Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

next season won race after race for tho
DWyers' and seemed to have renewed his
to victory. ''' pouiios
falr Play, the other WOODBURY. vearliny
was d good bread winner for Williams i'm the
, mes., OUT ne never ran in the east for the
cbarJ tnae ne broke down at Crab Or
cnaIo, N.Y. under peculiar circumstances
rap orchard Is famous for its salts hut
~ inns particular case Williams was handed
T gao racs tart a and acid in the extreme.
and probably has yet, a hill or small hinf
IN Ihe center field that was high enough
10 nide a view of the horses from the
seanu ior perhaps half a furlong on the
Judge was sometimes Stationed In 90 20
lnere should be any fouling or rough riding
WINE tne norses and jockeys We're out Of
sisnI But there had been little complaint
On Inat score at the time Fair PLAY raced
at crab Orchard. and the patrol Judge sell
oom mad any report to make other than AN
quiet round the HILL OIL
Consequently the day that Williams ran
rs ar ray AT CRAB Orchard nothing was ex-
Pected TO occur round the hill, as there had
NOT peen scrimmage" there in a long
time. When the race was called nm in
which Fair Play was a contestant, the lat
he w ~ Lar a ouaTiassed nus company that
ne was generally conceded the purse. bar
accident. Betting was very light in the
auction and mutual pools Fair Play against
the field. Ne"i'''
Williams and his friends, however.
noted that one man. a stranger To Thorn
bought about every pool sold on the field
and then went over in the infield where
he was joined by the patrol Judge. who
shortly afterward mounted his horse and
rode over to his station on the ton of
the hill.
All of this might have been a mere CO.
Incidence. but in the light of what fol-
lowed Williams and his friends drew
their own conclusions. The race was a
n o,,l IN,,;,, III
the pace SO warm from the start that he
gradually strung out his field. coming to
the BLUR ten lengths in front.
EAR Play went out of sight behind the
hill dozen lengths to the good. and
when he reappeared to view a slxteenth
of a mile further on he was all of twenty
lengths in front and won the race pulled
up in a common gallop But he c,me n
the stand so lame that his Jockey dc %
mounted and led the colt back to the
scales. ~ 'ne
His number was put up as the winner
but just as his jockey had nd ~
proper weight the patrol Judge cama mn
at galiop, waving his hand at the
judges that he had a report to NIKE ona
10 tne amazement Of Williams, the patrol
s seoaaa .ma' fair Play had fouled the
hill. "eii'ho inc
Inc Judges accepted the patrols charge
as correct without even examining the
Jockeys and at once disqualifed Fair
Play, giving the race to the second horse
In spite of Williams vigorous protest the
omclals held to their decision and when
the d1sgusted owner publicly gave his
opinion Of such injustice the big patrol
stuck a gun in his face and told him not
to criticise the honorable judges. In re-
lating the incident afterward Williams
said when he loked down the muZZle of
the patrol judges gun he decided he had
better take the first train out Of town
And he did.
Joe Cotton. named after the veteran book.
that ba
horse that Jim Williams developed. Nv
King Alfonso Invericauld, the horse was
purchased as yearling at Woodlawn for
$3.50, and as two-year-old in 1884 won
several races in the west, showing fair
enough form to warrant his owner shin
ping him east. snap
But he only started once at Long Rrancb
ana then went anliss and Williams shipped
him back to kentucky. That winter Joe
cotton developed into big sixteen-hand
three-year-old and his work was SO phe-
nomenal that he was pointed for the Ken
lucky Derby. Cotton won that classic event
IN impressive style, and many other stakes
west and east that season.
The next spring Williams trained Cotton
as four-year-old for eastern events ex-
clusively and entered him In the Suburban
and other great races When he reached
Coney Island early in June Cotton showed
such rapid trials that the Dryers made
overtures for his purchase and finally paid