The Washington times., 1906-11-04
JOCKEY CLUBS STEWARDS
ACCUSED OF BOOBISEINESS
Action Ruling Rogers Off Turf Most Inconsistent Says
Expert-Radtbe's Confession May Remove Ban From
Rider-Benning First Step Toward West and South.
By ]. S. A. MACDONALD.


dose Of unusual severity to bob"
Rogers. owners of Garnish, last Tues
day.
Rogers was ruled off the turf together
with his trainer, John Wilson. in the
race where Radtl1e is alleged TO have
pulled Tommy Waddell. Garnish won
in a gallop with certain interests in the
betting ring playing Rogers horse as
If il were all over but the formal in
terview with the cashiers after the
finish
In round words. the stewards conclud-
ed the race was a clever and compre-
hensive "shoo in" for Garnish. To make
Garnish particularly lit for the job,
Rogers is charged with having "doped'
his horse. Hence. under the rules,
Rogers and his outfit earned a life eN-
pulsion from all the race tracks under
the jurisdiction of the Jockey Club.
Confession May Save Jockey.
Among the smart insiders Radtke.
thinking 10 propltiate the gods I'm his
favor. is understood 10 have ''fessed
up" To the Jockey club This sort or
states evidence viii probably save 'he
Jockey. But what the thinking men 'f
with this unsavOry incident is as 10 the
reason why the stewards passed over a
hundred or so more fragrant instances
OF turf trickery without so much as a
word OF warning or the least inquiry as
10 the circumstances Of existing condi-
tions. only 10 wait 10 the eleventh hour
Of the season ard then 10 level their
guns upon a poor and comparatively un-
H..
some critics say August Belmont,
chairman of the Jockey Club. who
makes at least 100000 every year out
Of his New York race track holdings,
is much disturbed by the scandal talk
i'm the newspapers this past summer
concerning the coups and the smart
: deals of the biz plungers.
Grating Must Be Stopped.
The upstate ruralists heard about u
/ and q growing sentiment against racing
( commenced To threaten the stability OF
the METROPOLITAN turf and consequently
Bclmonts rich yielding racetrack en-
/ terprises. "A stop 10 this grating must
/ be made" the chairman OF the Jockey
! Club is reported 10 have said at the
recent meeting Of the stewards. Then
/ Rogers was selected as the sacrifice
I I'm order 10 frighten the big eVildOers
] At Saratoga last August the son OF a
! wealthy real estate operator OF the
] Bronx. New York, started favorlte'
ruling at To g. and with the public
I down, hook line. and sinker. the jockey
gave the choice such jerk that ne and
: the owner would have been rule OF be-
/ fore the horse had reached the stewards
( .nclosure 10 weigh in had the seene
been laid at the New Orleans Fair
/ Grounds with Frank J. Bryan In the
stand. From that day 10 this nothing
lhas been heard OF the anair.
Shaw's Queer Actions.
The exhibition Jockey Willie Shaw
gave with Electioneer in the Flatbush
! Stakes. and again the mysterious form
/ displayed by FOuntainblue under Jockey
! Jack Martin in the same event, are to-
/ dav public scandals. More than one
! clubhouse patton, il is charged runs
his horses Just 10 suit his betting in
/ clinauions and regardless Of the public
/ interests or the ethics Of the gra. d old
| sport Of the turf. Horses appear
| "dOped' every week. and most bare
faced ''shoo ms are common occur
rences.
y
/ Ter. owned by Matte" Corbett. a big
club house operator. IS another sore spo'
in the hide OF the average regular, while
/ i'm the jumping races, Buttner was open
/ ly accused in the public press OF having
manipulated II CuChillO in a race wher,
the rank and file bettoTs lost thousand:
and thousands Of dollars - this hOrs,
/ in a race at Brighton Beach last July
/ Not 4 single member of the Nati2na
/ Hunt and Steer,cchase Association wa'
/ in the stewards stand at the time
Penalty Firs Crime, But
! Considering all this. and more TOO
the drastic treatment of Rogers is
! somewhat inconsistent, though the erin,
deserves the penalty imposed. II ap
pears the stewards at the several meet
ings about New York are mainly gen
/ tlemen who serve in complimentary
fashion. AS Il matter of fact, with tn
I exception OF Chris J. Fitzgerald. Franz
J. Bryan. and Clarence Mcdowell. there
Is not single practical and expert rae
ing man in the stewards stand from
one seasons end to the other.
Until August Belmont decides to adop
4 the Western idea OF employing the mos
! comnetent, thorough, and unimpe2eh
/
may. he win always have scandal il
New York racing.
Aqueduct Soon to Close.
1 With the inauguration Of the fina
meeting of the metropolitan season a
Aoueduct the winter campaigner, be n
owner. jockey. or common rank soldie
OF fortune bethought himself of tn
shift 10 salubrious Southern climes. tn
chill winds off the nearby Atlantic coas
and the stray snowfakes which hav
fallen these last few days telling dee
and certain tale of the near approach
of "Our Lady of the Shows" This cur
rent meeting of the Queens Count,
Jockey Club here at Aqueduct continue
to November Is.
On the next day the race track arm
invades Washington. D. G. where tn
annual autumn term OF the Washing
ton Jockey Club at Benning. d. c.. en-
sues for a run to December l. Ate
that comes the long drop down to Ney
r Orleans. La, or across the continent I
Los Angeles. or San Francisco. IN fac
racing at these points commences som