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Running Down Racing Corruption At the Track
A 1909 Saratoga dinner discussion, echoed by August Belmont, notes the vast sums spent to root out corruption in racing. It details Canadian and Western reforms, key officials, and watchdogs, including Nelson, Hendrie, Price, and Belmont, plus cases of jockey discipline and steward-led investigations to preserve fair play and public trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Richard T. Wilson, Jr
Saratoga Racing Association
Saratoga
Jockey Club
August Belmont
Wilson
Mr. Belmont
Dar
United States
Aime
New York
New York State
Canada
Messrs
Hildreth
Belmont
Carman
Scherr
Toronto
Montreal
Hamilton
Buffalo
Detroit
Ag Sre
William Hendrie
Colin Campbell
Bart McLennon
Chrde
Vosburgh
Joseph A. Murphy
For Erie
Francis Nelson
Horace Lerch
E. W. Maginn
A Windsor
Charles F. Price
George Hendrie
Mr. Welson
Argonauts
Jockey Club Contees
Nelson
Frice
Hendrie
Charlies F. Price
Kentucky
California
Juarez
Mexico
Canadian Racing Associathens
New West
Shilling
Dugan
America
Frank O'Neill
France
W. K. Vanderbilt
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Haye
Windsor
Palmer
Price
West
Derance
Jacksonville
Musgrave
Burns
Canadian Racing Association
Joseph E. Seagram
Albert Simons
Stewarts
Niles
Arcidenta
Messenger
Turkey
Secret Service
Furf News
Keen
King Jones
King James
John I’. Purdy
Colonel Stone
Memphis
Brighton Beach
Thomas Lloyd
Mr. Egan
Joseph J. Burke
C. Wheeler
Louisville
New Orleans
Rees
Rankin
Frank J. Bryan
Hawthorne
Guttenburg
James G. Nelson
South Carolina
Gloucester
N. J
James Watson
Washington Park
Phil Sheridan
Charles Green
Old Fair Grounds
C. ©. Riley
Harry Kuhl
C. C. Petria
Edwin J. Smith
Martin Nathanson
Pat Donn
Judge Morrow
G. BE. Trevathan
E. C. Bopper
Francis Trevelyan
Milton Young
M. N. McFarland
W.S. Bates
Will Shelley
F.C
John J. Carter
Baldwin
San Francisco
William S. Barnes
L. P. Tarlton
J. B. Malone
W.B. Cheatham
William Letcher
Jackson Smith
Henry Queen
Colonel Hamiilen
New York Jockey Club