New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-02
RACING IN THE SOUTH.
A CHANCE FOR THE SOUTHERN BOARD OF
CONTROL.
4 MORSE THAT WINS WITHOUT JoCKEY-NoTEs

are Colonel +. W. simmons, Clarence McDo"eh anu
Mr.. Rankin OF Chicago, can find plenty 10 40 III '"c
wilds OF the South II the reform OF 'he 'u'i "o""
there Is really meant. Tile followers OF me''oponU'n
racing know nothing Of the turf methods OF 'he
ambitious sontherner, who his horses IN "eofsi"'
Alabama Tennessee and Sonth Caroiina. lhere "''
a time when racing in South Carohha was vi NV
highest possible plane, but that DAY mas uep"ruu'
Thu prestige OF the South Carolina JOCKEY tiuo was
lonh since lost Bcfo' the Wah, SAL, they raced III
tho old South State for glory. Money was not
consideration. Purses were too small 10 De respect
able and the winning OF them was only pas'."e
OF tho wealthy. Gloves and boxes OF canoy were Tue
,aual wagers The women never dreamed Oh oe.uue
money IL was not considered proper or iad!
The races were over distance Of ground ana Tie
word milling, was not IN vogue. There is not
more interesting book OF racing than the history OF
the south Carolina Jockey Club. 1t tells OIL Sport
that was pure and undehleo' -,
rbo so,tberners are fond Of racing Even the
sta,d man OF business, wien he comes Nor'h 10 pus
Goods or 10 borrow money, never feels 'hal MS
,,,ss,o, bos heon successfully accomplished Unless
h ravs a visit 10 Morris Park, sheepshead Bay
Gravesend or Monmouth. The leiio" c'uL.
Toombs. Stephens. Davis and Hill love 10 nav
dollar down on the tip OF ter Norlner" o''
who know the ropes II there Is any 'hlhs uo' wv.
more than politics it is hOrSe-racinS In 'he, o"i
,.r ,hov cannot ford to have the highest ciass
=, ac,rg so they content themselves With what the!
can get at the small meetings when 30 as "u'
a. comfy fairs There many iaKlrs a' 'eSe i''s
Owners race as they please, make their wv" '
and win or lose as the notion strikes 'he'n' %
ipdres are picked up wherever they Gun oe iouiu'
I'D ora usualy without any OF the necessary guam
tca,,ons The whole thing TO them is h"ee 'o'
They serve without compensation ana WITHOUT N'"''
responsibility. ,, 49, uaor from
A dealer in this city has received an oroer ironi
Two young men of Alabama FOR TWO Ut 'l''e 49,.
with which they want TO make the southern 80,
winning every Ting there u " oe ~
Is most astonishing. .. ,,,o,
ave want" they say, "somc horses u'a' 49, 49,
win in the North, half broNendo"n Ahi'n"''
,hot we can get cheap. Buy us some tha' eau 90
mile in about AS on sood rack anu orvt,nr in
.aus1cd That is fast enough TO win every u'e !"
Soorc,o and Alabama. We want TO spring tnem OH
the people down here" ,, ,u..rroc,tod
Yon don't intend 10 do any ringing y i''c'''e
the dealer c.oa thing
"Ccrtainly not but If we get hold OF gooo uiins
81. ore not going TO give 1t away" was the NP''
.suppose something turns up that can peat 40
what will you DO then 7" II, g., -
aIf We think anything can beat us we VIII lay up
tie heat"
aOh. IFS all heat racing, thenF'
"wel not exactly; not the sort OF heat racing 'na'
YOU moan We went try 10 WIN IL VIC Ni'" " wiz
otner horse can beat u.s. m
What will the judges say 10 that sort OF game
The Judges They won't know anything about
II. They can't anything. Ihey ooh' A"o"
whether a horse is trying or not. We ooh'. pay an.
,toption to them Why, the Judges down there don't
low what a horsc-race is. They just sit up in the
stand and do as they arc told TO do"
DO Won mean to say that you will pull your
horses whenever you want to do IT. -.
"Tia's the way 1t IS done all over the south
n man can't possibly win with his horse, whats inc
use OF riding QUIT 1t only hurts the horse. "heh
NO know We can't WIN we always let the other fellow
have the race We can do him some other une
That's the only way can make racing pay down
there. How is 1t made profitable in the North
"You couldn't work any such game as that in the
North When yoa pull here you arc ruled off, or the
Hoard Of Control takes away your license"
aDo The Judges up here always know when horse
is pulled'''
Bless you no. And nobody else knows. IT'S one
of tie things that man or set Of men can decide
Tut there's such thing keeping bad folks scared
Irs the only way 10 keep them straight. It's Ike
the boy who was holding tho bull by the tail; he
couldn't stop him, but he could make MIN 80 SLOW.
When you pull up here you have got TO be powerful
slick about f. You couldn't work the Alabama racket
I'M here IN any purpose You would go 10 the wall
mieh'y soon.'
"Its good thing then that we are going TO do
business In tho South. There amt any fun in the
sport when you are closely watched. We won't
get into any trouble In Alabama or Georgia for they
have no Ioard Of Control there and no judges that
know what's what. Send down the horses ms soon
~ Won can ard VIII get to work on them. We
want horse that work with old Starlight.
Can you get us onel'
"who Is Starlight What has he ever done1'
"IIe has come mighty making us rich Don't
YOU know Starlight We racc him without jockey
All we do IS to put lead pad and let him co. lie
knows more about racing than any Jockey In America
He'll 70 10 the post and take his position without
assistance and never gets left. lie mas get little
the worst Of the start but before he has gone fur
long he has the pole and Is In the lead fou ought
10 see him take the pole from the other horses Hell
do 1t or break his neck. II he can't 20 through on
tho inside he will 90 around In front. He'll do Just
20 much and not ounce more. He'll never try t.
outdo himself All that he wants Is TO get Ills head
In front lie won't run away from his horses, but
will Just manage to keep few inches In front and
rate along. He's a splendid Judge OF pace ana can
Go q mile In / "A every time.
"You ought to see the old fellow at the post Id
some false starts II the breakaway Is bad all the
tudge has 10 do Is to ring bell Starlight will whcc
instantly and 90 back 10 the post. He never gives
any trouble I've seen him score dozen times and
come back beautifully every time Sometimes th'
Judges call him back Just To see how he Will behave
ana TO please tic public. lie never dlsapponts them
"Hs Is his own trainer. old Starlight lie regu
lates his own feed and gives himself the necessary
amount CT work t. keen him In the best possible con
dltion for racing car I'll hi. IrOuga ful OF corr
and oats go into his STALL put his nuzzle for three
minutes take 1t OF again and leave him for the nsht
and he viii not touch grain OF his food lie Knows
that he Is going the following day. and governs
himself accordingly. In the morning we turn him on
for work lie knows exactly how much he need
and will not do ounce too much. He Will cantel
slowly around 10 the homestretch and work fast dowT
10 the line. or he will 60 at good clip the whole
tourney Sometimes he will work twice around. ant
have known him to go three miles before pulling mp
A, for travelling there's no horse or man tiat car
heat him. When want TO ship him TO place al
we have 70 do Is to put him in a car. give him BALI
yog of, ,tfg "A
the train IL isn't necessary TO shnt the doors, an'
Won need not tic the old fellow up. No matter nov
rough the road, no matter whether the train stays OF
the track or not YOU can't throw Starlight of his fee