The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-02
THE PASSING T1RONG

. Jockey Indian Johnson, made famous
by the battery scandal in Charleston
during the Charleston Exposition, was
a guest in Montgomery yesterday.
Johnson stopped over here en- route to
New Orleans, where he goes as an as
sistant trainer in one Of the large
stables there. He was black listed af-
ter the Charleston affair, and has just
The AFFAIR In which Johnson was
mixed up was one OF the most remark
able in the annals OF the turf. He
was pulled from his mount after he had
won a six furIong dash by ten lengths,
his riding trousers ripped from his
body, his Jockey boots cut from his legs
and there was exposed to view an cleo
trio device which has been often re-
sorted to on the track to win with
dead ones"
johnson was laughing over the Incl
dent yesterday. The meet at Charles
ton was getting on its last legs when
the famous stunt was pulled on. Every
tout in the country had come South
where the climate suited his apparel,
hung around the track there was hard
Iy a sufficient amount of money to bury
q first class meal. The attempts TO
"shoo" them across had been unsuc-
to have the thing run on the square:
There was famous horse named Bad
Penny" In good spirits this horse
could beat the best one in a six fur
Arkansas Derby winner of that year,
but had refused absolutely to run at
the Charleston track, which was a
half mile b S at 3,t He tbS wO Ssaa 81 sPre sSs
stretch where he would drop as If hit
in the head with a hammer. He was
always a bad last. but everybody knew
that he was not dog, but was sulky.
was entered with a bunch of good ones
in six-furlong dash: Fifteen to one
could be had about him. Those who
their money by wire in the pool rooms
in Covington and Chicago. O'Learyis
book in Chicago stood to lose some
thing like $4,000 IL Bad Penny won.
Every tout, rubber. stable boy and sec
ond story worker at the track got down
on Bad Penny. hook, limo and slnker.
Everybody went to soaksville to get
little extra tin to lay against the field
on the speedy sulker. Everybody was
trying for getaway money.
To Johnson was assigned the task of
bringing Bad Penny across winner.
In each pocket OF his riding trousers
Wires from these batteries connected
with Johnson's spurs. When the morse
was touched with both spurs at once
the circuit was completed and ne would
run like something wild.
There was tho most intense excite-
ment when the horses went to the post:
Bad Penny's price had been forced
uoWu 10 10 II anu tho Juu6co
taking every precaution to see that
thore was no crooked work. After two
or three bad breaks the flag went down
and they were of. Bad Penny was left
standing flat-footed at the post, but
Johnson soon had him going. Turning
into the short stretch Bad Penny was
bad last in a field of eight. A groan
went up from the crowd. Visions Of
Pullmans back to the North or to New
Orleans, meal tickets and new front
wont vanishing. But johnson meas
ured well. AS soon as the field swung
into the stretch and gave him
straightawRy he steered Bad Penny TO
tho outside and turned on the current.
They say that sparks actually dew out
of the old sulker's nostrils as he sprang
forward with a burst of speed such as
has never been seen on 2 track before
or since. with nostrtls dilated, tongue