El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15
TIE SPORT OF
KING" Gets
A BLOW
Los Angeles Police Uncover
a Story and Suspensions
Follow in Juarez.
"FIXED RACES" ARE
TOLD OF IN LETTER

PORT Of kings" is the sarcastic
headline over a story in the Los
~ Angeles Times Of November II,
telling of the winnings and IOsings OF
owen J. Morris, Of Los Angeles
by playing what he calls fixed races"
at the Juarez track In the story the
name of Jack Cueno is mentioned as
one Of the Juarez track horse owners
who wrote to Morris telling him OF
fixed races and his methods OF putting
them over.
In the official organ Of the race track
in FL PasO Saturday morning four days
after the article appeared nj Los An
geles, IS the announcement that pre-
siding steward Harry BreivOSel and
his associates had handed down rulings
that should tend to better the sport
COT kings) at the track" The stable OF
Jack CuenO viii not be accepted for
entry at this meeting. the announce
ment says Also jockeys MOlesWOrth
and Gross and the stables OF POnEus
and BOland and W. A Mckinney, with
their owners, are Indefinitely suspend
ed pending an investigation Of the
horses Abound Transparent and Bal
chit.
What HapPeaed-
The story in the Los Angeles Times,
telling what happened to Morris when
he was played for a boob reads
Interesting side lights on the eVO1u-
ton Of the sOcalled sport OF Kings
reached the attention Of the police yes
terday when it became known that
owen J. Morris won and lost up
ward OF 800, 900 within the past three
months ON what he believed to be
fixed" horse races Letters from the
owner Of a string Of horses stabbed
at Juarez reveal the inside workings
OF the racug game as fOisted on the
public
EsPIayed for BOOb.7
Norris feels that he was played for
a boob" and is doing everything in his
power to assist the authorities to break
up the gang Of swindIers. confidence
men and race track tOuts which preys
on the unSuspecting business or profess
slOnal man who happens TO possess a
strain Of sporting blood On receipt OF
q letter yesterday from FL PasO, from
Jack CuenO. the man who has all along
furnished him the dope on races at
salt Lake City and Juarez, Nor
us turned IL over to detective
BOden, together with a complete state
ment of his associations with Cueuo-
Abe Morris, William Cole and others
alleged TO be interested IN the placing
Of bets on horse races
The Juarez Letter.
Referring TO one Of his horses which
has been i'll for some time, CUenO, in
q letter TO Morris, writes:
I win start her in a five furlOng
race Sunday and VIII Try and make her
run a bad race. as 90 not intend TO
bet on this race Every body viii then
take IL for granted that she has gone
back and we VIII get a good price for
her next time out There will be no
mistake, as We have at least three
weeks to pull it off Do not bet too
much money in one city Make your
arrangements on the quiet for the (spe-
cial) and I viii pull off one good one
on the boys"
Wants Letters Burned
In another letter CuenO explains why
Norris lost on two races where he had
been "tOuted" wrong. By explaining
OF putting a left-handed rider up and
when the boy struck the horse on the
left side she bOited and went into the
fence In various places h refers 70
fixed races, indicating that N vtrtuSlly
all Of the negotiations ne had assured
Morris that he was 'tOuting' HIM to a
good thing" He concludes his letter
by asking Morris to burn the letters.
please destroy this letter" he writes,
'-as il would get me into trouble If any
one were to see it"
Books on Juarez Races
Detective Boden secured what he b.
neVes TO be important evidence against
q number Of business men said to be
interested in making a book on the
ability that development OF an interest,"
ing character viii come within the next
"a hours
Chief Sebastian said yesterday that
he viii endeavOr to secure the passage
OF an ordinance making the licenses OF
saloon men and prOprietors OF cigar
stores depend on their freedom from
any connection with bOOlZmakers- Such
an ordinance in san Francisco. he said.
had the effect OF virtually Riding that
ing them resort to the curb to carry on
the DiacinE of bets