The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-10
CHINESE HORSES.
On Kee Sing Wants Them
to Run a Race.
THE FRED ARCHER OF CHINA.
The Promise to Show the "Mel-
lean" Man How to Gamble
on a HorSerace.
Chinatown is going to have horserace.

That is IL the efforts OF lew "norsey
Cinnamon have any effect.
mo catcbe Chow Chow" is the express
sion used by few of the old gamblers, tan
game and lottery proprietors, and they are
respondent.
The police are closing up the gambling
Joints as fast as they ferret them out. Tan
games and lottery schemes are being raided
almost every hour of the day and night. and
lottery ticket is now as far away from
Celestial As cabin passage ticket TO emma
is from coolie who wishes to escape the
effects Of the Geary bill.
Something must be done to make the
money change hands faster and provide
method of securing "Chow-Chow." and the
easiest way now to do that in the gambling
Celestia's mind is to get up horserace.
A h0rserace cannot be stopped by the
police, they say, and betting can be done
just as well and be equally as sure thing
as a lottery or fan.tan.
On Kee Sing is the prime mover in the
enterprise, and the races will if arrange
ments can be made, form part OF the New
Years festival which takes place next
month.
The leader in this movement was up to
few years ago the Fired Archer" OF China,
and his wives melted away, and he is now
nothing moro or less than a dead game
sport" OF Chinatown. but commands con-
siderable prestige as being the authority on
all sporting matters, and especially OF the
turf.
Many of the patrons Of the recent meet
OF the BloOd-horse Association notlced
Chinaman. who almost every day of the
races was to be seen glued to the fence
nearest the finish post. His interest IN the
races sometimes Was intense, and the way
he followed the horses around the ring with
his loug-nailed finger and closely watched
every move of the jockeys and horses
showed that he knew some OF the ins and
outs of the turf So regularly was this China
man at the races that interest WAS taken IN
his daily presence, and turfmen wondered
what brought him to the track so steadily.
He began to be looked upon by some OF the
jockeys as a mascot, and others considered
him as hoOdoo.
the mysterious Chinaman was none other
than On kee Sing, and he was gathering all
the tricks he could in his favOrite sport
Last night he was found with his back
com fortably braced against panel In Mong
KEGS restaurant on Dupont street. smoking
the Vilest OF Chinatown cigars and discuss
Ing horses and hoTseracing with few OF
his fellow-countrymen who are hand and
glove with him in his New Years horse
race scheme.
planned his downfall on the turf IN the
Celestial empire, and gave the foregoing in
formation about the Chinese horserace he is
arranging.
He at one time, according to his story.
owned a number of fast horses in Hong
Kong and lived like an emperor on his luck
in the ring and the feetness and jockeying
of his horses, but at big race some four
years ago on which he had his entire for
tune. including his three mines, staked he
lost and came to America.
On kee Sing, in explaining the race, said
that il was arranged that he should fall oil
his Alorse and the other should win, and
both owners would stand TO win a good
pile.
Sing was thrown according 10 programme,
but the horse did net understand the ar
rangement and kept right on and won with
out a rider.
The recounting of the race amused the
broken jockey and he laughed that wooden,
joyless laugh peculiar TO his race and said
the horse came from ChefoO and knew no
better.
American horses he said were much better
than China horses and can run faster, but
there was not enough gambling about an
American race to suit him.
He said the Chinese would show the
Americans how to bet at a horserace when
they had their races at New Years.
They have not made any arrangements
for track as yet, but il track cannot be
procured they could arrange for stretch of
men chance TO speed their animals.
The coming race so far is only talk, but
meeting of those interested has been called
for an early date and On Kee Sing has every
assurance from those he has interested that
he is confident to see big horse meet at
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