The evening world. Newspaper, July 20, 1907, Page 7

THE EVENING WORLD,/SATURDAY, JULY 20, 9 O1tis LATEST RE PORTSAND _TIMELY COMMENT _ a NEWS OF ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT MILLIONS ‘Daily Profits Amou Dollars, as Racing By T. 0, PIPER. Te men who keep horse racing at tho elevation It attains to-day aro millionaires, and they have m Yons invested In the game. It is natur therefore that they should direct the | Gestinies of thoso millions and that | Pront should accrue to their investment / “end they make a profit, a wholesome profit. Their enterprise ls going to be rewarded more prof! ably than ever this | spear, for racing enthusiasm with the | “public is on the Increase. Just how Proftably only those on the inside can tell, and they are not «lving up the Ac- “tual figures, for the several corporate Wodies concerned are not required to fay dare the facts, and the stockholders, jmany of them men unknown to the | great body of race-goers, are quite sat- fsfied with the way things are being “conducted. While the development of the thoroughbred 1s adyanced as one reason for the continuance of racing In his State, the development of tho horoughbred is contingent upon the howings made in the ledger accounts the racing associations. ‘One body rules tho seyeral racing en- po far as the conduct of racy fang itself is concerned. But the several bento ‘associations, while acquicscing 4 agreeing to the ruling power, eather their individual solves the proats toh come from each meeting. Those ita are very large, are indeed excel- jent investment, paying xn enormous reentage on ths money so disposed. © ruling body, the Jockey Club, ts lsmpoied of men every one of whom ght be rated as a millionaire. ‘Men Interested In Jockey Club. re Is a Ist of the officers, stew- and members. The majority ‘have asands of dollars invested in racing ociations and expect and receive table returns: Micers—August Belmont, Chairman; os R. Keene, Vice-Chairman; F. K. ia, Secretary and Treasurer. ewords—August Belmont, James FR. ne, J, H. Bradford, Andrew Miller, Fe Hitcheock, F. K, Sturgis and HL Knapp. lombera—J. Harry \Alexandre, August nt, QO. H. P. Belmont, Perry Bel- t, Francis C, Bishop, J, H. Brad- William Astor Chanler, HB, PI, cuetaady William ¢. Bustle, / 4, BVP Hiteboook, Thomas "gr, Robert C, Hooper, 5, 8. G. ORver Iselin, Foxhel P. ef theme) men, too, Agent nt mee of thoroughbreds, which and stakes on all the ices Giroult from the formerly god Aqueduct to bon ton Bheeps- Belmont Park. They race = @ollar as well as: the patmentous strings jas the racing ian Tiaatsis m ure oF particular concern thelracing. situation of the day, J because of the fight which been, made by the Empire City Rao- elation for recognition. rhe. ftealt 1 force It has developed and the, aes itt miay have upen racing in this tate. If there is to be @ racing war eng. mon’ can provoke It or prevent It. is up to thom. There are interests stake, and one of these is the pres- mation “of the coming meeting at if Empire City conducts a success- Amseting, Saratoga will suffer, per- irretrievably, Saratoga, next to mont Park, is the ideal of the aris. ef the turf—the men who have de racing what it 1e to-day, Apart om the sentiment in racing staele mich appeals to them, thoy are practi. men Cape they want thelr holdings It ts dollars ac well as them. Racing cannot be & losing proposition: thoy want no confilct in! dates she dollar that counts after all. r, of the Empire City asociates realize that % ‘too; can get dollars’ out of pendent enterprise, and they have Tmyested thelr dollars tn a race track for promt. e “Effort to Buy Up Clalms, ere $8 talk of buying up the claima the Yonkers enterprise so that Sara- msy have an uudisturbed career i that recing may not get a black im the Stato, It ts argued that if trackil are permitted