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JUDGES AVHO NAVAHO DO AND DONT ONT DONTA DNA A disagreeable incident marked a race at New Orleans Thursday The case is fairlyset fairly out in the following dispatch Figuring from performance the race looked like a sotup soup for Bertha Nell especially with as capable a boy as Jimmy Dupee Dupe on her back Bertha however was a better subject for a hos hobs ¬ pital pita than for a race She was coughing when brought to the paddock before the race and gave evidence in other ways that she was sick Her party it was said knew that the filly was ailing and advised friends not to bet on her and the smart set among the frequenters of the pad ¬ dock did not bet on her The general public though knew nothing other than that Bertha Nell if fit could run away from the crowd that sho shod was in with and they backedher backorder those who snapped up the opening price as a liberal one getting 7 to 10 whilev while those who were not in a rush and gave the books a chance to learn of her condition got 4 to 5 The daughter of Fit instead of going to the front as in her other races could not raise a good gallop and was s eaten off from start to finish After the race upee rupee was called into the stewards stand but it must have been to ascertain from him what ailed the filly It was no fault of his that she did not make a better showing The most skillful jockey that ever threw a leg over a horse could not have won with her today todayIt today It is almost a certainty that people who run horses under the conditions here described find their reward in the betting ring The judges and stewards at New Orleans are derelict in their duty in this as in other cases It is as certain as anything can be in racing affairs that the vigilant and wideawake hideaway judges and stewards of the San Francisco tracks would have visited thoBortha tooth Nell people with speedy and severe punishment had her last race occurred under their jurisdiction jurisdictionThe jurisdiction The difference between the situations at New Orleans and San Francisco is that at New Or ¬ leans the judges and stewards for some occult reason do little beyond drawing their salaries while at San Francisco they show a vigilance and decision in ferreting out and punishing fraud and in and out running worthy of all praise A measure of their ardor in protecting the public would be of marked benefit at New Orleans
