The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-20
Frauds of the Turf.


One OF the commonost frauds re-
sorted to for the purpose OF deceiving
the public and the associations Is to
give the moult on horse which
would naturally snd by reason OF his
known speed win to some jockey like
McLaughlis or Billy Donohue, whose
honesty ID unqusstioned and whose
appearance on favoritc always az
tracts additional betting. Ogttlmes a
bnc ket OF water or something else adj
ministered just before the race pre-
vsnts sven 40 good a jockey as one of
these from landing horse q winner.
II 10 Understood, OF course, thst
neither MsLaughlin nor Dono
hue would leud himselt to such
they nsvcr know when they
are Used for such pureoses. Western
owners are not tho only ones VINO sui.
fer BY the perniciOus Ia flusnce exsr-
cised over their employees by outsiders,
es several we'll known and wealthy
Eastern d, voices OF thu sport suspect
~ their sorrow and modification, It
10 an open scandal that the fret In
FORMATION az to the condition OF Mr.,
kelso's horses il said 10 70 to firm OF
book-makers. A curious case occurred
recently which we'll illustrates the nm
certA,nties OF the sport Pontiac bss,
handily large field OF horses ihe frat
| heat-seven-eigbthp Of u mile, The
nexs heat was won bv S,vereigB Pat,
considered 70 have aacratch chance
only. Mr.. Lawrence Curran, his
owner, was urged 10 back Sovereign
Pas, bat clined. "Pontiac 10 n better
horse than mine, and know it,n wa.
his reply. But Sovereign Pat, without
dollar OF his owners money, "go,
there ali toe same" and Humorous q.
the salient" sf,erward called Il one OF
the finest scoops Of tue season.
To relieve the turf from evils ouch ss
these IL greatly desired by owusrs.
Tho plan proposed In she Yves. has
mus lar been kept . secret, but n gen.
tleman sho is certainly In a position
70 know ssys the whole u after was tho
most Important subject under consid.
Grafton ~ the American Turf congress
he'u ~ ST. Lonis lsst week. The beat
p'sn .noron IN 10 suppress poul.sellins
except 90 tho grounds wbsrs The rac-
Inf IL carried on. IL In pro posed to do
THE BY making ths oifonss = felony.
Punishable wi h bots fine aud imrrls.
uument Ia the peni,entlary, for any
person or persona TO cell pools on out.
ot-town Tarcs. Tn. fret move will ne
msde 10 keatucky, where thu Lnujs.
lie, lstonln, Ant Lexington clubs, In
waited action and with the suppott Of
preecers OF hne horses, propose 10 pre-.
sent 20 the Legislature In JANUARY
nexssblll com srehending In It's pro.
VISIONS the points indicated. COL
onsl John NJ. Barbour, one OF he
governors III the LDuisviiie assopistlnu,
u authority for the sts,em .n, thai
.seh acton IL contemplated and will
Assufedly he taken. The cons,spt In y
tnEs 81 poole u tnnnght 10 hurt tho A..
'tndsncs At'aAe track, especially of TAN
meetings, ., nearly eli the poorer fell
iovefs are "nfoks" before they occur.
AZ an lllnsus,ion OF how local A. ~.
esess = a be opsratcd to the ds,rimsus
OF visitor, ~ VAC the oase with 10.
nsas, . lnoss important one occurred
seeie time ago In The West. TIE D ~.
r. bfothern went " Louisvtlls with
hanpyr,edr. confident that he eorid
win NE Darby, . very sieh stake. The
pnblic srreed wish thems and Runpy !.
lrode was msde . trem sndous iavOriie.
II Raupymeoe Wins ebo pool bog Il
bsstsd.n said Diek Watt, who 90 :
sroIe the bocks q loulsviilr. ssbus II
Ap lilo Wins fsm 3 fion mau.w Apollo
woa.--tNsw H'fk Tribune