The evening world., 1894-06-07
GOSSIP OF THE TURF. =.

Jockey Doggett merited much more
severe punishment than a $3.50 fine and
suspension. His brutal attack on Fox
cannot be condemned too harshly. Boys
with such ungovernable tempers as
Doggett appears to have should not be
allowed to ride at all, for sooner or
later serious results may follow nj
OF passion. Doggett Is good rider and
he Is always trying hard to win, but
he should by this time have learned to
take a defeat without making such
public display OF his passion. Doggett
is employed by DR. Gideon Lee Knapp,
one OF the powers in the Jockey Club.
He will be permitted to ride for his en-
ployer only.
Herald starts against Banquet and
Sir Walter to-day. II Is pity that the
owner Of this fairly good colt Will not
could could win win many purses il dropped into
the right spots.
Redskin yesterday. pike" Mckenna
led the crowd and cashed wei 70 the
had not Grimm gone to sleep on Kinglet.
1t Is rather rough on a jockey who
belabors and spurs his horse for quar-
ter Of a mile in an endeavor to win; to
haze Ss Ss 9SneT osSeS} peG
Such was Billiards. experience at Mar.
ragansett Park yesterday. He had the
mount on Hyaka, a pony, in the sixth
to take any action in the matter.
All Of the six favorites, by the way,
were beaten at Narragansett yesterday,
and some peculiar form was displayed.
1t is rather poor policy to thus initiate ,., a
passed pool bill. legali.ing the sport.
In several Of the races yesterday II
was an absolute impossibility to see the
hUeiss the brow " Of III the 'i hli in long races.
Star Actress shivered as Bergen dis
mounted from her in the sixth race yes
terday. Her legs trembled, and the
crowd expected to see her drop to the
ling through the last furlong. only to be
beaten a short head.
The two-year-old Bombazette ran an
astonishingly good race in the closing
event last night.
DR.. Gideon Lee Knapp gives notice in
the Jockey Club that he will move to add
the following to the rues of racing:
There shall be three horses placed In
every race and all horses must be ridden
out for these places"
This means that the Jockey Club has
listened to the pleadings. Of the book
makers. and will. no doubt. permit hoth the
in the ring. This rule should have been
adopted long ago. 1t Is a good one, and
If full place betting is permitted the
rule should be rigidly enforced.
II Bergen. Horton, Nacey or some
Jockey without powerful backing, had
been guilty OF the same offense as Dog
gett yesterday, John Hunter and the
other figureheads would have turned
handsprings in their haste to get him
off the turf, but as Doggett rides for
Jockey Club the Stewards had no
CONCEAL" knowledge Of Doggett's scan,
daious behavior until the angry crowd
swarmed around the stand. Had Philip
]. Dwyer not taken hand in the affair
it Is more than likely the incident
would have been passed over without
notice. It the same old story OF In
there would have been had Conrad
tlefieid, been lashed by Doggett.
Once more Mr.. James Rowe has been
SO grieved over his failure to get the
horses away that 1t is announced by one
OF his particular friends that he Is think
ing of resigning. Many race-goers would
be delighted II Mr.. Rowe would stop
thinking and hurry up his resignation.
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