The sun., 1906-02-19
IN The SPORTING WORLD.
SALEM TRACK 4 MODEL or TURF
ARCHITECTURE.
Prosperity Has Come 10 the New Hampshlre Q
Town where New En gland breeders C'ub
VIII Begin Racing In June-Why New
York Tracks Should Not BE Molested.

the New England breeders Club. They
arrived, here on Saturday and were telling
friends yesterday that when the plant IL
completed New HAMPSHIRE will have one or
the finest race tracks In America WORK
has been going on all winter, so that at pres
eut everything in the rough Is ready for the
sport except the big steel grandstand, the
material for which was unloadcd from the
cars some time ago and will be adjusted
within the next few weeks. There VIII bs
thirty-four days of racing at Rockingham
Park. the name of the new track, and the New
England Breeders Club Is confident OF sue
cess from the outset. The serious oppos-
ton to racetrack speculation in the state OF
New Hampshire has not abated. but the
promoters OF the venture predict that aiter
this years meeting has been help there VIII
be very little opposition afterward.
Already the little town Of Salem is en-
joying prosperity that was hitherto unknown
Shopkeepers are enthusiastic over the ex-
pected appearance of real coin when the
race crowds from Boston and other New Eng
land points begin to arrive. The farmers,
too, are delighted at tho prospect OF dlspos-
ing OF their hay, grain and oats IN measures
larger than ever before. The owners OF
hotels and boarding houses in close prox-
unity to the track are waiting impatiently
for their new guests, while the general PUBLIC,
exclusive of Puritans who have formed an
erroneous lutd db W NIdt nOiSo iaNihb 'O"-''
is, looks forward to the Introduction OF the
sport of kings with marked eagerness The
Salem track, which will be the largest ana
most up to date in it's appointments outside
Of the Jockey Clubs first circuit. will prove
a powerful magnet for many western horse
| men who are already expressing dissatisfac-
ton with the amount OF the purse money
| that will be hung up at Latonla and other
! tracks in that section OF the country. They
| have become weary of the turf war that has
| been ra ging between the forces of Corrigan
| and Condor and believe that change to the
Second circuit" in the. East. headed by Sa-
! lem. will give them much more genuine action
and profit
The opening of the Providence track last
year initiated New Englanders so that TINS
season, 1t is believed. there will be doupls
the interest in the game when Rockingham
| Park thirty-hve miles from Boston and less
| than one hour ride. is thrown open TO the
| public The track itself Is 100 feet wide at
all points, with long stretches and a lightning
fast surface The clubhouse. planned to be
| the best in the country, will AFFORD popular
rendezvous for.the higher class OF turf patrons
although the masses will be catered to IN
A most liberal way. As in this state the New
England Breeders Club will conduct It's race
meeting entirely free from the influence oil
the bookmakng element No revenue VIII
be collected from layers. who must make all
wagers with patrons as individuals entirely
| on their own respon sibility. This is the real
foundation for the Jockey Clubs intrenched
position in this State and as the law in New
! Hampshire is the same, 1t Is believed that
race track speculation at Salem will not be
pronounced illegal.
| "If the racetracks in this State should be
| closed remarked leading sporting man
| last night, there would be 80 many pool
lrtt un hn ri
| crazy in an effort TO suppress them. These
| rooms would spring up like mushrooms alt
| over New York city and prices would be
| quoted in races held in other parts oil the
! country That is why the existence OF the
! tracks serves as a check ON the poolroom
| industry. When the racing season Is nnder
way here there are fewer rooms IN operation
| than during the winter when the public must
! look to New orleans Hot Springs. Los Angeles
! and San Francisco tor a chance to speculate.
| ANYBODY who has been to one of the Jockey
| Clubs tracks on big days and has seen the
gathering OF notables, including judges.
| lawyers. politicians, bankers. brokers, doc
| tors college professors. merchants. mllion-
! aires actors. dramats authors, mechanics
! and men in all other walks OF lile knows
! only too we'll that racing is the most popular
spnr, in America not excepting baseball.
! The social element has always taken much
! interest in the great events OF the turf, as a
/ casual glance al the Belmont Park and Sleeps
| head Bay clubhouses will attest just Why.
! then a few persons who know nothing oi
racing should try to kill it, is puzzle To me-
| unless there is a personal grudg" behind the
| movement Mere the question of legaliHing
! open bookmaking pat to a vote of tn" people
| in this State there. would he nothing TO it but
| a Nalkovpr Wig should the few queer the
/ many"
A number Of well known trainers sent their
| horses over the GraVesend track yesterday
morning for easy galops with the Ben
nings spring meeting five weeks on there
| will be a determined eff ort from now on to
| get many of the horses that have wintered
| at the Long Island tracks ready for an early
! campaign, Among those out Yesterday were
| Joe Kelly with the Bennington lot. Frank
| Weir with the Farrell string, several OF J"v-
| ner e stable that will race at Aduednct, James
| McIauehlins oxford and Race King and
| some of Bill Daly's racers. while Jack Baker
| Louis stuart Billy Karrich, Bin Scully and
| Sandy McNauGhton were also in early evil
| dence. These men have practically opened
| the 1905 racing season hero ard they viii
| probably Re we'll rewarded when they are
ready 10 send their horses TO the post
| Considerable i'll feeling has been caused
| at the University of PENNSYLVANIA over the
| deadlock relating to the election Of new
| football captain. At present two candidates.
| Folwell and Greene, arc tied for the honor.
each receiving seven votes. stevenson, the
| former captain and quarterback. who is no
| longer a student at Pennsylvania, has been
| allowed TO vote. in spite of protest from
| many Undergraduates and alumni who say
! that he Is Ineligible.
Boxing promoters in Boston, who want to
| perpetuate the sport in the Hub and are
.,l No. ,,f hall HING in