to'ryn almul: b tha: antl-racing members of year by reason, 0 RoMade that everything posable NTO COFFERS OF TRACK OWNERS able. of All Sports. ‘The men having at heart tho Interest of FLOW nt to Thousands of Is the Most Profit- the gam yeated ¢ Utieal poo sands and the safety of thelr In- Mars promised, snd local po- poWer was jnyoked, to put ‘the om men out ‘of business. hou- of ‘dollars were spent by the Jockey Club and the respective racing associations to bring about this, and ft 4a a fact that the Jockey Club and the racing axsociations haye done more to eatroy the pool-room game than the avers police administrations of thia city, No matter how the Aight between Em- pire City and the Jockey Club results, its effects are bound to bo Interesting to a great mfinny persons with millions Igyested in racing. The bulk of these millions could be shown by an inspection of the stock books of the Coney Island Jockey Club and the Westchester Racing Aasccia- tion at Belmont Park. With a few ex- ceptions the men constituting the Jockey Club are stockholders in these two racing associations. It will be no- ticed that John Sanford, who 1s largely interested financially in the Saratoga FtaGing “Association, Is also a member of the Jockey Club, as are several oth- ers. They should particularly be averso {0 an opposition meting. {t will alao be observed that many of the members of the Jockey Club are proprietors of Jarge racing ‘stables, particurarly Aug- ust Belmont, H. B. Duryea, P, J. Dwyer, Hagedn, F. i Titcheook, He Knapp, Andrew Miller, H. P. Whitney, Richard T. Wilson and others. “Big Tim" Interested. the imi sta are Timothy D. Sullivan, tho ‘largest holder? W. H. Reynolds, Senator zasreny former sheritt of Kings Hut: Zh oxriges putticulariy of a political strive “pick Hyde, of the theatrical rm of Hyde Bohman; | Philip Dwyer and sm Nhevlin “are principal’ owners of) th tock of the Hrogeiya racing establiahment, gliques combined R ney ta Vi i. ake ANd ow Wain Paes Jor Recretary: and Treasurer of th ates ems Aeeaiaton to endeavor state the rgyenus derived by fact: associations % season. secabijoas pala to: the Beaten hoe quired by the present Facing Iw, #20 ans a n ria On gross rece! of Fils Year 1h te ngtivoabedt that the various associations will heats ly double that amount wecause 0 increased attendance whicl at the gate at each track thus i tar ‘this season. Rd largest attendance atuany track Satoh Wee pehead on Mine opening. aay, Phea the gu ban wna run, when, It i ity ay thousand race goers ‘wore present, jut this does i: mean that num- id admission, fully “ ree thous- jes 4e-| the at: revenue. Byen wit! bay 4 of the stake and the other fixtures. Thus will the Coney Island Jockey as well as the other racing associa- téons have another slice of the pie. it te estininted tat fully five cmitttons Got} lam will represent the prods of the] racing season to tra: owners after) the deduction of the tax which goes! ‘to the State. This puts all other forms shade ‘when it comes - MILLIONAIRES WHO ARE ADDING TO THEIR “FORTUNES IN RACING GAME. ' EVENING SCHOOLrn«ATAHLETES WORLD’S == No. 7 ON HURDLING BY HARRY L. HILILMAN, Jr., CHAMPION 220.-YARD HURDLER. ory one day would nearly equal. $70,000. Heretofore rash estimates have been made on the basis of three dollars a head for each tor’ wt the tracks, But the fleld dotiar, the ad: the. grand Ktty Would Net acne That sum more than met all the ex- penscs of the day, tneluding the alee And purses, which amo ea nd the coat of | malntenanes, netuding eataries,-and-eat! Sol ollars. Thue the in vaiay netted the Coney Twland Jockey Club an gpprox{- Mate profit of $27, 0. ‘This Fata o Hee if continued for’ the mixteen remaining days of the. meeting would have neta, ry gentlemen owning the track Piitty" amounting. to 111,800, and this WMOUNt th Mot overestimated” even If Yorty