New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-23
RACE-TRACK LEGEND.
r1oT1oN THAT NIGHT TURN INTO FACTS
NOW THE FACE OF ENGLISH HISTORY MIGHT
HAVE BEEN ALTERED ON a CERTAIN

uAvE BEEN ALTERED ON A CERTAIN
OCCASION NEAR NEWMARKET.
owoer Rlnrhitter addressing his traner-onajoo
how's the FLY todaya Good enough 10 e"''' io'
tho second race tomorrow -,
nra,nar onaiob-Fit TO win in sus company SIR
-, go can nun off a good thing tomorrow. The
sract ~ he fetlock deep in mud, an the good ones
on s,av In their boxes. Miss splasher III have
easy Job. TO my thinSih' 800 - H., o,.o,,
the little miss will be such fsvorte we cant get
anv,b,nr out Of the ring. don't like to o. DO you'
Onajob3" - ,,s
mn, ., h,,r n,encv No odds on for me. II l can help
It, sir" . a.. ethan
onajob, dye remember the Gregory race the o'her
dayl' aou.0
sure. You mean when the judges TOOK down
Cullen an put up Anderson .
The same Did you notice how the betting
changed2'
Al should say so, sIr' ~.
aona,ob. l won nice little pot on that race Got
she best Of the Odds 10 5-and didht KUN - ~
remember the Belle dor racer
aWben Colonel simmons cautioned Williams! On
yes. sr.' ,,
And the Come-to-Taw race on saturday :
What of that, Mr.. Rnghter?
~wby with Fnnegan up 1t was 40 to aeanS.
him with Garrison UP, it was IL to l. Sec Vna'oO
! knew the snapper TO ride, the ring d'on -
hundred on at 40 to wasn't bad, onalop' -,
swish I'd a been with you, SIR p'dh' A"o"
nothin' of tho" ..,,., ,,rono
onaiob Certainly there was nothing wrong as ia'
as / know Only error OF the poohnsADts, w.,
GOT the wrong jock, that was all. But Ol"!oo hove
been thinking that we might prom ~ Of others
seen the last week-proft by the experience VI
n, co,rSe 7 can conhde in you. We've Known os'H
other for several years Viz, .,u,ovs ready
al guess you can trust me, sir I'm SiwaSs -, 80
10 earn honest dollar, an know "noN " A''N
tongue" 49,. r,ro been
II know IT, I know it, Onajoo Now, lNo oocs
climbing as I said before, and concluded that "cu
better start the FLY tomorrow that Is W" "''
certain she's good enough to win. - hon n
al don't lnow as any boss Twin can 10 her III
the mud.' I'M, uho ran YOU
Then enter her. Ihats so''ou' WV
get TO ride her?' ~. uomuton. I
don't think any of 'em has been engaged 10
@Nonseuse, my dear onajob. we uon wa1 ,.
q. tockev Haven't you got stable boy that nooooS
ever heard of" ,,,4 f,
But Mr. Ringhitter, a stable boy couluh =
Yes he could, too, onajob. ] see / must DC
plain with you With Barnes or AhueiSo" -
Hamilton I'D, what would the betting be ~
Mighty poor for us guess" -
And with an unknown, inexperienced s'aOie oo1
"That ought to help it some.'
81 should say so. We'll, now, well put up the
.table bow snd-are you sure you're in with NOR
"You can trust me-"
@well. don't breathe a word to any one Wen
mt up the stable boy and when the ODDS fail OH
10 about Q to 1 we'll 60 down and put on rev
thousand Then Onajob, I'll send friend OF mine
who doesn't come 70 tire track once year, to wills
per cautiously TO the judges that he thinks thees
Job in the They'll turn the matter over 70
President Dwyer, who'll start an investigation. HeH
see the betting on the FLY looks suspicious and I'll
be called UP, and you too, maybe, 10 explain.
What'n we say? Why, we've bet on the FLY and
want her to win, but we are a little afraid some
body's got her rider. That's all that necessary,
Onajob. Mr.. Dwyer who won't stand any nonsense
or jobbery, III have the boy put down and send for
the best Jockey he can got to ride Miss splasher.
Dye it ALL onajob''
" Plain as day, sir. Looks like a fair scheme
"Fair OF course. onajab, OF course it's fair.
Nothing dshonorable in it that see. absolutely
nothing that any honest, upright, sefrespectlng man
need hesitate about moment. We simply want
run for money, chs"
THAT'S II, sir. 'Tan't like havin' a boss fixed In
the stable or havin' him pulled"
BY There you perpetrate fraud.
There's NO fraud in doing ones best to win. have
always noticed onaiob, that if horse favorite
1t makes difference by what hook or crook he wins.
Only let him win and the public are with you. Now,
nothing wrong in that Gregory affair, nor in the
Come-to-Taw matter, either But you see, Onajob,
I'm who keeps his eyes open, one who freezes on
70 his opportunities Enter Miss Splasher for the
second race and have your boy weigh cut early
Leaev the rest to me. BY the way, OnaiOb, if you
like III have $500 on for you"
"Thank you Mr. R!nghitter, it d in mighty
handy"
The sequel TO the foregoing romance may never ap-
pear. 1t certainly viii not if Mr.. Dwyer and Colonel
simmons take warning In time.
That the passion for betting or speculation is so
dominant among racing men to overshadow every
other instinct Of humanity is a fact pretty well
established by long experience OF all the thousand
anecdotes tragic or humorous, which on record
concerning this peculiar phase of common nature,
none perhaps is funnier than the one rightly or
wrongly attributed 10 well known English tragedan
since deceased. The actor in question one
period Of his playing three-night starring
engagement at the pretty little town of Bury, st.
Edmunds, situated within a very few miles of New
market For the third night, Saturday. the play
Richard III" and the theatre wasas usual Saturday
packed with an audience OF trainers jockeys and
stable boys from the neghboring Newmarket stables.
Nine or ten Of this representative and extremely
lively assembly were blissfuly oblivous OF the
beauties of Shakespeare, and, of in the dark
10 the almost record of England's royal cut
throat The choice and seemingly endless variety
of murder and other horror was sufficient 10 keep
them in perfect fever of interest and expectancy,
the decisive manner in which Richard disposed, one
after another Of his opponents creating profound
impression.
Everything went merry until the meeting between
Richard and Richmond when the master passion
asserted itself and the boys began betting Ike fury
on the result OF the fight Richard the ground of
his previous public form, was at once Installed a
screaming favorite Offers to back him we've shouted
lrem every part Of the house and speculation ruled
~Irious
And now lin the pitt there arose a boy from Tom
Jsnnings's stable. tom Jennings's boy had once
received volume of the Bard, birthday present,