The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-30
Racing Planes Expected to Surpass 300 Miles Per Hour
Today's Sport Parade

Editors NOte-GueSt column ists take over Today's Sport Pa- rade while Oscar Fraley is, vaca- tioning.)
 (Reg. U. s. Pat. Off0
 By MARSHALL CASSIDY Executive Secretary of the Jockey
 Club
 (Written for the United Press)
 Saratoga Springs, N. Y, Aug 30 (UP)-There are so many things we in racing would like to explain to the average follower of the sports; so many things we would like them to realize and understand better.
 But I am going to take a shot at one of my pet dislikes-the tout. A tout is a fellow who tries to tell you he can give you something for noth- ing. He operates on one of the most common of human failings, the de- sire to get Ion the inside" And he does racing a great deal of harm. Has 3 or 4 Horses
 It is the tout who sides up and mutters that he has good thing in the next race. Without, some times, putting it in too plain English, he lets on that he knows the next race is in the bag" and he has the winner. If you'll put little bet down for him, he'll let you in on It. Immediately the prospect, in far too many cases, casts aside his own judgement and tries to cash In on what he believes to be inside m- formation"
 The tout then hurries to someone else and gives him another horse. II he's lucky, he may have four, five or more different horses running for him. He's pretty apt to win Wlth one. At least, he has quite an edge. To be perfectly honest, I wouldn't mind this too much if all that IL hurt was the boob who listened to the tout. But it hurts racing, for 1t continues the legend that racing IS fixed. It is one of the reasons why, perhaps, so many fiction stories and movies are full of crooked jockeys and the rest of it. !.
 very short session with yourSell and common sense will tell you, 'a) if the tout had this certain know ledge, he would be fool to give II away. All he needs is one certain race to fix him for life, and ne wouldn't have to seek out semi. strangers to share his wealth. 'p) how easy is it to fix race? It's great deal more difficult than the average person seems to know. Do you, TOT instance. know that every owner trainer. jockey and exercise boy must be licensed by the Jockey CIuh before he is permitted to take par' in racing That means, quite na- turally, his background is inyestl- gated, and known and complete files are kept on records and experiences These files are interchanged between states.
 Races Watched
 Do you know that each race ,is watched. physically and mechanl- callv. over every foot it is runf Stewards, placed in a vantage pom and using high powered glasses, ane patrol judges, on the rail at cer- tain points of the track and alsc using glasses. watch each race iron start to finish.
 To assist them. motion picture cameras. set in high towers around the track, take pictures of each race which can be projected within Il minutes of it's finish. The camera eve is on each horse and each joe key all the way through each race
 Do you know that every winnlns horse is escorted from the winner! circle to a veterinarian by repre- sentative of the State Racing Com mission, there to have a saliva tes made to determine if stimulant ol depressant has been used? And tha' the stewards or the vets, can anc frequently do, call for any othel horse or horses in the race for tht same thing? That this work is back ed by an elaborate laboratory 1T which constant research is beine made into this subject and nev methods added as discovered?
 That jockeys report to the jocky' house at l2:3O the day they ride anc stay there except for rides, unti they are through for the day? Ina three policing units are on 24 hour duty watching every point of rac ing.
 None So Stupid
 These are only few of the things I haven't even mentioned the fac that in a nine or ten-horse field quite few people would have tt be in" on any deal that might b made.
 None of us in racing is so stupit as to deny that skullduggery ha been practiced in the past and is at tempted still. But there is no spor