The Washington times., 1908-02-16
Cleaning Up New Orleans
Racing Seems Impossible
Under Present Conditions
Celia and Corrigan Object to innovations De-
signed to Protect PubIic-St Louis Crowd
Called a Menace to Canadian Turf
By BERT E. CoLLYER.

a foothold. the beginning OF the end II
not the death kneIl, OF racing has been
sounded III that community. And so il
would be In Canada II the "outlanders'
were accorded even a ghcst OF a chance.
To the uninitiated the question OF
why" is promulgated.
Where the Danger Lies.
A few words will suffice. fnasmucn as
the answer fs-the Celia crowd believes
that If a race track costs $4,000 a
strenuous effort should be made 70 have
that course turned into the rnaenates.
Golfers. the original cost not once, bus
each and every year. In order TO fol-
low out such a modus operandi what Is
necessary-tne hlchlng Of every dollar
from the public and norsemtn alike.
With such a picture paramount. il is
hardly any wonder that the Canadians
have not taken kindly TO the invasion
The running Of one or Two particularly
bad races by Gloriher. James McCor-
mick's good Carter handicap and Met
ropOlitan handicap winner, occasioned
the criticism from one or two turf
writers to the effect that the old cripple
was not nearly at himself However.
close observers, and those who have
observed the connections which Nr. Nc
Cormick has in a betting way. are Of
one mind. that Mccormick is going
along carefully with the good Hastings
and Glory horse, with a view Of taking
down 2 couple OF the more lucrative
stake events yet 10 be run. incidentally
contemplating a huge coup. One thing
/ is certain. Glorifer never acted or
/ worked better in his whole racing
career.
Mccormick in Good.
Mccormick was @lot always as easy
as he is al present Many long year
I lie had TO trudge along with a band OF
| cTipples and wonder II the time would
/ ever come when he would possess "A
/ real race horse" Mccormick will take
GloriieT East this spring again. and
| the Hastings horse viii be given a LONG,
| tedious preparation in anticipation OF
I Duplicating his Carter handicap per-
/ formance Of last season.
! Speaking OF Mccormick brings 10 mind
I that the silent" trainer is probably the
! biggest winner, in a betting way, OF the
| the season; in fact il would not be GO
/ ing too far to make the assertion that
/ he has had thus far the best season of
! his entire racing career. His best kill
! ings were made on the two-time winner
/ Rexane and Handzarra, which has also
| earned brackets twice, both OF which
4 were accomplished at lucrative odds.
( Those in position to know assert thar
John W Gates and Davy Johnson are
I both betting for Mae" This in 4
measure accounts for the temeritv dis
played by the ring whenever the .silent
one" SENDS candidate to the post.
Row Chasing Scandals.
From a reliable source il is learned
[ that in view OF the recent expose OF the
I methods OF the cross-country brigade.
l and the "shOo-in' tactics employed dur
/ ing the recent meeting at City Park.
that one or two prominent riders will
be conspicuous by their absence with the
! resumption Of racing at Mr.. Corrigan's
/ plant next week.
In previous years what scandal had
| cropped up regarding this end Of the
/ sport had been centered about Iegiti-
! mate favorites which were ''shooed in"
this year, the work Of the brigade has
been much more coarse, 20 10 I shots
being about the correct average OF the
/ melons which have been cut Quite a
demonstration occurred after the run
ming or the last jumping race with
/ the result that Judge Mcdowell who
previously displayed gross ignorance Of
/ any deViltry, was forced 10 act