The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23

ia ~ I''. ne hfN-. ana Ifhf ITpHITufl
b Is not infr'-Iu"ntsv gwen AZ a ruIrS"
many hundred miles away from IA. home
fuim %" Dv ueT may or may not sec.
M" horses w".k h"fur'. be-. - summarized
4" com" To q certain P.lnt - her" On" Il
ilI candidates ~ to race
'"'hdps u IN @ youug-t.r hv faNurl. >
~'r" and ON ~ priced brood Inur" q
Young 'EInR which h' had tr-t seen
thinking u D." ~uuZhIu" q f.W hour,
Hi'"r IT, urfh. and Who. who'd" If" hnd
h''i passed under hts daily inspect ION
tlHttl IT." day fur i"ayr"R huu, had com.
my man mo loves good horse cp..ld
a. i"rS'nnd ~" t"nS"n"sS Of IA" occasion.
~" anxiety h.fur" ~" ,runi'>t IN" luy At
victory and IN" r"gi'' 90 4. f.nt
IN the gTDg colt ru,'- Ter III" Ltg
stakes am Glad iu Sav th"Ir las h.-,.Ii
nj" -. no scandal. bur ~ Ll. .iu--r~
Tor uld"" HORSES many 4 man ,rI,n -
nav" 'r'd 10 d"s'riu" has g"n" - thou
~lud miles 20 ave &, race ~ hrch l, bad
D nf uu b" level aud which D." ku,w Doe.
'IltN 'i''i uu - 49, a pr'nriJug' u sHtIr
: 'h''.''i. = " trainer who has had prur
'urh WITH h hprs"s oi lu.t such man
Hhd Nh ur~ i''r~ thIt ms ,nulpNHr vii
1I.. 'H" gam. 'grtug. g. Nm 10 ct ."r'vIu
I..'t " gD"- 20 Tom. b.ch ..Ii IIllry
eel 'plt'rs IT." CrrrUm~ttu..'- P"r.
ttI~ IN y MAY lee iu IA ~iW' boat -"iu..
~" ard Z hoy h'ip IN now they rvI
nat - may d"l'nd uIuu h.. 1s.'s'sn''
..rp.N. DIV
\ .n"'ra.i - mad. ~. .vr.,- D.. mott.
' q 'lI. IA hn-s". Vh,.r hti brown q
-h., o. N.'ru.' grabbed Do lru. ~ Glove
.u = r'u i'u' - E,Hi.f'.s tud was
frh.l .''h tEn hump-' af Hnri'. rd " n
I" CO.. % .lr ',H. - InlumluS aud ""
f." invited - that "fy 90 s''' the hpr-"
parade"
1T comes ~ generally as r, ha,Iul.i
TOO. "~l" ally II Won hIv" snmpu'"nt
s'.i 1T officials. ard tn pwu.r goes homo
content, IA" trainer engaged for newt
N"lr hay" seen 30 - wrong | rrm"m-
''r race at Mystic Park. BnstOn NOR"
than tNeuty-tiV" years ago. wh"r" very
-h-"wd and tricky trainer had q horse
t"longng tn prominent New York
polIHciln
Thus horse had all kinds Of speed. nut
IA could back M until h" wanted tu g.'t
IN and ride with th" driver Lots Of
times IN " had played tn pool box only
20 got th" flag. especially n the heats
w"r" split and Won know IA those days -
thre" n five they used 20 start racing
shortly after thu noon hour. and FRI
b qu-r'ly moonligh' found them still az H..
I knew both tho owner and driver ~
thus hprs" very we'll indeed In fact
had lost a few hundred on IN" hig gelding
AZ The' wood and Il was only natural that
, th"v should invite me- up TO Mystic when
! they thought IN" melon would Ia dis
tripu'"d | went M the night befor" IN"
race on the boat and almost the frat man
I ! met was Johnny Murphy tho famous
4 relnSnln. long ElnC~f dead ~ Onesf
John II. was called
johnny was a pal 81 mine those DAYS
and told him my errand. W" went 20
| the track together. called on the driver
who had The horse snd were told that the
race was as good a. over. Murphy vas
never fond Of either the horse or the
driver. hut | finally coaNed him into
I buying n few pools with me. ! think
we had about $500 up all told
Our horse won the first heat in a jog
4 A u. -
the man in the second horse = sulky put
ting up fake whipping finish The
/ Judges were alert and the minute the
drivers dismounted the man suspected
II not irving TO win was called into 'he
stand His horse was turned over to
another attendant. blanketed and walked
h"fora the stand while the Colloquy up
stairs continued
/ At It's conclusion the judges called
an aide and minute later the man came
90 the box where Murphy and | We're
/ sitting
Mr. Murphy he began, the judges
I want 10 see you
holy smoke calculated Murphy and
a. the man turned away h. whispered.
/ pulled that horse and know they r.
/ gong to pUt me uy
I knowing Murphy ~ ! did our 500
I was gone There was only ous Cpur-"
! ~ action under the CIrCImst anC'-~. and
| made a break for the tent whore Doc
| Underw God was selling pools on the next
3 heats The news that Johnny Was 20
drive the CONTENDER WAS thor" lafore rue
and ! found everybody battling for a
/ pool
4 bouRh, a few. hu' not enough 20
/ get ~ out 10y a good deal, and when
/ Johnny took the lead AZ the word 70. "a
| each 81 the three succeeding heats a
| pretty Job was broken NJ and a certain
| trainer lost the patronage 81 a certain
/ prominent New Yorker Tor good and all
! L am proud TO be able t. saw hat the -
/ are many very excellent men training
and driving trutters and paccr- t"-dav.
| and u il up - those men themselves. IN
my opinion 20 hello IN he work ~ cleans
| ing the sporr II IL their bread and
butter which IL threatened. and u - sur
prising that they will a. a rIl" sit sl-
pinely and see something dI-reputable
come On.
1T reflects on them "a a class The
idea probably obtains that to make a
move would leave them open 10 a lot %
annoyances and prosecutions. 10 say
not hing of foul driving on the part 81
some ~ their crooked brethren for the
man who would deliberately pull hor-e
for revenue would not have much com
junction about pulling into your wheel
on the turn or putting YOU on inc fence
going M the hackstrs'ch r Pecially. as
I have already said. II Won have mon IN
ne stand lacking IN experience and back
bone
Do YOU know how many men they
would have 10 pat out 81 business 20 stop
this sort ~ 'hInG' one and PERHAPS
TWO. hut certainly not NOR than thr""
II wouldn't take any more illustrations
than that 10 convey the lasting impT"s-
sion that honesty j. m" b"st policy On
the trotting track ~ cl-"yh"r"
"Fining man who may have dozen
pool fIrkcts m M pockets on IA" winner
Tor pulling the hest hOr~" ~ q rt"" -avors
# tho farcIcal and encourage the man
who makes nor"y hy the operation 20
TRY again "A gam" hat - - proht abl"
His course Of reasoning viii probably
h.. along these liuss ! NAV e-caI" scot
free and n ! am caught III only get
fine How do you 'hiuk b" would hrgI"
II he knew thai just - certain ~ y" Kept
q hor-a from winning Just - surely rtIi
ne meyer drive another hpr-' ~ u puhli'
rp.nu"trIon and that 30 amount oi
plaaiIng 81 IaiItIonIug on N" part ~
himself or his friends. 40 matter no"
influential or powerful they might De.
w,III avails l. u not rca-0uabl" 20
pr,-i.rnc thni b" world t'iuk i"Ir"
b"fur" doing wrong
+ iav" m my mind rrN 'H" a. .." I'D
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