The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-23


stables will make the campaign there
instead OF returning East.
EVERY one of the stakes and fixed
( events on thc~ calendar Will be run off
q az advertised by the several associa-
tons of the Jockey Club this summer
regardless OF what may befall the
: present organized system of betting"
is the way n Jockey Club official
Gained the doubling horsemen of this
section regarding the policy of the
New York turf me- gnates in connection
with the coming season in the East. 1t
was Judge Pcttipgill who heralded the
glad news In the paddock, and accord
Ing to inside information, the ledge"
acted on the irstigation, of'the high
er-upsr who wish the horsemen to
understand that racing will be held as
usual on the Jockey Club courses! In
other words the racing associations
will look after the actual racing and
the bookmakers and the public will |
have to SHIFT for themselves in the
matter of facilitating speculation on
the result OF the races. The racing as
soclations will not recognize, directly
or indirectly. betting on the horses.
If layer and player pay their way
into the course and make bet or
series of bets. and the officers of the
aforesaid layer and player will have
to fight their own battle before the
courts. According to gossips here the
great steel girded betting sheds VIII II
be torn down end no longer will John :
G. Cavanaugh exercise a sort Of semi :
official discipline over the army of 7
bookmakers and players. This coming .
year the stakes will be raid off at :
their fun value but in the years to :
come the prize money is bound to suf- ,
fer decrease, for even the sig per day
each bookmakar WAS assessed these i
last three years for information, sta !.
tionery, etc. ranked as a handsome :,
contribution to the race-t tracks treas !,
nries. This will be cut off. The gate =
receipts Will rcmain as the source of r
revenue. .
However it is thought that there
yet will remain comfortable margin
of profit for the race tracks after :
paying expenses. so tremendous Is the !
popularity of the sport The State (,
Board of Tax Collectors of New York /,
estimates the average daily attend I,
ance at the New York races at 9S65 !,
paid admissions. At SO a head this +
means pretty money. According to the ,
Jockey Clubs plan of campaign every
wager that is executed on the race
track will he between individuals
and unknown to the racing course pro-
prietors. The bookmakers will prob
ably operate without paraphernalia OF .
and sort and without the exchange of
actual money. A downtown clubhouse
or exchange. will be maintained where
accounts with their customers will be
carried on by the bonkmakers after the
manner of Tatterstalls in England.
Settlements between bettor and book
maker will be made each Monday and
the small 50 piker will have to taR
chances OF unattached bookmakers,
AT this time this is the probable policy
of the Jockey Club powers. One
OF the amusing things of the anti
race-track crusade is the ever weening
efforts of President c. j. Fitzgerald's
press agent. The Brighton Beach
president is made to say that 80 per
cent. of the race-track crowds come to
the track for sport and not to bet"
The upstate farmers are going to
question the accuracy of this state
ment Despite the so-called "reforma-
ton" of the turf, all followers of the
sport are Just now eVincing alarm over
the news of the return of Jockey Will
lie" Shaw to the saddle. Undoubtedly /
no greater source of scandal existed on
the New York tracks since 1900
than this same "money-rider" Jack
Martin may have had his faults, but
Shaw stands as the real Captain Kidd
According to the latest information
Shaw will be in the hands of one of
tho most powerful money clques on
the turf 'tfhis b bad sign