The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-12
Race rack and
Stable Gossip

saddle in this country have opened the
eyes OF Englishmen 10 the utility OF
running races through from start To fin
ish at a mean pace, Most of the Amer
horses which he rode in this fashion,
and ii was an eye-opener indeed when
he got Bavelaw Castle home. \ good
many of our jockeys hug the waiting
policy, and there is not doubt many
races have been lost in this manner
Now ii would not be bad idea If those
of our Jockeys who have nothing to do
during the winter would practice this
American system. and teach them
selves 10 know to a second or two how
long 1t would take them 10 cover a Ger
tain distance. II would not only be
advantageous to them, but also keep
them in useful employment.-"Ca
Coe" in London sketch.
The recent rule OF the American turf
congress concerning the collection of
Jockeys fees is looked upon by race
managers as the best one this body,
which controls Western racing. has
ever passed. 1t makes it imperative
that the clerk of the scales collect for
the mount before the race is run. and
the racing association is responsible To
the jockey.
AT the regular annual meeting Of the
the last turf congress. held in ST. Louis
last September. the rule was promul-
gated. to go into effect the first OF the
new racing year. and New Orleans and
Inglesde will have TO ADOPT it. The
protection of the jockeys would seem
to be the main object of the rule, but
local racing men hold that IL Will have
a far-reaching influence toward the bet
terment of the sport. They say IT Will
tend to improve racing, encourage non
esty. limit the fields, ~ induce own
ers whose horses have no chance i'll
race to scratch. leaving only those tit
to make the contest keen. dispense with
Jockeys agent, and keep competent
boys on the ground.
Some one will have to be sacrificed
for the good of the sport, and in this
case ii will be the poor owner, VINO
runs his horses III the vain hope that
by some unforeseen chance or accident
i he may win purse. They are always
\ in debt to Jockeys, AS we'll as 10 every
one else at the end 81 the season Tn
der the new rule such men Will be
4 fortunate if they get stable room, and
discouraging this class Is one of the
means by which racing can be i'm
proved in the West
Each track will have its OWN method
of collecting for the mounts. and as 1t
would be practically impossible for the
/ clerk of the scales To see each owner
before every race, the plan of requiring
every horse owner to have an account
with a balance in favor of the asSocla-
ton will probably be followed.
The Harlem Jockey club will next
season require a deposit of 500 from
each owner before he is given stablng
room on the grounds, and an account
will be opened with every jockey riding
at the track. When the jockeys are
weighed out the clerk of the scales will
report the owners and boys riding, and
the owner will be charged with los
ing mount. Every Monday the riders
! will be handed an envelope containing
their earnings for the week. This, OF
! course will not apply to owners who
i have contracts with riders, but these
contracts Will have to be exhibited be-
fore the mount is taken. This 500 de-
post will discourage a good many men
who have badge horses, and force
an army of owners with dogs to GO
TO smaller tracks. where this rule is
not enforced and where they belong.
1t will also, in a measure, do away with
the evil resulting from combinations
between this class of owners and book
makers who will pay them few dol
lars to let their horses remain in a
race where they haven't the slightest
chance, just for the small play they
may get from the element that indis-
scriminately bets on the horse against
which the longest odds are laid.
This class do not pay the jockey and
If they are forced to give up all they
get from the boo<maker to the boy that
rides for them they will hesitate about
making such compacts.
Regarding the rule Secretary Nathan
son of the Harlem Jockey club said:
THE jockey club tried this plan last
year in the East, and ii worked adj
mirably. ] look upon the rule as the
best one ever passed by the turf con-
gress, and il viii tend to improve rae
ing greatly. owners of cheap horses
cannot stand il if forced To pay their
bills. and it will drive them To tracks
where such rule is not enforced Next
year intend 10 demand a deposit from
every owner to whom stalls are as
signed. and entries of horses belonging
to men who do not have an account
with the club will be refused. 1t would
be impossible for the clerk Of the scales
to see each owner before the race and
collect from him. and this plan seems
TO be the most feasible. II
means an additional bookkeeper or SO
but the benefits are great and the relief
from the trouble between owners, 3ocE-
eys and their agents, that We We're con-
stantly called upon to settle. VIII be
most welcome.
The jockeys will be the chief bene-
keiaries. Under the old rule they
, could not collect for half their Iosine
mounts and it was discouragins Il
them. OF course we will only charge
an owner for losing mount, which Ii
81 if the first money is less than $500
and $40 if more than $500. Winning
, mounts will be deducted from tht
: purses. Ii is a good rule. and viii tenc
toward honesty in racing.
Usually the best form Of u good race
horse is displayed during his 3-sear-olt
and 4-year-old career but OCCASIONAL,
an older horse blossoms forth With 1
display of power SO unexpected as 4
constitute a real surprise. Satsuma il
; a shining example of this late develop
ment of form. II is not that he has no
always been accounted fairly goot
race horse. but by no means what IN
now appears TO be, one OF the Very fast
est horses in America.
Satsuma. as a 2-year-old, started II
II races. of which ne Won four. \
three he started in but three races am
was not even placed being sick and un
i fit for racing purposes throughout tn
! year In his 4-year-old form he dl'