Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-12
PLUNaER RYAN REINsrATED.
Highland Park Jockey Club Removes
Ban Against the Big Better.

Ban Against the Big Better.
John J. Ryan, the plunger, will undoubt-
eddy be restored to his former standing on
the eastern tracks by the stewards of the
Jockey Club, and will be seen as formerly
on all the race courses about New York
during the coming racing season.
Ryan was ruled off the eastern tracks
until such time as he should be reinstated
by the Highland Park Jockey Club. which
ruled him Off the turf in 1898 for ringing
the mare Caroline X. Yesterday he was
renstated by this club. The dispatch from
Detroit conveying this information read as
follows:
1.-The Highland Park Jockey Club has re-
instated John J. Ryan and his trainer.
Joubert Speers. who were ruled off the turf
for ringing the mare Caroline K. at the
Fort Erie track in $685. The club cons:d-
cred that they had been sufficiently pun
ished for their offense.
On the 31st of | st October the following
resolution was adopted by the Jockey Club:
Nv hereas, John ]. Ryan was ruled of the
turf at Fort Erie, Canada, September II.
1898, for the alleged ringing of the mare
Caroline X;
Resolved That the said John ]. Ryan
be declared ruled off under rule 162. part D.
of the rules of racing, until such time as he
be reinstated by the authorities who ruled
him off,
The thousands interested in racing who
learned that Ryan had been ruled off the
turf last fall will be rather astonished to
hear of this roundabout route back to the
New York tracks. as it was not believed
that there was the slightest chance that the
Highland Park authorities would reinstate
him. and the authorities of the Jockey Club
felt secure in their fancied freedom from
the further presence of Ryan on the east
ern tracks.
The dislike of the authorities of the
Jockey Club for Ryan was not in any man.
ner concealed. He was frequently coun-
Seled not to continue to follow the meth
DDS which were regarded by the stewards
of the Jockey Club as bringing that fnstttu-
ton into unpleasant notoriety, and was
warned on several occasions that if he con-
tinued his specta cular career he would be
barred from all Jockey Club tracks.
Ryan was in no fashion affected how
ever.
Going to New York fresh from the wreck
of one of the largest get-rich quick turf
concerns Of the west he set out to get all
the money that was in sight at the tracks
around New York. He was back of four
books. either as whole or part owner, and
was the most spectacular better against
other books New York had seen in many
years.
At Saratoga, when he found difficulty in
getting enough big bills to pay off a debt
of 10000 owing to other bookmakers, he
gathered all the money needed in a huge
market basket, and with this, heaped high
with blonde and brunette bills, greenbacks
and yellowbacks, he whirled out to the
track in his automobile and went about
taking up his markers like a fish peddler
doing a Friday business.
1t was such things as this that Disguised
the Jockey Club and caused it finally to
take action to bar Ryan from the tracks.
He was daily doing something outre and
unpleasant to call attention to the betting
ring. and was gradually causing that por-
ton Of the club grounds to assume great
er importance than the tracks and the
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being ruled Off he boosted that he had
won nearly million dollars In the season