The evening world. Newspaper, January 24, 1900, Page 8

Handicapper Thinks Paid Would Hu SAYS SCANDALS The Backbone of Racing, How- Is Opposed to Amateurism. ever, ‘W, 8. Vosburg, officiai handicapper i t en racing secretary to the Jockey Club, is the author of an article which appears in a weekly publication devoted to turt affairs. Mr. Vosburg takes oc- easion to enter a biter protest against tem in the stewards’ etan@ He {s actuated, perhaps, by the persist ent rumors which have recently been eirevlated that Capt. Rees would be an OMiclai on the Hastern tracks this gon. As Mr. Vosburg, in a measure, Teflects the opinions of the Jockey Club stewards, it te safe to predict that Capt. Rees will not occupy a place in the ent of Stewards’ stand this season unless spe- Glally engaged by racing associations. VOSBURG ON THE DANGERS.|~~—~——- — ‘Thin is What Mr. Vosburg says regard- fing professionalism: “The great danger to racing and to all sports in America ts professionalism, and when once professionalism becomes Paramount in any sport tt graductly Jones popularity, {to eager are many followers of racing to profeasionalise facing, to make betting the sole consid- that they want gentlemen of ler and independence driven from the stewards’ stand and intrust the Management {o stipendiary officials. While the morits of paid stewards are Measured by the number of ‘sensations’ they can create, and while the tempta- tion to do what {ts thus expected of that Absolutely undiassed and devoid of sen- tment bare fac STEWARDS SHOULDN'T BE Mr. Vosburg says further Club to desl with offenders. ards can suspend, rule off, or refuse the Ol agreeable. troversy, no scandal, such*as would arise with hired stewards, and which would deter many gentlemen much of it already, and give it-as an ex- cuse for not racing. Several have begun aie “eae =a THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY %, 1 est wo A THE GREAT FINISH FIGHT AT Vosburg Stewards rt Sport. WOULD ARISE. eded in the siewarda’ @ stamp of Capt. Rees the publi stand—men of] He ts the sort wants. It wants men men who will look at the cold, of a case and act accordingly, matter who Js hurt FEARED. | “There is ample power in the Jockey Ite stew- ry of any person whose presence |» There need be no con- no sensationaltsm means from racing. Several find too REARING BECUN WINNERS AT racing abroad, and several more have r ] abandoned racing completely. They nay they regard racing as a gentleman's sport, a8 @ pleasure, while there is a U constant tendency to make it «@ tur. Gentlemen of means need fear no = stewards, providing their horses are run Committee on Codes Re-| Premier Stakes for Two honestly and to win, ‘The writer has in ceives Petitions for Year-Olds the Feature mind one gentleman of means, the run hing of whose entry in the Suburban Its Repeal. To-Day. Handicap a few years ayo caused no end Of disagreeable scandal. ‘That same qen- tleman ts still racing nil ble stah hae (Speciel to The Brening Werld) (Special to The Evening World.) aan ty teas (he Fan vaocling’ bi ALBANY, N.Y. Jat “The bio RACE TRACK, KEW ORLEANS ne mblyman Lewis, which secks tol J ome Kood Sport was expec Tracing 1s to be conducted as ihe ex-|prevent further prise-fighting in this|to be seen a{ the track this afternoon, - suave: sport of a few gentiemer te by repealing the Horton Boxing} as the card was one of the best issued i, by all means let matters go along fe the eee rai law, was given a hearing before the|sinee the meeting began ‘The most im- Amateurism in sports will never Assembly Committee on Codes this} portant race of the day was the Pre- afternoon, mier Stakes, the first one for the (wo- Among the speakers in favor of the] year-olds at three furlongs. This con- bill were Gen. Ratph EB. Prime, of} tained a fleld of six, with the highly Yonkers Masivon re and) touted Stripes, from the Morris Stable Rev. 8 ¢ her stable companion, Choice; Qi representing the Buda, Denman ‘Thompson