The Washington herald., 1913-02-03
To Fight CLUB
FOR HIS rights
H. D. Brown, Owner Of Laurel
Track, to Oppose New
York Commission.
NEW BODY IS PLANNED
Association Will Be Organized Along
the Lines of the Trottins
Circuit.

| tFaCh, passed through washington yes
ter1ay evening. en- route to Cuba. whert
he is now planning to construct an up
to-date track in the Cuban capital. Ar
rangements are now being whipped into
shape whereby the track will be in readi-
ness to do business within three months
| or possibly sooner. Mr.. Brown Is very
enthusiastic over his Cuban venture. and
stated that IL no obstacles are placed
in the way he will show one of the finest
racing plants in the world.
| Mr.. Brown was questioned regarding
| the fact that the New York Jockey Club
had refused to grant him a licence for
his fall meeting at Laurel
| MIR. Brown, is It a fact that the New
| York Jockey Club has refused you dates
for your fall meeting at Laurel?" was
asked.
| Dates? Refused by whom Brown
| quickly replied.
THE New York Jockey Club the re-
porter reiterated.
There is no such thing in reality as
| the New York Jockey Club, other than
body OF four men who have banded
themselves into n self-styled jockey club.
and have no more right to sanction any
thing pertaining to a race track than you
have, and I doubt if as much" was the
| quick reply.
VIII Fight Ii Out.
II have made up my mind to bring this
matter to an issue and let the courts
decide il such a body really exists legally
and II their edictS and commands are
30 be obeycd by the horsemen and track
owners throughout this country. The
proposition is 50 ridiculous in itself that
| It is laughsble tc me-
In the first place. the New York Jock
ey Club at one time controlled four
ht,t th. hat
ishment Of racing in that State their ex-
lstence was tolled out the same time
What | cannot conceive is why a self
created body of men should tell me when
/ can race, how i can race, why 1 should
race. and lastly, why should give them
l per cent Of all the purses won by horse
men. The thing is so foolish that / am
really surprised to think that a body of
men as intelligent as the horsemen
should have allowed this matter to 60
so far already without a contest being
made
You know ! am a flghter-I never go
into anything unless I mean business,
and believe me. before l am done with
the so-called New York Jockey Club I
will make them think that admission to
a half-mile track on a pass would be an
honor to them.
Up to the Club.
Il know quite well that when applied
for dates that I would be refused. This
Is the reason / made application as carly
as / did. l wanted the so-called Jockey
Club. to refuse me, thus giving me an
opportunity TO bring the matter before
the courts. Now, they have played right
into my hands. and l will show them
where they get of
When racing was in its prime in New
York, and the jamestown Jockey Club
applied for dates. what reply did they
get from the Jockey Club?
II You race there without our Sane
uon We will outlaw your track and every
horseman, Jockey. and stable boy con-
nected with the same This was a fine
state of affairs for a company who had
invested their hard money in a legiti-
mate proposition. II the Jockey Club
said, you cannot race at alI-vby r
suppose that would have ended the mat
ter. Now take it from me. I am going
to fight this thing to a finish, let the re-
suit be what II will
My idea of a Jockey club is 10 estab-
ish an association along the lines of
the Trotting Association. Such an organ
izaton would exist under the same rules
Tor all. and as long as each track CON-
Quoted their meeting under a universal
SET or rules, they would be granted their
an even break. This is what it will come
to.
1 shall never apply to the Jockey club
Tor a permit, because ] do not know of
any legally constituted Jockey club
now being in existence that should applv
to my plant in Maryland It is absurd
for body of men to band themselves
together in New York State and tell
owners of tracks in other States what
n n hnrx
their tracks, and least and last, to send
them l per cent of their purses.
1t is true / have the l per cent of the
purses IN my Possession OF the Laurel
meeting, which I intend shall go to the
rea! owners of the same-the horsemen,
and | shall reimburse each owner the
exact money due them. and you can say
Tor me the self-styled jockey club will |
never get penny OF it.
Racing at Laurel.
Racing at my plant shall be run by |
me. not by a band of outsiders I am |
always willing TO listen to a plausible |
but as far as the New York !
Jockey Club is concerned you can say
for me l will have nothing to do with |
it in the future
Last season when the seIf-styled !
jockey club wished to send a representa-
tive of their association TO act at a stew |
ard at my track ! notified them they |
could have the privilege, but I did not |
want two certain gentlemen. They |
hummed and hawed around about it, but !
they knew in their hearts that they had |
no standing and nothing to base their
appeal on. and I won my point-I got the
man I wanted
Il want to give every man an even
break. / want my track conducted on
the most honorable and up-to-date lines.
and am always willing to listen to a
complaint from anybody where a COM
plaint really exists.
You will see racing at Laurel this fall
az usual. and believe me the so-called
New York Jockey Club will not be repre-
sented-as there is no reason why they
should be. 1 am working under a new
plan to organize a national jockey club
and hope to have II in shape by fall.
which will give every man an even
chance and will not be dictated to by a
bunch of swivel chair salaried pen
sioners who do nothing but take the
money"
With this closing sentence the train
pulled out of Union Station and Brown
waved his hand good-by-'Tll see you
in the fall again"