Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-30
SPORTING MATTERS.
Racing Events Here and
Elsewhere.
ATHLETIC ADJUSTMENTS.

ATHLETIC ADJUSTMENTS.
The Santa Anita Stables.-The
Prise Ring Canadian La
scrosse-N0tes.
The English Jockey Club has dis
eussed many propositions as to the
2eans to be employed to prevent un-
'1air riding or fraud, or collusion with
he bookmakers or the owners of
horses. Among these proposals was
ono to the effect that when there was
. suspicion that a jockey was about
to "throw" race and sufficient evil
dence had been produced to that
effect, the. stewards of the meeting
should have the power to give the
horse in charge to another rider.
There were many cogent reasons ad-
duced against such rule, the prin-
cipal one being the disgrace that
would fall on the jockey and the
sable in which he was engaged; and
thon, supposing that after q full and
searching investigation it should be
pgoved that the charge was un-
1uunded, what compensation could be
afforded to the jockey whose whole
career might have been blighted
through petty malice, or grave mis-
understanding.
The question has been discussed
frequently among the members Of our
own racing associations, and the re-
gret is often expressed that there is
not . Central Tribunal in this country
possessing such powers and jurisdic-
6on over our racing as are now grant
Cd to the English Jockey Club. In
the meantime there are many turf
ncn who advocate the giving Of such
powers to the judges at all race meet
inge, and among them is q cores
pondent of the New York Sportsman
Who thus writes from New Orleans on
The subject:
@'It has always been my theory that
one OF the best ways to circumvent q
contemplated Job is for the officials
at the last moment to change the
Jockey on the suspected horse. Warn
ing jockeys only avails where the pig
skin bumper is young and inexperi-
onced. Take some of the older heads,
part Of them on very young shoulders,
too, that / could name, and they
would snap their fingers (metaphoric-
ally speaking) at warning If the
horse on whom the jockey was changed
was an honest contestant after all, no
harm would be done.
have seen several fragrant jobs
during the last few years upset in this
simple manner, and the moral effect
of one such race is incalculable. Sup
pose it was, as happens almost every
rac0 day at every race track in the
country, horse that had been laid
heavily against by certain bookmak-
or or bookmakers, or plugged as the
fancy term of such cases; the horse
wins through the change of jockeys,
the job is upset and the bookmakel
or bookmakers laying against the sup
posed dead 'un' are badly singed.
e'Do they forget the lesson? Not in
weeks and months, and when Mr.. Sc
and So comes to them again and says
you can safely lay against my horse
to-day they reply with a cunning
grin, perhaps: That is all very well
as far rs you are concerned, but how
do know that as soon as some pecu-
liar betting may indicate loose screw
the judges will not change the jock ?
No, thank you Mr.. -, one dose OF
that sort of medicine lasts me q long
6me.'
The Santa Anita is one of best
equipped all-round stables that has
ever left this coast for the East. Mr..
Baldwin visited the ranch previous tc
the departure of the horses, and ap
peared much pleased with the form
shown by the horses through the able
training of N. w. Thomas. The
sable has suffered severe loss in the
death Of Lulu, a very promising 2
year-old by Rutherfurd, dam Maggir
Emerson, and thus an own sister te
Lucky B. She died last week from
congestion of the lungs. Volante il
in grand fettle and we'll prepared fol
. long and arduous campaign. Won
derland, if his quality can be gauge(
by his quantity, ought to be one of the
best 3-year-olds of the season, but ht
will perhaps fail to please the tur
fraternity, through his oyer-growr
size and his somewhat laboring gait
that detract from his merits as &
probable Derby winner. The En-
peror Of Norfolk looks stout and fine
" grown, and Mr.. Baldwin, it il
said, possesses a good second string
to his 3-year-old string in Prince
Charlie, q chestnut colt by imported
Prince Charlie, dam Salina by Lex.
ington; second dam Lightstome by
Glencoe. Prince Charlie, the sire was
known in England as the Prince ol
the I. Y. c., otherwise called Across
the Flat on Newmarket Heath, about
eleven-sixteeuths Of a mile, but be
was not successful at a longer dis
tance through some defect in his
wind. On this account there was a
prejudice against him in England as a
sire, as many breeders Of good judge.
ment were fearful that the disease
night be transmitted to his progeny.
Mr.. Baldwin's Prince Charlie is a
Tattling good mover, and his racing
during the coming season may show
the falsity Of the English ideas Of
breeding in this respect. Los Ange-
1es, Miss Ford, Molly's Last will at
tract attention from their fine appear
auce, and q great deal Of interest will
be centered in the batch of two-year-
olds that complete this numerous and
valuable stable Of thoroughbreds.
The performance of Mr.. H. Samu-
els Ed. McGuinness in defeating
such good horses as G. H. Todd and
Love Knot on Saturday last, at the
Bay District Track, and this, too,
with the worst of the weights, stamps
4ho Los Anoolaa colt as a startling good