New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-04
THE SEAMY SIDE OF RACING.
CROOKED wORK-ITS CAUSES AND CONSE-
QUENCES
A CORRESPONDENT IN TOUGH LUCK "-PALo
ALTOS DEFEAT AND SOME COM
MENTS THEREON.

MENTS THEREON.
Monmouths rich stakes this week arc confined
mostly to two-ycar-ods and three year Olds. The
older horses must look for their oats in the overnight
handlcaps and sweepstakes. of which there will be
plenty. All want Is spell" OF fair weather
and crack at the Californans. Racine has been
sick. and Rnfax and Homer taking rest, the
latter with view to regainng sufficient vitality to
forcclose his mortgage on the Junior Champion
Secretary Crckmorc calls the attention Of owners to
the closing Of many rich stakes OF the Monmouth
! Park Association August -. These stakes arc
for the meetings Of 1891, 1902 and 1893
Chicago has been taking on" fcarfully about tho
crooked racing at Washington Park. The virtuous
people Of the Windy City haze the Duke Of Port
land and gone him better. The Duke Clipped
white one. announcing his belief that all jockeys are
thieves the Washington Park patrons come up with
a rcd declaring that not only all Jockeys but large
majority Of owners, trainers and boolImahcr are Oh
the earth earthly. II is unnecessary 10 remark that
when a man loses n bet a race the first thing nc
docs Is to suspect somebody Of conspring to deiraud
him. Ills suspicion begins by alghting on the JOCKEY
and after resting there awhile ii settles on the book
maker. then on the trainer and owner. In his hurry
to Tx the blame he seldom fixes II on tho horse INC
hacked the track, or on the horses nc du hoO
back Did 1t ever occur to YOU 10 sum mp the ODDS
against winning bet on a horse suppose you take
a field Of ten starters Ia handicap and select one to
carry yOur money. You have nine horses 10 peat
that IS. you have one chance In ton. Perhaps tho
condition Of the track does not favor your hOsc-thaI
(, another chance against You. making eleven Maybe
the Jockey rides him without judgment or skill, races
him of his legs in the lead lies out of his ground
get, him perfected or knocked of his stride. Twelve
chances against vou Tic starter may treat him
badly getting him of far in the rear oil his heh
Thirteen chances against You. The Jockey may ride
! tO stable orders. Fourteen chances against yoh'
The head,tall may slip the grth break. or strrup
leather give way. Fifteen chances against you. TIC
mag be for airing. sixteen chances against y0
His trainer may have given him little lay TO Keep
him quiet. seventeen chances against You. ills
owner may be saving him for killing and Is running
him 70 get weight of. Eighteen chances AGAINST yon
lie may have been got at by some boofnahcr, or MS
Jockey or his trainer his owner may have been
rt at Nineteen chances against you. His market
price In the betting ring may not be right. Twenty
chances against YOU. II may turn out that tic
handlcoppcr treated him harshly. giving him ludt
three pounds too much. Twenty one chances against
Won Ne may finish close 10 the judges and be over
looked the going to horse on the opposite sac
of the track that is not within half length OF hm'
Twenty two chances against YOU lie NAV be lis
qualified ificr winning fairly. Twcntythrec chan'e'
aran,t YOU By being industrious YOU might hnd
other. but twenty three are quite enough And 70
think that In the face 81 such ODDS these the book
maker has the impotence 10 Offer only TO . against
your horse, And Won lave the fooIhardnss' to H.
vest a few hundreds at that pricc.
I, was JOB who ra,lcd a-1ust his enemy ana wound
NJ Lv wishing that be would make book f'n
cou'dr't wish your enemy any better fortuna" In TN,
dav and generation. than the making u book NtlL
fine i,,srnarcrs who dd bnene-- a. Washington Park
were fin II complaints and erumLhn-s ON" IL
formed a Chicago Tribune reporter that the arne
wa, % crooked that Notwithstanding the UnIhe"'"
,,,,ur, ~ money that went through their hands the
mos, ,uccc.,ful II them made very lifl'. " BOOK
rl,kcrs.- he said prefer square racing. because II
they canuo, depend upon The public form Of horses
they an, all at sea ard must meet trcNery with
trckcry Donovan. Of s. Louis. for Instance, was
sockcd for = 900 In two days and q)t down from
the box. saving that BE- could make moro money
l.ttng IN the horses than against them. In ten
d,y. the number If boolmak~r, dropped from sixty
I've to forty two and u them openly said That
thcv would not risk their money On 'uch crook"
RAGS Then tlcy complain that TIE club has been
urhcral with them. Tho public believes That the
-io- 900 u added money donated By the club
80 n va. after q fashion. lut il came. every cent
II II. from the lp,kmahcr-. They paid 80 4 dlr
each or "A total f. the twenty five dlv- II rll7o'o
=, ,av nothia, % tie auction and mutual POOLS
Thcn tlcir other expenses for five men, cato money
and icldcnteIs ran their DALI cyp"n'es mp . 3iGo
c,ch and I'm the fac ~ th, the club would sivc no
cNtr, races uul"-, The lopkmalofS would pay Tho
whole Of the pure instead Of half a, th"Y oner''d
Tho club an give one extra rnrc-tlc next q the
lat Tie bylkmakcr~ paid ior Oh" others. ~ the
lolEmaicrs about one fourth ue lp-cr, on IN" meet
ing one fourth came Ont even ard the remaining one
laf made money. Argo ~ GO. ana Appognte * 70.
ar, amone tho l1rcc.t winners. Whccl,ek i- prob
ably A winner II. bot heavily on tAe Santalcnc-
Attcus deal. Int won +io 600 from N"rphv on the
T,uny salvador race NJ liaukins !ost money, gave
80 MS stand and made lot, ~ money letting ON the
horses instead " against them. * Governor Pinch
back bo,k-Knapp a C0.-h said 20 bc 4 Loser
Martin a co.'s book several thou,nnd dollars ahead
80 4, Warner d co.'s. Euhm and Mayer are ll-o
winners iaudcman and yivcll. have heard. arr
losers aud Clr,wrisht winner. The club made an
immense amount Of money!
That b0okmaker doca not seem 10 understand that
the whole Of the sIlT 900 and great deal more be-
sides came ont Of the pockets of the public. horse
owner speaking 81 .he crooked racing, said
Tile West side racing has bad reputation with
the general public. " matter OF fact, there was
more crootcdncs, at Washington Park this year than
! IN, re- ever was at the West side Why simply be-
cause there was moro money In II here. The betting
~as enormously heayy-lt was a Ioor race when tho
booknakers didn't take In $4,000 and in such a
crowd and among 80 many. book schemes were easily
worked. There was "a tremendous lot OF plugging
done | must confess | never law 50 many SUNS