Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-27
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Tho Plot UnsaIthsd by The Beard Of
Stewards Of a Jockey Club
LITTLE PIE A MA FRAUD.
HRav Work" at the Iugla'iie and Bay
District Race Iracks-A For
tune Made.

BAN FANuuco, March 1.-THE EK'
aminsr says this mlrnlns: One Of the
most succossiul plots 10 de.rau the
rubllc has Just been uuearlhvd by the
board OF stewards Of the Pacific coast
Jockey club.
II is Known positively that three
Jockeys ut least entered into a cou'
,pifaoy TO dciraud the public, ami their
nqent was Little Pete, the famous
Chinese plunscr.
The premier Of the jockeys who have
been riding At tnglesido aud the Bay
Dstrict track is implicated. Ho IL
Jerry Chofn, the cDlOTui boy who mas
been riding for the pact year Tor the
we'll known bookmaker, Barney
schrelbef. The other Jockey is young
ChBvalior.
Ths boasd OF stewards will not d..
vulgu the names Of tue other jockeys
and persons involved, but when u IL
Known they have In their possgtaion
an sfiidavit OF one Of the paTlisf, C1u'
fossiug not only to his own guilt, but
exposing that Of the othtfg, the tigui'
hcanoe Of the Investigation can be
appreciated.
Pfusiiout Williams and the board Of
stewards have been suspicious Of GER
tain Jockeys and parties Tor the post
three weeks When racing hrgani
tpvornl days ugo, VI the Bay District,
the watched tho sections % the pafiiua
they had under suHpicl1ni In fact they
had detectives employed TO shadow
them.
The detectives watched the lockies
night and Gay anu discovered several
uf them were In the habit OF Nisiunl
Little petu's shoe factory on washing
ton street. On Wednesday night
March Is, they paiu visit % IN,
headquaftefs " the heather piungrf
The next day tho juigr6, stewards ant
DETECTIVES were on the lookout
Everything satisfied them the mex
day until the butt,u opened on th'
fourth face, a seven ami half iufloni
DISH over tho inside. Th,e Coufso d
90 up.nnd.down-hili affair and Just th'
thing ~ make "raw work" ralhe
ehFy,
Nephew, with Shaw up, orouoi up
asa 2 90 I iavofits; Jack Rlohciiou
With Jerry ChoTn ~ asa b 10 . srcon!,
choice. Chovalier'e mount NJ
smoke, opened up at 3 % !. Thes
were the iifst, second anu thitd choices
while Sea spray, with H. lsom az
ouenud upal 4 20 /. Strange TO say
Littl. Pete athriod % bet heavily OF
sea Spray. lie bet hundreds on hiu
IN every book And s0on Sea spra!
tecuiud 10 D.
Tue race was run aud Sea Spra,
won, uTsetilug the Judgment Of IN
"ioTmr players or talent. All sm kt
Chevniitt's mount, was bad iUutti
while ChOtn'H mount WAS bau hlAtu
being beaten 25 Lengths.
President Williams aud the board d
stewrTIH were then convinced that
lob had beun prTpetfaled but decide
10 continue their Investigations. OIht
thiuga occurred 10 confirm their tu
picIons, Chutn, Chevaller and otht
iorkles rode exceptionally bad race
on horses that were tavUtlius or scc9u
choices. ON all such ocya'ioua u
detectives ruled that these iocklos thl
rode 20 peculiarly bad made visits u
proylous nighl 10 Little Polo's Chin
Town shoe factory, They also mote
the fact that "Lltlle Pete" alwal
made a big plunge tho next day
some morse not ridden by Chorl
Chsvaller OF the other iockiea imp
Gated m tbs HcAnunli auu thbt Ano Nv
invariably won,
Az iRr az President Williams ana u
stewards were concerned the evidrn
they had was enough, but they q
ciltd TO secure more. They went al
one OF the I0ukies and demanded ID
he make oonfcssiou, lie agreed
90 40, aud 10 that way the board
stewards secured evidence against 10
aral Otbefs, which has been strong
oofTobOfated,
"Little Pete" IL said TO have W
over slOO, 900 since tue conspiracy "
Matched curing the recent lnRlesl
meeting. President Williams denl
that II IL Any such amount IL may
that the scheme has been In wotdi
otdsr for some months, iof "iIll
PslcD has been winning Thousands
uollars, while trainers and clover 10
players like Riley Grammar were losi
bushels Of money.
uAttle Pete" ~ known to the pol
ns Fong CHING. lie has made n
fortune since ho was released from
Quentin, 10 which Institution he
hont 10 serve q term for Jury briblng,