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RACING GOSSIP GOSSIPAn Gossip An Eastern critic Adair in the current num numb ¬ ber beer of that respectable journal Turf Field and Farm comments on Eastern racing in a com monsensible nonsensical way He declares that it has de ¬ clined clinked of late and finds the chief reason for such decline in the public notion in the Jockey Clubs plutocracy and consequent outoflinoism utopianism Adair instances the CorriganHuronFuturity of 1891 case as his first reason for present notion and justly declares that while the law was with the Jockey Club via the Coney Island club the equity was with Ed Corrigan Adair is right He also comments not deeply enough on cer Acer ¬ tain stain social essays in a racing way of the Jockey Club and reasonably sums up his brief on the basis of American racing being in need of reason ¬ able government out of the legislation to ¬ ward its rank and file Adair does not go into present events or those of the recent past Those have badly broken the Jockey Clubs broad standing The general turf body of which the west furnishes 75 per cent has watched the Jockey Club since Mr Belmont became its chief with a critical eye That eye was sympathetic and friendly during its early gaze The Jockey Clubs cleanliness of administration on the edge of the passage of the PercyGray Percy law pleased it Mr Belmont ruled the Jockey Club then and rules it still He was keen and attentive at first Its wisdom reflected the son of his father But as the route grew clear Mr Belmont grew careless Then ho went to England and when he came back acquiesced in rulings on a lean ¬ ing King report that fined Taral Aral in a nonfineable confineable way for a similar offense that was adjudged as a reason for depriving Martin of his immediate livelihood and took sharp punitive action against western owners when there seemed to be more need of such action against an Eastern clique The Jockey Club through its recent action is adjudged to be full of its ancient and local meanness In the past it has been astring string ¬ ently gently narrow Under the early Belmont regime this astringency lessened Carelessness allowed it to grow again An American ruler is still needed and still out of view Such a ruler could intel ¬ ligently lightly grade racing material encourage live andletliveism adjectives recognize local conditions and be fair and human in its action But it isnt isn't in sight