thousand persons didnot attend thy Faces on each racing day. ‘Ihe aver: ago Was maintal 7 the: fact that tie slakea prersarwarsiasit ae rich on} ie days as 90x 6 oe te Rae: Ry seal sane apectals, Heimont Park had an equally ood sie oe ot promerity, and the. ai lamaica nt AN a MMoKiyhy oF Gravesend tracks there were. deviations in the Amount of revenu caused by varying conditions, Brighton Beach ta having the most prosperous season of its histery and In the fall there are other sessions to come for each track to round out the thirty days’ racing allotted to each, To quatain its money earning power tho Conoy Island track: managemont Witt present. ball attractions whten ett draw ithe jrowd. notably the gmat Futurity, which will be run on the first day, and the receipts a¢ tho gates will mol than overbalance the + un chi BlG MATCH OF Tht CRICKETERS, New York “Gunenie have high ‘hopes of making a good showing against the famous all-star Marylebone | Crigkot| Club team that will visit this county! in September,’ With this end in view} & committes has selected the Greater! New York team which will be made up as follow Kortlang, Hoakings and 8, the Columbian Oval Pryor, J. Brea Dean, of} Cricket Club; J, Allon and Blades, of ' the Cricket Chun, of the} o Pryor; | re Mb, of {sf pa Ply pieaaen fob yy tnt be done to equeleh the city ‘poof- | £4 sell én, Gre o0R, It Bat Choke! cia, | aia ee (ae. and it is best to start from such a Gistance whem trying out with one mitted to injure himself past repair. KH all other athletic accom- plishments, skill in taking the low or high hurdles {s only ac- L | quired through practice an.. gradual development..There are several ele- ments in hurdling that must be con- sidered before one commences to train. First, whether you are able to combine the speed of a sprinter and the endurance of a distance run- ner. All trafning should be done syste. matically, and a little work often is a great-deal-better_than-too-muoh-cel-|- dom taken. The undeveloped boy who is allowed to enter with furious enthusiasm into any sport is per- Boys who have waited until they have matured physically make far better CHARE? than boys who go into hard training at an early age. In learning to take the hurdles tt 1s best to begin with one low barrier of two bara, Put It on the turf and tien “when you mtss-you wi not be cut-ané acratched as you would on a cinde> path. 5 Learn to Start Right. Asin all the short-distance hurdle the barriers ro twenty,yanis hurdle. But do not begin to make your run —untht-mbout-fve-or-atx—yards trom the hurdle. ‘Then as you-maXe tho atart you gradually gain confidence. After working with a two-bar hunile, that Js, one with fixed bars, an extra loose atiok can be added, When your ankle or knee barks the loose stick It will do no damage, but when you go from the two-bar to a three-bar hurdle with the sticks fast you will be sure to trip at first. Atter getting confidence and learning the take-off well, st 1s better to develop the training by slow degreos' in work- ing up to the distance, Beginning with a sixty or 10-yard distance, It is neces- ary to practise aprintiig separately and then take up the practice of a stride between the hurdles, Stride Is ties Important. je {a the most Important feat- ure oe Cen nttoey pretiiee the- take. off, When a boy haa trained with one hurdle and then puis up two, twenty yards apart, ho should xo at them as hant as he would if he was in a alxty- yard dash, If he fulla into the habit of abl for an instant before, the relies he will find that ho is not de- ae Ing any clasa. Practiva taking from eleven to thir- tean alriden at your very, best speed be fore“reaching the hurdle, ‘Then hurdle with the Jeft foot for the first and Very other biirdie:: Go atraight ahead with the left foot straight in front and theh Ktudually bring up the right lox