Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
RACE HORSES ARE LIARS
PROMINENT THURMAN Is
NOT PLEASED WITH THEM
John L.. Madden SuSs The. Look Like
Winners. nnd rhry 60 Wrong
In Hlg. RarcS.

MEM YORK. December -"owuiug
horses has it's drawbacks" sighed
John T.. Madden. one of the Kings of
the turf
"Elucidatc. bespoke the reporter
We'll. horses are such liars and
they ge, :, fe!loN in jus, awfully bad
with his friends az times" asserted
Madden.
Horses liars: How SO. ! though,
that lying was a trick OF TIA" tongue.
and horses can't talk" exclaimed The
reporter.
That's right. they cant talk an
aud they can tell lies in their actions.
Now, YOU know, tiat the only way
horse race is by his general condition
ana ana by his workout records Am /
quite right,
We'll. then. horses TIL lies Very
often a horse moves Ike a flash Of
lightning iu his workouts. Uuu by this
n" promises YOU that he! w.u til.
,sc" But lie may run like 81 one
Iced rooster in that race.
ON IA" Other hand. TIL horse may
not show u Thing in his workouts,
ana then may 20 out and diStanc. the
h"lh You never cen tell about horses
--th".'i" such awful. liars"
But how do tn" ponies u"t The
owner III bad
Just through their Iytur. SAID
Madden Ever: fellow wh" owns a
horse has friends wh" want 10 bet un
that hors" in case that horse. ia tho
opinion Of jlie owner. has = ch.,ic. 10
win don't like to tip OF nay friends
on my horses. b"c#us. | want TO pre-
-"rv" their friendship, hat Ihos. boys
com" to me and Insist ur"n ins.d" dope
concerning my entry.
Il try /" duck the boys hut they
won't 10" ducked. And then do the
fair.st Thing can. tell them jus,
la#H IL al.
, and III cas-" tn" workout was a fast
, one. poin' out To the BOYS that il
tn" h"rs" duplicates the time ia the
70. h.,s I",y likely t? finish in front
TRUTH N WORKOUTS
II the hors" was telling me the
truth ~ his workouts my friends. OF
If til. animal lied To me. my friends
7 usually group together after the rae.
ana hold ail lndiGratiou meeting. prob
"h!E ior III" purpose of arranging It
. lynrhinE party with me as the cen
Icy OF interest.
'Thcn there's the reverse lie by the
horse IT the pony doesn't do very
well in his workout. | toll the bows
about il. and point out that the time
made by Tn" horS. jH his trials
wouldn't get him in tn" money Then
the drafted animal may 20 into that
race ami win 10y ten lengths where
upon my friends refuse TO speak to me
- they pass by because didn't put
them in on winner. They get the
idea that didn't want them to be,
for fear they'd dcpress the odds and
MAX" my winnings smaller.
Amt We owners got a sad life"
Tine public has the idea" contiu-
u"d Madden that the owners Of fast
horses make = killing each year in
the betting stalls. I dare say that
when a racing season ends ii shows
that tn. bulk OF owners who have
backed their horses hay. lost money.
The owner, when batting on his
horse takes as much of q chance as
The spectator does. He may think his
horse * the best i'm the race. but the
horse may have kiddcd linn For in
stance. I've got 4 horse that | back ed
with $50" in each OF the first three
races. He didn't finish in the money
got d'sGuStcd with him and the next
time out didn't bet on him Yes
YES. he won ana the odds were long,
Had backed him with $500 in tina,
race ! would have won back all I had
lost on his other tire" races and been
at least $1,000 to the good in addition
''liut he li"'l TO me that horse did
and hate liars