New-York tribune., 1900-09-08
BOLDLY THEY RODE.
AND BOLDLY THEY WERE PULLING.
A HURDLE RACE AT sHEEPsHEAD WHICH WAS
MUCH FLoUTED.

through n scheme Of ''premedtated robbery" He
used those words several times. and ne declared
that he personally responsible for this oireet
and unqualified charge OF cheating ana that ne
would adhere to II anywhere and everywhere He
asserted with ebuent emphasis that the heehe
coOrs would never he seen again at Sheepsheau
except in stakes which had been closed already'
Nobody can pay any respect to FOxhaH keene
utterances about "premeditated robbery hereafter.
because every day since he pledged hinselt 70
prevent the Keene colors from appearing at SneePs-
head, except in closed stakes. the keene horses
have been running in contests which were not
closed the hour when Foxhall Keene let ms
tongue wag wildly.
Yesterday at Sheepshead young man, the VeTl-
table twin of Foxhall Keene, in the stand as d
steward representing the National Steeplechase
and Hunt Association when the MineOla Hurdle Joo
decided. Four strange beasts went fumbling
and blithering over the bogus jumps The four
Ben Eder. DR.. Eichberg. Sir Hubert and
Draughtsman. Sir Hubert is owned by that BROOK
lyn paragon of perfection Frank Beard. whose
peculiar performances with horses have made him
irresistibly popular and universally revered
Frank Beard has a turf reputation of the sort
which DR.. Doty. Health officer OF the Port, could
not whlten with the entire stock of chemicals in
the Quarantine Department. Mr.. Boards Sir
Hubert wont the MineoIa Hurdle hoodwinking In
docile and amiable amble He was an added
starter. Many of the simiest turf theveries of
this year have been cloaked under the cover Of
added starters"
FoxhaI Keene the eloquent vituperator Of pre-
meditated robbery in the Flatbush. did not seem
to be explosive I'm denunciation of the "premedi-
tated robbery" in the MineoIa Hurdle imposture
And yet there may have been some doubt concern
ing the ''premeditated robbery in the Flatbush.
while in the Mneoa Hurdle imposition the pre-
meditated robbery was obtrusive that 1t hit
each unbiased observer straight between the eyes.
AS already said only four horses Every hon
est the track who bets hurdle
artifice (strange that honest persons should at
time risk money a jumping stratagem. a de-
fusion corroded with rascality) was backing Ben
Eder. or Draughtsman DR.. Eichberg. No honest
person was backing Mr.. Boards Sir Hubert. Never
theess. Sir Hubert came home first. The riders of
Ben Eder DR.. Eichberg and Dreughtsman stared
at Sir Hubert with ravenous gaze. They were so
anxious that the outsider Sir Hubert should get
first place and that the honest hackers OF Ben
Eder. DR.. Eichberg and Draughtsman should lose
the money which they had wagered that they
almost tumbled of their mounts in their impetuous
zeal to avoid success
After the hurdle bamboozIng was over the air
was thick with listening of and women
impatient to hear Foxhan Keenes ringing invec-
tive against the 'premeditated robbery in the
Mineola Hurdle chousing. They still listening
but the ''premeditated robbery plain 70 un-
Tins - 'D' sU''''is u iiiiiO0e"' VIZ
grant offences which are constantly practised in
the ''premeditated robberies' in our jumping con-
for the continuance of these grand larceny schemes
A colt named Fake. owned by A. H & D. H.
selling affair for two-year-ods at six furlongs The
course said btheiy that this was a fake colt 5I
owned by fake stable; that he was fake favorfte
and was ridden by a fake jockey. Maher had the
mount. Fake acted as if he were crammed WITH
drugs from nose to tail. and Maher acted as If he
various kinds Oi
At least three Of the Jockeys in that triple fake
Fake did a great deal Of boltfng and swerving in
and Maher was seemingly helpf 10 bs 9o1t S
r 1S Dotng ana sWervng for the benefit of the pool
fayorte from fake Stable, ridden @ BY yns fake fake
IS4eRey S3 IN rake style was nowhere near a place
paee 9neruf Do AgS and n6 Re also vas nowhere near
when they deP ana If by snT none 10 90 to
those two boys should slip by ST. Peter at the
and McCue will find themselves Isolated as Abe
Little Ransch pulled Annie Thompson in the
homestretch with disgusting audacity of deviltry
moral as this punT 70 demon emo an imp IN HaGeS so i'm
which this tiny servant of Satan pulled that hIy
nitY o M nj Inc n4 aromy my OF Of an GaGhn Ransehi The
Of an unweaned hedging in the saddle, and he
pulls his mount with the intrepidity of a Richard
politics Has little Ransch made up his mind to walk
ng te me Sn ar paths at IN which McGIe is now pluck
Cue is humble bee in pulling horses, while Maher
that Mccue has the Whole % host f'T Of Tammsn
thieves at his back; and that he can also count
lobby @ and the united Iegons of the betting rings
big Boss He may succeed m 'C Croker hmsef i0 elf
some day But, little Ransch you will never he
TOO To- Be5Iy in Ro your wrongdons 70 become big
ways little Ransch You aTe a too yoHn SsbT S2ST
to be SO bad Reform and repent and never pull
'Premeditated rob6eryr' Yes. YES. There We're
al least three premeditated robberies'' of a
fourth choice in the betting got nrst place While
AIo4a eotE an outsider was second, and Rolling Boer
Il IMP MP was Withdrawn from the fourth race. a
@ Sehce , ,2ck Point was properly made the favorite
on pubic form Bullman rode him we'll. and he was
by Tony the Bootblack King Who Was BORN on
ho sGIl{ Slope IN sicily Nhstling Con. the second
=; - o Kelly. the popular contractor. whose ances-
district eaptatn in Battery Dams" district said
ing out of the Board of AIdermin soon Tbe,
have us on the run alridGy" 0'
IL noticed that Michael Clancy di5 not s,,u.
atler WhiStlins CONS failure 10 cope with the
representative, Of the sicilian monarchy '-e
was looking well and appeared to be in fne heaitb
ana spirits. lie does not get big amounts now as
porting his preferences for reasonable sums IL
won several thousand dollars his fllv ServiIis
backed the favorite Serrano, who won the second
race, and when his hy Albula took second nIara
IN the Oriole Stakes with long prices agaiDst bsr
Mr. Lorillard increased his gains He does 5o, iT
tend to go to England for some time aItbougb
Maher. his jockey will sail next week ana sSa,ee;i
Garrick and some other horses in his stable VIII
McCue rode the favorite Add. in the frs. -
%n INbb, ms most unscEIpu0us pickpocket Tammany
fastening ills prey. who tries TO make rrn1aI. 90
hozse5 hh0y slme by betting on the Louisiana Lottery
serrano , was bid in for slo5. advance Of s4o5
Luerana who was entered to be sold for 3, soo
Was purchased by T. Murphy. of Chicago Sor-
Jenkins will sail for England to-day He is prda-
contract to ride for J. Story Curtis
Robert Pinkerton busy in the rourso 90 a.,
aiterno9n collecting bookmakers' sheets II VS.