New-York tribune., 1908-06-18
prTT[NGDEAD ATTRACK
,1KERTONS TAKE HAND.
r.sof so Per Cent Made in Sleeps
read Bay Purses.

.. s-sstic and sweeping were the orders against
, IN any form at the Gravesend racetrack
"..,5sv that II was almost impossible TO get a
f...s,r much less make wager. Allan Pinker-
.-s.--,cted his to cooperate in every pos
-, rsv with the policemen and detectives and
.r,, Dwyer. president OF the Brooklyn Jockey
- vent even further. and made personal ap-
y, "a the men in the clubhouse not even to ex-
Fs,r. verbal bets among themselves and went
s-h.- nv protesting sgainst the publishing of
"a. :, the newspapers in the absence OF any or
rs,.se6 betting
Is. how long this condition would last could not
. ,.s-n.t from those In control OF the sport but
a. :. ssse 10 say that the various racing associa-
-s viii insist that the law be upheld 10 the letter
.r s,,ch tine as the cases now pending have been
.,i,s snd construction OF the law has been made
~. courts In all probability the arrest OF George
ox-o-.-ts on Tuesday VIII serve the purpose Of q
- cs.e so far verbal betting is concerned as
y- Csrsretta cid not expose any prices on his
,-cera1rne, according TO the best information and
:, money changed hands In the mean time those
,sc must wager Will have TO content themselves
,-,h leaving their bets IN town and then going
s,z- 10 the track 10 the horses run
me arrest made yesterday in the field for an
alleged violation Of the new law. George Lichten-
r,,r e brother OF Sol Lchtenstein, one Of the
,.ea,ns members OF the Metropolitan Turf As
s,,,stion. was the victim Some little excitement
WIS
closure but otherwise those IN attendance stood
.hort the lawn sat IN the grandstand and passed
quiet afternoon
Inspector OBrien was on hand as usual with $50
yolcemer. Some fifty plainclothes men were also
!, attendance. but they could not discover any
violations of the statute in the main Enclosure and
rouseouently had nothing to do The uniformed
policemen were removed from the clubhouse on Mr
DIVERS assurance that there would be no betting
d. any kind but TWO or three plafnclothes men
sood around just 10 satisfy Commissioner Baker
an6 Assistant District Attorney Elder
TIE crowd was quite as big on Tuesday and
numbered close TO four thousand persons. There
wss wave OF enthusiasm when Dorante Mont
rumery and Frank Gill fought out a stirring bat
lie through the stretch in the fourth race but in
most cases the winners were received in silence al
trough the races were watched with every sho. of
interest.
Il vas announced az the track following meet
-g OF the directors Of the Coney Island Jockey
Cub yesterday morning that the value Of the
overnight purses for the meeting at Sheepshead
Bay which begins tomorrow would be cut 80 per
but that the club would live up its contracts
VIII owners so far as the closed events were con-
os1e6 and that the stakes would be run of on the
ines previously planned.
The added money TO the various stakes at
s.sepshead Bay amounts to Just short Of $4,000
Witch gives some idea Of the loss that may be
.sto. he overnight purses, under the 30 per cent
III viii amount 10 $500 and $500 as the low
sz amount offered in the original programme was
tW The Coney Island Jockey Club in making
{. announcement expressed regret that q cut IN
{. value OF the purses was necessary, but added
rs Il was absolutely necessary under the existing
sr1.rons.
{ ] Fitzgerald, manager Of the Brighton Beach
h.as Association, said yesterday that the horse
- had shown & desire TO cooperate with the as
fc1on n granting releases their contracts
ne etakes 10 be decided at the July meeting at
Ereto- Beach Among those who have signed
..a.@. are T P Hitchcock. s c. Hildreth, j. V.
Init Fred Cook Thomas Hitchcock jr., William
Lakeland Barney Schreiber. W W. Darden j. l.
Nc(yfnnis p J Mckenzie. George Odern and ]. A
weinberg Mr.. Fitzgerald said further that the
ho-serneu could count on the Brighton Beach Rae
,rs Association adding every dollar above the run
uinT expenses 70 the various stakes and purses
No definite announcement has yet been made by
the Saratoga Pacing Association. but II was SAID
o, good authority that the meeting would run for
q least twelve days. but probably end before the
spe-i-g II tbe Empire City meeting with which II
spuld conflict for few days under the schedule