New-York tribune., 1910-08-22
COMMENT ON SPORTS
Racing May Lose Some of Its
Most influential Friends.
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he ror any gambling on their premises and
which. when il goes into effect on Sep
-enl,er 1. viii hiring racing TO an untimely
c,a for this season. should fail most heav-
H. on ,be s,4ortsrnen who breed and race
+l,ei- ,,orees for the pure love OF the sport
AZ, like August Belmont, James r. keene
r Wilson tr. Harry Payne Whitney
T. Harrison John Sanford, Andrew NIL
le- r,ar; owner of the Newcastle Stable
and several others feel called upon 10 re
auce materially the size of their stables
CT sell out entirely. for tho reason that
their pleasure comes in seeing theiT horses
with tho colors Up, plea sure which would
he lacking IL they moved about the coun-
trv like = one-ring circus. Maintaining a
breeding farm and racing stable is an eN-
pensive luxury. and tlie calling off Of the
fall racing dates in The metropolitan dis
frict means a general c1rtailment and the
loss to the turf. perhaps, of some men VINO
can III bc spared If racing is re-esta blshed
once more. after the courts have had an
opportunity interpret the new laws
these men may return 10 the sport, DIT
there is the off chance. and their loss, even
for time. is cause for regret
Il rss not the purpose 81 the legislature
~ 81 At least it was said. 10 stop rae
in Tho laws werc aimed against pro'FS-
sionai hookuaking and poolSelline- 6u' th'
result appears to he sad commentary on
.Ie purpose of the legislation haclhe "
come 20 an end August 81 Anu IN
sro-tsrnen must realize what tneE can ''''i
Hiy Investments I'm thoroughbred STOCK. 'u'
hnndhooIs will 90 on doing business -
the same old way; pooire"T1s ar i'''-
to get their fair shsre Of patronage eNei'
. run under cover. while the proteSs'oil'i
iiorsemen are not seriously sHec'ed, aS
-n~,- can race in Canada. MarFiahu '"'
ida Mexico Kentucky or Calf1ofhlS 0'id
maintain their stables much as they nave
done in tire past As said week ago !
feel req sonablv confident that the sport u
racing Is not dead and that IL VIII pS
built III, once more on = rrrn ana Sip>Oaii
-iaI foundation bUt that does not cnei.s|
the situation which seems most uI'ioi luna &c
n .bose who love the sport and nave
more than q passing interest IN ''e III
1ne-rv OF horse breeding, which means 50
much to this countrE
= has been my pleasure to see enough
,f the racing at Saratoga Springs 10 ssF
,.i.roI,+ fear Of exaggeration that the meet
ing which now has only nine days TO ruil'
has been by far the best OF the season
" T. Wilson. jr.. and his associates shouio
feel well repaid for the amount OF work
and energy expended, and those VINO nave
been fortunate enough TO De on hahd can
not be blamed for watching the passing
of tb. sport for this season with feelinss
of keen regret. The closing days or the
meeting promise quite as well as II not
fattar than those which have gone before
The programme this week has been Wen
arranged, and a number Of rich fixtures
will be decided. including the Adirondack
Handicap OF s5.ec0, at six furionSs, on
Wednesday; the Wellesley Handicap. Tor
rvo-year-old fiIIies, with SZV10 ADDED, on
Thursday: the Amsterdam Stakes. at one
mile. on Friday, and the Rensselaer, Handl-
cap of $1,000 for two-yeaT-oids. at six fnr-
longs, and the historic Saratoga Cup OF
s. sa. for three-year-oIds and over, at one
mile and six furlongs. on Saturday
Senlprolus. Iron Mask, Textile, Naushon,
Meridian. Footprint and Whist are among
the Youngsters eligible for the Adirondack
Handicap while the same two-year-olds. to-
sether with Novelty. Blackfoot and Round the
World. have been named among others Tor
the rich Rensselaer, Handicap which should
prove almost as interesting as the Futurlty,
which viii be run the following Nednes-
cay Chief interest, however. appears to
centre in the race for the Saratoga Cup,
which was first run away back in 1855, when
Kentucky, a son Of Lexington, raced TO
victory in the colors OF Hunter & Travers-
The race was discontinued between 1885
and 1901. but was revived when the late
William G Whitney and his associates took
f. upon themselves TO bring back the old
g1ories of Saratoga Springs Since then
the coveted fixture has been won by Blues,
Advance Guard, Africander, Beldame, one
Of the greatest mares ever bred il this
country; Caughnawaga- Go Between, Run
ming Water and OlaInbaIa. The last named
won the cup year ago, and the chance
for another meeting between him and Fitz
Herbert is likely 20 attract one Of the big
gest crowds of the meeting. James z.
Keene's Ballot which has been under sus-
picion, is eligible. but not likely TO go TO
The post but King James, Dalmatian, Sager
and Fauntleroy may go out TO DO battle
with the two stars Of the turf
IN view of the fact that the season is
drawing 10 an end SO quickly it might have
been fairer if Mars Cassidy. the starter,
had substituted fine in place of suspen-
sicn in the case Of Carroll Shilling, the
Jockey, last week. The services Of the boy
are in great demand. and, as pointed out
ia this column before, il does not seem
fair that s. c. Iiildreth, who pays the boy
big retaining fee, should be made TO suf-
fer when the Jockey is suspended fer faults
committed while riding some other owner 5
horse II seems rather strange that Shil-
ling should be suspended SO often Just be-
fore a big race, when Mr. Hildreth needs
his services 50 badly
The Giants are in the enegny's country
now. trying on the last Western trip CT the
season 10 make I'D FOR past reversee. Thus
far they have played three games with
Cincinnati and lost two Of them. which is
lar from being d promising start particli-
larlE as the cubs were winning four games
from Brooklyn meanwhile. About the only
chance McGraw's men have for the pennaut
Is 10 win every game from Chicago and
Pittsburs OF this trip. and nearly every
other game they play well. and the show
ing IN Cincinnati gives little hope of such q
performance The team viii DO well, as a
matter of .sct. 10 finish in second place
unless the Cubs and the Pirates fail off
considerably III their work.
The series between the Giants and the
Pirates was the best that has been seen on
the Polo Grounds for q long time. The
show now hard fought the battles We're and
how easily the tide might have been turned
The teams seemed TO be az evenly matched