The sun., 1908-08-22
NAY NOT RACE ATSHEEpSHEAD
RUMOR THAT CONEY ISLAND
JOCKEY CLUE WILL BACK OUT.

tornsys UPge Them 10 90 Aheao
Tho Meney Loss Aise Censidered.
There was report among the horsenen
at Empire City yesterday that at meeting
OF the directors Of tho Coney Island Jockey
Club to be held this morning II would be
decided to declare on the fall race meeting
at Sheepshead Bay. According to well
posted turfmen who were responsible for
the report there was stormy meeting
Of the directors several days ago at which
the prevailing sentiment was opposed to
any further operations at the Bay.
II was said by these men that the attor-
neys Of the Coney Island Jockey Club were
anxious to have the meeting 60 on and that
they had advised the directors TO go ahead.
But IL was further stated that several Of
the directors. rather than run the risk Of
being Indicted by the Special Grand Jury
that win sit In Kings county next month.
were unalterably opposed to a meeting.
1t was also said that in view Of the fact
that the Coney Island Jockey Club lost
$4,000 on the spring meeting at the Bay
It was deemed advisable not to incur q
sinilar loss and that to avoid such thing
all the stakes. including the Futurity, should
be declared OF. Furthermore 1t was stated
that other mon powerful In the affairs Of
the Coney Island Jockey Club thought
that IL would be good plan to run Oh the
stakes with cheap overnight purses and
SEQ 70 II that no betting Of any kind was
permitted on the grounds.
The attorneys for the Bay track. on the
other hand. declared that by conducting
affairs a. at Saratoga and at Yonkers the
Coney Island Jockey Club would In no way
violate the law and that there was no rea-
son why q meeting should not be held on
the old lines. Il was impossible 10 find
Schuyler l.. Parsons, r. r. Hitchcock. II. B.
Duryea and other directors Of the Coney
Island Jockey Club last night. but Andrew
Miller. a governor. when asked what he
knew about the matter. said:
II think thsre viii be meeting. ! do
not ses any good reason why one should
not be heid. However. can give no au-
shentio Information In regard to the situa-
tion..
Alsernon Daingerfeid. assistant score
tary OF the Jockey Club, said he thought
that Q meeting would be held. but that
the final decision would probably DO reached
this morning. When James Butler was
informed OF the story In circulation hs en-
pressed surprise, but declined TO talk for
publication. Several horsemen who heard
The yarn said they could not believe II, To
view Of the fact that the Coney Island
Jockey Club has always been the back
bone d rscing IN the State Of New York.
4 III the meeting at Shespshead Bay 10
declared or said . veteran turfman,
sit win virtually kill the sport here for
ali time, - the other tracks are almost
sure to follow suit. The only chance the
turf has to live on 10 for the TRACKS 10 keep
open and then Try for some favorable leg
islstion or court decision between nov and
next season
During the Saratoes meeting Schuyler
l.. Parsons, managing director Of the Coney
Island Jockey Club. said that the Sleeps
had Bay meeting would be run on at any
cost. Since then II 10 said that the word
has been passed that Assistant District At
tornsy Elder OF Kings county will institute
anothsr vigorous crusade against the oral
bettors and the track officials at the Bay,