The Washington times., 1907-11-25

Saturday turned out a very tame affair,
indeed, for an event which had been
SO widely heralded and which carried
with it the tidy sum OF 5000 added.
This stake closed October 10 with
twenty-three entries, among which were
The cracks. Spooner. Royal Tourist,
Adriana, and Falcada- OF the twenty
three only SIX faced-t starter S:.tur-
day.
IL was a little surprising that Falcada
should have been such a warm favorite.
His race Tuesday when he was beaten
bv Rosimiro showed that the colt was
not at ali himself. Tom Heale. = hts
trainer. was fearful that the COLI had
stalled of. Yet for all that the wise
horsemen went 70 Falcada as II it was
ali over and entirely overlooked the
brilliant work of The Squire. who had
shown himself much at home on the
Benning track.
Reputation. "the shadow OF the Ro-
man name,'' is a great thing in any line
of business. and particularly so in horse
flesh. Let a horse once show a gooo
performance and he win be backed for
a long time on the strength or that' auu
by the wise ones, too.
To such an extent did this Falcada
glamour go that Tom Welsh, the owner
OF The Squire, who must have known
that he had a mighty good horse, fell
to It and did not have cent 10 MS
entry, letting him run for the stake
alone. Moreover, Welsh advised his
friends not to bet on The Squire, all
OF which goes TO show that the horse
game must be a tough proposition for
the general public when the insider goes
so far astray.
The SQUIRE IS one OF the get of Prince
OF Melbourne, now standing at the OK
nard farm, Blue Ridge, Va, and IS the
first of this stations produce to show.
Tie stewards descended on Joe Mar
rome Saturday, and after the clubs vet
had reported that St Joseph, the Mar
rome entry in the first race, showed
signs OF having been dOped, suspended
his owner. and referred the case TO the
Jockey Club.
All the racing associations have a vet
erlnary, especially appointed 10 look
over the horses in the paddock and de-
tect any signs OF doping What these
vets do has been a source Of wonder TO
The public. They walk about and look
anything Is heard from theni. And yet
il is an open secret that dope and stimu-
lants Of various character are freely
used in violation OF the rules OF the
Jockey Club.
The racing authorities have very wise
ly adopted this rule against the use of
stimulants, for while the dope may ac-
Cclerate the speed OF a horse. and pos
sibly may do him no harm, the tempta-
tiou to run a horse not one day and
cold" the next is too great and AFFORDS
too much opportunity for. manipulating
the betting. It would be well Tor the
stewards to wake up their official vets
and make them earn their salaries. Al
present there is q suspicion that their
eyes are ClOuded to some things that
are daily going on
Nancy was strangely overlooked in the
betting IN the first race Saturday and
10. 4, and 2 was freely laid about the
Carson flly. This daughter Of Hastings
is particularly suited by the BenninG
going and with about 100 pounds W
can hold her own with most any OF the
cheap lot now at the track Nancy
performed well at Pimlico and is at heI
best.
The Jockey Club has a crouch, and a
justifabie one against the weather
man. Since the opening day OF this
meeting there has been nothing but rain
and mud, and the wonder Is that the
attendance mas Deeu so BODu. lue LdCh
IS now IN a beastly state and there is
very little prospect Of good going before
the meeting closes.
The card for this week includes many
features. Wednesday the Dixie at ont
and tEree-QuaTteT miles viii be run
Thursday the Junior Steeplechase 70
three-yeg r-olds and the Washington Eui
are carde5. Friday comes the Southern
StaepIeCLase for hunters, and the rae
Tor the Army Mounted Service { Ip
Saturday winds up the meeting with tn
Maximum at three miles.
Gwynn Tompkius is having hard Iucl
with his good two-year-old TenakOe
Last Tuesday he just failed Of pulling
of a killing with this COLI, and wa
disqualified out of a big bet. SATURDAY
he backed his colt heavily again. ant
Just had him beaten by the ride Of
pinhead jockey.
Tom Mannlx has a pretty useful mea
ticket n old IvanhOe just at present
The old platter always had a fOndneS
for the Benning course, and sloppy &c
ing like lEat of Saturday Is just hi
meat This horse always has "a stron
Washington following, and the lOca