The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-02-19
INTERESTING TURF EVENTS
A SCANDAL THAT EturEs oVNrp,
JOCKEYS, and BOOKM1KERs

ssent SIS to Sacramento
Gossip over the scandal started bv Cant
Sam Brown is still the main topic Of converse.
ton In racing circles. The Captain is eradunll,
making a record as asucccssful enliyon,r =,
dull times In turf matters. He Is q man OF lare.
stomach, and his capacity for ABSORPTION "a
great. He first ATTRACTED attention from boot.
makers when, as ono Of them says, thew cor
tributed $4,000 for his nourishment on the da,
that Troubadour won tho Suburban. Tbs
scandal started abott two weeks ago, when thu
Captain was reported rs saying, In substance
that bookmnkers were responsible for mnch
crooked work on tho turf. that they Ind evsn
succeeded in having q Kentucky Derby hors.
pulled in their favor. and that the prao.
tice Of bookmaling should be abolisb,d
Upon being pressed for more explLcI,
information, Capt. Brown was report.
ed as saying that he referred to m.
Derby OF 1882, in which the ~favorite, Dwy,r
Brothers Runpymede, was beaten by Greer
Morris's Apollo and that one OF his Informant.
was Capt William Cottrell. 1t was also alleged
that the crooked work was performed BY IN.
pool firm OF Waits. Cathcart & Hughes, and that
they stood to lose nearly $4,000 in case Rupnv.
mede won. 6ilver-yoiced Bob. as Cathcart was
called, died about two years ago. and Cant.
Cottrell passed away last year. so nothing on,
be heard from them about the matter, As al.
ready printed. Mr.. Philip Dryer and hIs
jockey. James Mclaughlin, Indignantly den,
that thore was any trickery about tho race
Mr.. Dwyor has called for an investigation a,
the case. and says that tho books will show
that he and his brother lost a larps
amount Of money on their horse. Mr..
Hughes emphatically denies that there 4.
any truth in tho Captains assertions, and
50 docs Joseph Burt. a pool. seller, whom
sweepinp charges. The Matchmaker y oIns
s s4s' eorFap thai h H. hold snt ins s sHiH!Sn q h thS,
c cosIespo1 ops Gf Of FL tSe iF sais1 ~ ~ spEassk Ms, , t. :
sect that iHS the bookmnaaPPersu are only aPpf tor Of oit re-,
made tho targets Tor sehemers and iobbegrs' oa
ter the good thing to come or II ii aF wf.s
their r SpEn You af know es1s as weil a as 1 d do lt tSnes G II,
a as no n isdnsy ybpa ie ssapss ona E Fer al IL tho e]e eSiis a &,
turf" Capt Brown has raised a tempest this
time time i ih ., IS strong !; n: enough to face ths storm
70 clear The atmosphere.
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Club entries Under the new manaeement s Ib
that the. stakes have allied remarkably Wi
fh sstnee of a. nea IN }et s,ossRs s Of III, fhs e ,i%s l. On }Ps
s ssbysas6t Il i5s great e ss stables tS. Fl the ini5 S;se 4 r.
opening eSents' for these nomipa tH,D in nc sds
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Margaret.. ~, The II~lnUsss.;iaiy lEass.
XII, ] B, Harrin Will send b, e. lHisetor y VIZ:
gii.Heliotrope., and, 3; t. 0eaiaiIa, b. Luke
her ns ml.fSrs, wi !. 70 e S sST Kina Py e. est l.. Sls5pihg:
l b; s, ~ BY 5 TSm 6 4ShilStr e : z yHEiFs' p Iif fSs LSEl:
Hf EEssas F. +: g q p i !; slSS g PsHs = = $ ESsSs's-
Second Hand: b. e, PereeaI. BY Due OF Ma
Essntai.,Psrieetion ~ M f., George i: f9rti II
over b. 9. Prince Gsoree. By sensasnoe4eonsi
b. c. Seadrift. by Sensation.ocean Eoen; Blk.
s 6aW wdH of F5e P peS. Whtte, by and sep bIS SIX Of nj,
4. J. Cassatt viii deck Oh. Z Eauaty, BY Bend
Or-Euuipoise, and CHI. t. Harebll. by STRAIT
ford-Heatherbell. Lucky Bnld}n's con,in-
MDsan5s Ri eh:: g. 3: 6 :; iGi 3 bS Rul b IIr Gripstsnfs
Stuart; b. or br. +. ,Paola. by Rutkr(ord-Santa
Anita b. + Rosebud. BY GrinAad.olsra I.
Park, by King Ban-Lue Pike b. +. Miss Cody,
by Billet-Belle Palmer; br. f.Ella Pinkerton,
by Observation-Disclosures. Cat. Sam Brown
Will depend on b. or br. C. by IGuirer-Bonnie
Park b. or br. c. by LisbonfMinnie Brown,
b. c. by Hindoo-Emma Hank
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An Incident that shows ltw little the best
trainers and the most eSnfienced BUYERS Of
thoroughbreds know abouth race horse until
he is tried occurred in Noble tho other day, A
Of the CiIinnati Commercial
trainer for Cart. Brown, khich was the best
two-year-old Of 1887, Jogers replied tina:
had proved hifself n long ways the
best. Then he added: TT the Lexington sas
OF 1886 tho Dwyers and OPT. Brown and others
were bidders away, upIn tho thousands for
erees. At that sale "ysard . colt offered and
Now, what. had Calontl ever thrown in tho
shape Of a race horse YThe colt was an under.
sized, unpromising pungstor, and whom he
was sold for s2251 thought: We'll. that man
year-old form showG that ii he was tied to
one end OF a hundnd-foot rope and tho next
best colt at that saldhad the other end around
with tho otha follows head pulled of