and Bad Sam Assemblymen 8 as starters a thera was a steeples New ors (ity chase over the short course, a handicap 4 a mile, with a splendid feld, and three other good races ras to present thelr case to-da ‘The weather was again perfect and The Committee set Feb, 7 ae the day] the attendance up to the average, when the opponents of the bill will be FIRST RACE. heard, ‘This will be the final hearing on | The Committee will wu it after that hearing. FS mition to-day Ite interest those who were in favor of ic (Dapees Monty) Ci 4 only a » wt (Bolan, i wore received from churc Ar wh 4 them exists, the change !s of doubtful anisations, in and Benefit. tng for the * Retting Makes Kacing, were presented. by H Inasmuch as the starter, the judges, | = and 4 mere, Deewented Hz, the As ‘ ’ the clerk of the sca! the handicap-| come popular It has been the experi Koche asked them if there noytan showed the field the wa thietic associations in those Malt the distance and then gave way to er, the secretaries and other personsfence of every sporting m netic amsociatio 4 | Yube Dam. ‘The jatier was never alters Gonnected with racing are paid for thetr|!8 more crookedness In ama The ehewer R818) ORCh ORNL RT WenAMA tama) an’ im anna er =F a i in ne ona’ “ path. th h from Barataria, who was mucn ‘Pervicer, it ts to be assumed that il has this been The case In races where) (hen anid Mr, Roche, “why car fea oes eon oh n ut -|steeplechasers have been guided by tlemen riders. make a practice of betting in the ring, fen [Counties from t ing the race hap. e queer thing ri ton law We will agree with thet - ie i” a half by. ae of mec, te the GAYS OF Cedarnuem andl tiv, George Hile, of Albany, wan th elbam. first speaker against the ton Law mie hace SPECULATION NECESSARY. |",,\i0 tenis tt He Md iat atiniet + [Houlg not be interfered with, by the re: Motrin St HRP ‘The public regards racing as a sport | Delite of the viaw. He wus not | M tit ae, o opposed to pure athleties. but he was to 4 Giabotied in ihe fst TANG the ever | “brutal prige-fighting and the degrada. f it of speculation which makes racing in-| ton of tls prizering. Ile represents : teresting to them. Without betting rac. ]!" Tile advovacy of the, fa WO iheuaten é ing would die. “Gentlemen of meann’ vousands of Chris sit ¢ would not race if there were no big | Sadie thurnam, ray ftakes. "Gentlemen of moans” may not Miverlooniia and Axua raced several lengths in front of thetr but they are obtaining much larger odda Ve “the the stretch, Then, ied ed stakes than could be had he . ph 4 to ant Aiirank tn horror fre Ly es 4 fought A r 2, i w rom ihe Spanish bull-tighte, why sh» he onsiderable crowdln ere is no desire to take from ths Hom ieente in the grent Bate’ of Nac (he Galen tn whieh EL Caney : ' nilly. belo » lta exertion st two alm ea But these gentlemen Who worked ao hard be perm ney in the piace Dr. Par ied and They had urge stables and breeding: I axiiature Caney’ fourth, heads apart. Ti ey had stables and bre ins Wh int sis : ereats wowhich permlia THIRD RAC The death of racing meant a loss of : RACK millions of dollars to them, so they had | lewis. etdrened che] Laalh Meo neee: sae an incentive other than the love of the hh ; b f of th J ov is repeal bill | « ite, Ht eee sport to spur them on in behalf of the rey Phin Play As Ak aes ‘The Public Needs Protec: tort. duels of the old world ven “Br ‘i (Ragernsn) 19 —- Bees (was the persona me,” 131 (Rtewari Vooburg's words only apply to the PURLIG NEEDS PROTECTION, watinalig™ ot ‘honor that | 4A Mane: ee u “§ he: had & personal ma . "y Stewards’ stand ur Irew the pistol or] Brakeman beat the flag four Jengths, hove centiemen of character « eitied it, there Was o| but Cheesemite was in froat before the PA si 24 Kngland the prize fight firet a i ty “ + the prige fig’ ret jump War reached, and there she stand rtumgd oye Scat hal Py Roggd vole object wad mo and the) remained to the finieh, winning pulled Wy do not perform their