The sun., 1902-06-15
JOCKEYS WHO RODE TO LOSE.
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A hurdle race that ~as contested at
the crowd a good deal. owing IN the tf"-
mendos efforts which a colored Jockey
put forth tn win on ons ~ tho comparative
outsiders In m" b"t,ing The sxhihtion
was even more entertaining to such in
sid"rs knew that friend ~ the black
rider had put sion bet down for him on
IN" hors@ at sto The horse won. all right
That ride remarked an old-time turf
man who had watched the exhibition with
amusement. puts mo IN nind of tho old
days when III" jocks riding horses that had
any sort Of chance to win never went 10
the post without having a ticket OF ~ stuck
IN their riding boots. That gam" became
- ovcrworked that In many races IN which
the fields were not too large on. or more
of the crack jockeys would have a ticket
or so on every animal in the race tucked
away under his boot leather. ~ that he
stood To do a bit Of cashing M matter how
III" race came out
The thing was outrageous. of course,
and - bad did 1t become eventually that
there were plenty Of instances in which all
OF the jocks in a race could be seen bare
facedly pulling their mounts TO long shots
WI NH' W bfFi
furtivoly supplied with liberal tickcts
u saw race such A. this al the St. Louis
Fair Grounds only a matter of ten yesrs or
- ago. There were eight horses in the mile
race. all Of them of such poor calibre that
the iavorite was at to ia the betting
Every one OF the eight jocKs was supplied
with good-sized ticket on a dcspis"d 20 TO
shot and. Of coun-e. IL war all arranged that
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Unfortunately. however. two or three Of
the horses IN the race, including the 4 to
faNorite. took II into their heads to run like
fury. leaving the 20 20 shot in the rIck
Then ensucd on. uf the most remarkable
exhibitions Of Wholesale snatchiLg that
| ever saw anywhere. even on the old out
Law tracks The Jocks on the hor-~s out in
front simply sawed the heads OF their
mounts and the race dcgenerated into a
loaf that was simply funny II scandalous
The other seven horses being Ch.bted
almost To death. the 20 to l lobster finally
got through To the front. and when his lead
was good one, Of CourS~ the other boys
got down To maklnga blum al riding But II
was too obvious and raw, and when the
time was hung out. li5 for Nh" mile. over
a lightning track. when several Of N" horses
In the race were known To h. capable of
going the distance in ii2 or less, the roar
that went up was hair-raiSing
The thing was So utterly palpahle that
u was pronounced no raCs and all bets were
declared OF All Of the eight Jocks were
ruled on, but they wcre restored after
time
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the old DAYS Used To H. put 20 some warm
ground and lofty work TO haVr the raos
,ba crnnL.d 'ocLs bad tha L,acL ~ r,Ilin,,
ara ,,Iac,,', hn,S..s ia a a.. ~, ~, 80,
'Iai ,Lsy co,,Id vcna,aIly 80, axsy vi,h
ain,os, anv .nr, ~ rsi,ion u,c,Ic b,,, i,
- o,,,asion,u,. h,,,ra g. ,!l,T', !-s =" -, ~,
bors.- themselves wnuId .yince n gisprsi.
lion ,o have a hoof in Tho frana-,,r- ma
lao ,b.ir r..rve,.,,y ,,o,,ld .,ecL a., nl,ao.,
wr.ck .ona of the po-i carefully ninnneJ
cours mind ono az of Ills -ny, rb.rsin
n cer,a,n nnr..far,ou. b,,, nn,o,io,,si,,
dishonesi jo~kav did the quickest b,t ~
thinking that ever >aw on a rAcrtrack
IA. Was riding a f,vnri'e M tho old Ciif-
Ton track that the CLIQUE had Arranged
with him To b..ai n. had his cute liftl,
ticket On IN. & TO 1 shot that was 10 win.
and 50 did the rider ~ the second chpic,,
tho favorita was an odt--on proposition
He didnt have any ho' her holdioy
his own hor-.. the favorit.. In. l-catI-a
the animal had 70, his nice little rall of
water before ,hsy wen, ,o tho most h,t,
when Tho field sw.ut INTO tho stretch and
ba va right alongside ,h. ..-ropd cbnic.
the proper : to / shoi l..ius oiit m front
alout "A length Ls sav thai tho serond
cboc., was rfinpiny away with his ridor
despite the latter s'rnng.arm rxertiops.
and that tho horse was mighty liable fo
90 on from The ton Of the stfr,ch and can.
'ii-. first nancy
The rider of this dangerous s.copd
cboca Ie,rg a. I sav IN on Tho y,,,.
wa. doing hi. h..si 10 ,hro,tle ,b. fnrs.
hui ,h.. animal was a hard.uou,h.d hr,l,e
and h. app"ar.,i 10 To- determined 20 20
ON and win Then. was only ono Thing
10 l.. done md tho rider ~ Tho fayori,e
d,d II
sHe v,nk.d his horse rich, ALONGSIDE
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