ay, you go over.) Endeavor as much ag Able to get over in @ crouching po- jon, Go at the hurdle as low.as pos- Koved apes over as quickly aa you Tonding upon the other elds, there Should ba no hank of hesitetion pla to milla tind thal se site "i . i Will do the ae a fea Ih woven ring Pe Never atrlve to lengthen your atride When {t oan only ba accctnplished un e length of your leg and it has over the ground, bu try not to take more than nine. Training for Long Stride. Workin gradual short — dixtances—the ¢hen begin to train before going at this distance ind that you must Pp. A middle-distance runner und sprint It requires a great deal more freeform oe- yard bundle race than} St does for a 20-yard dash. Get your running form first, and then practise with the hurdlea, ‘Then it will come) much easfor. Pads for the Knees, My experionce has taught me that {t is better to have ® pad for the knee in practising. Tt is on tho knee that you get the brulses and scratches when you miss the hurdi Man urdlers get water on the knee, which would bo obviated by wearing ‘a pad or Knee- brac: Of all the hurdle race fy the most tr F most careful trainin tralning. Begin by t for @M-yard runs. ‘Then sprints to get spoed. tihow giver strength. hurdles are forty Afferent’ stride m getting the most ws, up @ long stride will require raining. After practising, th dashes—y ot for the *e er. |, the 440-yards i requires the fe nardent ig Fourselt ov gO-yard as. st bo worked up for | au Our of the diy tance between the a AN the Olym gamer, which will be} held in London next July, thera will be | Bedltaties hurdie: race mid any. boy who thinks of trying for the Ainerican team must practice the 440 yarda, which {fn only a tty longér than 499 metres, fake your own atride_ac-| NELSON GETS BIG OFFER 10 IGtT GANS BY JOHN POLLOOK, “TN give Billy Nolan or Battling Nel- son, whichever one cares to accept it, | present of $2,500 the minute Nelson puts his foot in a ring with Joo Gans, This statement wna made last night In Francisco by Den 6elig, who ts mansger of Gans. Ben resumed: "And I won't ask & cent or taming expenses if Nelson will consent to fight | [Gane, whiner take aul, at the lightweight | |ttmit, 123 pounds, to strip at the weigh- jamz in. ‘These are the only cond {well entertain | edge beat Taaliey wolx@ng In pene in-hghtng fog that is Only a suotertuge, aud t f nota man acquainted with the gume | Who is not-on-to him, He ts afraid to} tet Netson fart Gans again: + Another Offer for Gans and Nelson. Offers are «till being made for the pro-/ tenia Won bh champtonahip battle Joe Gans FSSt iaone of LM. Sullivan, the Teporene Ig “deomoter, Of evi, do milling. 12] give the fightera to engage In a finish figh Be "tnat place on Tabor, Day ‘afternoons Ruitvan mys be. will’ pos ire puree fete ts steoeascul'in securing We flgnt, | Johnny Allen to Box Frankie Paul. | Johnny “Allen, the sturdy little flehtet of | an and min- | “The Men in the Bleachers Look sharp and you may find him, asking. sent you with @ season pass free. | There ts not a chance of a, match being arranged tetween Sallor imiddleweight. ant Jack jored heavyew Bob Hvening World of current fesue at tir Get to-da d and your conversation ters oUt, Quaker City want have no desire Glover and Donman Matched Again, Another bout night. Dj! A Hey ro! What's the matter with 4? Do you want me to hand you tha axw on a geodon platt the aristocrats waa clinched Inst yesterday ve rows the the grand stand My heart actually bled to see so many ede “dig up’ thelr quarters and and I said to, miyael I day De. > which ssed in y [fore ine sampe, cl the best battles {2 font Senny Has Backing for $1,000, halve: really 8 00 aga ter aE Sients 1 i he tr spunea acme let the sido bet Renny flight with either fn Bmith or Dilly Glover. BELMONTS FORM A POLO TEAM For the first tima a distinct family