New-York tribune., 1919-06-04

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The stewards have stood for much
'nat was questionable, if not indeed
shady, already this season. There have
been flip-fops in form which the half
mule tracks of outlaw days would never
have tolerated, at least without some
show of investigation.
But unless the stewards who are re-
sponsible for the proper conduct of
racing at the present Belmont Park
meeting insist upon a satisfactory ex-
planatlon of the very unsatisfactory
| running of yesterdays fifth race, then
only one conclusion may be drawn.
And that is that the solons care not
rap for public opinion or are fearful
OF acknowledging that the breath of
suspicion may be directed against the
game.
Fifth Race Unsatisfactory
The fifth race of yesterdays Bel
mont card left very bad taste, to put
1t mildly Is possible. The great ma.
Jority of the public, when it was all
over, believe it had seen a real boat"
race. 10 every one competent to Judge
men who have followed racing for
years and who were provided with
powerful glasses to watch every move
from start to finish-t was univers-
ally the expressed opinion that Jockey
Guy Burns did not try very hard to win
with Jusqu' au Bout.
Every circumstance connected with
the running of this race was "pe-
cular.' Many circumstances prior to
the running We're suspicious. Nothing
more peculiar" need be cited than the
betting. The Beach Stables Jusou' au
Bout opened favorite at to 5, but
not nickel of the wise money showed
for the brown four-year-old cot. The
wise fish all boarded W. T. Wilkinson's
Fell Swoop. Such a play was made on
THIS second choice that his price was
soon knocked down from 10 to
to 8. The price Of Jusqu' au Bout,
meantime, scared from to 5 to II
to at post time.
The paddock sharps almost broke
their legs trying to get into the ring to
board Fell Swoop. The stable hands of
practically all the horsemen were in
the merry swim, according to common
gossip. 1t was rumored that one of the
leading bookmakers of the lawn waid"
the opening favorite, Jusqu' au Bout.
and played his "play" back on Fell
Swoop
NO insinuation is here meant as to
the honesty of Fell Swoop's victory so
Tar as that horse and his connections
are concerned. Fell Swoop is a good
thoroughbred and he was ready yester-
day. But there is every reason in the
world to doubt the integrity of Jusqu'
au Bouts performance.
Under Great Restraint
Jusqu' au Bout, in the universal onin.
ION of all who watched him CLOSELY.
was under great restraint practically
throughout the entire race His rider
took him back at the start and held
him under triple wraps up the entire
backstretch. Still under wraps, he took
ms mount away out, almost to the outer
rail at the first turn. He wouldn't let
him down in the stretch.
The horse was fighting for his head
all through the top of the stretch. At
the eighth pole it looked as if Jusou' au
Bout was still under heavy restraint.
In fact, it looked as if he were under
a strong pull when he raced across the
finish right under the stewards noses.
Whether or not Jusqu' au Bout
could have beaten Fell Swoop is be-
side the question Originally it was
bulletined that Mergler would ride
Fell Swoop. The horse suffered none
from the substitution of Jimmy But
we'll 1t is true Fell Swoop never had
to extend himself to win the race.
But the fact that Jusqu' AL Bout was
raced seems to call for an explanton.
The stewards owe this in justice to
Themselves II the jockey in question
can furnish a satisfactory explanation.
we'll and good. That explanation
should be given to tn, public Already
our stewards have sidestepped too
often. Here is a case that clearly
calls for a showdown if the American
tige and popularity.
Raj PARIS two-year-old gelding
Paul Jones won the $4,000 Bouquet
Stakes from a field of eight in COM
manding style. This was five fur
longs dash for the babies over the
straight course. Paul Jones made all
the running after the first furlonQ.
but Rice had to ride him out to stave
off Shoals challenge through the final
furlong. Shoal finished out very strong
after a slow start
The four and a half furlonss dash
that wound up the programme was
only gallop for Gloria France, though
the flly ran all over the track with
Ambrose in the first furlong.
Eleven rather cheap timber toppers
furnished the Chase and, strange to
say, only one fell. This was The Dean,
long shot, which came to grief at the