Ring VIII Prevail Once
Wore and No Special Privileges VIII
he Granite ed Jockey Clubs Firm POSI-
lion Compared TO western Governors

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49,, ,,rrmen will leave for Washington
80. .torrnDn on the Cavanagh special race
WI. vi, which starts over the Pennsylvania RAN
u nj 325 p. NJ. The train will be made up
~ pulImans aud day coaches and WIN be
w.rded with owners, trainers, jockeys
nuors officials and a small army of regulars
W. have been waiting patiently all winter
'-,hIs occasion TO arrive. Tomorrow after
u ,be Eastern turf campaign under the
SNstoaa NJ tho Jockey Club will open at the
n1Erinss truck, where horses from oil over
-. country, including the winter tracks at
w w"r orIaans, Hot Sprin &c, Los Angeles and
ooer,ord will measure strides with racers
20 have wintered at Washington and the
"n, Ts.nd tracks. The Washington Jockey
C n,,h learned some time ago that stable room
so,ld no al q premium, and for that reason
N NO,rs accommodations have been provided.
Tha indications are that there will be high
.,aas racing for so early in the year and that
!. snort will be most literally patronized.
Th. os7cIal entries were made public yester-
I.y For the Bennings Spring Handicap,
~, furIonge. sixteen horses have been named
80 In the field are Paul Clifford and The
60 hoth seasoned ca%mpaigners who have
tun rocinc all winter. Then there are the
80 Isand horses-Ra6e King, who is At and
t.,' ycronese. the star of Bill Daly,s string
IT, pjgbt and True. always dangerous; Brush
In and flinders, neetfooted hnies; Mount
usnrv. owned by August Belmont and re-
VIII brought back from England; Bobble
Kean, a formidable proposition among piaters'
u.llsnicker. n fair two-year-old last season,
md the remainder including The Yelled Lady,
I'D uoms Pocus. Pater. Warning, Andronike
,nd Poyal Window. This Is a good field, fairly
ali matched. and the race looks like an open
betting affair.
The second event on the card Is the Airing
I'm purse the first two-year-old event to be
~ in the East. Out Of a field of thirteen
.,Arters the wise men have figured that Com
uIter has 0 chance to land the money. This
coli. sired by the famous Compute. 10 owned
by Fred Littlefeld. He has been working
ansly at Bennings for some time past, and re-
Gently turned a half in 0:5O rs. Computer Is
A Swapping big youngster, with a powerful
srds and a style that has won over the sup
pot OF nearly all the track sharps that have
.An him. There are undoubtedly several
sood two-year-olds in the lot that will meet
%Computer, which makes the race all the more
interesting. Nearly every Jockey OF promi-
hence will show in the saddle during this
meeting, for good riding talent will be greatly
In demand. That the meeting will be a sue
cess in all respects Is taken for granted, in
view OF past experiences.
The betting ring will be an open enclosure. :
That is to say. no clique OF organization OF
layers will be recognized In the way OF re-
ceiyins special privileges from the track
6Eners. The enclosure" win he under the
PERSONAL direction OF John G. Cavanagh,
which alone lnsures the public as well as all OF
he layers a square deal. Cayanagh will not
uant Concessions to members of the Nets
hat are not handed TO non-members OF the
isiunct organization OF pencillers. When
hnnlng closed last fall. the Nets were badly
eaten after q long campaign In which they
Struggled for public patronage with the So
called outsiders" who finally outnumbered
them In the front line" and also handled
much heavy business. This arrangement.
known as an open ring" was popular with
tsNsoers. as 1t did away with so-called syn
tkats methods and made speculation TEEN
Nth healthy rivalry on the part Of the layers.
The outsiders. or rather the layers who did
not wear NJ. It. A. buttons. made good all
o~blgstions and proved that In allowing them
TO break in upon the old privileges of the or
ftniled layers the track managers made no
mistake.
With the plan an assured success. there
fore, the speculation at Washington will be
governed on the same lines during this meet
hs, 1t Is said. No bookmaker will have the
~ llRll 10 uPIldTQ dnytDlHR lTOln III 'ld'h
managers, who will accept no revenue OF any
son from the ring and will therefore refuse
10 recognize betting in an official manner
The layers will have access to the open en-
closure" with the same freedom enjoyed
BY the public. Both layers and players will
rive up an admission fee at the gates and
viii do business on an individual basis wholly
upon their own responsibility. An open
ring conducted on these lines cannot fail to
succeed, at the same time safeguarding the
sport in many ways. Any other arrange
ment. under the present circumstances.
would prove a detriment, so racing men
ny. so that when the transfer from Ben
ntnss to A~Queduct is made 1t is expected that
here willb no change in the general maj mai e-
nent Of the ring,
In view Of the crisis in the affairs Of the turf
IN This State it is safe to say that under no
circumstances will the racetrack owners
ever enter into a business combination With
me hookmskers again. II il a matter Of
common talk that II the tracks had not cut
On the ring revenue when they did the sport
would have been in a most serious Dredica-
nent. The fact that the tracks are abso-
HNely Tree from the gambling element will
make II practically impossible to close them.
he Jockey Club docs not include among
" members a single man who is or has been
Aentified with bookmakinR or gambling.
IN the West. where racing has been either
eopped entirely or is in danger Of being
Namped out, the men who actually control
Ne sport ale identified positively with the
M speculative eUd of the game, John Condor,
ha'ard Corrigan, Louis Celia. a member of
We Notorious Cella-Adler-Tiller combine;
oush' Renaud, George Rose and others who
"'h STOCK IN tracks and ave a voice in the
%%'trnInent Of racing, whether as members
Tue Western Jockey Club OF the American
WI Association. have relations with book
rs'erS and gamblers that are not concealed.
VI mat reason enemies OF racing In the West
rave been successful. partially. in their ererts
XIII speculation by closing the tracks-a
nNe Of affairs which is practically out OF
we question in this State. because of the per
rune oI the Jockey Club. The turf in the
~ therefore,. owes its success TO the Jockey
N|o and 10 no other body.
NF &ttell, featherweight champion, wants
heht Ferry McGovern any number Of
%unas and at any weight that Terry may
Spuiate Within reason. Attell. since Terty's
unHlns with Nelson, has plucked zip courage.
:. " clever, but that let's him out, as he is
WI phncher like McGovern.
Rhodes SCHOLAR WINS.