The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-09
Race rack and
Stable Gossip

Says a London cable: H. Martin
C'Skeets") was very i'll directly after
his arrival here, but fortunately pulled
through all right and successfully in
augurated his career by winning the
s4,375 st. Georges stakes, at Liverpool,
on Sir Waldo Griffith's filly Sweet Mar
1orie. Martin was almost too weak to
ride and this, coupled with the fact of
the filly having hitherto failed to score
brackets, caused her to be at 10 to | in
a field of six. The race was one mile
and three furlongs. Martin brought
Marjorie away most cleverly soon after
passing the mile post; but feeling the
results of his efforts, almost fell from
the saddle with exhaustion, only to
pluckily recover his seat and rein. win
ming by head from the second choice,
Lord ROsebery's Flambard.
1t was a great risk for Martin to ride
when so weak, and he may consider
himself very fortunate in having es-
capped serious results. His horseman-
ship in the face of his obvious disad-
vantage was warmly commended. and
he is not likely to lack for employ
ment.
j. Reff was in bad luck to miss rid
ing EasthOrpe, winner of the $1,000
Liverpool cup. Although he had been
especially engaged to ride the horse, he
was compelled to go to Windsor on the
preceding evening to ride Mr.. Croker'S
Demonstration and Mr.. Dukes Joe I'LL
man for Trainer Wishard on the same
day as the cup, but most unfortunate
ly could in neither case score brackets.
although Joe Ullman got second in his
race.
s. b. Weems has the following to say
concerning the success of the eastern
racing this season:
The Jockey club had to educate the
public up to the belief that racing could
be managed on business principles just
the same as any other enterprise, and
that many of the undesirable and un-
satisfactory features that had crept
into the sport could be eliminated That
this work has been accomplished well
is evidenced by not only the big at
tendance at the metropolitan race
meets, but by the quality Of the patron
age as we'll The sport is almost again
back to the old Monmouth park era.
The general public are raronizing it.
In spite of the talk Of cruukedness and
fraud which one always hears on every
hand on race tracks. he public very
plainly is imbued with not a little con-
tidence that on a general average at
any rate things are going along in sat
isfactCry shape.
when the sport gets back to the old
basis of 81 900 purses ard larger over
night events, then will there be a very
little to complain of The race tracks
owe that to the hOrscmeu. the Jockey
club owes it 20 the public as the best
possible means Of insuring clean cut
straight and unobje bjeriionablc contests.
When owners are racing for Sl,CO0
events there is not likely t. be mucA
CrOOkednesS abroad. Il is the small
money that puts at ONCE n premium on
WrOngdCing. With small purses to race
for. an owner of even moderate stabla
must he lucky to earn expenses. 1t IS
necessary that he should bet. and if he
is betting it is but human nature that
he should occasionally manipulate his
horses so as to throw the public off ami
get the best of tn u Ids for himself.
There is small incentive II do that
when the conditions are 50 that the
surest and safest way for him to win
is to send his horses right to the front
for everything in sight
The old sprin:er, Meddler is being
schooled over the iumlS at Hawthorne.
He has been taking the obstacles Ike a
bird. but Sunday he ran into one cf
the wings and tore it to nieres, For
tunately, he did not injure himself.
Captain Sam Brown Of EonkinsViile,
Ky. has sold to cX-SeCretarY Whitney
the bay mare Agnes. Ey imp. s.. Blaze,
with a colt by her side by Hanover for
$1,000.