The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-07-09
STIRRED UP.
DRIVING PARK CO., sTOCKHOLD.
ERS ARE COMPLAINING.
The Meeting Wasn't a Success, and
Many Think the Attendance Was
Small Because of Rather Raw
Work In the Races,

Work In the Races.
The July meeting of the Canton Driv.
Ing Park Company is ended, but its i'm
preston is too deep to be effaced in day,
and It's ultimate result can only be con-
jeetured. 1t was in no sense success.
In the first place, the GLASSES were not
filed, Other race meetings caused this,
In part, but with the acknowledged best
half.mile track in Ohio, and with purses
as large as at other points, It cannot be
seen, at first blush, why horsenien pre-
ferred to go some place other than Can
ton to start their horses. Those who at
tended the races last year and witnessed
the hippodrones, can understand how q
horseman with an ounce Of true sporting
blood In his veins, would decline to bring
horses Tor certain classes, and declining
In that would, Of course, decline also to
divide their strings, with the result that
carloads Of 81 eedy ones went to poorer
tracks and in some instances sought
smaller purses, in order to avoid getting
tangled with disgracetul "pulls' and
more disgraceful 'jobs to win" 1t has
got abroad, among horsemen, that to
come to Canton means to arrive at place
where every move on the side is made In
the interest of one man and his string Of
horses, come of which have more or less
speed Whether this supposition Is cor
rect, is another matter. 1t does not lie in
the power Of the judges or starter to
better things, as q deal is often made and
executed so cleverly that it is not just ap-
parent, but when deal is made, 1T is usu-
ally found that 1t emanates from dis.
honest track follower and pool box
gambler, in whom the public have nc
confidence. In consequence the public is
not the loser. 1t Is not often, however,
that the president Of an association that
is giving the race meeting, who invites
the public to see his horses 20; who pro-
vides for the public place to gamble; @
pool box in which to drop money; who
says to the pubic: 81 am the president
of this association which Is composed Of
honest business men who have put IL
their money hoping that crowds will bc
brought to town and business facilitated
you may have confidence in me. AS tn,
represeD tstive Of the business men whit
re Interested In this association
am here to assist with tn,
success of this meeting, and am presen
TO see that you get honest sport for you
money" 1t is not often, as stated, tina
the president of an association Of this sor
stoops to the level Of the quarter-stretcl
lounger. And 1t is more painful. there
fore, to be called upon to chronicle suol
an act, especially as the whole fact doe
not tend to give the outside public al
elaborately good opinion of this city.
Last year the friends of Karl K.and hi
owner, were thrown down and great wad
of money went away from them; not be
because he was pulled so that he couldn'
win. 1t was not an honest race. Dis
honest methods were used to keep tn
horse from winning. The supposition /
that horse is put into a race to win.
he isn't, il ought to be announced from
the stand that the whole thing Is a fake
that there isn't anything honest about 1t
that the best horse will not win, but is il
the race simply to fill up place and saw
q mark
This year the races were much wors
than ever before. Only few of the race
were honestly won, and one of those hon
estly won was won after methods ha
been adopted that were not sportsman lik
and that did not give to the race meetin
an honest flavor, coming from the sourc
it did. Redeeming features of the meet
ing were the races that Susie W. won
that Mary S. won; that Minting wo
and that one or two others won. Tn
first race, on Thursday, was won by Susi
W. by honest work. The second race, tn
300 trot, could easily have been won b
President John @. Welty's Lady Elyria
She wasn't driven to win. The last hes
of the third race was won In 2:29H
when President Welty had mare 4
that was fresh and could have gon
faster than that; in fact, went easily 1
2I9H the day previous. The fourt
race was strictly an honest race. Pres
dent Welty didn't have horse in tha
race.
The grand fake, the best part of it a.
being that 1t didn't pan out according t
program, was the a;l4 trot. Presider
Welty's Pilot Boy was in that race an
was being backed by the bookies an
many of the horses friends, $40 to :;
President Welty was on the quartz
stretch, and just before the race starte
was in conversation with the drivers {
the other two horses. The heat ws
trotted in 2;19A, Black Storm bein
under q heavy pull Everybody coul
see that the race had been fixed for PilC
Boy to win, and everybody had o stron
suspicion as to what means had bee
used, it being rumored-whether wit
truth or not Is not known-that Owne
Cvaig got $50 from some source for pul
ing his horse He was willing, as
didn't want his horse to get q low mari
A second heat was gone by these 81
trotters. The track was fast and IL
weather fine, but the best that could
done was 2;22, Pilot Boy winning, The
the crowd complained. DIR. l.. |