The morning times., 1895-08-18
DEAD UhSS' RUNNING
Two Events at ihe Island Track
Undoubtedly Crooked.
JIMMY IAM14 WAS QUEER
In the Last Race the Intention was
to Force Dart in First, but FroIic-
some Lass Spoiled the Scheme.
Congdon was, Set Down for His
Ride on silva.

som e lJitSS Eo1toittu tEtc StAitHte.
Congdon was Set Down for His
Ride on silva.
While the racing at the island yesterday
was fairly good, il was not everything
That could lie desired, as one or two races
were so ralpaLly crooked that everyone
who saw them Wondered there was not
a wholesale ruling Off
The first event furnished a case that
certainly demanded an ninvestigationandt the
last event fairly reeked with corruption.
II Jimmy Lamhy was not dead 'un,'
in the opening race, he must have hadsome-
thing the matter with him that prevented
him from making decentshow Of winning.
He opened up At even money lait after Il
slight play had come i'll on him, commenced
to recede ana when the horses went 70 the
post as good as 10 20 could Le had against
him and there were very few takers at
even those literal odds. He finished very
indifferent fourth.
The closing race was, Oh The face OF Il,
one OF the worst that have been ran at the
across-the.rlyor track. Dart was = strong
favorite ana the game was evidently to
''shoo" him in. Forest was ;he worst
kind of a lobster and Con Lucy was appar-
emily not trying any too hard.
THE LASS WAS DANGEROUS
The horse in the race that was evidently
not considered dangerous was FrolIcsome
Lass. wifde Ham had the mount on Dart
and rode him hard, but was beaten out
on the post by tHe Lass, The latter ran
a wonderfully improved race and must have
! certainly been a lobster the last time she
! started.
This race was allowed to pass without
/ any Official notice taken OF it, Under
wood. the owner OF Forest, has had about
enough monkey business from Parsons
! and it is time he got rid OF the boy and
! pat one in his place who would not throw
him down
Parsons has ridden some very funny
/ races lately and q few weeks Oh the ground
would do him. some good He should, at
! least, be warned, as his in-aHd-oul riding
viii get his emplPFr in trouble sooner or
, later. Underwood runs his hurses on The
leye., bit VIII not stand any better chance
than the rest OF them with a crooked Jockey
. riding for him
while theclosIng race was allowed b. pass
without notice. Judge oyster thought that
Siya was pulled in the fourth race and
after the boys had weighed out ordered
ali OF the boukes 20 send their sheets into
the office.
4 SHOWED POOR JUDGMENT
They did so, and after a careful exam
nation they were pronounced to he al
right Notwithstanding uIis, meet
ing was held. ana Cepgdon, who rode the
horse, was set downAnul further inves
tigation is madf, bnd the entries Of
Johnny Diestel %ili be refused at the
island track unfit has explained the
running of the horse TO the judges.
While this action of the Alexander
Island officials on the surface shows &
commendablc desire to have clean racing
at their track, il can readily be seen tha
they are not quite as honest in their ruling:
I as they might be Siva's showing can b'
easily explained. He has only started
twice in the East when the track was a
all muddy. and on both occasions has made
q miserable showing
The first time was at the st. Asaph track
| and Patsy McDermott was held respor
siblc for his defeat II was shown then
however, that he could not run lick Il
the mud, and the boy was allowed to rid
at once If the judge was honest IN tn
belief that the horse was pulled, whic
IS doubtful, then it is only another Illus
tratton OF his incompetcncy
Diestcl went TO Cincinnati to play bot
Halle Gay and silva, and no doubt he ca
prove to the satisfaction OF the "judg
with the blinkers" that both Of his eI
tries We're trying.
OLD GOLD DIGGER WON.
The opening event went to Gold Digger
who was played down from skies to twos
He beat Sarcasm two lengths. The latte
was a length in front of Lithograph.
, Halle Gay got a horrible start in tn
two-year-old race and finished second I
Vesta If she had gotten away decent
: she would have galoped away from he
field BacCarat seems to have lost som
Of his speed and was no better than THU
! at the finish.
\ Contest ran q great race in the thlr
event He was twenty lengths out OF
} going down the back stretch As the
Strengthened out for home ne had IN
y proved his position somewhat, pul eve
. then appeared hopelessly beaten. ParSor
had him under the whip clear down II
! stretch, and in a desperate drive lande
. him winner by a short length froI
7 Bella G.
y The fourth event went to Watch Charu
s who is in grand form just at present. +
k ran neck and neck with Billy Boy to II
e head of the stretch, where he drew ava
r and won easily from Brooklyn, who can
:, very fast at the end.
~ Irish Lass, Bencfactor and Mary
: closed equal favorites for the fifth rae
The former won it in gallop. Ben
factor was second, a head before Windgal
third.
K The closing race was, on its face, fiX'
4 | for Dart TO win, but Frolicsome La
n | suddenly came to life and "copped' u
coin.
Down the Line.
Nativity dropped dead with heart disea
~ when nalf way down the stretch Congo
'u was riding him but escaped unhurt