Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-28
OUTLAWS THREATEN
SOUTHERN RACING
lIgiers' Little Track Defies Turf
Officials by Championing
Sunday Sport.

NEW ORLEANS, La, January 28.-The
little half-mile race track at Algiers, which
was regarded In the nature Of joke when
it began to hold meetings every Sunday last
winter, has now developed into a preten-
tious affair, and 1t threatens to menace rae
ing in this city.
The men behind it. made bold by financial
success. have not only defed the powers Of
the Western Jockey Club and the American
Turf Association. the governing racing au-
thorities In the west, but they intend to
carry the warfare still further, and will
erect more substantial plant this summer.
In order to fight the older associations.
The Aigiers free-lance horsemen will race
next winter Independently Of the older as
sociations unless they are provided with
dates. Instead Of holding meetings only on
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. the pres
ent racing dates, the outlaws will next
winter race daily.
DOLLARS mainly through its Sunday meet
ings, and it Is ready to invest this money in
improving the track and erecting new
stands and stables.
Men who have the good interests Of racing
at heart are opposed to the new track. They
see in 1t a danger to winter racing The out.
law management openly antagonizes the Oh.
ponents Of Sunday racing. Politics, It is
said; enters largely into the makeup of the
track personnel. The men behind the
scheme seem intent upon getting their share
of the so-called winter racing graft" or
killing the sport here.
Track Has Attractions.
Algiers is just across the river and IL
easy Of access. The crowds have steadily
increased since the first Sunday racing was
inaugurated there. At first the racing at
tracted only the rifr-raff of turfmen. and
the horses that competed were animated
hat-racks that had just about enough
strength and speed left to amble around the
course raster than saddle horse These
plugs. poor as they were, served az medi.
ums Tor speculation and this was ali that
was necessary to attract the crowd The
men went there to gamble and did NOT "a re
whether the horses hobbled or ran src,,nS
the track. "'ouAo
Ihis Sunday racing was frowned upon nv
. ane sh OF the Western Jockey Club
and the American Turf Association and this
winter they "outlawed'' every owner
Jockey. horse and official that took part in
the alleged sport. But in spite of this edict
tne track has prospered, and today more
attend the races than at any time since the
Algiers opening. '.Ao
A new factor in the winter racing meet.
!nss az the Fair Grounds and City Park
1taea Is now looming up in the person Of
STABLE OF horses he is beginning to cut A
wide swath in the list of wiDning owners
II he keeps up his present clip he will 20
nome to Sheepshead Bay with many thou
SANDS OF dollars gained from the book
makers and the treasurers of the two rae.
ing associations.
Foxy Jimmy's success is due in great
measure to his cleverness as a horsenan.
Early In the meeting he knew he had good
material, but was aware that other owners
had horses able to cope with those In HE
barn; So he rested his horses while those
OF his rivals raced through rain and mud
and wore off the keen edge of their speed
When his opponents fastest racers were
dull and listless James brought his horses
forth. and, being fresh and strong, they won
easily. wa
Tileing Profitable Investment.
Mccormack made good investment when
he bought Tileing from the Palestine
stable. At the same sale he bought Fish
Hawk. but that gallant little horse caught
cold while en- route to New Orleans and
died from pneumonia. Tileing is one Of the
most useful horses here. He is fast can 20
a mile and a furlong and races well either
over a fast or heavy track. McCormact