The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-21
A THIEVING SCHEME.
How 1t Was Intended to Let
Hindoo Craft Lose.
sLUGGER SULLIVAN IN NEW YORK
He Says He Has Not Been Drunk-DeteetivS
Norris Doings-Mitchell Said to. Have
Sailed - Jack the Ripper.

Especial to THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch
New York, Julp 2O.-The winning of the
sixth race at Chicago Thursday by Hindoo
Craft upset the best planned coup that has
taken place on the turf in years and cost
.he Chicago clique many thousands. When
the New York pool rooms opened on Thurs
day. the odds given on that Chicago race
we're, Hindoo Craft, 9tO 5; Princess Bowl
Jug, 3 to l.
Alta prearranged hour before the Chicago
races started, six men were seen to walk
up to the counters of six big uptown rooms
and hand out six rolls of money. In ten
other smaller rooms, bets were also made,
until $1,000 of Chicagos money had been
placed on Princess Bowling,
Other large bets were made IN PlttsburS
and Baltimore. Well-infOrmed racing men
we're all at sea- and quickly came to the
conclusion that something out OF the ordi-
nary was going to happen. They knew that
on the performances of the two horses
Hindoo Craft should be a big fa7orite and
sure winner, while Princess Bowling had
won only one race During the afternoon
information leaked out that the race was
liked for Princess Bowling, and that Hin
doc Craft would run stiff, 1.-THE turf expires
sion for a horse that Is not intended to
win Barnes, the clever light weight
Jockey, had mounted on Princess Bowling,
aud Il lad named Hollis was up on Hindoo
Craft At last the cYentful race came up
and the numerous telegraph instruments in
the pool rooms licked out the runs and that
The 'bookiesm at the Chicago track were
getting TO against the Princess and to
4 against HindOo Craft. Before the horses
went to the post, however, the pool room
habitues were thrown into intense excite
-nent by the following laconic announce
-neut from Chicago: "The judges have
taken down Hollis and put up Ray on
Hindoo Craft The judges had got wind
Of the scheme and told the lad to ride
IiudoO Craft to win. The men who had
placed the Chicago money were wild with
apprehension. They did not have enough
money to hedge out their Bowling bets and
would not have time to learn from Chicago
whether they had any chance
10 win their money with Ray
riding against them. The bookmallers were
jubi ant and worked down the odds on
H.ndoO Craft FinallyEthe telegraph in
5trument tucked ont: They've of. Flood
Tide in lead, Bowling running second. At
Lae quarter, Flood Tide first, Bowling sec
ond; at the half mile, Princess Bowling
icst. HiudoO Craft second"
This was balm 10 the ChicaEOmen, but at
he thrce-Cuarter post they We're all unset
81 hearing that Hindoo Craft was lei ng
md the Princass second. When the horses
-ulned into the home stretch the Chicago
ans were raised to the seventh heaven by
she Princess again taking the lead. They
fancied their money was safe. There was
wailing and gnashing of teeth, however,
when the result of the race was given as
"Iiindoo Craft wins; Princes Bowlingisec-
giid: Brandolette third By the changing
Of Hindoo Crafts jockey the Chicago people
were knocked out of over twenty thousand
dollars which they would have had had
ohe Princess Bowling got home first.
There was much qualification expressed
BY local turtles at the defeat cf the Prin-
cess, and it is not likely that any such
scheme will be arranged in the near future.