The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-24
Lottery Magnate Blackhalled
by Jockey Club Makes
Cemetery of Track.
TlPSTER TIPS A JUDGE
How "Mr. Cog" Exposed
Steeplechasing After Get
ting u Straight Winners.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. Dec. 25.-The
Old guards among the sports who still
hover about the Southern. the Ken.
tuekv and other formerly famous clubs.
sigh for the good old days when Hot.
springs had racing. Then the metro
polltan crowd was much in evidence
AMI with the other pastimes going on,
inc Napor City was lively metropolis.
business men as we'll as the balance Of
ne population, are working hard 10
nave the good old times revived. Never
tncless IN the course Of an evening
when there is nothing TO do hut spin
Yarns, many good stories are told
The old guard we'll remembers c T.
Howard of Louisville LOTTERY fame. lie
WAS tho president of that institution
and while he was one of New Orleans's
wealt hest citizens. he had hard time
breaking into society.
In those days back in the '60s-fhe
Metalrie track, which claimed an aris.
tocratic membership, vau the Crescent
llty chief race course. Duncan T.
henner was president Of thc club In
his day he was a famous sport smsn and
social loader with it, The Kenner
stakes. for Years turf feature at Sar.
atoga, were named in honor of the vet.
Gran southern racing man.
Howard. when in the hcy-dav of his
success. applied for membership in the
Motairie Jockey club The s'bloodsH
blaclsbalIed him. The lottery king was
badly peeved when he learned that his
application for membership had been
turned down. and going straight to
kenners office, declared:
80 you fools blackballed me, did
YOU! We'll. III make cemetery out
of YOUR race track
Howard kept his word He had his
agents buy up sufficient stock 10 give
him controlling interest. and as soon
as he was in power he closed the gates,
had the stands. stables and fences
pulled down and laid out the now ia
nous Metsirie cemetery. Incidentally
il was over the old Metairie track that
Lexington and LeCompte, two of the
fleotest horses on the American turf
in the sos. engaged in their memor
ablo match races.
Disperses Race Bandits
Jim Rees, the well known racing
Judge. broke up the old crowd of
steeplechase bandits In New Orleans.
He was the presiding Judge at the
Crescent City course the last winter
tho timbertoppers were permitted to
operate in Louisiana. "'Cog's Tips
sold well at the entrance of the track,
and Mr. Cog was Chicago haudi
eapper who picked his share OF the win
uers. However, he allowed the Jump
ing races to run for old Pop Sweeney,
contenting himself in dissecting the
regular events.
"Cog" fell in with the steeplechase
crowd, and while he was given eleven
winners in succession he refrained
from nominating them on his card. One
afternoon while a close friend Of Judge
Rees s, well known former New Or
leans physician, now practicing in Hot
Springs, was passing through the turn
stiles, "Cog' called him to one side.
"J've got the winner of the jump
event, doctor, stated the Handicapped
"Don t bc afraid to get on. I've had
the last eleven. and this one is oil in
the can.
The NJ d. obeved his instructions,
got TO for his money on horse
that opened at to ] scoud choice, and
casbed tidy little ticket, Right after
cashing he bumped into Mr., "Cog'
and led him to the bar.
"That certainly was good thing,
Cog declared the doctor, but tell
me how YOU have had the winners OF
the last twelve jumping races and have
not given them on your card
Cog Sees Judge.
"That's Just II, doctor replied Mr..
"Cog.n 1.-THE gang has me stopped
I IN strong for clear racing and ] would
like TO tell Judge Rees what ! know. I
can tell him where the bunch meets the
night before every race and how they
fix matters. But ] guess he woulju I
listen 10 me and | would get myself
into a am.
Wouldn't listen TO you' Why,
Cog YOU are crazy stated the doc
tor. / know the judge well. and You
would be doing him big favor If you
would tell him what You know.
The resnlt Of the coufab was that the
doctor promised tho Handicapped he
would explain matters TO Judge Rees
and arrange an Interview, II was held
that very night; Rees promptly wired
for detective who attended the next
session OF the cheaters. He got all the
informatiou Judge Rees sought and
suspensions followed by the wholesale.
Thereafter the races over the Jumps
were as clean as the races over the
flat. anl only few turfites knew that
Mr.. s'Cop. who sold his tips for the
small sum Of 10 cents at the entrance
of the old Crescent CITY track. was the
man responsible for the transformation
in the character Of the steepleehasinG.