Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-09
Judge Frank J. Bryan's Scheme
Is Most Always In.
erring
PRACTICE WAS BROKEN UP.
When il Was in Full Blast az New Or
leans--New and Successful Version
Of the "Water Cure"

have horse races OccaSl0haHy tho
"talent" gets Jolt more or less hard,
according 10 the amount lost on the
race. once in a while q horse that APP
parently has no good chance to win q
race, comes under the wire leader,
and gets the long end Of the purse. We
have noticed on one or two occasions
that the outsider won because tho
horse that was favorite IN the betting
and had every chance TO win, was
pulled" This has been done repeats
edly, and no great roar" was made
about Il.
on some Of the big tracks In tho
east and west Il Is a very difficult mat
ter 10 pull horse and get away with
the swindle. But the cheats, etc. have
another way OF getting rich quick.
They dope their horses, which Is az
bad as pulling them, and which often
results In the race and all bets being
called Off We have not progressed FAR
enough into the mysteries OF the sport
OF kings yet 20 follow the illustrlou9
example OF eastern and western owners
and trainers In this respect but II may
come to that some time. Who can tell2
Ii ia claimed by experts, and by some
who are not experts, that II Is an easy
matter TO tell when n horse has been
"doped," but when It comes to proving
It, ali that Is another thing Al one
time the practise was in full swing ut
New Orleans, but It was finally broken
Up, IL was brought about by Frank
j. Bryan, once a racing reporter, but
now racing steward, He tells an In
str nf hnM a
game" In New orleans.
when | first went to New orleans"
said Mr.. Bryan, "the jockey club oili-
cials, both east and west, had enacted
rules against doping horses. Now, II
isn't the hardest matter IN the world
for an experienced racing man TO de-
tect the fact that a horse has been
'doped' that ig, for him 10 be morally
certain In his own mind OF Il. The
proving OF 1t Is an entirely different
matter. | was aware when ! first went
TO New Orleans that the practise had
been carried on there pretty extensive
ly. l determined to break II up o. rule
somebody off. But how to go about II
bothered me considerably.
"The meeting had not been going on
many days when the first glazing case
came to my attention. The name OF
the horse that had been sent to the
post filled up TO the muzzle does not
matter just now. He was an old cripple,
that had been patched up for killing,
and that he had been 'doped before
being sent to the post | was morally
certain Well, 10 make a long story
short, the killing went through and /
made up my mind 10 get evidence that
would convict the guilty ones
That evening ] sent for trainer
with whom / was on very friendly
terms and told him what | wanted.
Through him | got hold OF stable
hand who bore none too good a reputa-
tion and he promised TO do as | should
direct.
THE following morning my man
found 1t convenient 10 be at the track
and near the stable where the suspect
horse was kept The trainer Of the
horse and his assistants, mostly ne
groes, were about TO work out some Of
the other horses In the barn When
the horses were taken out on the track
my man climbed up on the rail around
the track near whore the trainer and
his crowd were watching the workouts.
Finally he Joined the party and after
q little conversation yentured to re-
mark, IN an off-hand sort Of way, that
he'd give $40 for n little OF the stun
that had been used the day previous
that he had a horse that might be able
to win with II.
1.-THE trainer apparently paid no at
tention 10 the observation, but one OF
his assistants, n negro stable boy, look
ed longingy at my man. After the
trainer had taken his horses back 10
the stable Mr. Negro slipped back,
and coming up TO my confederate,
said 'Bos, rs got a little mo- Of dat
bottle. III glib go all 10 $40 Meet me
at Blanks drug sto' at . tonight, and
I'll glib It 10 20 an
THAT afternoon the fellow had om-
ployed told me OF the arrangcment he
had made and with another track Of
fetal We went to the drug store and
waited, Pretty soon my man came in
with the negro stable boy He gave the
latter the money and going up TO the
clerk OF the store the stable boy said;
Bos, glib dis young man some Of dat
same stuff | got las night Tor de
hosses, After the stun had been pre-
pared ] stepped up and told the negro
who ! was. Tie was scared half TO
death and told enough SO that we had
O clear case against the trainer, and he
was soon warned away from the track.
later, however, | inauguratcd
scheme OF water treatment that was
most effective / discovered that no
horse that has been dopcd viii even
look at water much less drink II, after
n race. II Is also necessary to cool the
horse out as quickly as possible after
q race, ! determined to make use OF
my discovery ANA the first time after
that, when ! had good reason TO sus-
peot that a horse had been 'doped' In
q race. / motloned TO the trainer after
the finish that / wanted 10 sec him,
Take that horse mp into the sad
ding paddock and keep MIN there I'M
III look him over | ordered
" But he Is sweating and / want 10
lake him over to the barn and cool
aim out. replied the trainer
Cool him out IN the paddock, ! re-
Piled I want 10 take n look al him
Just "a soon az the Jockeys had
weighed In and the official placing
was announced ! went TO the paddock.
There was the trainer working over
his horse which was sweating pro-
fusely and nervous to q degree. ! or
dered a bucket OF water brought and
told tho trainer 10 give II 10 the horse.
:" But he won't drink Il now pro-
tested the trainer, getting nervous
81 insisted on Offering the horse the
water but at the sight Of the bucket
the poor animal became almost fran
he That was enough for me- FOR
tct TO say that this time the trick
fidn't win. but if remember COR
hne From that time out ! worked my
water test 80 successfully that | fn-