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MAY BE A GOULD STABLE. According to Morning Telegraph there is some probability of the Goulds, or some of the Goulds forming a strong stable and engaging regularly in racing. It would certainly be a matter of great importance to the turf. The statement is as follows: "Following the lead of Mr. Whitney, it is not improbable that the Qould family will get into the racing game. "To those horsemen who have had an acquaintance with George Gould the announcement of an inclination to go on the turf is no surprise. George Qould has long had a hankering for just the kind of thing which Mr. Whitney is now doing. He is even more of a practical horseman than Whitney, and has a deeper personal interest in the steed as a companion and servant of mankind. "Goulds stables at Lakewood and elsewhere contain some of the best cross-country horses about New York, and the owner spends much of his leisure with them. At cross-country riding he probably has no superior among the gentlemen riders hereabouts. So much of him is not seen in the papers, as his hunts are private affairs, but during the season he is as often in the saddle as weather and business will permit. "Young Frank Gould has just come into his money, and he is looking also toward the turf as a pleasant means of relaxation. He is an enthusiastic rider. The brothers are constantly associated, and the recently expressed desire of the eldest of the Goulds for racing is probably prompted by the younger brothers earnest in the matter. "While George Gould will make no statement of his intentions, ho has been quietly talking with racing men recently with a view to the purchase of a ready-made stable. Should he enter the field, he will do so this season should he be able to find suitable material for the formation of a stable to his notion. "The possibility of a number of men of wealth like Gould entering the game was suggested not long ago by Phil Dwyer. He was led to the remarks published in this paper by a reference to the limited but perfect racing organization which Mr. Whitney had arranged. Whitney is bound to have followers, and the game will creep steadily back to the plane of prosperity which it occupied several years ago. "Just one objection to coming into the racing fold has been advanced by George Qould, and in his utterance he spoke for others of his kind. They are afraid of the press. Approached by members of the Jockey Club and invited to participation in turf affairs, Gould said frankly that while nothing would please him more, he was in actual fear of the injury which the press would do. him. "Inconsiderate of people as the press sometimes is, he didnt want to have bis name printed around the country in connection with gambling affairs, and in the same sentences with the names of all the riffraff of the turf. He did not want to have to make private apology to his friends for a public indulgence in a pastime. Mr. Gould is willing to confess that in its self-appointed guardianship of turf affairs the press has made ten dishonest men impossible while it has hurt the feelings of one honest man of good standing. Removing the prejudice against print, Qeorge Gould will become a turfman, and Frank Gould will be his racing partner."
