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Show i 'vl I f-- , THE 'OCDEN STANDARD) "TTl ' mm 1 4 L-Ji LjJ. .. --j r 1 I j iH 91 Til. i I MR'RCAUTTONS f 3 1 Ja.nd Safeguards S I Adopted by the Associ- ; 3 1 ations. Regardless of ft I Expense, to Prevent SH I Tampering with the H I Horses and the Jockeys KM ' lOopyrlcbt. 1911. T the New Tort ncrald Co. Ail rlRhts rcvrrerl 5 Jf (VH RICHARD T- WILSON. Jr.. president of S A the Saratoga Racing Association, said at a ji I I dinner given to turfmen and turf writers at 'L I Saratoga In August of 1901) that the public had no conception of the large sums of money S 1 'paid out by the Jockey Club 1n running down all ru- M 'mors affecting the Integrity of those who made the I turf a source of livelihood. A year before that Mr. ik August Belmont had said the same thing. ? 1 '' ' Among those who were at the dinner at Saratoga 7 - vVpre several well known officials who for vcars had Bj.Btood between the racing public and the horsemen. i ; L trainers and jockeys, and who knew that both Mr. :i Wilson and Mr. Belmont were conservative in their ! declarations concerning the honesty, ns a whole, of ft R racing. They were aware that In the heat of passion 3) many Intemperate remarks were made by racegoers l who within a day changed their attitudes completely II "nd were ready. If fair minded men, to acknowledge the injustice of their criticisms. I As evidence of the honesty of racing as a whole. It 2 K Is declared that the average of winning favorites ; throughout the United States when the sport was at . Its high tide of prosperity a few years ago. in winter a and In summer, over muddy tracks for weeks at a J time and over tracks deep in fine dust, was forty-three f percent. Thus, nearly one in every two favorites won. I it is a matter of record that the turf rolt.m of the $? newspapers three summers ago. In which was given' I' each day what was considered the most certain winner of the day, showed a percentage of seventy. A New York newspaper publishes every day when there is racing at some well known track a consensus, which repeats the opinions of from eight to fourteen different men, who make close study of racing, with the result that they usually pick three winners a day, and there are numerous persons who make It a rule to bet on the consensus, evidently with prout, for this they continue year after year. Methods of Management. These are some of the evidences of the honesty of J racing as a whole. It Is interesting to review the I methods In rogue at the various -"p courses where- j by this standard of high grade sport is maintained. ( 1 Just at present, because of the eclipse which the sport j has suffered in New York State, the turf In Canada is 3 at Its very best, largely because the most prominent 1$ owners In the United States arc now taking part. ft These are Messrs. Hlldreth, Belmont, Wilson, Carman ' and Schorr, whose stables represent an investment of ; nearly half a million dollars. The best jockeys still left in the United States have been riding in Canada this year, and never beforp ! ' were the citizen"; of Toronto, Montreal, Hamilton. I ' Buffalo and Detroit treated to such high class per- i formances as are dally seen in the course of the sea- i i son. At Toronto and Montreal the stewards are prac- j tlcally the same Messrs. William Hendrle, Colin R Campbell and Bart McLennon while Messrs. Clyde and Vosburgh acted in co-operation at the first named place. At Hamilton the chief steward is Joseph A. Murphy, who is aided by one or more members of the Francis Nelson, assisted by Horace Lerch and E. W. W Maginn. At Windsor th stewards arc Charles F. ' Price and Francis Neleon, aided, very materially by George Hendrie wben investigations are in order. Mr. I r ' Nelson is associate judge also at Toronto, Montreal ' and Hamilton, besides being both judge and steward 2lf Rt Fort Erie and Windsor. In addition to his equipment for these positions, the ' result of a quarter of a century's close acquaintance I with the tnrf, Mr. Nelson Is an executive officer of all the governing bodies which control the varied sports of Canada la crosse, football, rowing and general athletics. He is an old oarsman himself, dating back ' to the days of the Argonauts. Either as judge or stew- j ard, or as both, therefore, all the horse racing which goes on in