The Washington times., 1895-05-10
Horse Owners Are Disguised
with the Island Track.
SORRY THEY ARE OUTLANED
Those Who Try to Race Honestly Get
the Worst OF the Bargain-Dis-
honest Jockeys and Corrupt OFF,
cials Thwart Attempts at Reform.
Jockeys Rideto the Bookies' Orders.

The attendance at the Alexander Island
track has been reduced to mere corporars
guard. Yesterday there were only eleven
bookies doing business, and they spent
most OF their time shouting the odds.
The talk of the day was the Summertime
Macy affair aud the failure OF Governor
Morton to sign the New York racing bills.
Now that this has been done, however, that
difficulty is effectually settled and the
and the opening of the season will be
pushed with more vim and snap than ever.
AS to the former affair." things look pretty
dark for the Virginia Jockey Club. j. M.
Hill, Macy, aud Lafe Block all left yester-
day afternoon for New York.
They had been summoned to attend
meeting OF the Jockey Club at O'Clock in
evening, but teiegraphed that they could
not manage to be on hand before $50.
The action of the Jockey Club i n assum-
ing Jurisdic iction over racing over all
courses east of the eighty fourth meridian
puts the st. Asaph people in a tight
place as q license from the Western
Turf Congress will now be of no use to
them. They will either have 20 close
down or become outlaws.
The racing at the Island was, if pos
sible, more rotten and corrupt than ever.
Little Wiilie,'' ably assisted by Murphy,
did a land office business killing favor
ties. The former rode three of them
just about as badly as he knew how and
the latter got left at the post with another.
Murphy's exhibition was, if anything
more bare-faced than any OF Hams, as
the latter at least made a pretense OF
trying to win.
GIVES THEM THE BLUES.
The falling off in the attendance has
disheartened the horsemen at the track
more than anything else, and many OF
them were heard to wish that they had
stayed within the pale of the Jockey
Club This is more particularly true
of the small owners, who are not in the
"iuncr CIRCLE
No matter which way they turn or what
they do they lose in the long rum As one
| of them, who only has two horses at the
/ track, and who has not been admitted 10
1.-THE ring" said, ~ am swindied and
/ of the best riders at the track ride TO
4 orders from the association and the book.
makers, and when / do manage TO get an
honest boy up they are down on him because
he is straight, and give him the worst
OF the start nine times out OF ten"
There are some GOO horses at the track.
II is safe to say that seven-eighhts of the
owners, trainers, and jockeys connected
with them would give half they possess
| to be given a chance TO race honestly on
| legitimate tracks.
Even the owner who makes an attempt
| to race honestly soon finds that unless
! he conforms 10 the tactics adopted by his
fellow horsemen he will get the worst end
| of il every time.
| StrDr q
! sport, as only two fayorites managed to
/ land the money for the talent.
! SIMPLY A GALLoP.
! Finnwater looked TO be pretty hard
+ horse to beat, and 1 to 8 was the best OBJ
/ tafnable against her in the opening event
/ To a good start she ran back in the bunch
{ to the far turn, where she came through and
won as she pleased by four lengths
At this stage of the game the talent
began to go wrong. They played FIueIler
| strongly, sending him to the post at to 5.
AT the end he could do no better than Sec
ond. Cashmere leading from the head of the
stretch and winning cleverly by length.
| Nothing daunted, they came back ano
sent Little Jim to the post a 8 TO 1C
favorite. Annie T. went to the front al
| the fall OF the flag and led to the fal
| turn, where the favorite came through
and won as he pleased by a length Tralee,
20 to / shot, came fast in the stretch
| and ran into second place.
| Jersey closed favorite in the fourth
event at six aud quarter furlongs. TOP
Gallant was the tip, being backed from
IL down to 6 to /. Chance was lefl
standing at the post at the start. Deyisee
went out and made the running until
Strengthened out for home, when Ontario
came up under the whip aud won in driv
ing finish by neck.
The next race, a five furiong spin out
| of the chute was also taken iuto camp by a
10 to l shot, Pirate Chief was the favor
ite, closing at even money. Murphy de
liberately pulled him up at the start, after
running some thirty yards.
Mamie R. and Caroven aiternated in the
lead to the last furlong where Priuce John
came fast, and won In driving finish
by half length.
Another odds on favorite, under the
careful riding of Mr.. Ham, managed to
get beaten in the last event. Plenty was
the choice of the talent, he closing at z to
10. When it came to racing WoodchoppeI
made all the running and though Eclipse
made a strong play for the money IN
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