The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-19
CORBET SAYS WHITE MAN MUST WIN

way arc moving the hills and the noun
tains in their efforts to have the new
| Jaurez track closed down, but let me
hand them n tip-they will fail. Every
Protestant church in FL Paso adopted
| resolutions calling upon the states de-
partmcnt of the United States govern
mcnt to bring such pressure to bear upon
| the Djaz administration as would result
in shutting down the track. But when
VIC come 10 figure out that the owner
is one of the biggest landowners in
Mexico, n man Of vast wealth and
attain conclusion. Uncle Sam Is not
going to war with Mexico over horse
races,
What the good souls of III Paso OBJ
ject to is the betting. They don t care
Il hang for horse racing, but they do
silent method may be introduced at
JuarcZ.
Several important changes will be
made in the stewards Of the Eastern
Jockey club in January. The starters
stand will be filed with 4 new incum-
bent and there will be two new Judges.
| The death Of Clarence Mcdowell, for
many years the presiding Judge at the
! tracks supervised by the Jockey club.
| has left open berth for some man.
Judge Pettinglll. for many years as
sistant TO Mcdowell, is to be retired
says ono rumor. 1t was the duty of
Pettingill to look particularly after the
racing Of the third and fourth horses
| four horses are usually placed on the
local tracks by the judges--while Nc
| Dowell was held responsible for the first
and second horses At the last Aoue-
duct meeting there was snar because
the second and third horses were not
officially registered one day. Pettingill s
| friends protested that he had so muc h
work TO do that he could not properly
attend to all of 1t. and this eXplana-
tion went, Later, however. rumor de-
voloped the report that the position
would be given TO another man, not yet
selected. Judge Mcdowell IS Job used
TO pay $50 day before the Hart -Agnaw
racing bill was passed. Now it pays
$50, a tidy sum.
Rumor has 1T that the poolroom bust
ness will flourish in New York within
a few months, One Park Row man is
said 10 be negotiating for the opening
| he used instead of the telegraph wires
for disseminating results.
/ Racing at Juarez has been running
seven days a week and the biggest
crowds were registered on Sunday,
Some Big Stakes.
Entries for seventeen stakes 20 be
run at the June meeting of the Concy
Island Jockey club Will close on Janu-
AIRY >. Half "A dozen of the stakes. in
Guiding the Suburban, are Increased in
value, The Suburban Will ne worth
! $4,000, as against $4,000 in 1909. The
Great Trial will be worth $4,000, rs
against only $4,000 in 1909. The Double
Event Will be worth $4,000 in 1910. rs
against $4,000 in 1909. Including the
Lawrence Realization more than S75,-
1000 Will be hung mp for competition in
stakes alone, The club also announced
that the Futurity Of 1912 Will close on
January 3.
Separate betting rings were cstab-
hshcd ON the Florida tracks for the
blacks and whites. in fact. the color
line has been drawn more strictly this
year than ever before on the south
ern race courses. At Moncrief park the
lin Crow ring is located Just out
| side of the ring proper, with q picket
fence dividing the two spaces 4 race
| goer who returned from Florida the
other day had this TO say regarding the
sport at the Jacksonville track:
Moncrlef park Is a fine racing plant
! within easy access to Jacksonville by
trolley. The track was A tridc slow
while J was there, but is rounding into
| good form. The attendance has i'm.
! proved since the opening aud during the
| first week o. two tho figures were ri
! dlculously small =
Hotel Men for Racing
Promoters of the scheme TO induce
| The Louisiana legislature next May TO
repeal the anti-racc track betting laws
and lcgalizc boolSmaSine under certain
restrictions Will be content with the
parimUtucl system of betting if other
plans fail. IT is believed that the ma.
chine form Of wagering viii meet with
| less resistance than any other method.
The New Orleans Jockey club met re-
Gently on the call of President Samuel
! T. Hcaslip 10 consider the matter. Rome
| Rcspess Of Cincinnati, one of the prin-
! cipal stockholders in the club. attend
ed. Tho Now Orleans Hotel Men 5 as
sociation, at a meeting got its petition
in shape for presentation 10 the lcgis-
| lninrr