The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-03

butthought the odds too short. In regard
to the visits of horsemen and jockeys
TO my place, wish to state that have
frequently given small amounts of
money to jockeys, trainers and horse
men who have given me tips on win
ming horses, and owing to this fact a
number of them have called at my
place and asked for small loans. Since
Chinese New Year a number of boys
from the track have called at my in
vitation and were entertained at the
Chinese theater, in which hold an in
terest.
"'As for the amount of money I have
won. there is not a bookmaker on the
track except e. M. Gaines and Eclert,
but has some of my money, and these
two have lost very little to me, and to
be ruled off the track is a benefit to me
financially.
"'Fong Ching Oittle Pete.)
THE unearthing of the jockey con-
spiracy and their prompt ruling off, as
we'll as the sentences imposed on jock
eys and horse owners who had been
operating peculiarly, has had a whole
some effect on racing. Jockeys rode
like Indians yesterday and the talent
bet its money with a sort of feeling
of security. The form players are es-
pecially jubilant, for they now know
why the handicaps they spent hours in
figuring were worth as little or even
less than the information of the
touts.
THE investigation, as far as the
board of stewards of the Bay District
track Is concerned, is at an end. They
decided yesterday that Bog Isom was
not implicated in the conspiracy with
the ruled off Jockeys and Little Pete.
They also have concluded that Shaw
had nothing to do with 1T, notwith-
standing his peculiar ride on Nephew
in the now famous Sea Spray race.
"W. II. Murphy, the horse owner is
not under investigation by the stew
ards, as was stated
Jerry Chorn was about the track
yesterday smiling, as IL nothing had
occurred to jar his conscience or mar
his happiness. A few well-posted peo-
pie do not believe that Chorn was i'm
plicated in the conspiracy to the ex-
tent of pulling horses. They are of the
opinion that he was playing both ends
to beat the middle. Be this as 1t may,
it does not explain his rides on Hidago,
Greyhurst, Jack Richelieu, Rebellion
and lot of others.
Dow Williams the colored trainer
and guardian of Chevalier, is not at all
disturbed by the verdict. He laughed
when he heard the sentence, and said
he did not care, for he owned a good
piece VI property anu hou iiOhSy ~
his pocket.
"A trainer, in speaking of the scan
dial. said Little Petes Washington
street shoe factory was not the only
place to which jockeys paid nightly
visits. If the board of stewards de-
tectives had trailed other Jockeys they
would have found them visiting the
residence of a bookmaker. More jock
| eys visited this house than ever did
Little Pete's.' Their visits might have
been in the nature of social calls, but
| If the funny races they rode the next
/ day might be used as a criterion, the
social whirl was too much for them
Judge Joseph Murphy of the Ingle-
| side track, who Is one of the three gen.
| tlemen on the license committee of the
| turf congress. has this to say in regard
| to the statement of Jockey Hinrichs
that he was forced into the conspiracy
| by the judges refusal to grant him a
| license:
'Catpain Reese and I refused to
| grant Hinrichs a license for the very
simple reason that from reports from
reliable sources we knew that he was
| not honest. l believe that in all such
cases IL is better to keep a boy on the
| ground Then he cannot cause any
| trouble Burns and Waterhouse did
want to engage him. but we refused
. to give him a license. i notice that
after the refusal that Hinrichs did not
| ride any of that firms horses while
| they were racing at the Bay Dis
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