The Washington times., 1895-06-29
QUARTERMASTER DEAD"
Owner and Jockey May Be Barred
From Both Tracks.
FRAUD QUICKLY DISCOVERED
st. Asaph Officials Were Too Wary
For the Wool Pullers-BIizzard
WOna Peculiar Race-Sulky Horses
Were Responsible For the Finish.
Siberia j Justified the Betting.

Just why the owners and jockeys who
are always on the lookout TO carry out
some crooked scheme should select the st.
Asaph track as the best place to put it
through it would be hard TO say. Lately,
however, such has been the case aud
but for the alertness of the officials of
that track they would have been successful.
Yesterday the owner of Quarteumaster
thought he would have trial at the game
but he was not more successful than those
who went before him and he will be a lucky
man il he ever races on either one of the
across-the-river tracks again
The horse was prohibitive favOrite al
8 to and could have won away off if
the boy had made any show OF riding
at all. r. King had the mount and he viii
likely suffer also, as he so openy pulled
the horse that there was no question about
the animal being dead.
RUNS CROOKED RACES.
The horse is trained by Johnny Castle and
has run some in-and-out races at the Island
track that should have been Investigated.
The fourth race furnished the surprise OF
the day, Blizzard winning easily at odds
of 80 TO l. 1t was most peculiar race
in every respect, the fact that out Of he five
starters four of them were noted sulkers
accounting for the strange manner IN which
it was run.
After half a dozen breaks they got
off to a perfect start. Jersey set the
pace to the upper turn, where Blizzard
went out, and opening up big gap, led
by five or six lengths down the back
stretch. with jersey a length before EOlic,
and Juggler sulking in the rear twenty
lengths out of the race.
AS they rounded the first turn first
Eolic and then jersey passed the leader
and he commenced to go back rapidly.
At this juncture jersey went to the front,
but at once dropped back, and EoliC
swung into the stretch with a lead OF an
open length.
Then he stopped and finished absolutely
last, while Blizzard, again making up
his mind TO run, came on and Woneasily from
JuggIer, with Jersey a bad third. The
whole race looked very funny, but there
was no suspicion of crookedness, as each
one of the boys was riding hard all the
way.
AN OUTSIDER WON.
The betting in the opening race lay be-
tween Flattery and Son Malheur, with
the former closing favorite at 2 to l. At
the end neither one of them got the money,
as after Son Malheur had made ali the
running Cheddar got up and, shaking him
off, Won easily.
Wistful was made fayorte for the three
year-old event, closing at even money,
while Carpenter was also heavily played
being backed from skies down to fours.
To a good start Torello went out in front,
and making all the running won easily by
four lengths.
Caroven went to the post a 6 TO
choice in the next, having been played down
from tbrees. He beat the flag, and steadily
drawing away from bis field, won easily
from Brogan.
Siberia, the favorite for the fifth race,
Justified the betting. She was badly
Knocked aboutat the startbut camevery fast
when she got clear of her field. The start
was a poor one with Jessie Taral all but
left.
The least said about the closing race the
better If the boy had tried he could
have won with ease, but as he didn't those
who bet on Minnesota cashed.