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THE ELECTRIC SADDLE AGAIN AGAINNEW AGAIN NEW ORLEANS LA Jan 17 An alleged at ¬ tempt to make use of electricity for illegal rac race ¬ ing King purposes is said to have been uncovered by Secretary Sheridan Clark today todayToday today Today there was found in the stable of E R Rodgers a device in the shape of a lead pad but containing a battery of mercury cells and cop ¬ per plates By leaning forward on the appara appear ¬ tus thus the jockey made the circuit connection and gave the horse the necessary shock In the pad was a small annunciator annunciate to warn the jockey as to application The evidence is conclusive only against E R Rodgers and Jockeys Castro and Chinn Chin who were today fined 50 each The stewards are investigating The sharpest case of suspicion is that of Wells Street who on Christmas day won a 6 12 furlong sprint at odds of 8 to 1 under Castro one of the boys impli implied ¬ cated canted In that field were Urania Urbana Domingo Hillsboro Hills and others othersLast others Last Friday in a mile and and twenty yards race Wells Street hung to Sea Robbers saddle skirts to the last eighth when he weakened and dropped off It was a surprising run for such a horse Castro had the mount Some other instances are promised
