The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
Carefully Prepared Fake.

H. T.. White, turf writer of the Chicago
Tribune and an authority on racing mat
tiers. had the following to say i'm yester-
DAYS Tribune: Records count for a good
deal with t~rotters or PAGERS when it comes
ID selling them for road or racing purposes,
and therefore the making of the records
is guarded rigidly. The performances must
be certified to by the judges and timers of
the day, and only by wholesale fraud and
deception is there the slightest chance Of
getting into the books a record which does
not belong there. The track at Rushville
is a member of the American Trotting AS
socia ton. and has always been in good
standing. Therefore. when in the fall of
1899 summaries of the following races. al
legged to nave been contested In regulation
style on Sept. 10. were transmitted to Sec
rotary Steiner in one OF the books pro-
vided by the parent association to its men,
bers for that purpose, there was no sus-
picion of anything wrong, and the sum
maries were Incorporated into the year
book.
o the strength of the summaries from
Rushville the Trotting Register Association
pr oceeded to credit the horses with all the
honors they were alleged to have gained,
and Alatus, whose real mark was PISA,
was transferred TO the select 2:10 list, with
bis new record of 2:09A. Being a stallion,
this of curse added materially TO his value
for earning purposes in the stud. Then the
sires of the horses that won heats at Rush
Vile on the memorable 10th of September
took a benefit by having these new per-
formers credited to them in the various
stables.
ARTHUR Cation, of this city. who owns the
stallion Highwood, rejoiced to see that
Garden, a daughter of his horse, had won
Il heat in 2:27A, after which she had forced
the other horse to trot the second and
third miles in 2:241z, 2:25%. I'm order To beat
HOY AlGn that in another race Cain a
son of Highwood. had won the second heat
of his race in 2:294. just entering the
standar list, which is go. Thirdly, that
I'm yet another of these fierce Rushville turf
battles Guard. a son of Highwood, had won
I'm straight heats, likewise barely entering
the coveted 2:S0 list.
Nobody but the merry Indiana men who
put up the job on the American Trotting
Association ever suspected hat no such
races ever took place until after one of the
horses, the PAGER Tamberlain, who was re-
ported as second to Alatus in 2:14L and
third to that horse in 2:O9A. was taken East
and sold to a well-known driver and dealer,
Barney Demarest. After Demarest had
parted with $500 and acquired Tamberlan
In exchange for his money he began telling
what q fine horse he had. and how the
beast had made Alatus go in 2:f4A to beat
him. At this point a swiDe who had
drifted from Indiana TO New York. and
who was wise TO a degree. told Demarest
thai he had been bunkoed: that the re-
ported race was a fake from start TO finish.
Then MI. DemdreSt, VINO Is a man with
warm. glowing languag on tap when
things demand il. got busy. He inter-
viewed Secretary Gocher. of the National
Trotting Association. and was by him re-
ferred TO Mr.. Steiner. Mr.. Gocher also
communicated with his brother secretary
and intimated that he had been doing bust
ness with gold-brick artists.
.Nr. Steiner likewise became busy He
began writing TO all the people who had,
according TO the records, taken part i'm the
Rushville saturnaiia of trotting and pac-
ing. But these people also were busy. They
declined 10 enter into correspondence with
Mr.. Steiner. 1t did not take long. however.
TO ascertain that there was no trotting or
pacing at Rushville on the day named.
Finally two of the alleged participants,
Clel Maple and Jerome Sampson. decided,
I'm view OF executive clemency having been
handed 10 them I'm advance. TO tell all the
facts. and the horrihed Board OF Review
listened to them.
Sampson and Maple said there was no
meeting They unfolded the entire plot.
and when they had finished the board went