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PUTS PREMIUM ON FRAUD. "A few days ago Presiding Judge Price threw a bombshell into the ranks of the steeplechase brigade when he warned jockey Boyle off the Fort Erie course and also a man named Brecner, who, It was claimed, had been betting for Boyle, says S. B. Weems in a letter to the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. "The officials did not have sufficient definite information to warrant the ruling off of Boyle. A few days previous Boyle rode a bad looking race on Lights Out, when that horse was heavily backed. Boyle has been on the suspicious list for a considerable time. During the Kenllworth meeting he made two or three flying trips to Latonia when it was alleged winners had been engineered through in the steeplechases. "Some time ago the writer took occasion to call attention to the fact that race tracks themselves are largely to blame for the low standard of professional honor that appears to exist among some of the steeplechase riders of the west. Not enough money is offered, and not many races are included in the programs. "It is seldom outside of Canada that more than two or three steeplechases a week are offered, in many instances the riders accept contract mounts that is with the stipulation that they will be paid for riding if they win and will get nothing If they lose so that it is practically impossible for more than two or three of the crack jockeys to make both ends meet. In short, the present system of conducting steeplechases puts a premium on fraud and the ruling oft of one or more jockeys will not better matters while existing conditions remain." ,., . . . A ,
