The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-12
Jockey Miller's Mother
Finds Following His
Mounts a Bad System
BY ]. S. A. MACDONALD.

fact which should have weight IN the
eyes Of the Jockey Club reformers back
East.
The stry Of the rise Of the dope"
takes the relatOr back 10 Gutenberg
There a DR.. Ring, long deceased. dis
covered an elixir for horses. He used 10
go 10 an owner and explain how he
could make his horse win a certain race
Dr. Ring would make good his promise
all right he wouldn't look 20 the own
or FOR his financial reward. an arrange
ment with some bookmaker or heavy
oettor covering that interesting matter.
Dr.. Ring used pure drugs, largely made
M OF the kola ingredient He never
claimed 10 be able TO make q naturally
slow gated horse run fast But he could
taHe wor1-out hOTT+ which had shown
Ike extending himself TO that form once
again.
Evil Spreading Rapidly.
DR.. Ring used a needle injection in the
stall about five minutes before the post
call He never pracuced on cripples or
two-year-oIds. The originator OF this
scheme made a fortune out OF It before
he died OF ate years, however. the
dope Doctors are everywhere. Last
winter at New Orleans they used 10
make the paddock smell like an apothe-
cary suop. while horse was over
dosed and killed before the eyes of New
Gorks most fashionable racing as
semblaSe at Morris Park a few years
since.
The real harm came when trainers
would administer the dope" in one
race ana refrain from its use the next
time the horse started, causing form
reyersals and great financial loss TO the
public. Gradually many Weli-kuOWn
horses became dope f1endS'' as surely
as many Of the women and men OF the
underworld are living sacrifices TO the
drug passion Of opium and cocaine.
Many horses VIII not run at ali unless
they are INDUCED 10 their tea" in the
paddock parlance-
Horses Become Cunning.
As they get old the dope horses" be-
come cunning. They almost beg for the
soothing drug. In fact, a weH-known
equine performer on the New York
tracks used to back around in his stall
Of hts own voiition in order to facilitate
his groom injecting the dope" needle.
The story is proverbiaI down az Sheeps-
head Bay. EchOdaie the famous WET
Horse; Honolulu, and Major danger
field are some Of the most noted victims
OF the drug habit in polite horse circles.
However, the day of the done is on
the wdne. In a few years the uractice
~
The money game here shows no abate-
menJ from the pace set early in the seq
son. On last Saturday when the Fol
lansbee Handicap stood as the feature
the ring layout showed thirty-six books
in the main line, with three field books
and money-grab bing combination
book as auXiliaTies. Not fewer than
1000 bettors were on hand n fact-
saw such strong play as now obtains
here.
Some BirIEies Heavy Losers.
But it hasn't been any regular gold
mine for the bookmakers. Many n
bankrolj has been swept away, while
many a fortune has been aggregated in
the ffty-odd days OF racing. Johnny
Lyons quit a $4,000 loser, while Char
ley Bowman IS in bad too Both are
rollers Of the high school, who man
age to get It all back and more besides
IN the first break which comes their
way. Emil Herr is booking on a bank
known trainer and owner. He is win
ming, too, though the wiseacres say
the erstwhile plunger is as mucn out
of place in the role of pricemaker as a
whip in an automobile.
Harry Schaffer, who won the Cali
fornia oaks with EudoTa last year. will
return TO New York with a huge bank
roll, for he has been singularly success
ton Of his horses Bob Lloyd, W.
II. Beverly. Z. w Preston, Frank Eek
ert. johnny Coleman and silver
Bill Riley are in the line now. while
the playing brigade is led on by Jack
Keene, BILLY Engstrom Frank
Moore, c. B. Wilson, and Mike" Tuo-
hey.
Though the going away Of the horses
of S. c. Hildreth and r. F. Carman to
Los Angeles ilurt the class Of the rae
ing, still Sne bettOrs have not lost any
of their accustomed speculative ardor.
on the whole, San Francisco never
knew a better winter racing game than
we are now enjoying.