Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-10
That Questionable Race.

SOME POINTS WORTH NOTING IN THE RECENT
SUSPICIOUS EVENT AT LOUISVILLE
The whole west seems to be in a state of
connection as to the merits of the recent race
between Ten Brock and Mollie Mccarthy
Ben Bruce, or the Lexington Lire Stock
r cord, says in an interview that Ten Eroack
was drugged with morphine. and that il was
done il the interest of Eastern spectators
As far as, New York and Long Branch are
concerned, there was not 81 zoo in the pool b TX
Spectators here looked upon the affair (aS the
0rid did in the light of a gigantic gate
money" race. II The Louisville C0urjer-IUur-
mol is to be credited, no one could have
"dCSeC Ten Brock unless Mr. Harper him
sell, Tor on the morning of the Fourth" that
Journal said Harper SlepT with his own horse
Even the jockeys, it is claimed, were not al
loved near the stables, and both stables were
carefully watched by policemen. If taeSe
stories are true how could the horse be
Iois0ned? The question might also be asked
Row came the mare 10 be SO badly out OF con
dl'ion II She was worked as often and as hard
As the Courier Journal reported she was
mat She was out of condition was very plain.
a at Monmouth Park on Saturday gentle
man and owner OF horses who saw the race
told the writer that Mollie had not been gal
loped Tor ten days before its occurrence, and
Thai the horse was not much better. SuppoS-
be asked. AS to the ownership of MolIie
Mccarthy the following dispatch TO the Chi
special TO the World printed on Sunday:
A resident of Omaha, attendant on the races.
informed the Times reporter to-day that the
ters that he had actual knowledge of the fact
that She was sold at Omaha, on her way here
i4r $1,000 and the money sent by telegraph;
that the purchaser was Lucky BALDWIN of
San Francisco: that she was to remain under
control OF MIR. Winters till after her race with
len BrOeck, when she was to be turned over 70
Buad Doole, the purpose being to send her to
Baltimore to meet Parole and perhaps other
eastern cracks. MIR. Winters could not be
found this evening for confirmation or denial
OF the story.
As to the mare being broken down or Ten
urday says:
report prevailed early yesterday morning
to the effect that Molie Mccarthy had died it
was untrue. The mare shows signs of the
great run she attempted and is little off in
one OF her fore legs, as well as otherwise Civ
Ing evidence OF her failure. IL was also report
Ell THAT len Brock had shown unmiStakaOle
eVlde noes OF having been poisoned. Harper
ana Harry laugh at the idea, but other people
think dose of morphine was administered by
means OF a sponge used before the start Ten
Brock, they say, it was pretty generally I'M
Gcrstood would start at pm, but the early
houf The races were over brought on the great
event much earlier, and if morphine was
given the horse it was too late to seriously az
iect INN, as the sequel shows. His eye was
heavy and the pupil dilated considerably A
physician who saw him said the appe araiice of
tie eye was indicative of the S,up0r morphine
occasions. The change in the time OF starting
ment would, of course, keep OFF the influence
! OF drug: len Brock labOred hard in his
running. Everybody could see this. Some
say ne intense heat was the cause; others
that the drug did it, People will differ. Ger.
tain is it that while there are circumstances
pointing TO his being poisoned, there are others
equally strong IN direct contradiction thereof.
Ten Brock looked tOlerably well yesterday.
There was some soreness in his forelegS, and
his eyes We're whittier than usual. otherwise
ne was quite well. The judgeS-MesSrs. Clark
Eley and RooinSon-thOughl like other people
disappointed in the result, saw nething wrong
whatever in the race.-[N. Y. World.