Canada at the first class Jockey Club courses rf?. comes under Mr. Nelson's observation. In his ca-jj ca-jj I pnclty as steward he in 1910 took part, with Mr. Price jj and Mr. Hendrie, in a clean sweep of various ele-'ti ele-'ti 4 raents which, according to report, had dominated the ?M I sport VO their own personal advantage, and which havo P S now been completely eliminated. George Hendrie is $ a man of strong convictions, and no dishonest man can 1 expect mercy from him if he is caught red handed P I Charles F. Price has had many years' experience not if 1 only in Canada and Kentucky, but also In California, is J where he was presiding judge for years. He spent 'l last winter in the same capacity at Juarez, Mexico. Jjjl! Noted Jockeys Disciplineu. wf AH the racing in Canada at the five tracks named Is jj under the control of the Canadian Racing Assocla- yj lions. Licenses to train and ride are Issued by the 5k committee representing that association, and it Is a Sm fact that there arc not a few riding and training In fml the West and elsewhere who would not be permitted If I to do so by the Canadian Racing Associations. That Jill the stewards on duty "know np brother" is shown by 1 5f the fact that the jockeys Shilling and Dugan were, mm'. after two weeks' observation of their riding, limited It to their respective stables. This was due to ottlcial re- K norts by at least one, patrol judge that both these W Jjockeys were known to be rough riders or were seen Hi' 1 NNING.t-pQWN---GROOKEDNE5gJH ' I .-AT THE FLaCE ' T R A C K jfflSBBS II taking care of other jockeys In the heat of competition competi-tion during the running of races. 1 Shilling Is S. C. Hlldrcth's jockey, and is declared 1 by experts the best rider in America. Abroad a 1 jockey of his skill could earn $30,000 a year, as docs ; Frank O'Neill, w ho is now in France, riding ns W K. j Vanderbllfs chief jockey. Dugnn is August Bel- mont's jockey, and while highly esteemed In that ca- j paclty, Is not considered by experts as in the same class as Shilling. During the Jacksonville meeting Joseph A. Murphy, as presiding judge, found it necessary, In the cause of fair play to the public, to discipline some prominent t Jockeys, among them Muhgrave and Burns, and as a ( result the former found It1 very difficult for a time to 1 1 most desirable one, but an awkward horse or a bad beglnuer Is at a disadvantage there, and his jockey usually endeavors to quietly manoeuvre so as to avoid the rail. But the eagle eyed starter soon detects this and the Jockey Is peremptorily ordered to take his proper position. Sometimes the starter of his own accord will order a horc from the inside to the outside, out-side, because experience h.is shown him that the racer will not break from that position. Bettors Are Critical. ,To obtain best results, therefore, the horse Is sent to the outside This could not be done under the rules of tho New York Jockey Club, but Is permissible In Canada and In the West New York betting men fol- pectcd oues, trail them day and night, and report anj suspicious circumstances. Telegrams are sent to what arc known as turf news distributing bureaus in Chicago. New York. St. Louis Cincinnati, Philadelphia and elsewhere. If there Is any fraud It may not be disclosed by the betting at th course, but might be discovered where commissions are taken away from the track. It has happened thai some of the crooked transactions of racing are thus revealed, but as a rule so much uncertainty followf the suspension that the stewards arc left In doubt, and In justice to the persons Involved they take no furthei steps and the jockey Is reinstated with a caution to be more careful in his work. There are, of course, occasions when Jockeys havt f?j--! vIfefcv3'?''J ffilr 0'&$r'?' ' C kMt iKmHHBBIHHll f.price I w'SraKteCi ; , ''"-.."' --?? '. -,$.y.34...-. . ' .