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STORM CLOUDS IN SIGH Jndge Murphy Fears for Chicago ChicagoRacing Racing Because of Too Many Manyand and Unwelcome Promoters NEW ORLEANS La January 19 Joseph A Murphy issued today the following state ¬ ment to the horsemen I have given my promise to many of you that I would keep you posted on the Chicago situation I must unfortunately report that it Is not promising What I have feared has come to pass Pro ¬ moters have commenced to crowd in from the outside and spring up on the inside I am afraid that the rush to the supposed new gold fields has only begun Chicago wants racing but it does not want a race track at every crossroad crossroadI I have disposed entirely of my Interest in Hawthorne This does not mean that I am unfriendly to those who control it or that I might not if the conditions are right serve as presiding steward but I want to be foot loose at the proper time to aid in giving Chicago a real plant Racing in Chi ¬ cago cannot live with Hawthorne as a center setting I have said before that Chicago wants the best or nothing A great Derby cannot be run at Hawthorne as it is or as it could be made madeI I have also notified my friends to with ¬ draw my name entirely from any movement for the present I am unwilling to join in a canine scramble for a bone In my judg ¬ ment unwelcome promoters must run their course before anything real can be accom ¬ plished When we start over we must drop the names of Washington Park and Ameri ¬ can Derby I am and intend to remain un ¬ acquainted with cheap political tricks by which revered and honored names can be tied up by state charters chartersThe The names Washington Park and Amer ¬ ican Derby have been prostituted by pro ¬ motion and should be dropped Names are great only by association anyhow An American Derby was run at Jacksonville It failed to raise a ripple David Warfield surrounded by a company of burlesque ac ¬ tors would be a burlesque himself I shall go to Chicago immediately after the close of racing here I shall weigh the situation carefully If in my judgment clean high class racing cannot be conducted in Chicago without a roughandtumble fight over spoils I shall frankly tell you so
