New-York tribune., 1918-07-02

md long suffering citizen WHO still h
The she'll game has gone. So has
A.. wheel OF fortune and three-card
-o,... The sport OF kings will go, too,
~,,.ss those in control wake up. Nc
,odv can fool sll Of the people oil Of
y. time. 1t has come to such q pass
.,r that certain clique is manipu
,,.;,v races under the very noses of
~ offcials. And none of these latter
Ssi,A II is common gossip around the
,-acs and will be vouched for to the
EDWARDS by men whose word is above
.nsnicion. that certain jockeys have
sseome touts and stcerers. SO loose
s.a slipshod are the methods that it
/ no uncommon occurrence for a
s,,,en fsvorite to cough q sponge out
= his nose after a race. Harwood II,
y, easy winner his previous start, fin
shed nowhere in q race last Wednesday.
yssterday morning sponge dropped out
:; his nose This moved the stewards
=. Aoueduct to issue warning against
sssyn practice which holds trainers dl-
civ responsible for the physical con-
sit;os of their horses and a warning
vE;eh will be found III full elsewhere.
When the finger of suspicion points
IRON, various angles to the very heart
nj the sport is it not time to suspect
here is something rotten In Denmark?
1 prominent trainer VINO handles the
Iorses of one Of the most prominent
,olons of the turf bought a thorough
! bred for s2750 a short time ago. He
| entered this one in race last Satur-
. iav at the estimated value of $500 in
. order of course, to get the llghtest
rossible weight. Why. il not for the
medium Of good market? The public
would like to know.
Seventh Race Puzzles
There was in the seventh race at
soueduct Yesterday afternoon one of
ne most suspicious appearing finishes
| ,yer seen at any track. If such thing
lad happened at any Of the wild and
yoollv OUTLAW rings where the writer
. vas first educated to the sport of
- hnes and no official action had been
AIKEN, the angry populsce would have
considered it their duty to lynch the
offending Jockey, the owner and the
officials and burn down the grandstand.
Fifty feet from the officials Jockey
/. Iyke, one of the best boys
riding in the East. with Wigstone
an apparently absolute certainty, only
three strides froxl victory and almost
length ahead Of Debadou, permitted
bis mount for some reason TO buck and
allowed Debadou TO win by a length.
Il may be all we'll and good that any
one Of the dozen explanations was pos
slble. 1t may be that Wigstone struck
hole which all the other fields
syoided; it may be that he SHE'D at
puddle of water; it may be that he
.oed toward the fence as Lyke said),
ausing his rider to pull him up
sharply; or it may be. in the words Of
Seward W S. Vosburgh, that the horse
yas tired.
The fact remains that had Lyke at
| .snded to his business of making vic
tory certain the horse couldn't have
stepped into hole. couldn't have SHE'D
tthe puddle, couldn't have bolted tow
ard the fence and couldn't have failed
10 win.
Further, the fact that Debadou was
backed from sevens to fours; that a
certain clique which is long on picking
good thing" winners smote the books
hip and thigh-some slight consola-
ion, anyhow-did not make any of
these various explanations sit just
right skeptic might say, after
watching that finish of Lyke, that the
administration of the sport of kings
needs an overhauling; that perhaps
the housecleaning might we'll start i'll
the throne room.
Stewards Overlook Roughness
tbo 3D.
ialng wrong with Lyke's ride on Wig
stone it is true they failed, also, to
aka notice of his roughness with
nome Sweet Home, winner of the
sixth race. Lyke almost rode G. Walls
% % Shtch in Time, over the fence in
ne last hundred yards of this finish.
aoeed, he nearly crowded him over
ae railing after the horses had
passed the judges. Lyke has been
alowed to get away with oil manner
1t late.
Stitch In Time, by the way, was
sVslas the best horse in this race
.la would have won with any sort of
%eak IN the luck. Bumped about and
sOWoed back at the final turn. ham
ssang IN TACT as a result of jam,
s game nlly still ran such game
S ice tnat Walls could have won but
'SM: ,Lyke's interference right at the
Irsn. Stitch In Time was SO badly
YYaied during the rough journey that
sue hlrsch had almost decided to
'TEfoy her last night.
~ saahovla, good mare that she is, won
ts. /" !ourth race, a mile handicap and
@afe rs.ufe OF yesterdays card, in most
s~I.,handlng s., style. Damrosch, the
s..y, sy pacemaker, weakened in the
N s%1e.eh. a Hanovia. kept we'll in hand
,s We stretch, came on then as she
"asea and won going away. Bav-
n.y candle suffered some interfer-
~s. @ from Star Master in the early
ssfnaey, but did not have the foot
NJ NJ she nnally did get clear.
'Ae opening dash at five furlonrs fell