--..Sv&ja 1 nelson COL. TvT. LEWIS I clark. yJttSIBE Who Was Paid (MBftplte WM $125 a Day as 1 1 IflQlB,. Mflfi Jude w&&mt&r ?m JOSEPH A. N- MURPHY k obtain a license from the Canadian Racing Association. Associa-tion. "Even then he was limited to the stable of Joseph E. Seugram. Buruj' mounts are carefully weighed up by his contract employer. Albert Simons, before he consents to his accenting outside employment. employ-ment. Personal observations by many experienced New York 'racing men now following this circuit testify that the discipline of the Canadian authorities Is of great aid to the sport. At least a score of jockeys have been denied the privilege of riding, based upon reports of their questionable work elsewhere. Close Scrutiny by Stewards. rThe first thing done by the stewards In Canada or la any Western city where raclnggoes on Is to look over the list of jockeys engaged to ride each day. Under the rules all the engagements of a Jockey caqh day must be made known to the rlerk of the scales by one o'clock. The stewards scan the "scale book," hi which the clerk of the scales marks down the uames of the holies to run, weights they are to carry, the rarlous equipments a jockey has with him. such as blinkers, if to be used on the horse, a whip, spurs, lend pad and overweight, If any. One of the rules enforced at those associations is that the use of blinkers, spurs and whip must be consistent. con-sistent. It sometimes seems as if the wearing of blinkers causes a horse to run his true race. Wheu after several efforts it is apparent to the trainer that his horse is not showing his best, a request Is made to the stewards to put blinkers on him, and it is generally gen-erally permitted, but once used it Is expected that the horse will use them thereafter, and this Is usually the case unless It Is seen that the apparatus causes the horse to act badly at the barrier. Then, If the trainer desires to discontinue it, this is agreed to. It Is the custom at all the tracks mentioned for the stewaids or judges to keep books which are indexed to show if the horses then on the way to the start arc wearing the same equipments as heretofore. If not an explanation Is demanded. The stewards also keep in close touch with the scale books to know If trainers arc consistent In the employment em-ployment of jockeys. Sometimes an unknown boy Ii booked to ride a horse which should be piomlnent in the betting, but which would recede rapidly if an unknown un-known Jockey rode. Unless a very good reason Is given, such as a promise to regularly pul up the same boy on the horse thereafter, the stewards inteivune and order the best jockey available to be put up. With a good rider in the saddle a horse Is reasonably certain to repeat his best nice and thus achieves consistency. All prellmlnaiy work completed, the hones areat the post and the work of the starter begins. His four asslstauts are ready to pull the arms of tho barrier bar-rier down and begin to lino up tho horses In their post positions. These last are allotted when the clerk qf the scales weighs jockeys. Out of u leather bottlo ho 'draws a -numbered marble, and this number governs gov-erns the position to be taken by the liorse. Thus, number 0 would mean sixth from tho Inner rail. Uuder certain conditions, the rail position Is the 111 j r.iLi!!!ji? 1 ( W&kP lilfNraMB 1 ffl IWttM&v&v&iG- JEmSBB m Lt. Col. Wm. Hendrie Colin Cam Bartlett McLennan Three Stewa: Toronto and Montreal lowing the Canadian circuit have been extremely critical crit-ical of the starter for tlnis "sending a horse out of his allotted position, but quickly subside when they ire shown the rules under which lt Is done. Given an equitable start andjreedom from accidents In the early part of the race, a keeu struggle follows, and to the cheei of thousands the race is von, possibly by a horse at long odd?. The favorite may run far below be-low his form and If the betting Is suspicious an investigation investi-gation follows The various phases of the betting, tirst, second and third, hav been duly reported by the alert messenger employed for the purpose. lie mark., lu a book kept in the judges' stand, the odds offered against all the horses. If the favorite "goes back" It is not a 'good sign A horse may have been backed down many points In the twenty minutes between the opening and the closing of the betting. Needles to say, the doings of the favorite are especially espe-cially well noted. The patrol judges were told to take particular note of what might happen to him. Possibly Pos-sibly he is seen to lun Into a pocket, pulled up. compelled com-pelled to run around his field and lose by a nurrpw -margin a race he should have won. Here Is where the equanimity of the stewaids Is brought Into full play. Weak minded men may yield to the criticism of many who think the jockey has