New-York tribune., 1900-08-11

TURF SCANDALS EXCITE TALK
~ N E--N = HE SHOCKING D
FEAT OF ETHFI RERT

FEAT OF ETHELBERT.
stewards Of the Jockey Club sent out yester-
' ne onlcial statement that Colonel Simmons Of
-Ne"-Orleans, for manv wears nresfI,ro t,,5za .,
- Jockey Club tracks in this State also presiding
S%Cse AT the pooroom. all winter track in New
.-Sis' and In addition presiding judge every
"i1lln reach, which would pay him liberal
SAlaFy at any and all times for three hundred and
1--WE days in every year (barring Sundays
tu 1or three hundred and sixty-six days in
Zap 1earS (barring Sundays. has resigned his
ptdce as q Jockey Club judge. Colonel Simmons is
s1rlckep/in years and in eyesight He first Judged
a0eS on the plain OF Shinar before the first stone
u tne tower Of Babel in place, and hung
W the numbers IN the contests between the feet
coAts OF Cush and Asshur OF Nmrod and Mizraim-
@het was some time ago, and dew OF early
youth no longer besprnkIes the veuerated brow
% the Louisiana patriarch II IS time for him 20
retire BY the constant practice OF the well known
p'ecepts OF Russell Sage. Colonel Simmons has
Nuuauleteo cornforta bic fortune and If the wolf
should ever howl his door. the much esteemed
CS1onel will advise him not to waste his breath
The retirement OF Colonel Simmons is generally
approved and applauded by judicous persons. The
retirement Of several of the members and Of
ncers OF the Jockey Club who making such
sorry mess OF racing this year, and Of several
OF & the persons who have been appointed by the
also be welcomed and commended by discreet and
= Owing 10 the heavy burden Of centuries. Colonel
Simmons has innoeently slipped into some me de- de-
1900. But now that he is retiring. let everything
bforg1Ren and forgotten re- Peace to MS hao"e'
Clarence Mcdowell, who has been Colonel Sim
monss assistant for a prolix series OF seasons.
viii now go up step and will be the Pre4sqing 4
Club have made a amazing choice of the Judge
who is 20 assist Mr.. Mcdowell They announce
sumaby this Mr. Pettengn is the same Mr.. Pet
tengil VINO mas oeen startlng norses at AqueGueC, @
agent busy in sending figures and quotations from
MT Petengil Who in the 6' AeTicaD pe Derby in the
summer when Boundess was first kept the horses
half race Many observers suspected that he
poss5 sS won 70? an EaterH cot to- get first place
The riders Of the Western colts had seemingly re-
biT tbe ztaTte- 10 V,ould 4ae Care that the Eastern
colts should themselves out at the post be-
fore the signal was given. The Eastern colts were
tbe F eer Gqe m gstee to the Eastern colts West
ern colt named Boundless ran first. although IT
Boundless was inferior to the Eastern colts which
Vow If The PettengiIl who has been appointed by
rhe stewards of the Jockey Club TO assist Nc
tbs commandment IS unV-ise Let us hope that 1t is
It SI,+- ~ tIs stars made nv the
PetteugilI who starts at AQueduct have been dis
creditaBe and fnexcusabIe Can it possibly be that
the stewards of the Jockey Club would appoint
that Pettengiu as a Jockey Club Judge? 1t seems
Ms9y fsIk5nS hi 6ifsFIT Rs aPGge %9s the
brilliantly in the Brighton Cup; He did not ride
rode him. Why? Peter WINNER trains number
Of horses for Mr.. Whitney. and he trains ktnley
Mack Eastin Larabie. WINNER has put up on
KinIey Mack repeatedly that cunning little rascal
McCue one of the cTaftiest rascals ever known on
the American turf a rascal who has pulled several
races in the most brazen style Imaginable, and a
rascal who was under the ban OF the Jockey Sdub
for part of the season. both in 1899 and 1900
WHY Is Il that the fmpeccable and conscientious
trainer Peter WINNER oh. so very conscientiOus!.9
IS so very of that little rascal MeCue? And isn't
II scandaIous that Fthelbert few days after his
splendid ctory at Brighton should be almost leIt
ar the post by the virtuous starter, Caldwell
should be ridden all around the field by the
virtuous jockey Turner while the virtuous jockey
NcCue on Kinlev Mack slips through by the rail
on the turn, and Ethelhert is defeated by Kinley
Mack Don't forget that WINNER trains the win
ner. Kinlev Mack. and puts his pet Jockey. McCue
on Kinley Mack Don't forget that WINNER trains
several Of Mr.. Whltneys horses, and that Turner,
whose bad riding after the bad start allowed Kin
ley Mack 20 defeat Ethelhert is Mr.. Whitney's
Jockey Don't forget that many occasions in
the many in which Caldwell has started
horses he has given numerous bad starts. and
some starts Of the most scandaIous and suspicious
character Don't forget that in the Suburban one
year this same Caldwell left standing still at the
post both Of the public favorites. Ben Ali and
Quito
and then II don't think that the defeat OF Eth
ebert nv Kiuey Mack At Saratoga on Thursday
was sickening turf scandal fear you don't un-
derstand the nefarioUS tricks which are frequently
practised OF racetracks.