Show Poirl nJiL Yaco Horses It may weL bo a boast of tho American I Ameri-can turf that tho practice of getting at a race horgo Im3 > jipver been very common here and it is now several I years since the last > well authenticated caso of poisoning otcuired at Saratoga This recalls the fact that the English turf has been notorious for such sensations sensa-tions Early in tho century four crack racers were poisoned at Newmarket and two men were arrested Tho principal prin-cipal in the matter escaped on a technicality techni-cality but was rearrested on another charge of horso poisoning and was eventually hanged I I The St Leger favorite of 1831 a horse named Marcus was poisoned on tho day before tho race He was just ablo to run but finished l last and died I soon afterward The perpetrator was never discovered 1 I Even moro sensational was tho < < hocusing ho-cusing of Lanercost the first winner of the Cambridgeshire who was in 1842 considered a certain winner of tho Ascot As-cot cup Ho was poisoned but like Marcus was ablo to run and finished last He did not die however but was retired to tho studNow York Herald |