deliberately done his best to loe. it is easy to go with the crowd, condemn the rider and suspend him. But the fair minded man goes slowly. lie sends fqr the bookmaker's sheets, examines exam-ines the fluctuations there recoided. and If ho has loason to think tlieic Is a connection between the jockc3' or stable and a bookmaker possibly suspension follows, and a further investigation is gone into. The secret. .service men in the employment of all well regulated regu-lated race courses aie called on to follow uu the sus- ipbcll Wf SmSSjSIIbI rds at XBSMffTlMB joseph J. I&y BURKE giiiSgS confessed, and this la aald to have been tho caao in 11)10, In the scandal above alluded to at Wlndbor, when Messrs. Hendrie, Parmor, Price and Nelbon made such a drastic ruling as Involved three promhient owners, none of whom arc now permitted to race in Canada or the West Capable assistance can and often is rendered the stewaids by keen ring managers. Wheu King James won the Toronto Cup, in 1910, one of his opponents weut back steadily in the betting until "even money third" was the quotation. He was ridden In last place all the way. No one expected the horse to beat King James, who was at odds on. but the manipulators made it a sure thing by seeing that the horse would not be third. His rider was ruled off and is now lu dnnger of starvation, whereas as a jockey he was In demand, and on the very day he got Into trouble he had ridden two winners. Possibly the stewards would not have paid any particular par-ticular attention to the horse in question if the riug manager had not taken the alarm when a new bookmaker book-maker drew on for that duy alone. This man's operations oper-ations were Insignificant until the King Jumes race eamo on. Then he tooK great liberties with the horse involved, which was heavily backed to be second 01 third because he was the property of a very popular Canadian turfman and had run well enough 10 warrant war-rant support for second or third place. Jockey Cuts Short Career. When the riug manager became awuie of what was going on he informed the stewards just ns the" ho'rfces weie on the way to the starting post, and this caused the ofliclals to be particularly keen There was no doubt whatever as to what the Intentions of the-sus, neeted Jockey were. Ho fulfilled his contract with the manipulator, with the iciult that for possibly u couple of hundred dollars he cut short what might have been. ;H a very successful career In the saddle. Violators of fair play on the turf do not get clear Jl punishment necessarily because no immediate action 'jl t is taken. At Montreal the steeplechaser Expansionist v ,' i 5 "ran out" very unexpectedly. He was very heavily ,H backed, but a long priced contender was the real good , H 1 thing of the race and went to the post at less than one- j jH third the odds laid against him at the opening. He H won. Two days later Expansionist, with another rider up. again "ran out," but this time It looked more nat- H ural, and there was no heavily backed opponent to cause suspicion of unfair play. The stewards were in- ' flH . ciinca to at once suspend the horse, on the ground that ; IH I it was unfair to the patrons of the course to permit so jH unreliable a horse to start. But they decided to give 1 l j the owner, a woman, another chance, and hence the 1 f horse started at Hamilton I f Here his support in "the betting was so surprisingly (, good, and he won in such clever style even though - - (H over a comse in which the tendency to run out was - . llH more inviting, that the Montreal stewards' sugges- i-ll tion that he be debarred from starling was put Into HH ptTect by the ruling body in Canada This placed the M woman owner on the defensive, and with tears in her fl eyes she asked for a rehearing so that the real blame H for Expansionists scandalous doings could be located. M She had a hearing, as did others involved. . H A stenographer was present to take notes, and as v H a result It was decided to rid the turf of the Jockey H who was on Expansionist when he first ran out. ' M Fnoncr or later turf thievos will get their deserts In H Canada, and as this becomes more manifest it tends H to clear the air and conviace the public that the sport t H ts lu good hands. It may be said here, too, that dur- mg the Toionto meeting, where there was no book- M making, the