Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07

by Latona, and a great boom to the Cor
rigan cohorts 1t proved.
Laton:a brought TO the American Turf
Association such men as ex-Mayor Fleisch-
man, ex-City Treasurer H. NJ. Ziegler, Rep
resentative Joseph l.. Rhinock and others
well known in Cincinnati and Covington
circles, and at once insured the fealty OF
hundreds of hOrSemen to the new turf body.
For under that banner they had many more
tracks to race over this year than had those
who remained with the Western Jockey
Club.
In other ways also Edward Corrigan had
strengthened his position at Kansas City.
Some of the jockey club stockholders there
were not in favor of the switch from
Western Jockey Club control to that of the
A. T. A. Among them was G. G. Christie,
the first president of the club. At new
election Of officers President Christie re-
signed and H. L. Gardner was elected in
his place.
But, like ST Louis, the Kansas City
course is also closed under adverse state
legislation, and will be for the present use
less to the A T. A. unless a new element
in st. Louis should come to the front.
Close friends of Gov. Folk state that he
would not oppose racing at st. Louis under
the eastern method of speculation and I'M
der the control of high-class Mssourians
like David r. Francis, Rolla Wells, Will
liam Maffitt and others Considering that
the Delmar Jockey Club has just sued Gov.
Folk for damages, this is very considerate
on his part.
Fitzgerald and Corrigan.
Richard Fitzgerald, partner with Edward
Corrigan in the Hawthorne track at Chi
cago, was also the subject of an ultlmatum
by the latter The two partners at a stormy
confab in Chicago split up on the turf war,
Fitzgerald electing to side with the Western
Jockey Club So Corrigan put his foot
down and told Fitzgerald that she must
ht,Iy In nj hat How
thorne must be owned in the interest of
one or the other. after more talk the two
partners agreed to disagree and Fitzger-
aid sold out his interest in Hawthorne to
Corrigan.
The years business of the two rival turf
bodies has been much more profitable to the
Corrigan interests than to those controlled
by Condor, and the American Turf Associa-
ton has accordingly a much larger follow
ing from western horsemen than the West
ern Jockey Club. AS regards the eastern
horsemen, they do not care much which
way 1.-THE cat Jumps" for the outlaw"
edict of the w. j. c. is not recognized in
the east.
But the Western Jockey Club last year
gave its adherents meetings only at Hot
Springs Memphis, st. Louis and New Or
leans. While under the American Turf AS
ISOLATION the "outlawS'' were able to race
at New Orleans, Hot Springs, st. Louis,
Kansas City, Detroit, Fort Erie, Nashville,
Lexington, Louisville and Latonia, great
preponderance of opportunities in favor of
the Corrigan cohorts as compared with
those controlled by Condor.
AT present the City Park track has the
best of the fight against the Crescent City
track, from all accounts, both as regards
the attendance and number of bookmakers
and While the one claims to be running at
a Slight profit. the other cannot help but
be losing large amount daily If the reports
are correct. And thus ends the first year
of the turf war.
In personal dispositions and characteris-
tics John Condor and Edward Corrigan are
the direct opposites of each other. Both are
noted for their many charities and acts of
kindness to friends in trouble, particularly
fellow-turfmen. But there any similarity of
disposition ceases. John Condor who has
been entirely blind for years, is mild
spoken, quiet man, who bears his Infirmity
with rare fortitude. Edward Corrigan. on
the other hand, has always been very much
to the front In every ''argu- nent' where he
was interested from the time when he drove
trotters thirty years ago up to his later
career with the thoroughbreds on two con-
tinents.
drove his own horse Huckleberry In the
race with Cozette, Little Fred, Red Cloud,
Z. w. Wooley and others A couple of
them had Huckeberry pocketed in the third
neat, out Corrlgan saw an opening and
'butted through" nearly upsetting the
other sulkies as he did so, and went on and
won that heat and the other two few
minutes before the James bows eaIIoned I'm
! to the gate ticket Office and "annexedH
some $1,000 gate receipts. Fortunately for
| Corrtgan and others, they did not get as far
| as the pool sellers quarters, where nearly
10000 was awaiting the result of the Huck-
4eoerrS race C, C. P.