Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-15
RAGING.
News of the Runners and Trotten on Many Tracks,


 New York, Feb 15.-"District Att torney Jerome has made good" said a we'll known poolroom man at one of the Broadway hotels yesterday. He said he would close up all the local rooms and he has done so. It is impossible for the public at large to bet dollar on the races run at the winter tracks. while the private concerns that have been doing busi- ness with big players Dy means of the telephone are getting tired of being swindled. Several of these places of late have been done out of hundreds of dollars. They have been called up over the phone by unknown persons who, giving the names of prominent turfmen, have wagered on an aver age of $250 to race. If they had a winning day these unknowns sent a messenger around for the money that was coming to them, but in the event of a losing day they vamoosed. and when the man in whose name they had been betting was asked to settle he naturally refused. It looks as If the poolroom business in this city had gone to the dogs"
 If the present crusade against the western race tracks continues. 1t 10 believed that John Condon. the blind turfman, who once owned the Har- lem track in Chicago, will lose the greater part of ..is fortune. Condon put $1.000,00O into Oakland track, Hot Springs, which will be closed in a few days. He also spent vast sums in securing stock in the tracks at New Orleans. Louisville, Memphis and other places. which stand an ex- cellent chance of being put out of business. Condon's tracks in Chica- go, in fact all of ,he Windy City tracks. would probably nave been in operation now If the blind man had not used his influence to kill a bill legalizing racing in the state of Illi- nois. so that Washington park could race in accordance wit. the law. But Condon, who thought ne had enough power to keep his own track run ming, did not care to give Washing ton park chance. with the result that the whole game in Chicago was killed. If the right kind of men could secure control of racing in the west, 1t is believed that laws would be passed in various states permit ting the sport, but with the gambling element predominant there seems to be no hope for turfmen in that part of the country.
 At meeting of the stewards of the Jockey club yesterday a license to ride was granted to H. Radtke, who has been under the ban since the last Belmont park meeting. The stewards refused to grant licenses to Walter Adams. Charles Bell and T.. D. Walker. jockeys. and Joun Rogers, trainer.
 At the auction sale of trotters by the Kentucky Sales company yester- day the bidding was fairly spirited and horses of promise sold we'll. Inc highest price was paid by Scott Hud- son. who has been for two seasons with the runners. ne secured a g. year-old Moko colt. Lord Vince. but had to part with S2.100 to get him. Inc Moko colts have outsold all otn- CTS in this sale and Hudson has bought several of them. Billy Por- ter, s-year-old gray gelding by Bow Bells out of Ida France, brought ss0a. going to George Webb of Phil adelphia. A peculiar feature of the sale is that not an eastern man fix- ured in the bidding. George W. Lea witt of Boston is In Lexington look ing after the Todds. Ninety head yesterday brought S27.3I0.
 The worlds record for a mile on ice over a regulation track vas brok- en yesterday in the northern circuit ice races in GIens Falls, N. r.. bv wildvave. who paced the mile m 2:14- The record was held by Black Bird. 2:l4k. made this season lp Michigan w1Idwave is . bay eev6- ing by Gsmmarius. . son of CaSetta wilkes- He is owned by Bjbbey q Hovland of Fort Edward.