The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-22
oAcE TRACK TRICKERY.
v~4ant to Which Fraud is Being
the Perpetrated.

,r-o Is no galuSaylnS Iu9 iHC1 0u'0 Iie
bean measurably free from scan
yea and that the turf as profession IN
di fa,y if any, more black sheep than
clu"9' walk of life that might be named.
ally V'lI non there are on the turf, sut-
d NO n form powerful influence Ior
DC19I ,vho have conducted, and 90 conouct,
60 business Of racing with strict Justice
tl -I eouity. They may not, perhaps De
II @ua6s later on, but they have the
slNli ,,,sTass of honor preserved, as well as
consoaf GaIng respected by their fellows.
thai u r,,ay sheer at the honorable" rae
SUN, ,I-,ar ana assert that there is no such
hs o,is Such skeptics are probably
T"'".-Ires rotten to the core, and naturally
S" "5i+-. every one else to be Ike them.
-, racing experience OF nearly score
rolf wears, | have met with not rev
anu q whose word was not only as good
tnIiIIto bond but who would scorn to do
a. t Ora HE act on the turf or Off 1t.
az 90 very many years ago but what
NV caooers Of the present day will per-
soii s lUcate the circumstance, race vas
hap9 run at one Of the race courses by
tI saa The owner Of the favorlte was
tno .ocbed by friend who ccos,ed him
VII VII wing The turfmau in question, one
VII hast known of the Old Guard, by the
Oh tn' reTied. well. / don't know. He'll
Il he can, that's sure enough. But
W., tbi,l he has had work enough. Here's
a ino. mt il for me on - IT my horse
T,n's. Til get the purse, and that will be
stand Oft. 49,,
a. mart who wanted to get a line" from
!Ii u.s. of the favorite as to the invest
~ If his own $50, which he intended
F, it+jng on the race. AS he took the $500
t1,1 his friend and started away to exc
o,ra the commission intTusted TO him, be
.as aorely puzzled as to his own course.
IA liked the favorte's chanca il spite Of
+Ie owners fear that he was short of work,
and knowing the man as well as he did,
s confident that the race would be
snrareIv run as far as his horse con
carnej 50. after investing his friends
$500 at to against, he boldly took the
,,bnu by the horns" and put on his modest
half century at even money,
Ssnntering back to his friend the two
TOOK positions in the inner field to see the
rsce When the flag dipped, the favurite,
very quick horse on his pins, jumped
aeav with the track ana soon led clear,
going ike quarter horse. Said the owner,
whose $500 investment was now second:
"Oh NV horse will come back to them. He
can't keep up that lick long. See, the quar-
fer was run in $50" But at the half, in
6lll the favoriie instead of coming
hack. " was widening the distance between
him and his field, and the rest of the dis
tence. mile, was a procession, with the
fgvorite winning by ten lengths, the horse
on which the owner had invested beating
tine others Just as easily. "Well, we're
done for this time" said the owner to his
friend as the horses finished, You may
Re but don't count me in" said the latter,
showing his ticket, which called for 800
on the winner.
Now that owners honesty meant just
$1,000 to him that afternoon. If after get
ting on his $500 at 3 to he had sent to the
parties who had the horse he was betting
on and told them they could win if they
would give up the purse. an every day
transaction nowadays, he would have pro-
flied to that extent noted. But he preserved
his honor, and is to-day, though still on the
turf, one of the honored and respected men
In the land.
Another insta nee of quite recent date as
to how an honest owner met direct at
tempt at bribery in connection with a race.
4 heat race was being run at a well known
course, where all the betting was between
two particular horses, both of whom were
h known to be so fast as to outclass the 9TH
q ers in the party. The hackers of one of the
pair included well known plungers, the
weight of whose money would make any
horse a favorite, while the followers of the
other were mainly smaller bettors, who,
knowing the character of the owner, were
sure Of getting "a run for their money!
& The first heat was very close, with the
choice of the plungers beaten by neck
only. Between the heats the owner of the
winner " as walking through the paddock,
after experimenting the cooling off of his
animal, when he was approached by we'll
known habltue ofrace tracks, who abruptly
said: Mr.. -, you don't want 70 win
this race very lady, do you? am author
lied by - to make any reasonable pro-
position to you, as there is a good deal of
money on the other horse" Quick came
tie answer: You have come to the wrong
man Mr. -, and keep away from me
alter this, lest be tempted 10 expose you.
lel your friends that they can only get out
oy backing my horse, for | am going to
win
The second heat showed the plunger's
morse go off with the track, but the other
VINO had won the first heat, took him by
sle mead, and they ran yoked to near the
lllsn. where the champion Of honesty APP
teared 10 have the heat and race won aud
ooth Jockeys ea>ed up. The Jockey Of the
apparently beaten horse, how ever, was
MIallS' the other, and in the last fifty
!GIu' ne challenged again, and before the
I.uer noy could get fairly under way, "shot
Ilih right on the post" by the shortest of
lsadS Ibis settled the race in favor of the
IaSeal1y would-be bribers, for their horse
was noted "sticker,n while the other
Iu0 run two heats and no more. But to
eLa gay the hireling and catSpaw of this
ou-aNon always gives a wide berth to the
UHleF 10 whom his disgraceful mission
EoEel imperative. They meet, but "never
ileaA as they pass by" A few more such
ro'ir.e racing owners as these noted, and
ing meth DIS would meet with a CORES
PgnHng increase in popularity.
ME ane otner side of the question is not so
p md TO contemplate. That there are
trF! uSnonest men connected with the
i bo-h Just as certain as that the public is
~ e-IHg TO suspect the fact that they are
49, i9uld not only among the meek and
soy out among those whose positions
SI pace them above such defiements
cs5o years back, in the last racing de-
kno race was run on one of the best
I'M, "n courses In the country. Bookmak-
cas- vas tueu unknown, so this particular
CHI NOT to be included in the sins since
Staseu up 70 that system. Like the in
raca ISeu above this race was also a heat
in5 be e'',u d wen known plunger was wager
baIone'y amounts on one of the contestants
ter. 1Hs 10 another turfman. The lat
bacL no's9 won the first heat, but was beat
tLon,t. easily for the second by an animal
seen 70 nave no show, that the race was
favor oe all over but the shouting, in
So. ot the outsider who had Won the
favor ~ TaV; Added to the certainty In
vorite wb So1 ,e5ter was the fact that the ia
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