New-York tribune., 1897-07-11
A FRLAR OF ILL REPUTE.
rHH VICTORY OF A wRETcHED IN
AND-OUTER.

o.,v or THE MOST INCONSISTENT HORSES EVER
x,c,wS WON THE RICK REALIZATION
srAKrs-MANY HIssEs ltEARp-A
pKp1oRABrE TURF SCANDAL
There 10 too much .ocomotor ataxia In race.
.-..k stands in the Ea&. One racecourse oHc'a'
:. compelled to lean on the arm Of friend or a
relative when he goes to and from the s'ano' no
....on ,s that IA. spinal column Is weak Another
,oo.rack official knows all abou: the pedgrees OK
nuopies Perhaps he knows great deal e-se' ou'
80 ia he has kept himself every scrap OF KNOW
edge IN his possessiG,-if he has any-eHcep' ..,o
n.Sisrees OF puppies. Sill another race'rack oin-
e,al can quote Burke's "Peerage" by the yaro. ne
sro knows Froissart. II may be that MS e' uai'oh
Includes many other themes. but II II ooes 'i'oso
themes never escape 10 outer air Oiher race'iacA
ofrcials draw pay IN minor places One OF these
others -afies of a broken-down roadster az man!
Zines mis- real value whenever he gets an oppor-
unity Still another. q he had chahce 10 h~hoi-
can Voter with Alvarado II. would give voter zen
stone and Alvarado II sixty ounces II 'urI fu'eS
wade I, nos.b,e for him aot those we'ghts Ger
.n -,ce,rsct officials who have been drawing sala
r,es on the turf this year colossal genuses su
rremely equipped for the handcapping OF sucking
oupp,es and the supervision OF lively contests be-
tween broken-backed snaiis
Some years ago at New-Orleans. policy slips were
s-.un at noon every day for six days OF the week
II is no idle gossip to say this The unimpeachable
records OF the Federal courts prove that those pol
cvsllp ORA wings took place The tickets were cheap
enough. The negro washerwomen Of New-Orieans
ana The Congo bootblacks of the levees saved their
nennies in order to buy those lottery slips For
,be benedi OF the unnstructed and innocent II may
he stated with absolute accuracy that lottery draw
nSs and policy drawings are exactly the same. But
the tickets differ IN price. As rule the descend
ants Of African kings play policy, while the white
ne-sons as rule prefer TO buy lottery tickets
the Friar won the Realization yesterday. From tho
tins c, his TO the END OF his tail the words
Lottery and Policy ought TO have been stamped
eu over him. The history OF the Louisiana lottery
,s matter OF court papers. although certain docu-
,nen,s which had been filed in the courts in con-
,ac,ion with important suits affecting the Louisi-
ana Lottery stolen from the court archives
long ago
Clarence c. Buel made thorough investigation
n, the nfamies of the Louisiana Lottery he
nrobed every corner and every recess OF that
6esnicabe combination OF lawbreakers. He gave
months Of the most energetic and vigorous re-
search 10 every department and every detah OF inc
Louisiana Lottery and its daily pohcy primary
school He spent IA long time in New-Oreans he
saw the monthly drawing Of the louisiana Lottery
s,d -he daily drawing of It's Policy Annex For a
long time ne gave all his capacty-whlch was ca
ceptionaly broad and strong-and al his zeai ana
ali his diligence and force (and ne was man Vi
lofty intellect uncommon power and extreme de-
terminatior) unsparing examination OF every
ching with which the Louisiana Lottery had any
connection The results of his inquiries as 10 the
louisiana Lottery and its Daily Policy Annex were
nuhlished IN The Century Magazine Ihese re-
searches and inquiries proved that the louisiana
Iotterv and its Policy Annex did immense harih
.rd mischief No answer Of any importance or
,a,cbt N ..The Century" article was ever pup
nshed in any prominent publication py the men
who managed the Louisiana Lottery ana JUS N"'
Policy Annex. ,,.,ar-
Is The Friar Louisiana Lo'teI! anu
Policy colt. or Is he not
Eyerv honest newspaper in New YORK mas com
,nented sharply on the in-and-out running oi -
Fr,ar both last year and this year "heh iHe
y-rtar was really out for the money IN ueau e"'
-. con, IN the front and he won. He was ort
% win the Realization yesterday, ana ne uu ~
" I,,l he easv 10 tell by reading the turf arti-
cIss IN the New-York newspapers on ouhu'' "l-0
Monday which New-York newspapers empioS "
os, turf writer's and which do not employ ~ ~, -.
,rrf writers The dishonest turf writers VIII - -
IN And excuses for the in-and-out running u nv
1lor IN 1896 and 1891 they will have no lauit u
cor, "a find The honest turf writer's VIII yen
,ha ,rnth about the running Of The frlar IN 1s'o
and 1887. =, l., oil N.
,Is ~ the turf In America reached their Climax
"ia o,a was the absurdly easy success
% IT, Frtar IN the Realization, after MS eN-
,raordinary in-and-out running. ooth IN 1850 anu -
1907 The other was the impressively easy trump"
Of Hamburg in the Second far' u Wv. 49,
Event. in comparison with his anlaznisN pau Pe'
sorYn ntuC
n n Nvi,hers made Monmouth PARK the hoplest
,urt monument in America. MI winners oieu.
THE owls are hooting at Monmouth fArK no"
was lust such in-and-out racing as tha' ol te
17-,ar and Hamburg which closed Monmouth farK'
washington Park. in Chicago, for many seasons
,as IN. great racecourse OF the West. II was just
sucb in-and-out running as that Of The friar ana
Hamburg which closed Washington farK:
When the senior August Belmont ana ~ y,
U,thers were the foremost turfmen OF the Chiteo
d-Out running as tnat OF Inc
I-rar and Hamburg was tolerated. There were
turf giants on rhe earth In those days ana many
long and candid talk concerning the m most nm, n
9so6y With the senior August Belmont and D D
Wi;hers died and after the deaths of those dis
tnguished turfmen Richard Croker ana ms suIs ~
gang made unscrupulous potica ana HIe 1rn nS
with the Lousanad L9say sa SHa 6een pariy
since. But only in part M Sun nceas disin
saurat9n ssd I Io5 m n0f,hS ebem,ssry Misn 'e
fcw nssuists may say that the foolish people
VINO 10 70 the racetracks and lose their money on
the races need no protection. and need no pity
These foolish people must know, so ne casuists
tay that they playing against loaded dce WAen
they bet on The races. ana they ought to lose their
money Il they persist IN pliyg asas1 i S,a 70
sdop, stringent laws against lotteries? Why have @
pressed lotteries except those lotteries which are
carried on by the governments eitner muhicipa
tbs most enlehtened people earth suppressed
io,teries entireiy? II the Louisiana Lottery were
Revived under the sdiictoh VI sie
State Of the Union. would not hundreds OF thou
ssoSs ~ YeoDle flock 10 buy lottery tickets?
keno games were opened with the approval OF oui
law-makers in every town and village OF the coun
try would not keno become even more popular thar
the riding of bicycles? . l..
The passion for gambling is widespread and IN IN
tense II is fascinating and even enthralling. Al
wise patriots in all Of the most eniightenea c0Sa %
t,ss ~ the earth have come 10 the conclusion ina
the passion for gambling If II Is not limited ant
res,rained becomes q mad frenzy which causes
49, ~ noantahIn and far-reaching injury 10 th'
grea, mafori,y Of the people. No person In M nj
ssnsss ever advocates the removal OF every cnecf
10 gs Mining IL every check were removed. ther'
would be as many faro-banks and Keno games ant
and soda-water fountains. Does any hohest ma