Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-30
QUEER TACTICS
ON RACE TRACK
Arrest Of lanes Handy Throws
Some Light on Buena
Vista Crowd.
CLAIMS CROOKED RACING.
Old-limc Race Follower Talks Right
Out In McCting--Somc Peculiar
Betting Incidents.

Indignant about his uuwarrlnted
temporary arrested last night by
| George Sheets, chicf of detectives.
which came as the elimination OF q
long standing misunderstanding with
Judge p. 7. Pomercy. w. w. Finn and
others connected with the racing intcr-
ests now conducting the game in Salt
LIKE. James Handy known from Now
York 10 California and on most of the
race courses of Europe. this morning
freely discussed the matter. at the same
ume telling a number of things about
the local track management which pref
" generally arc known an over the
west
The auimosity was famed last
spring when I beat POmeroy Co the
shipment of horses. securing most OF
them for the meeting 20 be given by
W. VI. Murray I'm ogden. while the
horses FOR tine Finn outfit were COM
PEELED TO 60 on the cars already had
secured said Handy today. Pomcroy
who never before was a judge. having
acted as clerk on the scales and in other
minor positions. declared that ho would
] learned when ] arrived here
The spring meeting developed into
the most barcfaccd and outragcously
conducted affair ever known I'm this
country. with the result that am the
newspapers, unable 70 overlook such
affairs as the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS race.
the weird from reversais OF
Rather Royal. known as the
association horse" and others
too numerous 20 mention OPEN
ly came out against racing as 81 WIS
being handled by W w Finn and his
associates
"As bad looking incidents followed
one another and were disclosed by the
newspapers. PomcrOy apparently saw
an opportunity 90 make good his threat
and J was ruled on, the reason given
me by the judge being that 4 had told
the papers what was going on at the
track Apparently they did not wish
the papers TO know these things and
took il FOR granted that the rer orters
sent to write up the meet lacked the
ability TO see even the things that
the veriest novice could not overlook
Every effort ! made Co secure
hearing WAS futile and ] was elected
from the track. which IL public
amusement place. after having pur-
chased a ticket. Judge Pomeroy. ac-
Cording TO current reports, repeatedly
has refused to attend any meeting at
which my case was to come up, al
though an people connected with rae
ing have given an opinion Co tho et-
feet that 1 have been unfairly treat
ed here.
NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE.
"Pomcroy's statement to Sheets that
had been ruled of other tracks IN
the country was a deliberate HE. ]
never before have been in trouble OF
that kind Pomeroy alone has stood
out against my reinstatement despite
the fact that a majority of the stew
ards at various times have declared
that they were IN favor OF repeating the
ruling A board OF stewards is sup
posed 10 be there In order that no one
man may rule the entire meeting but in
this case ii appears 20 be different.
Pomcroy knows his statement 10 be
untrue. as ! have been employed az !
tracks where be also has worked. for /
the past Is years ln the ruling u /
was stated at first that i had told the |
papers what was going on al the |
track In r,futation, every sport writer /
signed a statement TO the effect that |
Il was untrue in any sense. j al /
WAYS have given accurate reports of i
things that happened al the tracks. /
favorable or otherwise, be- l
lieving that publicity is the best meth 1
cd of cleansing the game. Every sport |
writer with whom I have dealt will 1
vouch for that
Strangely enough. Judge T.. 7. POM |
eroy. who is apparently the games /
mentor and has been held up as
most excellent racing judge. last spring
stood for the worst racing ever per-
petratcd on the public Of any city, some
of his rulings being ridiculous Ia the
extreme.
r,loved an last winter by W. ". Finn.
known az the association rider VINO
rode Strikeout I'm that memorable race
whom the horse was SO boldly pulled.
that il lis the only case on record of
/, victory by shoulder the boy
Was suspended but allowed on tiie
grounds until the end OF the meeting
" hen he was reinsiateu' tne PUNISH
ment being pitilully weak Tor the OF
Tense.
SOME RAW MISTAKES.
one Of the worst mistakes Finn and
mis- associates made last year came IN
the case OF the claiming Of Anna May
"a case that IS making turf history now.
"a race but thrown ont ana put into
another race with Rather Royal, her
owner not being informed OF the
change. Anidavits now on file state
that H. j. Crawford and J. w. Rice
prearranged 90 claim the mare and
that the next morning Crawford told
certain persons. whose names are read
Inv ohtainablc. that Anna Nav al
Though she looked like "A sure thing.
would not win and that "shc would be-
eating oats by the side OF Rather Royal
that night" CraWford's prophecy
about the horse being beaten came true
and ho claimed the mare. but Mr.
Weber. Anna Mays owner. refused 90
give up Inc mare ana was ruled on
Weber b. carrying the case 10 the Pa
cinc Coast Jockey club. Strangely |
enough. Crawford rs registered as the
owner Of King ~ Nolo, Agreement ana
Good Money. AN three ~ which acc
cordlng a. his own statement. belong 20
W W Finn. manager Of the present
race meeting Two ~ these horses al
ready have been involved n queer
looking races, although the meeting ia
little more than a week old on Sept
go. Agreement was made favorito over
an ordinary field but recedcd in tho
betting from to 90 10 2, according
~ the official chart. although any price |
could be- had at post time. plenty on
4 10 I being on tap. Agreement ram
a. the betting Next time out on
sept 81. Agreement was backed from
twoF 90 even mono- ana hr won for
the association, j. W, Rice having 81
N.".