The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-20
BY FRANK G. MENKE

Some strange, strange things are
happening on the race tracks of New
York
If Diogenes were alive today, and
still keen about locating an honest
bloke he'd be an awfully foolish bozo If
he took himself and his little lantern
out to the pony tracks.
The man who likes to wager bit
on the bosses might just as well jam
hat pin through his program and
play the jabbed steed, as to plunge on
a form horse. For form races have
almost become a thing of the past
around Gotham parts.
All sorts of stories of sensational
nature concerning the doings fiutter
through the ozone. Some perhaps are
mere talk But, to the man with his
nose 20 the ground, it would seem that
the bulk of them have ring OF
truth.
Charge Jockey Ring.
The existence of Jockey Ring" is
charged-and not without reason. A
| Jockey ring" is an awfully clever com
bination organized for the purpose OF
trimming the public Certain book
makers pay certain jockeys certain
amount of money to ride races as they
| (the bookies) want them ridden. When
the bookies know in advance what the
result of a race will be, what chance
has the race track patron of acquiring
anything but the golden fleece?
Many of the horses running around
the New York tracks, according to re
liable gossip, are owned by book
makers. But the "bookies" don't enter
their horses under their own names
They insert the name of some dun
! my" owner. The time comes wher
most of the bookmaker owned horses
find their way into the same race. The
bookies know which horse will win
but the public doesn't The result
upon the cash customers pocket bool
is obvious.
i Strut Around Clubs.
Clubhouse privileges have been eX
tended by the Jockey Club, presumed
TO be the guardian angel of racing, t
] men who confessed not so long ago t.
the charges of gambling after thei
arrest in a sordid exposure in Nassau
county. If ever body of men were
undesirable at race track, it's tina
group. Yet they strut around the fash
ionable club houses, rub elbows will
owners and with the elite crowd which
fluctuates there.
Yes, the Jockey Club did make al
honest effort to rule those fellows on
of the parks But the effort failet
simply because that band of "sur'
} thing" men threatened to call int
action certain of their powerful polit
ical friends to work for the repeal o
/ racing if the disbarrment were mad
: effective.
Bookies Do Singing.
1t isn't always the bookies who d.
the singing. Once in a while tn
form of certain horses is carefully Gov
: cred up until the appointed day. The
they are let loose. and the insiders
an owner or two, a trainer and severa
, big plungers a cleanup.
The most recent affair of this kin
. developed into probably the bigges
: coup in racing history. 1t was eng
: neered on a two year old name
/ Sidereal. This horse is owned by Ma
: Hirsch. He opened around 80 to l i
, maiden race. Soon afterward none
began to pour in for him. The odd
broke to 20, then to Is.
Arnold Rothstein is betting" cam
the whisper to the lawn crowd
That was all that was necessary
/ start a panic among the Dookmaker
4 and a wild scramble of the public
4 get aboard" For around New Yor
f whenever the work is passed tina
: "Rothstein is bettin the folks decid
2 that the horse can't lose. Rothstein
D sure fire" operator if ever ther
X was one.
a Sidereal went to the post with onl
] 5 to l quoted against him. He wo