team will ba represented in motro: tan polo champtonah{p ever monts having orkanized whieh has been entered fron: the Mead: ow Brook Oihb for the the Southampton tournam ampton, In L, July 2. ‘The team will be known aa the Mead: ow Brook Blemton team and 1s com- poned of Auguat Belmont, August Bel- mont, jr. Morgan Helmont and Ray- mond Belmont. Tne Hlemfon and Taconic: team, of Hartford, wht meet i tho first, round for tie Southampton cups July. $5, the winning team will ‘play the Bou tons in the final ne July 27. Ay Kaane: Bet EES ee Disvi who Js T Guoutrin (go! goimpose EB Jaa piuctising consistently ne Meadow. Brook field, han one 01 not pet rated It ee snot yet rated In the Polo Ass. tion handtoan Hat Sane Piay for the Great > will begin at t re I. on Monday when the Freebopters. will play thn ¢ i your team. On July 2 \the Meadow Pek lie pe sift meet the minnera ot. the gama! ern” ES FANS! GET SEASON PASS “MAN I THE BLEACHERS will be in) attendance at every game. essing the games free for the remainder of the season {s yours for the Delnga een sort-of a chap,and withal a modest kind-of a various conversations he may have entered ‘into, Yr undelputa, will be seen In action In an- other bout In thir city on Tuesday i { $9 wilt —meot—irankie-—Paut,tbe toca! # fellow, he ** * the grand star feather 1 AMS alxereund bout, whke || ho will mingle rae with the crowd. held by th n|} his experience and the Ig Weat 2 Ghat ales . ‘Those lads ought to put up « great, dattic, |f together with descriptions of partle: as they both are ‘aggressive’ and” good | punchers, that-will tend to tdentify him. No Club Wants Johnson-Burke Con: | If you locate him, say, “Mr. Man test. The onfy-conditfon {mposed is that you must, ha¥é°alcopy of The fyening World and you may sec yourself accurately 2 apes Tg ORR nl = —EDITED BY _ROBERT EDGREN_ IWORK BEGUN FOR Celtle Park to:-mortow, Adm Whenydu do, the privilege of wit-_ nd, preferring the open seats, where Each day ho will faithfully relate 3 spoken to and other Information in the Bleachers," and he will pre- ne of WiKkIng Wdentmentton. ely narrated, ee BY “THE MAN IN. THE BLEACHERS.” | This Is What Se. THE MEETING AT. MPIRE TRACK Work has teen started on the field stand and temporary stables at the Ems pire City track, in Yonkers, in prepara- ton for tho racing meeting of thorough- breds, for which dates haye been claimed In August. From thosa who know it wna to-day emphatically stated that ull preparations would be com- pleted before Aug. §, which ls the date montloned for opening. It was positively denied that Peter Ds L4cy or any other pool-room’man had any(hing to Jo with the matter of rac- ing at Emplre track. James Russell Soley, counsel for tie Yonkers club, said in a Jocular way that if Mr. De Lacy or any other posl-room Interests were thinking of acquiring stock in a be_in_ the Relmont Pork track: 2 Gaelic Toothail, Kilkenny Phone Dy Mal JEDW. AU WADE COs In Fob} SHO) Arnos. scott,” UNION $0, se se" Leonard, — paaws Therntou, ‘Troupe, nis Crlape tonne Favorite ADD Gis Toncear au 80 BEGL onntr CABARET AINGING ALHAMBRA And Usval Dally Mat, That Quartet, Dunad! ars & Matloy, Noy 7th ay. & lath Downstairs i Trio, ars. a8 paA rocing organization {t would Probably * A iOOr ta wraninnd Metght—3 f Y in, Weight—160 pounds, Color of Hy¢a—Blue, Matr—Light. Complexion. Light. AMUSEMENTS. |. aa ae y muy ay America of or Troupe, Tolling @ itart. Paul La Crotx, Vitagr PASTOR’ Sen { Munn, Sonts, Kallenvoy raf Concei teway & Suth. it ~ CASINO yrsg is ata Fase TING ul Al Free TAKE ION SYEAMBOATS, THe NA Bb ELAYE LUNA PARK, A MIDSUMM2 NIGIIS DREAM, ‘Pain's Fireworks, i 30 SAVOY iiiittas thurs ha MAN OF THE HOUR” ep S Rb. ATANTIS Ysiey & Beswid feDonald. "bx Fields’ Herald Sq. “wy Eddie Foy te TH ORCRSS Madison Square Root Garden * .| The Maid & the Millionaire “ ae Abrxi mun, 8 Ove