The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
By ]. S. A. MACDONALD.

now. Under lOo pounds he VIII ny. MIL
Ter will probably ride him in case In
quisitor, McCarter or J. c Core, OF the
Newcastle stable, are not started, the
marvellous one" being under contract
10 this establishment De Mund will
probably scratch from the Carter Handi-
cap. where he is asked to take up JOS
pounds-top weight for the three-year-
olds-and go in the Metropolitan Handi-
cap, at Belmont Park in May. This De
Mund may be one of the greatest three
year-olds ever known. and a cOnqueror
Of SalYidere. say his admirers. New
Orleans says to look out for Glorifer.
grand horse. who ran six furlongs in
ZIP is recently.
Probable Field of Starters.
Elsewhere viii be found the probable
field OF starters. together with the en-
gagements for the race so far entered
into by the jockeys. The 1907 Carter
Handicap is a very open race at best
Racing about New York is a certainty
for at least another year. This becomes
possible through the adjournment OF the
senate OF the State OF New York at Al
bany. y. Y. without having had the
anti-racing bill before its sessions. The
bill ever left the codes and privileges
committee
/ According to the general gossip about
/ the Benning clubhouse, the lobby of
the Jockey Club had the bill so tightly
hamstrung IN the committee that il
might have been kept right there until
doomsday. The State legislators do not
convene again for a year. 1t VIII be seen
then that the turf has better chance
( in the battle of politics here in the East
( 90
special meetings Of this and that soci-
ETY. and raise a great agitation, but when
/ it comes to a showdown at Albany,
N Y, the Jockey Club throws down a
strong hand. In the recent furry at Al
bany, N z, one thing which threw a
lot OF cold water on the and-racing
propaganda was the reading before the
codes committee of declaration made
by District Attorney Jerome, of New
York county, in reference to the betting
evil some months previously. Said tht
celebrated district attorney, who now
stands allied with the reformers and
who did all he could to pass the recent
anti-turf legislation:
"PoolToom Evil"
THE Rev. DR.. Slicer has done more
to kill the insidious poolroom evil II
Manhattan than myself and the foul
preceding district attorneys combined
Il appears the Rev. DR. Sneer, who il
a man of wealth. culture. and genuine
J civic influence. agreed with August Bel
mont that should he (SliceT) retire az
, antl-raeing bill under contemplation, h
(Belmont) should agree to cut OF TIT
poolroom trackside infoTmation, thereby
Gripping the traffic beyond repair. Thi'
compromise was accepted by both fac
lions. There was no bill introduced anC
the Jockey Club has certainly crippled
the poolroom traffic. The rooms have
: been unable to secure single line O
advance information, such as scratches
: Jockeys. prices. etc. Visitors to the race
: tracks about New York last summe
wondered at the great sails of canvas
spread out on high masts down near tn
quarter stretch and outside the bacl
fence. The poolrooms had a way o
employing a powerful telescope in al
observatory outside the fence. In thi
way the operator on his h gh station
would get the jockeys. prices, etc, from
a confederate in the stand, who woul,
hold simple program in such a wa
. that the telescope would bring the let
tering as close TO the poolroom operate
as If he were standing four feet away
though the distance was always half I
! mile or 50 away.
Fight Still On.
The fight is still on, and the sails ar
! up here at Benning. Racing in the Eas
: is therefore prolonged for another year
Hostile legislation then viii only serv
to abolish the bookmaker- The specu
| lative end Of the sport viii be patterne
) much after the style in vogue abroad.
: The jockey problem is the chief con
Germ OF owners and trainers right now
considering that within a few week
some OF the richest stakes of the yea
viii be run at Belmont Park Often
times an incompetent rider will lose
$50. coo stake on the best colt in the fel
of starters. At this time Marvellous
Miller seems to be as much ahead o
his rivals as ne was last year. There !
, no race-riding Lochinvar in sight at IN
present time. With the wo-year-old
Miller win be unbeatable when condi
t tons are anywhere near equal, for he