Show WOULD CONTROL lT RACING IN EAST I IL h August Belmont and His Mill Mill- Allies in the Limelight I fRULING SPIRITS SPIRITS' OF TURF i. i l t A Some Hani Hurdles of or Political Sort t i 1 I v j S Which hl h have r r. r ji s hard Hani 1 to X Negotiate r If l r v t New York June 23 ln In In his deIro I j to control l the 1110 business of or horse rae rac- J Ing lug in the East August Belmont and his millionaire allies have i cd etI some soma hard hurdles of a l political ii sort that the they find imil har hard to ne negotiate negotiate- Pj i as the they say a In tho vernacular of tho lie Tho The outside world has heard hean little or Jr nothing of or these differences because lIso I u sporting i ethics do not permit the public pub nub lie lic exploitation of Individual grievances ances until all nil other resources have In failed But Dut In the thc Inner circles of tho tiui game the row between Belmont and his supporters support rs on tho the ono one hand and 5 the political crowd crowll who are arc Interested tL In fn some of the lie smaller and less fa favored ta- ta a- a i. tracks furnishes a nightly topic for tor discussion Wherever you ou see fI e a group of or high high- class racing r men those those who follow tollow l the business of racing thoroughbreds for forthe I the real pleasure of the pastime L or those who engage In It for or profit you ou can make a small bet that the 4 principal subject under tinder fire Is not the relative merits of oC class horses but tho thio split among the promoters of the game gam Ik In J Load E Demont is the he leading factor In It f As s As a matter mattor of ot fact act he Is tho the ruling r I spirit of or the turf In this country Allied Allied Al Al- lied with him hini arc tho lie Whitney Vanderbilt Van- Van I an and Mackay rl Interests Opposed to this powerful clique are ale the McCarren McCar- McCar ren Sullivan Dwyer Dwer interests ts not nol so o orich I rich In n t money sense but ut even more powerful politically James I R. R Keene while not taking an active hand In Inthe inthe I Ith th the row is believed ed to fa favor 01 the lat Int hatt hat hat- t ter Cr Tho The break between the theo tWO vo factions Is directly due to the effort of Belmont nn and hl hN his crowd clOwd to curtail th the privileges of ot the lie smaller operators In the matter of racing dates fh Tho rho contest began Just after the termination ter ter- ter mit of ot tho ho racing season last au nu- nu- nu McCarren Sullivan an and Dwyer began to spar for tor dates date of or racing at nt attile tile tracks controlled by b them at that time Belmont Delmont who sho wits as ambitious to succeed himself lC as as chairman of ot the stale stalo racing commission thought he ho had a clear field Ills His term and those of ot his associates John sanford nn and E. E F D. D Morgan expired some months ago but Governor fliggins delayed naming their heir h lr successors Influence o Is A Tho The full force Coree of ot the Belmont In Interests Interests In- In creSts was exerted to Induce the tho reap reap- of ot the oJ old commission slon or ot at lea least t the he lie retention o of Belmont himel himself him him- self elf el with 1 either Congressman James W. W Wadsworth allsworth James R. R Koene Clarence Char Clar enc ence Mackay or Andrew Miller r as his associate I j But lint a great deal of ot unexpected op opposition opposition op- op position developed clop d t to the reappoint reappoint- ment mont o of Belmont and In th the end nel the governor ernol turned ll him down In Iii pc person on but permitted him to a name a II commission commIssion com corn mission that would prove acceptable to himself an and hj his allies |