duties og ye fying of the thirst for that wich up by six lengths with Brakeman sec- satlafactorily to the public. ‘They do not!? ge ruel of the thousands who Wic-| one, three lengths before Van Brunt, Keep racing clean. Their judgment in fac.ne ant demands We! Ph T.me—4. ¢ - instances ix remarkably poor, ana PIpietion, er and wet ink ® Bite rite ———--- fe & Question {f they are not influenced =, a fF rf ands oof spectators ant |decresring attendance fram the § iy a) Many times by thelr friendship for cer-| Ban Handlcay :0 the cloge of the Ag 1 oe te tngensibie. NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES, tate a @net meeting, ougt be a who! wefite athletic a i ids tnstructive le he Joo! Se eee) RACK TRACK, NEW ORLEAS and independence are i Club, Jan. %—The entries for to-morrow’s| § reat, bened! traces are as follows ; l DONOHUE SIGNS WITH COLTS! “Aract with the club for next sea Hart had no trouble in get- ing his pet catcher im coming to the he offered him, as they were very > &n@ Donobve therefore | ‘Aimee tn accepting them. Hart also ex- 1 receive the rigned contracts of , Clingman and MeCarthy. These ae well as Donohue, are ‘With the money they have been by Mart for next season. ‘ TRAIN AT HOT|: tae Lie 4 Metter trem Presi te eRected at the Springs ten A bait will ve of Se idee ZIMMER TO BEA PIRATE. Y | Tim Donohue, the Chicago crack back. | tet Zimmer, the olf-tim _Mtep, fe the frst player to sign a con. | | a few daye to play with roming seasoe only for ‘is ability a¢ & bal) player Kindly Gtepmition and goot tag the" Sena INDOOR BASEBALL GAME ais ter wp who are hero e ever in quest of a worship and nothing hh goed ball for the be Lerma offered Deve: ra Kieaas ie Qeewe, Tirtahs Nignt “t 3 KADPS -RASY POR RUPLIN. | Handher mid and 02 Laur i Pacemaker Unione Se invent As howah . aod aren sner te nes TROY, Je jas Ruhlin stopped | Pred Kap Albany, in two minutes and ten ae efore the Manhattan 1 Metric last night. Although| we ps ata x feet six Inches high; fs, he was never » Kahin, being pounded ound the ¢ a Senos the Bowen team, att hat | Some in the near —— - | Roosevelt is going to wrestle with Cor porn) Charles Turner, of the Seventn Regiraent, at the New York Athletic AT NINTH REG'T ARMORY, | ctor. Tre date nae not been decited ee apn in indoor time future Gov WEATHER FORECAST. for the thirty-six hours end- M Thursday, for vicinity: Fair sloudy, Fore ine s P Cty and ‘Thureday (bition game of base] Te announcement of whe wrestling ved at the Ninth Regi- ll 4 enim bt RB. bene a, Getyodny valaner tare ane Ae +] Ss ty ce see85s 5555 ALBANY. STOCKS DULL ter except in point and aq ‘The Grange: though, lifted In the tray and Brooktya tut Manhatt amall fract politan gaine kalned fractic ‘The first market was prices drifted bur 10 no gt War is the do Aside from Consolidated ¢ either way | noon there w |!0m in the mack Mull. Pric teel & Wire and carried th upward with wns but feeb terial cha market, The closing galne thre 187,070 shares value | Halt, & On | Brooklyn Wai rovklyn AND WEAK. There was a lively exchange of stock, but nothing of a specially active charac: Missour! Pacific. Haltimore & Ohio began at a gain of a ville and Glue cose followed with a point advance each. juarter, Loul in which was seated Mra Egbert B. Seaman, of 78 Park avenue, became, unmanageable this morning while de- ing driven up Sixth avenue, and dashed 37 Sixth avenue. and the driver, Freterick ct ing wreck, Childs, of 16 East One Hundred and Fifteenth street, was thrown to the street. Both were seriousy Injured. Mrs. Seaman sustained a fracture of the skull and was badly cul about the head and face. She was taken to the New York Hospital. The coachman had his left leg broken and rece ved other severe Injuries about the body. He was removed (o the same hospital, A tremendous crowd guthered about the scene of the aceldent and great ex- clement prevailed. The accident oc- curred shortly before noon ‘The coachman was