, 1879-08-24

The Defeat Of the 'Ringer.'n'


!. BUtFALoNS .O4S1hAA'Es
OF all the papers that sent reporters to the re-
cent Buffalo meeting, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
and the Spirit Of the Times were the only ones
that had the courage to expose the shameless
Jobs which were perpetratcd there and which
went urpunishcd BY the 1udges-7 1t was
not to be expected that the To-
cal sheets would engage in this kind
Of work, as, although conducted in the most
amiable manner, their characteristics are entire
II Of the negative order. and. because Buffalo
Park is managed by gentlemen OF "lnhooencc,"
it would not do to reveal any Of the dirty work
which they permitted to go unpnnlshed. IHE
TRIBUNE did the work well, however, and now
it is being ably seconded By the Spirit the cur
rent number OF which contains IN editorial on
the Buffalo meeting, from which the following
Is extracted:
Again. 1t had been hoped that the recent revola-
tious and tho hue and cry against fraud would be
efIcctual to prevent It's ugly head being raised at
this meeting but We are sorry to record tbe onpo-
site fact. It was not successful IN carry
elias, where the Judges detected the
game, and took the means to counte.act It, but
unfortunately the horse which ought to nave %on %;s
eases, and hot able to trot the race through. but
it cropped out in SEVERAL In the :35 class it was
to win. and tie crooked driver sent to Coventry;
in the a:a3 race there was an evident combination
to prevent Emma B. from Winning Mt all hazards,
known to INSCRIPTIONS jockeys, after her owner
Ind refused to divide. nut in this case the superior
qualities Of the mare defeated the intentions Of
the con,bination; i'll the 2:l8 race there was noth-
ing that could be called fraud, but tue existence OF
q Combination to scare the life out Of the speedy
4-ycar-old IrinkeI was too plain to be mistaken:
and the driving Of Chance in the first two heats Of
the 20 race waa. to say the least dubious.
We dislike to chronicle these matters, but It Is.
Ssta Of
independent journals and independent men did not
reco.nize this fact there would be no more turf
events. -.
does not alu6e, which are quite as important as
those to which go much attention haa been
riyeu. It is we'll known that one result Of the
2:e9 race was the expulsion OF "Rcd Bill "
Mclaughlin, the driver Of Kate Hall, for en-
deavorlng to throw that race to Dacfana after
Kate Hall had won two heats in the easiest pos
sib1e manner. The TRIBUNE docs not propose
to offer any excuses for Mclaughlin. It be-
lieyes his puuishment to have been warranted,
and com1nends the course taken oV buffalo
Park But it would like to know why similar
punishment was not inflicted upon Mahoney,
The driver Of Charles Hinson in the 2:e7 race.
His desire not to win SO manifest that, alter
the second heat had been trottcd, Charley Green
was put behind Hinson, anu the Eorsc won the
next two heats III 2:25, 2:125,-the fastest pre-
ous ot m ,ha 40 that the horse had
'een nTl1ei and iockeyed with in the most bare
.'acea - 1r1.,,t in comino down on Inc uDfor-
+nnate McIaugn}jn do not seem to have even
luua.e Ioa ,n na,tta hii+v NJ eTtendino The same
o,sen5ngu p;ehcnt ne fnr more Aggravated oTense to
;n,'e.,n!- - 1 ;s 1nnwn thaf Mci ,uohIin had no
tr;ands r. MOL, n1accs. Can the same be truth
1n1lx said ri Nahoney? It has been openly
aun!oed and MT dcnief. that Mr.. Burt Shell
aaa an of1;car NJ 1he Rorhestcr track, and
non, mo-. ~ whn nTcsjdes at races over its track,
naid or ruarauteed the horae's entrance
money ut Buffalo. Now, such IS not
the case, it Is very easy maGter tof nt. one,-
don to ake n1s uenaht -]s, as r. ,hsv are trne
1e @ Hheidnn;s ecnce Is rery discreet-aud sug-
rrstive. But whether or not Alr. Sheldon was
pecuniarily interested in Hinsop cuts no hgure
far fhe RI1faI1 7udyeS are EQnCGrHECs