speculation being in the oari-mutucls. ' jH there was no talk rf fraud for the whole .seven nays. tI wheroas at the meetings where bookmaking thrived :hcre was much talk of Jockeys "helping" each other ll tn races. When Professionals Came In. 1 JH Professional Jifdgcs of racing tirst came Into vogue ll about 1SS0, when Colonel Robert W. Simmons, a resJ- ' lH . - 'i 9 Scene in the Paddock of a Race Track 1 M Riders Are Kept in Their Own Quarters H Until Their Work for the Day Is Done H dent of New Orleans, usually went to Saratogi jH and nctcd as judge, with visiting turfmen from Ten iH nessce. Virginia and Kentucky. Here A. C franklin IH Thomas W. Doswell, Edgar M. Johnson. Charles IH Wheatly and others were regular occupants of the l M Judges' stand. When racing at Jerome Park was In- H augurated the judges were not professional. Usually B thev wero D. D. Withers, Judge A. C. Monson and jH sometimes John F. Purdy. One of the first profes- H slonal Judges In the country was Colonel Stone, of H Memphis, when Brighton Beach was launched as a - H race course. Then followed Thomas Lloyd, a Mr. H ltvan. Joseph J. Burke and Major C. C. Wheeler. IH When the Louisville Jockey Club was formed In 1S4 H the judge was Colonel M. Lt.wis Clrk. who later on, H when retained bv the Garfield Park i)eople was H paid S12o a dav and all hotel and entertaining ex- H nouses Captain James II. Bees, of Memphis, was H Jud"0 for veais at his home city and at Now Orleans, t H Chicago ami California Captain Bees retlrwl at the ' H solicitation of his wife, to avoid the harassing work H of the position. He often received threatening letters lH from ruled off persons. I J II. O. Rankin was steward for years at New Orleans, 1 and was succeeded by KrauK J. lsryau, wuo ua a.3U for one year at Hawthorne. M lu the eariv clavs of Guttenburg ns a half mile track H the judge was James G. Nelson, of South Carolina. I H At Slouccster, N. J., at one time the judge was James ) H Walsou, who once published a racing guide and was H a noted dog show judge. At Washington Park. Chi- ( H ca-o the Judge one day was General Phil Sheridan. 'H but because of a mistake In the colors that year It H was decided to appoint a professional Judge, Joseph JH J. Burke', who acted in that capacity for live years at H Washington Tark and at many other places since then m Charles Gieen, of St Louis, was judge at the old M Fa Ir Grounds for some years, but retired when a H change of management came. C C. Riley, Harry IH KhIiI. C C. Peltus, Edwin J Smith, Martin Nnthnuson, jH Pat Dunn. Judge Moriovv. C. E. Trevathan, L. O. HH Hopper, Francis Trevelyan. Milton Young. M. N. Mc- !H Farland. W. S. Barnes, Will Shelley, E. C. Smith, YS . P. I jH Rlggs, P. A. Brady, E. W. Cole, A. S. Post and others iH are among the many who have filled the position. 1 'JH Clarence McDowell acted for many year.-; in assoeia- H tion with Colonel Simmons, aiul later became senior H Judge, associated with C. H. Pcttingill. C. J- J-'"2- j H gerald succeeded Mr. McDowell. The late Mor . , 1 H Smith was one of the three Judges about eighteen . a m One of the best liked judges In the profession wag I JM John J Carter, who lost his life wheu the Laldwin wm Hotel at San Francisco was destioyed. Another popu- h lar Judge with the public was William S. Barn cs. L. rt H P. Tarlton, J. B Malone. W. B. Cheatham, Illlam H Letcher. Jackson SmlUi, Henry Queen. Colonel Ham- , IH Uton and others were Judges year after year on w est- H ern H With the advent of professional stewaids or Judges jH came many leforras :u the conduct of the spori n , im was uot long ago that restrictions now debmet It nat H tov of couise In the conduct of racing wrmected . H by conservallvo members of the New loik Toukei l.M Club Thev thought that It was likely to give the hport IH a b.ace ? to adSpJ certain up to te methods which ? H progressive men In the West 1 cau TH safeguards. But not now on a JocUc. Club tracs ca u ., H S ore be seen Jockos and heavy bettors In-close con-. , - JM yersatlon as was formerly the ens e. Rl J?" afJ -;, , H kent Jn their own quarters until their uork Tol tne H ,da' is done: It is almost a favor ; wcu n,,nper U jH 'man to be permitted to Interview a jocKej after a lace j H "in fact, there are far more safeguards ivou in lojry r M H about the sport than wen, dreamed of teutj jeara , J M |