driving up Sixth avenue, when, at WVourteenth street crossing, the team of brown horses be came frightened at a cewspaper blowing cross the str forward | into an Elevated road pillar in front of| Mrs, Seaman was buried In the result-| , PROFESSIONALISM IN RACING DANGEROUS? OMOPPERS HURT BY RUNAWAY HORSES, Two Women May Die, a Dozen Others Slightly Injured. A team of horses attached to @ coupe! in the day one told him she wanted a ‘arriage {to drive her downtown to do tome shopping. He sent one from the | stable in Bast Seventy-sixth @treet and she went downtown. She had stopped At several stores and almost completed her shopping when the accident ve- curred. | Childs, the coachinan, ts Mfty-four years of ane. Ills injuries were #0 ve- vere the attendants at the hospital would not allow him to make a state- ment HORSE INJURED 8 SHOPPERS, Runawsy Animal nat Crowd, Hurting » lesen, One Mort A runaway horse attached to a four- wheel cab created & panic at 10 o'clock this morning among the hundreds of women shoppers and others at Lexing- ton avenue and Twenty-third street, ‘The horee dashed among them, bruls- ng and otherwise injuring a dosen while one, Mary McCabe, fitty- 1, of 12M Lexington avenue, ed scalp wounds, contusions and ermal infuries which the cab is number iw Kast Twenty-fifth street. ‘The ‘horse was Griven by John Alexand Polleeman Kingler saw the horse ap- hing and rushing inte of ie str hildren They dashed and) plunged wildly. Childs did bis best to con’ War the Chief Factor in| wiiay. cnias au them, but just at Sat tlme a passing the Market Just “L" train overhead added to thelr fright Now. * land the driver lost all control of the animals. They swerved across the = street and collided with a rewepaper ‘The securition that suffered most in| livery wagon, The rear wheel of the Yeuterday's trading responded to the de- con ked in that at he saben and was thrawa several feet, being dashes mand at the o - dl at the opening of the stock market) ee eee liar. Chika. was. th = to the sireet and lost Wis grip on the lines, The horges plunged and struggle for an itextdnt and then freed them |seives and galloped up the avenue George Ecke, a salesman tp a store at 263 SIXth avenue, ran to the overturned coupe and pulled Mrs. Seaman from the r list was firm. St, Paul, M4. wreck, Mis first thought was to grt ction stocks Metropotitan | te Woman to a hospital, and calling to Rapid Tearsit were st ong,| Polceman Wethler. of the Weat Thir- tleth street police st sald: “Here, 9 iid little, remaining a 1 above last night, Metro. | Nelp put this woman tnto a wagon aod <1 one point. Other Issues| #@t her to the hospital, Every minute aly. counts now,” i ‘ burst of activity in the| A Wagon belonging to the Nationa! succeeded by dulness and|EXpres# Company was utlltze’ for an fractionuliy up and down, {ambulance and Mrs. Seaman was bur at extent elther way, ‘The| Med to the New York Hospital. Shc piainant (hanenee was unconsclous and had a fractured the of 2 points in] *kull. ‘There were several cuts about tan and fractional changes |e Head and face and her body war ne other Iron In t. The response there wi tra rac was dull and heavy at net out The total sales of stocks to-day were and of bonds $1,250,000 par] a5 3°33 73 8. SaeSSpsesdseesst ey ee Bas s5u key ‘st ze g3dFszeey S35g3%27-ess3e55523°35 *z és: | badly braised other Specialties up Q as norte « r An ambulance call bad been sent it af ing ig Alar wer | the meantime and Childs, the coach- onde bu ' i re bY man, was taken [0 (he same hospital a wae Vghier than Was been} vii furies ate severn Tita tett tee | en slightly, | broken above the knee and hts body sit loyal badly bruised. His face was also cut O stock Vale| Mrs. Seaman regained consctousness yut the offer | in an hour and sald she was the wife of 1 and lonwes trivial. 