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Show Irocker Suggests Plan to Resume Metropolitan Racing I lC , tj'' r nl.l.-l. r' YorU. vi(. :,, KjT' !t ' msiklnir an a, tiv, gl.'"' "'uir- and ..hey ,,,;,- ffm ui,h " f!lil I"',H,,-''t '-,r f h. :.ri,w:,i-T.-rs In I rkwr r,l, u"1111""'' "n,.. of rt T T .fjlio s. , rat! .pa ue- I soi-iaUr.. Tli" otliet- officers Inulade Je-I Je-I romc i. EUce. presldenl f the Caiubrldae i niiN Count) Pair. aaso;ta.rJon; Presl' dent V.. llollins Morf, New York, vlre pr si-lent. :i i-. 1 M. S. WIIbod, nsulHt.int i reacurer. Tic- aiyiounosd object of the leatfus is iipii-.' i oi ill- n". ii purpiiMu is to aid n ihe passage of the 5(ttinx ilii In September Sep-tember :"ni thus relieve race tmcl l rectors from liability for nmblrag in their Inolosares. Memhership in the ns-soclailan ns-soclailan oeats tl. ti i . y, . i:..n of Hi'- fitMt" where rat ing popular, has been flooded with blanks to be Blled "' by applicants membership; The fund, tin members are told, are to he use'.i t maintain a lobbj .it' Albany and to defray the ctosl of prlntlns and malllnsj lit-nun-. by lbs i-iiK'n which has besn sen1 out by thou-.ianrtn, thou-.ianrtn, Ono of the oEtlCSrS. in fpcaklng if thr. puioses of the lenjiie, Bnh!: -Ve are following the -ue of 1 1 -. . re form associations, which have maintained s-.i ii an efrinoni press t'oroim and strong lobby nt aibany that ttwv bav rorcea through the legislature the antl-raclpg l;i-.VH ;m.i nt T iiH-aMiros, of th"- Bame kind. Wc believe that it is time the po-nlo po-nlo of tho Ftate who are uppod tn this kind if organized reform took a hand In the xaine and united for the purros. of fighting the reformers with their own WeS ponn. "The Agnew-Hurt Inws were passod b manufactured pubii.- sentiment, it i? our purpose to present our nio of the i-hsi- to the voters of the state Th" jb BraNralnded people of the etatc ran do aothlnf Binsjls-handed, and timrforo we have oraanlsed to mHkf s trong fight Prospects for the pasaire of tho Gittlns hill in September look brighter every day " Orokor Talks Sense. in i recent interview Richard Croksr ottered ;i suggestion which the friends of racing mlsht do well to consider. Mr. Croker said : "Think of a sport like horse racing, ihat provides healthful amusement t.j man thousands, belnc killed In Armr-Irn Armr-Irn because an organized minority op-poses op-poses it. "I am glail to hear that the supporters of hor6e ruclr.K in the I'nlted Stntop, though tin y havi suffered B uetback. Intend In-tend to .ontlntie their fight until they nr.. ictorious. "Of eourse l know that when one Bays a word for horse racing he will be - used of helna an ally or the bookmakers. Well. then, why not in the plarc of hook-making hook-making establish something like the pnrl -rriut um system under state sup'r-n, sup'r-n, dsducting enough t'pjm the tuk-iro?5 tuk-iro?5 to nay the employees md aaxmi in i .. development of thV briinR Indus-t Indus-t n "Purlots to tho contrary, pun will bet whether thrr--. i horse taring or not. and If horse racing ts restored and t'ie mutue) system Inaugurated, i feel thai the xrouml will l,o out from under the narrow-minded persons who. using bookmnkers as u Club, destroyed a health -giving sport, crippled the great industry in-dustry of horse breeding and threw thousands thou-sands OUt of work " A rare meeting -t Newport in among the possibilities. In the purchase Of tlie Polo grounda ' Newport, -i" Suffern Taller had the sssufsnce of August Bel-ntont Bel-ntont Harry Payne Whitney, R. Livingston Living-ston Basckmtui, Reggie VanderblH w Ooadbr i. . 1 Bugens aeynal, w A, Mazarrl nnrt otliers thai thev would do everything possible to improve h property, prop-erty, extend i to Elatoman'i point ami bring polo hark t'. Vewpon. Then comes the ic:ii suggestion: ','There itui io rn'-ing there ilso." This little rnno Is pregnant. Neither Harry Payne Whitney Whit-ney fior August Relroont Is ontrni with t'nc 'vpulslon of their favorite spon from New York state, anrl il Is not beyond possibility thai they Bee here an opportunity oppor-tunity to -till liidulu.. their love of racing without the ii.'c'rslt v of crossing the sea for Ii. The translation of Saratoga to Newport would mean a boom for t he-town he-town of Immeasurable value, antl short racing st-KS'.jn would gather an assemblage as-semblage that would make the much-vnunted much-vnunted season nt Troinille. France, look Ika the game of pells f'hevaux at Kn-hlen. Kn-hlen. Churchill Dowtib Stakes, The Louisville Racing association hns announced th' list of stake events to be run over the famous Churchill Downs course. Seven :.taks will be decided at the meeting, which hfglns on Mondav, September Sep-tember ?i. and closes on Saturday. October Octo-ber l--elghteen days. The Kentucky Bnduranos stakes at four miles, with S300U added, and a gold cup vulucd at 11000, which closed June 1, will be run on Saturday, Octooer The other features that will thrill reca-"! reca-"! nt ihu i omln? fall meeting are as follows: Si. I.eet handicap for two-"l.ls two-"l.ls at on' mile ami a sixteenth; Shnwneo handicap, also for two-y;Hr-olds at a mile an I :i slsteeptl). Three-year-olds spo upward will meet in the Pails Cltst handicap and the Cherokee Cher-okee stakes. The former race Is at one halls and a furlong, and the latter at one mil,- and twenty yards. Two-year-olds with rjulcs turn ol spee wiil be named for Ihe Irotjuols handicap and Golden Rod stakes. Both of these jaccs n re over the slx-fiirlrng distance. One thousand dollars la the amount added to all of the K stakes, vhich close Saturday, Purses in all condition con-dition and selling races stUl save ISM sdded. The entry list to .ill of the above events should prove heavy, as the condition are sure to attract horsemen possessing animals ani-mals which have mediocre duality, and iher" are many such nOW racing In the Dominion and In the far w. The running of the Sv l.e.-e: and Shu vvjie,. fo two-year- -lds over route, will De w.teiie.i with eou-slderatile eou-slderatile Interest by turfmen and racegoers race-goers Both races are sure to give an excellent doe of candidates for the Der- bys of next year it. was at a similar distance that Plaudit, when a two-year-1 old, defeated Pen Brush -t the (ravesend track in t s . 7 . The following season he captured the Keptucky and Oakland der-bys der-bys besides many other races of impor-i impor-i a r.cc in expectation thai Prince Manta-schett Manta-schett will accept the terms cabled him, lockey Andreas Thomas and his mother are making preparations to sail from New York to Russia. Mhssip. .'ohnson N. i.'amden and J. O. agreed to th terms propoeed b) sfentaacheB for the servloes or the good lightweight rider, with the exception excep-tion ihat they require a payment of s certain amount In cash before the boy leaves this country When the cash la received bv vv. Stewart Hunter, who has been conduct In. tha negotiations. Thomas slll leave for Moscow |
