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DISQUALIFICATIONS The recent disqualification of Martlmas at Chicago recalled his disqualification for the Flatbush Stakes two yeaia ago agoDisqualifying Disqualifying horses for fouling or for some infraction of the racing rules is a hard propo ¬ sition for the judges as there is always a great uproar over the setting back of a winning horse It is certainly very had luck to pick one that will get the money and then have it taken away after having it won Yet the same individuals that howl over a disqualification are usually the first to pick out interferences when the horee they bet on doesnt get the money and get equal ¬ ly sore when the other horse is not disqualified The betting public is not the least bit philoso ¬ phical when it comes to losing Kacing judges have handed down some peculiar decisions in their day and a few of them will make interest ¬ ing reading A groat howl went up when Mar timas was disqualified for the Flatbush Stakes which he won with ease Complaint was made by Tod Sloan who rode Jean Beraud in the race that H Lewis who had the mount on Martimas had deliberately fouled his mount The jockey on Autumn who finished second corroborated Sloans statement and Martimas was disquali ¬ fied without any statement from Lewis LewisJean Jean Beraud finished in the ruck and his jockey had nothing to gain by making a com ¬ plaint against Lewis but the stewards ruling gave the race to Autumn Martimas had been backed for thousands of dollars by friends of his owner Mr Hendrie He carried top weight 120 pounds and was probably the best horse in the race by many pounds poundsThe The Canadians got a dose of the same kind back in 1886 when the same boy rode Pericles and he had been backed to win a fortune The judges on that occasion placed Gleaner who had finished third first and left the second horse out of the consideration as Gleaner was the one which had suffered by the interference interferenceAll All this was very hard money to lose but not half as hard as that lost because a horse car ¬ ried too much weight as was the case with The Amazon at Yonkers last year yearJockey Jockey Shaw who had the mount on The Amazon donned a sweater after weighing in to ride the mare and forgot to take the garment off when he took the mount Under the rules then in force there was nothing left for the judges to do but disqualify The Amazon for it was quite as much of an offense for a jockey to carry too much weight as to carry too little That The Amazon proved herself to be three pounds better than she had to be in order to win was scant consolation to her backers under the circumstances circumstancesDiscrepancy Discrepancy in weight also caused the dis ¬ qualification of McMeekin and Alard Scheck at times when they were heavily backed Just how much Wm Barrick the owner of McMeekin lost by the disqualification of his colt will never be known Ho declares that he never bet so much on a horse in his life as he did on Mc ¬ Meekin the day his horse proved himself to be much better than the horses he beat without getting any part of the purse purseJockey Jockey R Williams figured in another notable disqualification He had the mount on W H Laudemans Powhattan Cachuca colt Pales ¬ tine when that animal was disqualified for carrying five pounds overweight at Latonia several years ago The Kentucky colonels who officiated in the judges stand at the time de libarated long and earnestly before coming to a decision They finally came to the conclusion that because Jockey Williams had drank three glasses of beer and had also paid a visit to the pie counter after weighing in the backers of Palestine would not be permitted to line up at the cashiers stand standLatonia Latonia has figured in several other queer de ¬ cisions and the one that caused a great deal of criticism was the disqualification of Hidalgo belonging to Millionaire J B Haggin Hidalgo led from start to finish being under the whip for the entire route There was always day ¬ light between him and the second horse Irish Pat Hidalgo was an oddson while Irish Pat was the outsider at 15 to 1 There was one more starter and that was Baldwins Lucky B Fuller who rode Irish Pat lodged a complaint of foul with the judges and they allowed it and placed Hidalgo second It was a great thing for the bookies as Hidalgo carried a big lot of the Haggin money and of course the big bet ¬ tors followed The public was all on the long shot and the majority of them tore up their tickets after the horses went under the wire The late Sol Sharp it is said laid the founda ¬ tion for the fortune he left behind by gathering up the tickets on Irish Pat that had been thrown away and torn tornA A peculiar decision which was hardly a dis ¬ qualification and yet it coat the winning own ¬ ers a great deal of money was when the Chi ¬ cago stable won a handicap with Wheeler T and after the race was run it was discovered that no judges were in the stand The Chicago crowd had bet a world of money on its entry Wheeler T and Santalene at 4 to 1 at the track and in all the poolrooms over the country As nobody was able to place the horses that is no one in authority there was nothing to do but run the race over That was all right but the wise judges also declared all bets off and then the Chicago stable or Hankins Johnson was compelled to take 3 to 5 for their money The second time Santalene won the race with Wheeler T second secondAnother Another instance illustrative of the easy man ¬ ner in which a person can lose money after selecting the winning horse in a race was af ¬ forded at one of the local tracks season before last Mr Chambletts White Garter ridden by Heider in a jumping race was considered the class of the event On White Garters ac ¬ count the Chamblett stable was heavily backed Unfortunately another of the Chamblett jump ¬ ers ridden by an inexperienced jockey was coupled with him in the betting This horse went the wrong course White Garter won but because his stable companion had fallen into a grievous error under careless guidance it was deemed proper and it really was the correct thing undor the rules to disqualify him himThe The late Judge Carter believed that the mat ¬ ter of equity should bo considered on the race track and he did not hesitate to establish a precedent when he felt he was right At St Louis during the season of 1891 the noted Brannon Brothers introduced a ringer under the name of Post Odds The horse was believed to be Tanner who once figured as Pplk Badger That he was a ringer was clearly established after he had won with the greatest ease Judge Carter promptly disqualified Post Odds but to the dismay of those who had put their money on the horse he announced that all bets would stand the backers of the horse running second to bo paid off as though their horse had won the backers of the third horse to get place money etc etcThus Thus the bookmakers retained the money wagered by those who felt that they had an ace in the book bookJudge Judge E F Clay of Lexington was likewise ready to establish a precedent when Che coca eion justified such action actionHe He once diBqualifled a horse for finishing but placed him second on the ground that he could not have lost that position had he run true In other words the horses in the race had no right to profit by interference which in no way affect ¬ ed them
