The record-union., 1892-05-25
THEY YELLED TAKE"
A Queer-Looking Running Race at
Agricultural Park.
Lottie Mills Beats Inkerman i'm
Three-Quarter Dash &c Dutch
Chris Says He Was Robbed.

a hundred or more 'ssports. ~ turfpen
and racing-circuit followers gathered at
Agricultural Park yesterday afternoon to
see the thSee- quarter match race between
Ruedy's Lottie Mills and Sanborn's Ink
erman.
IL appears that these racehorses met
.Iast week in dash at Woodland. It is
Sald that the race was 'jobbed''-that
Whlle 1t is was known that Inkerman
was the faster of the two, and would sell
as the favorite, it was fixed, SO the story
goes, that Lottie Mills should win. Lottie
old win the race. But, it is said, when
the hackers of Inkerman came in for
their share of the spoils the other side re-
fused to surrender, saying that their run
ner won on her merits.
OF course there was a rumpus, and the
story is that Inkerman's hackers imme-
diately challenged the Mills people for a
match race-yesterday' race for 81, 900.
When the men gathered on the track
yesterday it was ascertained that one of
the heaviest hackers of Inkerfnan was a
gambler who is known among the fra
ternity as Dutch Chris" Each side put
up S40O-making purse Of $S00-and then
dutch Chris" who had begun to think
that all was not well, refused TO put
up any more.
Pools were sold on the race. The bet
ting started off briskly at even money.
The eagerness with which certain per
sons put up their money on LottIe Mills
sent the odds up on that racer to $50
against Sl2. Still the Mills hackers
bought in the tickets, and then the bet
ting went to $40 to So Later 1t went to
$40 to S., where it remained when the
ind Id Z l,f NNFu. naS
enough at this time to find Mills takers,
but not the inkerman hackers. The lat
ter did not hesitate to say that they
''smelt rat.''
AT o'clock the horses took their places
at the quarter pole.
lnkerman appeared to be in good con-
ditlOn, and was ridden by an Indian boy
who is known to be a first-class jockey.
Lottie Mills did not look SO well, and was
not so well mounted.
The horses scored once, and the next
time were sent off on even terms. In
herman rushed up to the front immedi-
ateiy, but then began to SwerYe and the
mare took the lead at the eighth. At the
quarter she led by an length and MAIN
tanned the same lead under the whip at
the half. 1t may have been a genuine
race, but it certainly looked as ii Inl1er-
man could go much faster if his rider
would let him. When they came down
JElb SIIGLCI1 Mills IIueT whipped
and spurred her at every jump, while the
little Indian who rode Inkermau made
no effort whatever to move his horse up.
But even then Inkermau came near run
ming under the wire ahead. AS it was,
however, Lottie Mills won by a head.
''Fakew "Job!'' ''Swindlep' came
from that portion of the crowd who had
backed Inkerman.
The latter's rider slid out of his saddle
as soon as he could and made for the
stable. Dutch Chris'' stormed He
made for the judges stand to protest, but
found it locked. Then the announce
ment was made that Lottie Mills had
won. Time, l:I5.
When the judges descended from the
stand one of them, gambler known as
Joaquin" was accosted by Dutch
Chris"
Il wanted to protest that race" de-
clared Chris.
why didn't you come up and do it2''
said Joaquin.
You had the door lotked.'
''We waited for you long enough"
was the judges cool rejoinder.
well, couldn't you see that ] was be-
ing robbed ?" demanded Chris excitedly.
es, but what could / do? The other
two judges were against me-"
And thus ended the great three-quarter
dash.