Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24
JOCKEY finn
IS SUSPENDED
LA GLORIA CAUSE OF MORE
SCANDAL
Bribery Wins First Race When Book
maker Horse Is Given Foulest
Ride Ever Witnessed
at Ascot

Jockey Finn was suspended Indefinite
ly, pending investigation, by Judge
Hamilton yesterday afternoon following
the first race for an alleged weak ride
on La Gloria. The mare opened at 6
to in the betting Some boolSies laid
as high as 2i5 to 1 on her chances and
she performed according to the betting.
The sheets were called in after the race
by the Judges and it is assertd that
when the officials get to the bottom of
the affair some knights of the chalk
will be asked what they know about
the matter.
1t is also known that one prominent
bookmaker is in hot water about the
race, as he always had top price on
the mare and the more he took in on
her chances the higher he chalked the
odds.
A large crowd was present to see the
good card run that Secretary Boden
had arranged and incidentally relieved
the boolSes of some of their cash, as
three heavily backed favorites, two sec
ond choices and a heavily backed to
1 shot won.
Bribery was backed into favoritism
in the fifth race and closed at to 10
after to could be had at one time.
La Gloria closed second choice and Re
volt was backed down to 5 to l after Z
to was to be had at one time.
La Gloria made the pace until the last
few jumps. with Finn sitting still Here
Bribery, which was away last from the
barrier came on and in a drive beat
La Gloria. Revolt finished fast and
would have won in a few more strides.
Mazapan quit early. Mary b. Clark
ran a good race and is about due to win.
The crowd that saw Finn's ride hissed
him from the grand stand and the chief
topic of conversation during the after
noon was the La Gloria affair.
Common Sue and Merlingo closed
about equal choices in the second race,
while j. C. Clem was always as good
as to 1. Common Sue made every post
q winning one and was ridden hard the
final fifty yards to stand off j. c. Glen.
Meringo. outrun early, finished reso-
lutely but was not good enough. Lib
ertinus quit after going half. Re-
member this one for early action.
TAYLOR George was backed from to
2 to to 10; Phil Igoe closed at Is to l.
Toller at Is to / and King of the Mist
was as good as 40 to 1. Taylor George
had little chance with the start. but
Ross rushed him to the front too fast
and he had nothing left to finish with
when challenged by Phil Igoe. which
won easily. Toller, outrun early, was
doing his best to save place from King
of the Mist, which finished like shot.
The feature event was the handicap,
with $500 added. Won Tromp went to
the post favorite at to 5. Johnstown
was played from 8 to to 1 and Tartan
closed at s to 5, backed from 2 to l.
Won Tromp took the lead as the web
bing went up and was never headed
winning easily. JohnstoWn, always
close to the pace. got near to Won
Tromp at the eighth pole when the
latter swerved across JOhnstown in
terfering with him slightly, for which
Mcdaniel was fined 5000 by the judges.
Tartan ran his race. Niblick was chased
to pieces trying to catch Won Tromp.
Line of Life had an easy time of it
in the fifth race. She got away in
front and won all the way. At the end
Harris shook her up and she was go
ing away from Foncasta, which was
easily second, and hung badly the final
strides. Woodthorpe was always near
the leader and ran a good race. The
others were always outrun.
Jim Blute put over a good thing in the
sixth race when Tramotor Won. Seven
to l was to be had at one time, but he
closed at to l. La Chata was played
from even money to to 10 and Lone
Hand closed at 8 to l. Preston got
Tramator away well and won easily.
La Chata tired badly trying to catch
Tramator and was beaten head by
Lone Hand for the place. The others
did not show anything worthy of men,
ton.
AT a sale held in the paddock yester-
day afternoon Retropaw sold for $40O
and Redwood II brought $3.50. z. D.
Worth bought both horses.
Jockey Radtke was fined $50 by Start
er Hoffman in the second race for bad
behavior at the post.