The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-25
CROOKED RACING WORK.
now RINGERS ARE OPERATED M
DISHoNEsT HoRsEEEN.

A@--NN AsN ~ ~ NAANNs
A custom which gave the turf authorities
Considerable trouhls for years, but is hap.
ply becoming less frequent as the racing
public becomes educated, was what Is techni-
cslly known a. ringing" or, in other words,
the substitution Of one horse for another. giving
an ordinary performer the name Of some race
horse Of merit. In some instances the animals
were entered In contests under fictitious names.
and their identity concealed by some Of the
numerous tricks known 10 the horse sharp.
The custom OF ringing was for many years
conhed almost exclusively to the trotting turf
but as racing interests became more widespread.
and the opportunities for thievery became cor
respondingly greater. the crooked men who fol-
lowed the thoroughbred. and would rather
earn one dishonest dollar than ten dollars hon
estly, took up the custom, and many OF them
thrived at II and made enough money to become
comparatively rich. But money earned in that
fashion rarely sticks. and most Of the pioneers
In the business have little to show for the years
of scheming and robbing they INDUCED in.
Turf history Is brimful Of sensational ring
ers. and many men of education who somehow
had q screw loose somewhere and lacked mental
poise are to-day exiled from the turf because
they could not resist the temptation to obtain an
advantage over their fellow man. An American
Il now confined In q German prison because he
VIZ" :" u
started her under q false name and pedigree.
lie was found out, as all rogues are in time, and
the German Government is now prosecuting the
case 30 vigorously that experts were summoned
from this country to give testimony. Many
of the t~rotting horse gentry when under the
ban of the chief legislative body Of the trotting
turf have renounced the harness horse and
tsSeh up the thoroughbred TO the unutterablc
Al.-uA - -. Il L-- alI- -
were prepared lor a repetitnon OF former otences
whenever tue occasion aHordeu itself. IL was
no easy matter to ring thoroughbreds, but some
vere daring enouob IN spccccd and tho hal-
80 Ne ns.n. ~t 49,, snaiaaa a"u ~ !,
snce' py means OF such devices as weighted
boots, lead bandages, and heavy shoes. managed
70 rob systematically
ABOUT the most SUCCESSFUL case OF ringing on
the record Of the turf for the past decade was
the famous Tanner-polk BadQett race nj Ioto.
y" o auN"" nauset' : :. Ln,o-
MA Ianner was a very speedy bay gelding by
IsIsnd and reoardsl 81. ono ., H. 49,, %
No, ,ho Ias, sair;nr n,.,n.o :.
q mile or a mile and a sixteenth. This
gelding, when four years old, disappeared one
day in the most mysterious fashion and IL ven.
said that De Long had sold him 10 Western par
ties for a.. 400. II wa. probabIy . month IT,
the gelding was disposed Of that the telegraph
wires flashed from Cincinnati the story OF a most
"A arin1 and A. sha ann,o tl.,. -Et -
on the bonI rna y. ~ 90 ~, LII suovessiui rnd
story relst,d low a bav gnIiin, eo y ne
had saartsd nnssar ;sa r u pE a st"3ie boy,
nj Istonia tho nretty cn~r.o ~ ~ oun bauEet.
across the river from Cincinnati. and how the
The Instant The odds were ns.tnd Tba d.,nn %
FOR PoiS Haagett was : strona ,h u ne h ueIn nn
makers yyere corr ne,isJ ANY wa. ~ oo1k-
horses name from ibeir siates ana re}rs su ~ ino
dollar against him. pal II I Rniget TO way lay
lsi.gatIo mit ~ . ~ most pidicuiGus Ease. and the
tbeis nancy ~ '""rpefs U u time III coiiectihg
"rhfr ra.s ,cr .r.bori,,o. or .
,ba winner Ls = ho dtInnnrn were suspicious OF
be any ordinary perfopmsr and md When ,v spSea 10
II i1Snius from IN 'h hSa Various iSu cities where betting
Won IN 81 ,hsv noaednuso u.,iars We're
q the geldins and the eelding himself. They
winner in an hour or TWO. but selzii rSu ,ime ' by
PPrSbSJb by , Ghnp.e = ,orr no, w,o
tonie M NE tinn , nna wreenn WIZ were at La.
ISrdMaf M eapTessed inc oeliet that POLK
one and anu ~. som Era. seIiing piaters
yery iignt pay IN Color with the bay running
car u nc igpEs III .i hO q the coronet. and ne had
The legs were dyed black and the scar
moi look ed H. same nne "a The i a resi- sho d, ,b Slssaaee 6ne
tanner had q peculiar. swanlike way Of carrying
~ ~ recoaniled new nv Wh len AT spec. an6 ne would
efb"snase| py u oy my close observer or
,haraeteristiSs OF gai,, style, and conformation
= me xnra sen; 10 'ne human ihnliy. Ieie-
;Ians me,f seha 10 hhicaso 10 intercept the
iu,se anu .nose VINO hsa MN IN charge, but the
,ni hn.ha mers oieyeT AZ their business and they
.anI,ai 1 ~ ss.d'nE mar way 10 Tue windy
~, = ~ Iested ipra re" uhysst u small
az sbinnad Kim, -, ~ h- sne1 piaclng tanher ona
III s5hi !, nm oJersey 1lty. InESuN wasa p-
'I ~ ~ ~ onen 'hhnins, anu a TeporIer was az the
/. b ~ y ". " no1ori1us branhqh Drothers,
u % slspootea from nrsto Oh having been
. - " h. ~ tne steai, wheh that worthy
Snn sIa,,oh agent OF ne pennsylvania
'nn ~ Su,nnanaaa t TIN Woulu Pc due brah-
rn no. mi ~ nat II WOULD oe the next
= ~ in.ns, ~ ho went 10 laylors Hotel ana
$500. ~ NJ WI nh,he anu went 70 bed.
'nJtnn,hes arr.rea that nlght ny midnight ana was
away toa prlvate STABLE IN Jersey city
YES md n,omanto ua efn u Ia the shape OF
IL P.s.hhenn's meI9 Ieit IN Tue ear 70 prove
~" tna' TUE was not raise one.
nv puphi,ailoh IN The SrN OF the follow
nas " tne hrrnbyal OF tanner anu the con
rested pnn o Nun the case
Lga.cd q SENSATION, ana the horse was
nIpped away as soon as II was safe To
IA MIN noM many other times Tanner
=. - - u ~ . LiIhger nn9ohF SHOWS except those
n baxa aixan ~ ~ ~ they nave or pretended
snon w ~ turl ioT inc ROod oi inc
~ wa pIVSen UPON ihyestlgation that
ann yMTbh' pau ~ wnen purehased from DE
soHk WIN u tucCh urdWn ny a Well-knOwn