The Washington times., 1906-12-30
CellaS and Bush at Logger
heads, and Both Sides
May Be Crushed.
SOME QUEER MANAGEMENT
Many People Getting Slices of Fair
Grounds PrOfts-War With
Newspaper Ends.
By ]. S. A. MACDONALD.

increase
In tury and bitterness until the very
supports Of The turf In Louisiana are
swept away.
The pickering started this week. and
when and where the end viii come is
the perpleNing uncertainty OF the thing
As usual, where politicians stretch down
finger into the racing pie the turf suf-
1ers. This is exactly the situation in
race track politics down here at this
very moment The interests of Louis A.
celia. the st. Louis, Mo, millionaire,
and those Of the New Orleans stock
holders, Charles A. Bush. +. A Re
maud, and Barker Harrison. are in a
clash over the way the Fair Grounds
plant should be conducted. Celia holds
majority of stock In the Crescent city
Jockey Club, and is asserting his pre-
negatives.
Celia Lost Heavily.
His friends say the ST. Louis capi-
talist wants the Fair Grounds run on
strict business basis and a fair return
10 the stockholders pro rata on their
holdings. At any rate President Busb
and Louis Cella's brother. Bookma ker
Charley Celia, who really represents
his elder brother on the local ground
are scarcely on speaking terms right
now, whereas two years ago, when the
Bush clientele found the fight against
the Corrigan plant al City Park and its
American Turf Association allies a bit
too strong, an emergency call was sent
out to the Cellas, and the two factions
could not have been sWeeter. one 10 the
other
Yes, III take up the night against
Corrigan and City Park, provided f am
permitted 10 purchase at a reasonable !
OF fFl.r -lF.FH lin
Grounds stock replied the Celia chief /
when confronted with the ,ropositioD. i
Then followed the transfer OF over 90 |
Per cent of the stock to Celia.
Last winter, the St. Louis firms s book /
ing enterprises lost $4,000 and l.. A. |
Celia contributed. all told, s1g5,O0O 70 the
fight.
Good Graft for Politicians.
Now. the war being at an end. the
Cellas want the proposition straightened
out on business basis. The first move
came with the appoirrmen of John
Itackmeister as the Cells. representative
in the auditors department This
change did not create friction. but
since then the Celia people have dis
covered many slipshod methods in the
management of the plant which they do |
not intend 10 tolerate
For instance, the grating politicians
or New Orleans draw down over S4gG
a month II bounty from the club, while !
several adlunets 10 the track itself,
such as the feed store, were being run
independent of the race track BY sew
erai OF the individual directors. The
money male from the feed store has
been soiug lnto the pockets of two OF
the individual directors rather than 10
The common treasury OF the club. The
ceilas insist on the latter course, while
they are for absolutely cutting off the
gralfeTs. As a result OF the differences |
President Bush and young Celia are not
ON good terms, as aforementioned The
politicians are up IN arms and threaten
10 al once institute campaign against
racing in the State. The municipal gov
eminent has been drawing money for a
detau OF fifteen special policemen. /
whereas only five are required in polic- !
ing the course. {
Newspaper Wins Fight.
TO cap the climax. the old Bush ad :
ministrati0n has been insisting on the :
retention OF Rufus Bush as entry clerk
and general assistant manager at $50 a !
day. The Cellas have no objection to :
this, but they do take exception TO the :
plan OF keeping up this handsome salary ;
all through the summer when the rae ;
ing is at an end. In the meantime. the :
Cellas are determined on running the
Fair Grounds plant on strictly business
lines, free of all grafters and per-
siOners. The denouement will be y
watched with interest. This is the biz
topic OF Christmas week down here on
the racing ground. :
The last kick in the war between the d
Western Jockey Club and the American s
Turf Association was seen late this C
week when the fight on a local news 8
paper by the City Park was called OF
at the instigation and request of the
race track President d. II. Barnes r
does not care for public criticism. and q
inc same may be said of I'D COrrigan n
Wh4e II lasted IL was the best news
paper tilt ever seen in lie South. An r
attack was made on the dollar book" I
conducted by the Barnes administration
al City Park, where women wager their
cellars and half dollars. Just at the
Iisnt time Sam Heaslip, of the City
ARK Jockey Club, ntervened as a me-
oIaloT' with the result that the news -
saults. q
By the same token the fact that Mr.. II
I1etS5lp - destined TO play an important ~,
part IN shaping the future of the West -"
ern turI is pretty We'll understood To- d
caily. Ihe time viii come when Ed q
CottlSah VIII retire along with other 81
outsiders from the New Orleans racing n
Held, giving way To New OFIaaBe can't / -
al ana New Orleans sBortsnlen Even -
me Fair Grounds may pass out of ex- W
stence. In such q contingency FeasIiD cl
s the logical leader of "A Inoyen,ent Il
New Orleans racing for New Orleans fo
ttt'Il ttS Slioit cotneS under the dOmi- III
latlon on local social and financial
'ountenance the turf in Louisiana viii Il,
never really stand secure FuTfber ~, -, IL
n the line in Tennessee, Kentucky and ho
Illinois there cannot be two governing CO
1rT bodies. Either the Western Jockey tn
must go. '-'-4
Probably fusion will result. in which pr
'ase ;. +. Heaslip is the right man for ur
he presidency. A man of -.1iit H,Iit,,ra - / ST.
wealth, and strong Southern social cnn1 do
lecqons, Mr. Heaslip should nro,,a | :
dNior OF the Western turf He raus -,
or a lot here in New Orleans ana III lil
through the Middle West He ana an ma
ne man who is absolutely accentsbie elu
o Louis Celia ana Edward Corris-Ss', 10
ne stalwarts OF the respective faetiens ~,