The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-13

Fault In Those Sections Laid
to Arrangements That Are
Incapable.
Z sports In tho West Compare Very
FavorabIy with Those Of Any
Other section.
long - the great race tracks OF the
are governed by the body Of incapablcs
at present control them, just 10 long
there be scandals OF varieus kinds to
Fads the sport. OF late these scandals
bssn cropping up with painful fire.
hoy, until at present II seems % u
d was becoming epidsnic. Day after
on our big tracks there are cases OF dis
sst riding and the starting Of horses in
10 not TO win, but for the good tho race
do them.
hs patrons Of the sport CRY out against
treatment, but their prayers and warn
alike are Of no avail. The great
bbls 10 that the men at present at the
d are wholly incompetent, says the New
< Press. They do not realize tho vast
possibility with which their position 10
GIFTED. and II they did realize it they
. not the ability to perform the duties
oh a knowledge Of such responsibility
lid impress on them.
no sport has outRrown them. Twenty.
bven ten years ago they we're we'll enough
their way. but the turf has made such
antio strides in the past decade that 1t
leaped away beyond them. They are
|ng in the past while the turf grows and
ends with every passing year. Any
key might pull a horse right before the
. Of tho assembled membcrsof the board
control and it ID doubtful If mi n of
i'm would notice 1t. There are mon on
boards OF stewards competent to judge
the riding of jockeys and form of horses,
Fhars. but each individual member is 10
|ociated and identified with the big
blss that their hands are practically tied.
|ey look upon a raco and its result from a
Ftial standpoint and fail to notice many
|nRs that the Impartial obse yer detects.
Very often many Of the members OF this
hrd have starters in a race. and it has not
frequently happened that 80 many OF them
No been connected with a lace in this
that there was not q sufficient number
this members lett to 70 m . quorum.
fhaps it would be just as we'll If there
yer was n quorum, but experience shows
even when there is the members Of the
h cot%t t,1O ri - sn~A t.n- ~ ,.>Ft~p, Aha
ties incumbent on them, granting that
~ have the requisite ability, and that
granting no little. II wonld be we'll for
, turf il there we'e no board of control
d board of stewards, 81 the latter board
CONSTITUTED. In the hands of a vigorous
x aggressive executive, acting on the
vice and suggestions of thoroughly
hnpetent officials. thc sport would be much
lighter and purer, and IL would enjoy to a
eater extent the confidence of tho public
10 made our great race courses and great
ces possibilities. The dear public is q
cd natured brute. Kicks and cuffs call
y the slightest protest from him, but
nch his pocket G. too often and be il
B most vicious beast in existence. He
have his reckoning at my cost then.
id the men who control the turf have
on Z, fling too long with the public. It
time they did something to show that
ey realize the Importance and duties of
cir responsible position. Ii they can not
We some reason for their existence
rough their actions they should mako way
+ better men.
The projected movement of the Mon
outh Park association at the opening of
Q present meeting to appoint 4 body of
pable men to take the place of the pres
It board Of stewards was a good one so fnr
IL xpork Rat - liJ S1k m hO1t fnr
ouRh. 1t sought to gather together some
TT Of ill-for med body which would in
measu Q represent the hoiseman. the
,blic, and the newspi pers. The poor
ckeys seem to have been loft GU in the
Id on this deal. but why they should have
neglected IL not plain. The Jockey
ten comes in for a great deal of blame
hich. il assigned to where it rightly be-
nRed, would fall o. the trainers shout
re-. When a Jockey is put W Oh a good
asa horse, who has been left in the stable
couple of weeks, his lot is not an enviable
le by any means. Then, too, there is no
'od reason why the bookmakers should
It have had a representative in this much
ixed assenlblage. They, poor men, often
me into contact with some unsavory job,
I'd where would they be without their rep
ntative? MOI! II the board had been
instituted on these lines. tho Jockeys and
were entitled to representation.
ut the scheme was too ponderous, md be-
re tho almost unanimous opposition of
70 newspapers it died IL its inception.
The scheme, while not the proper one,
as undoubtedly q move in the light di-
ction. What the turf wants 10 an oftioia'
1ard of stewards; men whoss sole duty II
ould be to watch the form Of horses and
riding of jockeys. This il essential.
! present there is a new board of stewards
'ery fifteen or thirty days. and the incom'
e men at o new meeting are wholly
to perform the duties to which
icy are popularity supposed to devote al
,eir attention. This inability on thci'
lrt. however, is not ~chargenble to them
at to the men and the clubs who appoin,
lem. While they are in the stand form
,es not concern them. and the few day,
icy are there ia not sufficient to give them
~ idea Of the respective abilities o.
orses engaged in a race. Tho remedy FOL
lis state Of affairs seems to be simpl,
II the representatives of the diff,
rent Jockey clubs think IL best not *
thrust such important duties to the judgel
ia imperative on them to appoint q BODY
mon who should act during the whole
'ason, following the spot from course t.
,urse. Until this is done the scandals
i'd frauds which crop up all too fire.
1ently must be expected. They are bu,
% natural outgtowth Of a system that II
I'll In itself.
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