The Washington times., 1905-11-04
RINGLESS RINGER
WAS THE SCHEME
Cataract Was Never Intend
ed to Win.
GREEN GOODS VARIATION
Swindlers Got Coin From Dupes to Bet
on Sure Thing, Then
Skipped.

NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-Swift justice
has been meted out to all persons con-
nected with the Cataract ringing case
At a meeting of the stewards of the
Jockey Club, held at the Office OF the
club last night, NJ. L. Mitchell. in whose
name the horse Freedman was entered
under the name of Cataract in the sixth
race at Jamaica on October 80. Trainer
M. Steel. and J. Y Wilkins and the horse
were ruled OF the turf.
The mystery surrounding the stolen
race horse Freedman, now in the custody
OF the Pinkerton police for the Jockey
Club, has grown rather than decreased
The Pinkerton police stiH are looking
for "R Smith, the man who first was
known in connection with the ringer
when he was headed off at the Nara
gansett Park track in Providence, and
until Smith is found and has made
statement. the case is to be treated as
bona fide ringing. though it now is as
serted that the last thing that the
swindlers really desired was to have
the horse actually run in a race.
Green Goods Scheme.
The prevalent idea Is that the fraud
arranged by the swindlers was akin to
those other double acting swindies,
wire tapping and green goods operations.
and that the real purpose of the futile
and almost childish ringing maneuvers
was to cheat men who were inveigled
into the scheme Of race track fraud. by
which they expected to benefit r
Smith" as the nominal owner of the
ringer race horses is said to have
secured large sums of money from men
who were induced 10 advance funds TO
back the ringer. and though he has
never succeeded in winning a race.
Smith continued TO get money in large
amounts
So far as is known. Smith has never
succeeded in starting but one horse. and
that was an animal represented as
Judge Smythe. bay gelding, four years
oid. by Jack Lushby-IdyIe which il
now Is said may have been the same
treckman, which was entered as Cat
afact at Jamaica This Judge Smythe
WIS entered at providence. but was sus-
pected by the stewards, and Smith was
warned IN advance, though the horse
was permitted 70 start. as it then was
TOO late to scratch him.
Smith, with his horses. one a bav
horse which really did gallon fast in
tria!S. leIt the Providence track early
on ire morning following. and did not
feappear, though the Jockey Club was
ncuned, and racing officials have been
on the lookout for him ever since
Smith is believed TO be the same man
who signed bill OF sale as J. s Mar
TN, transferring the supposed Cataract
70 NJ l. Mitchell, who posed as the
norse owner when he was exposed as
ringer at jamaica.
Sure Thing Men Bit.
The idea which horsemen now hold of
the swindle is that the men controlling
the horse had collected as much money
as was possible from their dupes. who
actually believed that the ringer would
win. and when detection seemed close
at hand, disappeared with the profits.
leaving the horse and the least alert of
their accomplices to0get out OF the en-
tanglement as they best could. OF the
persons known TO be connected with the
entry OF the horse Freedman as Cat
aract, Mitchell and the trainer. ".
Steel are the only ones who are held "a
others have not been found and identi-
red. No action in the case has been
taken by the Jockey Club as yet though
Il Is generally believed that both men
viii be ruled off the turf. ard that they
may be arrested for having stolen prop
erty IN their possession when the owner
OF Freedman. r. II. Dunn. is heard
At last nights conferences. s. s. How
land was appointed steward to represent
the Jockey Club at the autumn meeting
or the Washington Jockey Club and
joseph A. Murphy was appointed judge
and Handicapped r. II. Browns appli-
cation TO be restored to good STANDING
was denied. and the following licenses
were granted: Trainers, y. K. Beale
\. Brooks, G. ". Dodge. James Dumas
., ) Engleking, w II. Henry, Thomas
Il Morton. II. i. Skiles. and +. Van
Keuren- Jockeys, Harry Brown. Rich
ara Blackiock. Arnold Clare, and Rich
ard Gerdes.