The record-union., 1896-10-01
The Mainstay Cinch.

Eds. Record Union: I note in your
columns of the 2Sth instant that the
directors of the State Agricultural So
clety are to be asked to take action to
bring about the reinstatement of the
Eorse Mainstay and his owner, Lindsay,
after they We're ruled off the track for
lie for the apparent deliberate job in
the race of September 10Th.
AS spectator and lover of honest
racing, and one who looks for protec-
ton from jobs while racing on the State
track, l trust you will make an effort,
or induce some member of the State
Rcard to make proper inquiry before
permitting horse or jockey While rum
ming in the colors o. Lindsay, to learn
IL the job was not run in the interest
CT the books
The statement that on account OF
the horse wearing blinkers permitted
the mud to blind hin sounds well in
the ears of those cashing tickets on
Sabiila and Ricardo, but it's a very lame
excuse, for there was not a horse in
the race that can outfoot Mainstay any
part of the journey, when the book
makers lay against him and they have
notia "cinch."
Why did the Judges permit the bets
to stand and then rule the outfit off?
If the public cannot obtain protection
from such rank and palpable jobs, the
sooner the betting public learn it the
better off they will oe, for then we can
guess the Job" and not the form of
the horse.
The strongest argument that can be
offered that the horse was stiff" lies
in the betting ring transactions. Off
GERS and Directors Of the society are
familiar enough with betting customs
to know that ''nigger in the fence"
was on when the odds laid by the books
Increased instead of shortened. Main
stay opened in the betting ring at to
D, and money was taken as fast as
offered and never bet refused, when
lull on Mainstay came with to !, and
more money, and then to 1, where it
remained
1t is undeniable that did the same
amount go in the ring on Mainstay,
where job was not fixed, the quota
tions would have 1een, with the gen
ercsity and liberallty Of The book
makers considered, about to B, or
to 8, at the best.
In the race above referred to it would
have shown spirit of justice on the
pdrl CI UlS Judges 10 nave CdlleQ LOT
the bOokmakers' sheets If they We're not
convinced from observation. This prac-
tice prevails at Ipgleside. The jockey
obeyed instructions to the letter, for he
pulled his mounts" head the entire
distance, and even at the wire the
horses head was SO far to one side that
he struck the distance post and went
down in the mud. This is where the
mud blinded" him. Possibly the blink
erS story is only q fake. At any rate,
it's the first time the mud got into his
eyes, as he is recognized by bookies and
the betting public as q mud-horse that
is always good. The bunksrs are good
excuse for the cinch.
In former years, when jobs have been
permitted to go. It has been open talk
that the society would lose the percent
age If bets were declared cff. but since
the society could not be interested In
the Mainstay Job 1t seems reasonable
to have expected a run for our money,
or else bets off,
Lindsay is not the owner Of Main
stay, and so long as the horse remains
in his stable he should not be permitted
tc again job the people with Mainstay
or any Of his string, and the Directors
Of the State Agricultural Society will
retain the confidence Of the betting pub
lie by not Withdrawing their ruling now
IN effect. HONESTY.