The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-23
STEWARDS AFTER A JOCKEY.
The Oakland Officials Want Mounoe TO
Explain His RIDING

The Oakland Officials Want Mounce to
Explain His Riding
san Francisco, January I0-For the frsf
time during The meeting the stewards At
Oakland have taken case Of suspicious
riding under investigation. owner Del
Fountain, who controls tho services ~
Jockey owen Mounce, is on the carpet. and
1t is IN TO MIN to give q satisfactory ex.
PLANTATION Of the unsyory race run by his
horse Position In the Oakland handicap
January g. when the horse was a strong
favorite, as he should have bceu after tho
several good races he bad run previous TO
that date. Ranch. the light weight who
rides for Burns & Waterhouse had the
mount ia the Oakland Mounre had ridden
The horse In all his previous starts. II may
be said in passing that BBnCbs counec-
rion with the weird running of Position is
not Ia question Al all. The 10y IS nor-
oOEhiy honest and entitled 20 public cou-
udencc, which he possesses lr q measure
not accorded some of the IoDkaFB now here
with more pretenson 10 class.
As natter OF rulnor H. is said Clareure
NNerhouse was dispieased with what he
considered the utilization OF his riders tai.
cuts on dead IN and he is credited
with having set the machinery IN motion 10
get some line on the transaction.
Position came ont saturday and ran over
the best horses IN raining IN the Athcni0n
Clnb handicap, and some OF the wise fra
ternity made "a general cleanup at the
rcmuucratiVc odds of to !. There is no
system of calculation uuucr the sun that
can be used TO make the two performances
g'br. IT. is superfuOus 10 say the iuyeS-
legation OF what on Its face looks Ike an
outrageous case OF juggling with the horse
is tribe belated 7There have been any
number of races during the season that
could have stood The probe for public en-
liEhtenment, ana some of those had Mr..
Aiounce among the star performers. The
turf gulliotine moves slowly ana often takes
plenty Of work to wear oil the rust OF
disuse, but If one or two of the boys nos
In the saddle At Oakland don't stop shoot
ing ducks down the back stretch there win
be plenty Of trouble in store for them.
Fountain has won several big bets on
Position and in fact, cashed tickets on
everything he owns lie has blossomcd out
Of late as a plunger and Is one of the
heaviest operators around the ring By
some coincidence Mounce rides his horses
better than he does those belonging Co
others.
". J. spiers. who trains for "Lucky"
Baldwin. Is convinced Mounce did not give
his mare La Goleta the best he had IN the
way Of a ride the day she was beaten by
Homestead SnierS docs not believe IN
and in future will ride Russell Ransom on
his horses. as he knows he VIII get a ride
from the stable Jockey IL i is in him;
One of the most noticeable abuses of the
meeting Is the rough-riding tactics Of sew
eral of the star jockeys. IN this regard
John Woods has been the chief offender,
Repeatedly Woods has been hned, but he
still tries TO herd everything in a race
and rides rough sh0d over his fields like
Comanche In tournament If The fines as.
sessed were multiplied by ten some good
might result Woods In addition 10 trying
TO ride Eve horses nj Il time has been rid
ing none OF them well. He IL winning an
unusually small percentage Of his mounts
aud falls loug way short OF the great rep
NATION he made during the summer in the
EHst. Winnie O'ConnOr siyears there IS
conspiracy IN nearly every race he rides
10 keep hiTn outside the money, and he has
been having a merry time Of II Of late
whenever he hooks up with Woods and
Bullman in the stretch Green Morris is
full of woe over the way OConnor Is treat
ed and never tires OF talking about getting
the worst of Il.