El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-18
Old Bookmaker Tells Why the
Public Cannot Win At Juarez

Editor FL Paso Herald:
There are many peculiar angles to
rare and the causes for these angles are
primarily these:
If there are eight horses in a race
there are naturally eight different views
bv eight different owners.
First angle. is a horse in for work
OF in for the money Second, does
bookmakeT own some OF the horses Sc
cretlv. or does he merely own one openly
and running in his eOlOrs and another
secretly in the racer Does ne eonII 1,
one or two riders in that particular race
with instructions for one to give ms
horse an easy rideE
One of the tricks used by riders on
q dead horse is TO take The OUTSIDE, OF
what Is termed in racing parlanee, Ole
overland" which makes the horse nat
uraIlv cover more ground, and the only
vav he can win IS to run away Win
the boy.
Another method used is TO get a horse
in a pocket and keep him there. stun
another gag Is to get LETT at the posi-.
Public at a Disadvantage.
Now come the owners opinions. In
the first place, an owner runs his horse
for himself, not the public, as ne must
nav his own feed bills, and when ne mas
his horse cooked properly, he Is not GO
inc to tell every Tom. Dick and harry.
Horse owners, as a rule, are a little lo-
vial. have cOnvivial spirits and they
often accommodate each other, II sal9
accommodation locke ike it will be OF
financial benefit. When these owners
have an entry they believe sTongllyy IN
reciDrocation. and it naturally follows
that the Jockeys receive instructions 70
ride accordingly. Now, If one horse IS
an S To favorite in the betting, and
the other IS say II 10 1, and 1t looks
like the 8 II to / shot is that price on
his class. and that the to 5 shot IS best,
all the two respective owners have TO
do is to merely wire away the amount
OF money they wish TO bet on tne
elected" one and place a little money
on the other. causing the favOTlte 70
90 to a better price at the track, ana
also leaving the impression with those
VINO attend that the soealled dead one
has a chance. Tt is now mp to the dead
one" and his rider 10 take care, or IN
other words Jam up and tear agalnsJ
other contenders as much as possible,
thereby eliminating the possible con-
tenders from interfering with the elected
one.
Sometimes this case is reversed and
the longer priced horse OF the Two WIS.
Then the horse that should win, the
favOrite, is either given an easy ride over
the socalled overland route OF Is DUSTY
engaged in keeping possible eeontenders
against the rail. which Is nothing more
OF less than deliberate robbery.
Instructing the Jockey.
Another angle is this Maybe an own
er has a horse in his stable which ne
enters in a certain race and with when
he knows he can pretty nearly get the
purse. but the purse being Of small a.
mansions and this particular horse Deing
in such form and the bOOkmakers 'Oelng
aware of the horses form, naturally
make him a short price IN the OeOIlng
ring. which generally indicates mat thls
horse has the best chance and ought %
win. But if the owner hasn't nuen
money to bet with. there IS chance
that the owner might give InstrucIlons
to the jockey riding him not 70 pea.
his horse" IF a horse Is kept stallllllS
all night in his stall or IN heaV9 slloes
he couldn't beat q tat man up Ao ..-l-t
Franklin, and the dear public gets ius1
what the late p. y. Barnum SAID II ilAe7'
Another Kink-
The owner of the horse tnat hAs 49,
beaten knows he can start me 49,
horse IN a race with very near the same
company, three or four days IaoeL, . ~
probably get or s 10 Tor ms 1iOl NJ
with identicaliy the same eoilPAnS -. -,
rrarticaIlv the same conditions Ilen
watch him. This is small part oi "i3'
the ignorant public IS up p against
N-ov- oven # racing was on the square
the public couldn't WIN, oeee - 49,, -
bookmakers, particularly where Rheie Is