The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-05

lie established himself as the terror OF
evildoers " and the friend Of the producing
class Of racegoers.
While straining every point 20 give
the bookmaker the worst OF Il, he reeog-
rized the betting as the essential part OF
the sport. While playing TO the gallery
and making rulings wholly unwarrauted
by the laws, he inspired confidence in his
own honesty and that OF the game he had
under his immediate supervision. Ills
services were sought by racetraek propri-
etors who wished TO curry favor with the
public, and ! have reason to know that ne
was in his time the most generously COM
peEs1 ted racing official that ever sat I'm
the stand, even after HIS sight had been
dulied and his mind had almost totally
gone back on him.
| heard the proprietor OF a racetraek
once say Of him: " The public believes
IN Clark. and don't care II he can't ses
across the track. he'll be here as long as
! have anything TO say about It. and when
he is dead I'll stuff his clothes and stick
them UP there"
Col. Clark realized his finish before
those who were so eager TO avail them
selves OF his services did. He died In
harness. In the midst OF the spring meet
ing Memphis he retired from banquet
hall and shot himself.
Col. A. ". Hamilton, Who succeeded
Col. Clark in the stand AZ Harlem, served
as his associate and was a protege OF
his Col. Hamilton took up Col. Clarks
work where he left it of, bgt as time more
on became more subdued IN his meth
DDS. While serving the interests Of the
public as faithfully as his predecessor
had done, he eschewed the spectacu1ar
almost from the start. Although he had
no intention OF adopting racing IS pro-
fessiou when Col. Clark pressed him into
service, Col Hamilton has since made O
study OF the work and has established
himself a the head Of judicial affairs at
Harlem and a the winter track al Los
Angeles
Col. Hamilton is n typical Kentucky
gentleman, and the fact that he can live
without racing makes his presence in
racing more desirable. Ills suaye man
nor and the judicial temperament 10
deeper than the mere placing Of The
horses at the finish lie is left untram-
meled in the exercise of his judicial au-
ties. and I cannot imagine him IN the p3-
sitlon Of accepting dicta lion from any UEe.
Capt Rees, who served at Oakley. Haw-
thorne. San Francisco. New Orleans. and
Louisville, went into racing from pure
love of the sport and at the sacrifice Of his
enough Of Is. after establishing a record
Tor himself as one Of the sguarest and
most fearless men that ever hung out a
'numbcr. HAUIIit, too. when nearly every
racing asstciation in the country was
clanloripE for his services and although
he has been out OF TIE game for i've years.
his is siiIl a name 10 coniure with lie
could name his own place and his own
terms at any time.
Capt Rees was high fl the councils 81
the OLD Turf congress aud q member Of its
license committee. He was a greater
terror Of eyildoers than was Col. Clark.
and he acted with more elaboration. He
never made a ruling that ne did not make
stick. lie had the utmost confidence I'm
his subordinates and always sustained
them. He mixed with the horsemen ard
never was above taking suggestion from
one Of them on matter Of racing policy.
When the Jockey club seriously consiG-
cred the advisabiiity OF appointing sill
pendary steward Capt. Rees was the only
person mentioned. although he repeatedly
declared he would not accept the posi-
ton. He is a friend and business asso-
ciate or Capt. S. S. Brown Of Pittsburg
and makes his home at Memphis.
or all the men who have sat IN ths
judges stand in my recollection, John
Carter was the most thorough horsemau
He bred horses, owned horses, raced
them, bet on them, booked on them. start
cd them, and judged them. There was no
angle ot the game with which he was not
familiar. What other judges learned
from experience. or through the process
or investigation, he knew intuitiveIy. His
mere presence in the stand headed OF
many a steal that otherwise might have
been attempted. h made his rulings
with the spirit OF a horseman
! sat with him at Windsor one day sew
eral years ago. \ jockey. Who was and
is now more or less prominent in me
west, had three mounts that day, and
Carter was watching him. He did not
like the ride the youth put up on the
first. but he said nothing. There was
suspicious move about the three-eighth
pole on the next. and Carter cid not over
look IT, When the horses went by the
stand on the way 10 the post Carter halted
the procession and. called the Jockey I'm
question over 10 him. " Look here, young
man. he said. al have been watching
you. You did not try yard on those other
two mounts. Now. you ride this one and
quit with a reputation or you viii never
ride another one as long as I am alive"
Carter lost his life In the Baldwin hotel
IRE in San Francisco 10 save tho life or
another. and his fellow Tennesseeans
erected a tan marble shaft over what 1T
tie Of him was sent back.
John F. Morse. who presldes at Wash
ington Park and Worth when there is any
racing al those points, IS sound on the
mere mechanics of racing. c. II. Pe1tin-
gill had to do with horses before he be
came an official He irst became known
officially as starter at Gloucester. He
afterwards went to Garfield Park, Chiea
go, and had the flag in his hand the day
that Capt. Jim Brown was killed. He
started tine Worlds Fair Derby at Chica-
eago. and afterwards returned 20 that
course as presiding Judge. He has since
served in California and the east. He was
an accurate placing judge in his day. bur
l understand he is slated for retirement.
Francis Treyelyan is an Engiishrnan
who krows horses and writes entertain
,ngly about them. He Is the principal pre-