The Washington times., 1895-05-08

! The Jones faction hold winning cards
at the outlaw race track and intend
to play them for all they are worth.
The attendance at the track yesterday
was hardly one-half OF what it was q
few weeks ago. or course, the exodus
of racing men to New York is largely
accountable for this, bu it has had
nothing like the effect upon the attendance
at st. Asaph that it has at the Island.
Even the regulars admit that it is a
hard game and many of them.leave their
rolls" at home when they go to the outlaw
track
1t would take columns TO pick to pieces
each event and show the crooked means that
are employed TO fleece tie public, but, Gs
an Illustration, several or yesterdays races
will fully answer the purpose.
The opening event might well have been
looked into. The ride on Louis Quatorze
was about on par with many of the
efforts of the young man who rode him.
Ham. or as he is more famiIiarly known,
Little Willie" had the mount and to-
ward post time il was whispered all over
tht Ing ilidb uDISt W as QtoQ
The race justified this ruTnor, as Ham de-
fiberately ran into pocket coming into
the stretch and finished back in the ruck.
A PALPABLE FOUL.
The most barefaeed steal of the day oc-
Cured in the next race, which was at six
and quarter furiongs. woodchopper was
hot fayorite, opening at to and
going TO the post at 4 to 8.
..aNf fr..V r-.II.
where Ny Gype came up and challenged
him. Nostrand had his mount well III
hand and could have won haDaay when
Neei deliberately lore in on him, nearly
forcing him over the outside rail. In fact,
he would have gone over If he had not
pulled up.
After weighing out Nostrand made claim
of foul, bHtas the good money was down
on the winning horse, ii was, OF e--arse, not
allowed
Pat Woodcock's race in the fourth eyeut
also looked queer, but it was nothing COM
pared to the last race.
The whole field was apparently dead to
Grand Pnx, but borse that did not ap-
pear 10 be very dangerous was overlooked,
and the good thing fell through.
Con Lucy's run. however, was the one
that should be inses tIgated. Fenni-
more. boy who should be driving an ice
wagon had the mount and that w as enough
to kill any horse. His orders had evi-
IDENTIFY been carefully given to him as Con
Lacy was never given chance to ex-
tend himself.
Louis Quatorze was the choice OF the
talent in the first event, going 10 the post
at to2. OF the others, Rufus was most
liked and closed at fours.
Juliet led to the last furlong, where
Flash came with a rush and landed the
money by q head from Sydc.
%,To Ia
chopper in the second event. This race
was reduced fully one-half by scratching.
LED THE WHOLE TRIP.
To good start it was the favorfte all
the way, he winning by half a length
from My Gyps, whom he fouIed very
badly near the finish.
Senella was the hottest kind of a tip
in the two-year-old race. The opening
price of 4 to l was jumped on and
quickly hammered to to .. WistfuI was
also heavily played, going to the post at
the same pUlce.
The good thing cut out the running and
looked winner clear to the last sixteenth,
where Murphy brought wistful up and
won in pretty finish by a length.
Gonzales was overlooked To some ex-
tent in the mile and a sixteenth race and
closed at 8 to l. Benvolio was the IA
vorite at to 8.
Benvolio pnoted the way to the head of
the stretch, where Rama and Gonzales
passed him and in a rattliug finish the
latter won by length.
Key West W as a $40 10 favorite for the
fifth race. with Connors next iii demand
at TO g
The favorite got away the lest CT the
start and was never caught, wi:Hing
easily by four lengths.
The good thing OF Saturday, Pattie,
landed the last race. Grand PnN was
heavily backed, but could not 10 The trick IN
spite OF getting the best of the send eff.