Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
four bookmakers who had laid the false
price against the horse.
Glenhall Short of Weight.

Glenhall Short of Weight.
These gentry tried to look uncOncerned,
! but messenger sent out for more money
| showed clearly the state of mind they were
| in. But in few moments a whisper went
| round the ring that Glenhall was short of
| weight and those in line waiting to cash
| their Glenhall bets began to drop out and
| join the crowd collecting around the judges
stand.
When Glenhall's jockey weighed in after
| the race he was found to be five pounds
! short Of the weight he was expected to
| carry in the race-1O4 pounds Try as the
| rider might open up his tack and try
| again, that relentless beam registered but
| And the clerk of the scales so reported to
Secretary Doherty, the latter reporting to
| the judges.
| Just as the judges had received the secre-
| tary's report that the winner five
| pounds short of weight three men mounted
| the judges stand, one of whom was being
| dragged along by the others. The three
| were Brown and Hardy. owners of Glen
| hall. and the clerk of the scales, Brown
| having lockhOld on his collar.
The trio were coming from the weighing
room across the track, whittier Brown and
Hardy had gone with their jockey as soon
as they heard of the short weight. Brown
| had his jockey confront the clerk, the for
mer firmly declaring that he had weighed
| all right before the race anu CdTTleu III lHe
race all the tack" he had before. There
fore he charged the clerk with abstractinS
| the weight that was missing.
Both Brown and Hardy believed their
| jockey and told the clerk so, Brown prompt
ly coliaring the clerk and leading, half
dragging, him across the track to the
judges stand. This unusual proceeding,
made in full view of 5,O00 people. was unin-
terrupted as all present knew the two Tex
ans and their desperate convictions if they
believed themselves in the right.
Up the steps of the judges stand mounted
! the owners of Glenhall and the badly scared
clerk, the latter going "bumpety- bump
every few steps as his captor would give
him a yank to accelerate his progress.
BY this time several thousand persons
were packed round the judges stand. drawn
there by this scene not down on the card,
and Brown and Hardy, with their captive.
reached the judges just as the latter were
about to announce the disqualification.
A Scared Clerk.
AS Brown dragged the clerk into the
presence of the judges Jack Hardy stood
guard in the doorway, grim and white as
his partner was stern and tense, both men
showing clearly that they would brook no
interference. And each was walking
arsenal no one offered to hinuer them for
an instant
When Brown reached the judges with
his captive he turned the latter loose, say
ing to the officials Gentlemen, you can
deal with me as the rules may provide,
and I will take my medicine, but want
YOU gentlemen, and all these people here
waving his hand at the crowd, Ito know
that we believe this man to be rascal,
that he is the one responsible for the
short weight on our horse"
And with that Brown explained to the
Judges the interview between the clerk
and their jockey and that they believed
the latter against the clerk. Then they
left the stand The jockey was then sent
for by the judges and examined. as was
the clerk. But nothing was developed
and the judges disqualified Glenhall, giving
the race to the second horse:
When at liberty the badly frightened
Doherty finishing the day at the scales:
An investigation was ordered that included
the going over of certain bookmakers'
sheets, but nothing was developed.
started his two-year- old flly Monita Hardy
and at the post one Of Starter Caldwelrs
assistants, polo JIM" struck the filly
with a whip to line her up. This brought
to stop the use of the whip on his filly
Caldwell promptly told Brown that his
assistants should use their whips on any
horse that would not line up, no matter
whose horse it was. And Brown, putting
his hand in his seat pocket just as prompt
ly told Caldwell that if his FLY were struck
again he would settle personally with him.
Needless to say, the filly was not struck
again. Caldwell reported Brown to the
Judges as soon as he returned to the stand
But the officials tacitly sustained Brown
by taking no action against him.
Death of Brown.
Six years later at Garfield Park. Chicago.
during the daily raids made at that track
and arrests of spectators and officials.
bookmakers and horsemen. Brown made
himself conspicuous one day by his public