The evening world., 1913-02-28

The racing public. however. can't q.
psct TO see the thoroughbreds run un-
der tho old condiuons-far from Il. II
10 the plan OF the Jockey Club. assisted
BY the racing associations. 10 give the
sport a brand new birth. The start.
necessarily. will be on a email scale.
A. soon a. raceEoers become educated
to the new conditions tho sport WIN be
steadily extended 10 other tracks.
COOPERATION OF AseoclA-
TioNe THE PLAN NOW.
The future success Of the sport OF
kings will b In the hands of . few
owners. men who are able 70 sustAin
financial loss. The races will BE- mostly
In the nature OF sweepstakes. with per-
haps one biS feature stake 6or each
meeting. ~ the sport grows the num-
Der OF rioh stakes will b increased.
One feature stake race. the clasdc
Futurity, may be retained. Although Il
y stu unsettled. this famous race will
probably b run at The 6pa. Tho his
<oTacal Futurdty has long been the Tea
ture OF tho Sheepshead Bay tradk.
II 10 the present plan % mintmiss the
betting feature a. much a. possible, bu.
u II admitted that betting 10 . neces-
si,y II for no other reason than II serves
y VII VI y OhTOuittsF OI kn0 OuOuC.
whether one bets or not" explained q
we'll known racing officiAi to-day. he
likes TO know the preference. and the
odds indicates this. They show one
what 10 considered . good horse and
another whose chances. according 70
experts, Is not 20 well thought of.
but the public must not st ths Aes
that with the game on again that bet
tors will be permitted to run rampAnt
In their desire To back their choices. On
the contrary. the spectacular speculation
will In great measure b. wiped out.
1t Is doubtful II even the latitude that
Paul Shane took. and on whose ares,
and trial hinged the sport's future, will
be permitted. But personal betting q
the oral variety cannot and will not be
stopped. Professionals. however. whose
sole business at the track was 70 Ay
and play. will not be tolerated.
Racing must re-grow A. II were"
said the Official quoted above, 'and Il
will grow under the new, heaitirful oon-
ditions. II win grow as a sporting spec
tacle; grow as baseball has grown. with
the bugaboo OF arrests for betting en-.
TREY removed"
While on the subject OF tho Jockey
Club, tho informant pointed out the dif-
ference between the clubs powers and
the various racing associations. The
Jockey Club has supervisory powers over
all courses. grants licenses and exer-
cises authority over the betting END only
when such action seems necessary. The
racing ASSOC iations are Incorporates
bodies owning the track. These assoc,a-
lions are made up OF stockholders, The
associations have elective Officers. and
the surpriHing admission was made tina,
II 10 nothing unusual for a stociiholdei
never to 20 near race course. AS ths
| tracks involve a big outlay OF none,
In real estate values many officsrs hav,
gone in for the commercial end
Continuing. the racing authority sale
that the revival OF racing would only
take place at n few tracks. II IL pos
sibls that the famous course at Sheops
head Bay will never see another run
ming. Onicers OF the Coney Island Jocke,
Club have become discouraged owe
tho killing OF racIns and have Of
fered their property for sale II Is he
lieved that a Handsome bid has bee,
made for the celebrated track and tina
!, may shortly be sold Tor building pur
poses.
BIG STABLES HAVE ENoUoH
HORSES.
II IL possible that u coordination NJ
track oficlslx will operate Under tn,
NAM conditions The nrst meat 80 ia.