5 ,| Egbert Seaman, a livery «table having stabloe at 66 Isixth street and 17% West Righbty-ninth street WwW Reke was © The ved mn Mra Seaman was pleked up by from the wreck of the coupe she letely covered with the debris ele was ved Into fragments | almost. and Mrs, Seaman was held dowr [in the mida: of it all. Her atten Vat the hospital said that Mra Seaman's lcondition was critioal, The fracture: | skull in addition to the shock, they sald had produced a most critical nervous: condition, and they daubted her recov ory. The team of horses, after freminy themselves from ihe coupe, ran up the avenue for a block. They were caugh by 9 citizen and taken to « livery at 18 West Fiftagnth street. The de livery wagon with whird the coupe eo Naed was overturned and damages alighsly horse attached to tt being cut_about the legs, but not saverel The occupants, two oye, were not in Jured, Mrs. age x. Tent Conl & Tetas Poeite nas Pacific Land Seaman s a weman of midty She had called ner husband eartior ‘ a ity Be ” ae ki ks iron 8 We bad bad Parg> Ben. iy tat Bestera Uaioe, Tot a a Wet Se wot Be i Weesale Ce Sentral pt. 4 ° = jarket Mover tp om Mellel of Ret- ter War Sewe from Geller Amerteans Stronger. 35 Std te = 3 Fe indoupteaiy to, stop the horse but Mra Mctabe was up _uncon- sctous, She was attended by @ surgeon rom bey ity 9 Hospital, and later was taken to her home. The driver was alighuy iafered and was placed under arrest on the 0 reckless driving, LBAGUB REDUCTION MEBT. Committee Holding an Ime portant Session im Cleve- land Te-Day, (Dprclal to The Evening World.) CLEVELAND, Jan. 24.—The most Im portant meeting in the history of the National Haseball League is to be held here this afternoon. It is the meeting of the Cireult Committee, appointed at the recent League Convention, Lo consider s Of reducing the League twelv bs to one of eight. All of the members of the \ ommittee are due here to-day, Representatives from the Balt more, Washington, Ch land and Loupyitie clubs, which are the ones scheduled for decapitation, have already arrived. Thts meeting most inyportant, iy has a direct bearing on the futur g the League and the clubs or sotca © It xpected that there wi nite news from the meeting ery short- ly, for it is said that the Committee has definite propositions to rene jo the four ft is proposed to drop. the past week tho movements of e megnates have been mysterious. yy bave bobbed up first in one elty then In another, but could not be any It was not expected unt Cleveland would id ‘committee may be In setsfon gonie days, but mot until the i) any news matter If finally settled be given out, NEW ¢LUB IN BALTIMORE. to Aperican Ansecistion Ctab Friday. BALTIMORE, Jan. %4--It was ane nounced to-day that the meeting of cap- italiats who will subscribe $39,4% to form an American Association baseball club in Baltimore will be held Friday, There are ten gentlemen interested in the project and many times $20,000 could be secured from them for ‘i purpose if i were deemed nece: The sub- scriptions will be paid iH on Friday, officers elected and ‘ncorporators WHEAT WAS FIRMER ON HIGHER CABLES. Indiuenced by an advance in the Liver- pool cabies the wheat market opened quietiy but firmer, ‘There were ny trading foatures, eltner local or foreign. New York's opening prices were; May wheat, 73 1-2; July, 73 1-2. Chicugo's opening prices w May ; duly, 68 1-8; May corn, oats, 21-2. New York's closicg prices were: May wheal, 13 1-8 bid; March, 74 168 t: bh ~ 2 May corn, 3 1-1. ry Honing prices “ ROBT. tt. INGERSCLL & BRO, $1.00 SAFETY PPP EAA AT $5 Wizard V Camera at rr Half, ty carted in Bam 790 orice ear $1.48, iS AND sil-eool alternate swRaTena ofds and enas of SWEAT. me all went ee vier: our price the _poveter $1. RAZOR FREE! With every purchase of $1.35) made on Wedui Thorster, Feiday on etx IGERSOLA, STOR BS with blade end stropper. DEPENDER 1s 038 of the jeanes', safest hod mont ot Devalapint, oe ime” prompt ued. satielactoriiy® doge for price Wet. fete dattery ue He $1.00 BOYS’ Y SWEATERS. 1.39, eg ‘eerie qualiuy, sleernete 3270 SR. fall tah eatige cater, al