Show BELMONT UPHOLDS GAME IN GOTHAM One Man Power All That Keeps Turf Racing Alive at Present Time BY J S A MACDONALD How long will racing last In the state of New York This Is a question asked every day within the hearing of almost every racing man and I might say it hits the nail upon the head so far as sounding tile the subject uppermost In the hinds of at this precise moment The fight between the Jockey club and Jim Butler promoter and preceptor ot of the Empire City course at Yonkers N Y brings oue the cl cry in effect that the two factions will cut themselves to pIeces but at the same time the turf will also suffer The best answer to the above Interrogation is that so long as August Belmont lives so long will racing about New rew York Yock exist There never was a better example of One than that afforded b by August chairman ot of the Jock Jocke club and the of the sport in inthis inthis this section of the countr lIe He Is not only one of t the e real great grent money factors of the world but Belmont unlike J P Morgan the the and other great financial units is as potential a polIticIan either In state munIcipal or national politics as one may discern upon the horizon or of worldly affairs When the chaIrman of the Jockey club financed Judge Alton Parkers presIdential cam campaign campaign we caught a glimpse of lila his hand In Inthe Inthe the main he is the foremost silent politician clan cian In the country today Though un unheard unheard heard he Is none the less effective By the power or of hIs influence and mone money Au August Belmont controls the New York state leg with the same volition as the tho thoman theman man wIth his thumb on the electric push button operating a mesh of machine machinery He wont see harm come to racing When he dies how then At this time there Is not an Individual anywhere who can gain the lock hold op on affairs at Albany Iban N Y by Mr Belmont Chaos is IR sure to follow tile the moment the lines of con control control fall from his hands |