The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-15
DIDN'T TRY TO WIN
Jockey Hart Held Up Horse
Said Judges.
The Mica nd Eighth Race Was
Called Off.
THEY RAN IN THE MUD.
Large Crowd Sees the Runners
in Afternoon.
Jockey McKibbon Suspended for
Impndent Talk.

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| three running races were put on at the
state fair Thursday afternoon. Two of
them were run and won in a rip-roaring
! fashion despite the unfavorable condi-
| tons, but the third had SO many ear
marks of cut and dried affair on the
| part of the jockeys in it, that the judges
| declared it no race and called off all the
| bets made on it. OF course the rain
! storm of the early afternoon put the
! track in such a condition that harness
racing was out of the question, and the
three excellent races of this class carded
for the afternoon, including the 2:35 trot
with stake of 81 900, were postponed.
| Fully 1900 persons witnessed the races
yesterday afternoon and this was. con-
sidered a remarkable crowd in view of
the weather conditions that prevailed
! during the earlier part of the day. The
grandstand, which was free on this oc-
| casion, was nearly filled and there was
a good sized crowd strung along the
quarter stretch. A great majority of the
| crowd were farmers, with their families,
| who had driven to town early in the day
and had reached the grounds before the
rainstorn descended. They had come
! to the fair to spend the day and such a
| little thing as a half inch of rain did not
worry them in the least. In fact they
| seemed to enjoy stopping around in the
mud, especially the girls from the farms
for it gave them an opportunity to dis
| play some wonderful creations in the
way of hosiery.
/ Many OF the rural lads paid visit to
| the betting ring and picking their horses
| from looks alone, they helped to swell
the rolls of the bookmakers. One husky
4 fellow approached a bookmaker and af-
d ter side-Stepping around for q time he
fished out a money pouch and carefully
4 extracted a piece of money.
iii bet you quarter that sorreI
nag" he said. pointing to one of the
| horses warming up.
Quarter bets don't go here replied
the bookmaker in serious tone.
We'll, you fellows amt much sports"
said this man of the hoe, but I'll just
bet you ten cents if that amt too much
for you.''
And it is question who the laugh
was on when the bookmaker had to ex-
plain that he did not mean a quarter
was above the limit and that the slAall
est bet taken was dollar, for the farm
er quickly responded, I'm game. I'll bet
you all I got, and he dug up six quar-
tiers. His dollar and a half bet was ac-
cepted and he lost.
Four horses started in the first race
which was for five and one half fur
longs. Limb ofsthe LAWS owned by r.
F. Borland of H'airbary. Neb., and rid
den by little Don1f1iek, took the lead at
the start and held it tos the finish, al
though Ringer, with Dennison up, made
the winner run some in the last half of
up with a rush and tried to steal the
rail but Limb of the Laws was going
too fast to be. beaten and was able to
maintain his position to the wire. Ringer
finished a length back and the other
two horses were somewhere down the
field. They may be running yet.
The next race, half mile dash, fur
nished the most exciting finish of any
of the running races that have been
held during the three days of the meet
All of the horses jumped away at the
start in bunch and four of them kept
punched right down to the wire. All of
the jockeys on these horses rode like
mad and the four horses were actually
heads apart at the finish. The race was
given to Mark Hanna, ridden by Denni
son, by nose. To many in the grand
stand it looked as though Schoolcraft
had won and a little howl went up when
the winner was announced but the de-
cision of the judges was eminently fair
Mark Hanna was a. 20 to shot in the
betting and not a single bet was made
on him with the bookmakers. The horse
is owned by Dan Sumpter of Hoyt, Kan.
1t was the next and last race that
furnish ed such a plain case of crooked
riding that the judges had to declare
it off. It was one and one-eighth
mile dash and four horses started, DR..
Nash with Wilson up, Colonel Jewell,
ridden by Dennison, Dr.. Stuckez by
Hart and Stainbrook by Lowe, DIR.
Nash took the lead at the start and the
other three horses followed closely for
II
the leader at the three-quarters and
then their Jockeys began pulling.
Stainbrook and Colonel Jewell fell
quickly to the rear but DR.. Stuckez
fought hard for his head and had he
been let out he would surely have won
the race by furlong, as DR.. Nash was
not going fast. But Jockey Hart sat
: up straight in the saddle and just saw
ed on his horses mouth until he had
: the animal running with his head in
the air and with mouth open, and
$ fighting every step for chance to run.
d When the stretch was reached with DIR.
Nash a half dozen lengths in front,
4 Hart loosened I'D on the reins and be-
i gan to ride as if he wanted to win.
He could easily have overtaken the
winner had the race been furlong
Longer as DR.. Nash was all in at the
i finish and DIR. Stuckez had plenty of
: running in him. The judges called
0 Hart to the stand and gave him an OPP
: portunity to say something in defense
: | of his ride. He made a lot of excuses
. | on having to nurse his horse for the
: finish and the like but they were so
:, lame that the judges declared the race
: off as well as the bets. This bit of
= discipline. which could have been ex-
\ ercised with justice in two of the races
L on Wednesday, ought to have a good
effect on the running races today and
a tomorrow, for the horsemen now know
+ that they will have to run their horses
: honestly or the races will be declared
. off.
After the first race Jockey McKib-
. bon went to the judges, stand and
: complained to Starter Updegran and
q told him that he had not been given a
d fair start in the race as his horse was
), turned around when the barrier was
u sprung. He used pretty impudent talk
4 and Mr.. Updegraff set him down for
J the rest of the meeting. Another bit
: of evidence of the crookedness of the
{ last race was furnished in the betting
$ ring Dr. Nash opened at even money
and there was such a rush of stable
hands TO grab at these odds that Book
maker Gordon refused to take more
n than a half dozen of the first bets on
1t the horse. None of the other horses
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