The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-26
GOSSIP OF The RACEHRACK
EMPIRE CITp TRACk VIII tPPLf
10 THE JOCKEY CLUB TO-DAY.
Enorts to Patel, Z D n Truce Are Under WaS
-ilu,mor Tlist "lsun aIO Murphy VIII
Hr Presiding Judge transactions IN
the nctting Wlng at the Beach.

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Tho general Impression among turfmen
v.s,erday seemed 10 be that everything
wound he amicabIy settled between the Jockey
,Iuh a nd the Empire city track. The Workers
peopIe did not send n letter of application
far datea or a lirt OF etakes and officials to the
.jockey club yesterday. but that will probably
he done some time to-day. 4 man close
90 the Jockey Club said last night that just
ma aeon as James Dutler made a formal re-
ouest for dates in August and filed a list Of
oNgcieIs. tope,her with the amount Of money
% no hung nm daiIy in purses. the Jockey
CIub would probably STAMP the Butler COM
munication with approval" H. was said
that there were some indirect negotiations
between the rival factions during the day
with the idea Of smoothing the situation
over. but as no official communication passed
bc,veen them there ware no actual develop
nents
There vss A runor at the racetrack that
Joaeph Nurphy. who acted as ger
Of the Buffalo track recently, would be made
the presiding Judge at Empire City. Murphy
was at Brighton hobnobbing with various
racing men. but he did not talk for publioa-
ton, The Empire City people said last night
that Murphy had not been enga ged by Matt
VIM, the new manag ger Of the Yonkers track.
hut they said that N the Jockey Club should
decline to allow competent Eastern officials
to serve a. Empire City they would be COM
PEELED TO take men from the West as sug-
gested by VIM. Metropolitan racegoers
have never shown a partialty for the Western
turf. 50 that horsemen are extremely anxious
10 have the Jockey Club put Eastern men in
control Of the meeting at MIR. Buffers track.
There has been some talk about "A Celia syndi-
cate OF ri fonKers. put the people
behind the track insisted last nleht that tners
was nothing in the report. at the same time
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would not be charged 500 each q DAY Tor
advance information
The Empire City people. Tor that matter.
said that they would much prefer 10 nave
the betting ring managed by John u Java
nagh' who controls matters on the Jockey
club track and In whom the betnng pubic
mas unlimited conndence but "hetner tns
Jockey CLUB would permit 'aVanagh 70 rake
hold of the new venture is 2 matter din,cult
10 solve lnst now. 'ap' hees' one oI me
hest racing stewards IN the "es'' mas ue-
cnned an "n"r 10 oIhciste IN 'ms capaclty
~ ' Workers. stating NAV me pressur" OF owner
business makes " Impossible Tor MN 10 come
East NEGOTIATIONS are nnuer way '"ohihg
10 me engagement "i Jake hoitman a.
startes. ana " ~ presumed tna' 'hey VIII near
fruit, MANY horsefnen ~ hr'gnton sald
Yesterday that Just as soon as the Jockey
Gun on1ciaHy approved OF me fonkers
meeting they would immPdiately make prep
arations TO race there. II is the consensus
~ opinion that the Jockey Club decided 70
open negotiations with James Butler the
moment u was learned that Matt Wlnn ana
The Western turf ma gnates we're about TO
gain Q foothold In the Metropolitan district.
I'd Corrigan Is reported To be one OF WINS
closest turf associates. Corrigan mas not
enjoyed the favor Of the Jockey Club since
the Huron incident In the Futurity at the
Bav a number OF years ago.
To-day is the first since the present meet
ing began that 7 have quit q winner" said
B~oosmaker Icy Hammerschlag, one OF the
leading price makers in the ring. yesterday.
Y vas SIS. 900 loser on the meeting after yes
terdsy's races. I have never experienced
such = rough deal. but ] think there is bound
IN be q break In favor OF the ring soon. All
the books bave lost big money here. but
to-day they got a little of it back" Ham,
as he - known In the ring. rivals Sol Lichten-
stein as a creator of the odds. and though
not a member Of the Nets he makes one OF
the biggest books at the track.
Although Uncle looked a cinch in the hrst
race he receded from II to 20 to 3 to S because OF