The Washington times., 1906-12-23

| terness existing which will only disap-
pear when the men presently associated
| with the Crescent City Jockey Club and
| the City Park Jockey Club have passed
| to the great beyOHt.
| just now the City Park management
| has directed a nre against the news
! paper correspondents who espOused the
/ Fair Grounds and the Western Jockey
Club in the fght on COTrigan and the
/ Ameican Turf Association for the last
/ two seasons. During the fortnlghuy
session Of racing at City Pax, which
| terminated this afternoon, fiye prom
| inent turf writer's were refused the
| courtesies OF the course. They did
US dirt last year, and they can lump it
now" explained one Of the city Park
| executives a few days ago, when the
clubs action first became known
Scribes Compelled to Shell Out.
Being a public institution IN the eyes
OF the law. the Corrigan people were
not able 10 keep OF the scribes from
| the track side, but they did make them
pav 81 80 each day. Naturally. a storm
| developed. the incident being the most
/ widely discussed topic in local racing
| circles.
/ From what can be learned of the in
| side trend OF the City Park policy II
appears that Edward Corrigan. who still
controls the majority stock Of the new
cIub-notwithstanding reports 10 the
/ contrary-told his personal representa-
/ tive in the councils OF the organization
( President D. J. BarIss. 20 withhold com
/ plimentary press badges from the re-
porters who had written mean things
about City Park last year during the
/ fight IN their respective papers Act
/ ing on this instruction Barnes Informed
/ the offending scribes Of the necessity of
| putting up" at the box Office should
/ they desire TO attend City Park. either
/ IN the capacity OF a casual spectator or
1 a reporter.
The entire staff Of one welI-hated To-
/ cal newspaper was barred through the
meeting and its editor was further in
/ formed that should II pFist ''scurrilous
/ or distorted matter concerning City Park
/ in the future its representatives.
| whether they paid their way in or not.
/ would be deprived Of the press stand
and other courtesies.'
Newspapers Planning to Retaliate.
In the meantime this newspaper is
/ planning a vigorous campaign OF retalia-
I tlon. the ultimate effect OF which may
( be the closing up OF both City Park and
| the Fair Grounds. for the journal is
making its play almost along dangerous
| lines.
| For instance it is raising an outcry
/ against the frenzy Of the New Orleans
/ women for race-tTack gambling. During
! the City Park meeting. ending today.
/ thousands OF women OF indiscriminate
/ character could be seen in a daily gamb-
/ ling reveI in the grand stand. Worst OF
/ all. these women. professional followers
/ of the turf, were permitted TO inter
/ mingle freely through alt sections Of the
grand stand.
! Though the grandstand commissioner
evil has been a thing Of the past In the
East for two years, it fiourished at City
Park, the women being encouraged TO
gamble through the presence of uni
/ formed messengers in the grandstand.
! Edward CorTigan is blamed for the fight
! on the newspapers. What will be the
result is hard TO foreteu
/ As a result OF City Parks discrim-
ination against the newspaper men q
. i
/ Writers Association Of America. The
/ turf writer who was most bitter OF all
/ IN his attacks on the Fair Grounds dur
/ ing the war last year was rendered every
I courtesy at the Fair Grounds during the
recent meeting. Yet he is alleged To
/ have singled out the anti-CItv Park
writer's for the Barnes axe. Everywhere
7 this latest move on the part OF the Cor
1sfgr hal "a
greatest blunder OF the whole long fight.
HildTeth a Hard Taskmaster.
Among the Jockeys Sam HIdreth is
regarded as the hardest taskmaster for
whom they must serve. on the other
hand, Bob Tucker, the owner-plunger-
tookmakeT. Is styled an easy boss" II
was little OF a surprise then when Hill
dreth let out Jockey Knapp at Oakland
Cal, the very first time Big BIZ
spoiled the porridge through a bad ride
on the back Of Kings Gem However
the news of the falling out Of Bob
Tucker and Dave" Mcdaniel. the
father and mentor of Jockey '.Puddin' %
Mcdaniel. here at City Park last week
occasiOned no end of talk and coniac-
ture
! Little Mcdaniel came down here from
: Washington. D. c.. waxing IN the glory
/ OF a very successful season at Benqing
Tucker engaged him for the New Or
/ leans season. Everything went along
very nicely until Mcdaniel rode Sally
Preston for Tuck in the Preliminary
4 Derby for twO-year-olds OF SATURDAY
: December s, fuckers New York agent.
i "Maxey" Blumenthal put down a 5000
commission In the New York poolroom
circuit on Sally. Tucker very wisely
concluding that If he did not bet in the
Fair Grounds rins LE q price would soar
/ against his mare and, of course. his
$4,000 would go on Al an inflated quota
ton
Everything Looked Good.
The flly had worked well. and every
thing stood in apple pie order for a
Christmas holiday killing. Before going
down to the post Tucker cautioned Me
Daniel to get off above all things. "
Ina gine the owners frame of mind
when he observed Mcdaniel and Sally
Preston standing as moiionless as a
bronze statue as Dade let go the bar
rier Sally was never In the hunt Fan
testic won the event Afterward Tucker
said his horse had outWorked Fantas-
tic. and with anything like fair break