Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-08-23
THE HARE AND TORTOISE RACE.
The Inside History Of an Ancient Turf
EiZZle.

reached posterty relative to the Har
land Tortoise race have always'lef tn
idea on the public mind that the dis
tancing of the Hare in the first heat wa
Ia piece of shenanigan on the part Of his
Hockey. There can be no doubt that the
Hare threw the race. Information has
recently reached this office which war
rants the laying bare of the truth. In
the general excitement following the
announcement that the Hare had beesa
beaten the real facts we're lost sight ef.
The Hare was heavily backed in the
pools two days before the race and odds
of ten to one freely offered by Chicago
and Louisville sports. The Tortoise
was known to be a slayer, but his
| movement was not considered a metal
liferous proposition by the New York
and BOsten betters. 1t was generally
understood the night before the rae e
that it was simply a proposition CT the
Tortoise saving his distance i'm the first
heat. liz this event he might give the
Hare close rattle in best three in
five four miles and repeat. Two hours
before the flyers were called up Sam
Tilden WAS noticed backing the Tortoise
heavily and az he was cautious man
with meney his action created gnite a
fiutter Of excitement. He snapped up
every pool that was sold for nearly an
hour, putting up over $50, 000 in coin
and 500 shares of Egyptian canal stock.
The excitement became tremendous
and Anna Dickinson and Sue Anthony,
grandmother of Mark Anthony, waved
their 'ke,chiefs at him from the grand
stand. 1t is fact Row pretty Well es-
tablished that Peter Cooper stepped
into the rear of the stable where the
Hare was blanketed and gave some
shekles to the jockey. When the flyers
were call for the start the odds were
e zen and such well known turf gam
Seneca, and the minor members of the |
same gang were Investing heavily i'll !
the turtle. Even then the public did |
not seem to have a suspicion of what |
Was up. After the usual scoring up |
and down the track to give the pool box
l chance they got the word. TIE Hare
ed for the first quarter and struck the
half mile pole with fine burst Of speed.
Here the race was thrown, la Hare
gent all to pieces and while his half
lcunken jockey WAS cavortins him all
,ver the track and outside the fence
he Tortoise slipped under the wire.
The bloviating rider of the Hare may
ak as much as he please, about his
nimal being drugged; it don't go down
n this section. Coin Was the only thing
hat drugged anybody yesterday. III
he Grecian Trotting Association pro-
'oses to let these disgraceful exhibitions
% ON, the public might as we'll know it
ow as any time. The track for the
s.st tive years has been wholly under
he control Of thieves, monte sharps
nd blacklegs. A feature of the days
port {?) was the row kicked up by a
rowd of roughs from Palestine who,
;ell primed with the peculiar rot-gut
auor of that poverty stricken section,
.urted a free fight in the grand stand
rhieh the police seemed bound not to {
Office. In the melee Madam Anna Il
bishop, the charming vocalist, had her
arasol broken and Olive Harper, the
sing young fashion writer and CORES
,ndent of The California Att0, tainted q
way.
GThe above account is translated Ii
reely) from the original manuscript, \
ritten by Esop, turf reporter of the
thenian Palladium. Before the arti lie o
as put in type the trustees of the a
rotting Association came in and prom II
ed the proprietors all Of their job "
hitting to draw it mild. The reporter :"
en- wrote up the short and matter of 's
:t account of the race which reached
e public.-ED. APPEAL.
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