The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-11-12
NEW SEKIES-NO. IO1
The Vms"ry of I'stors...

lu lengthy article referring To the vie
tory achieved by Priorcss ut Newmarket.
the Philadelphia Pres says
Two points rmaiu to be noticed How
Priorcss, who was mo where" al Goodwood.
and barely escaped being distanccd ut Ches
ter, should have won, NO well, at Newmarket
has puzzled many, who knew what she ought
to DO Next, what money has MIR. Ten
l'roeck won by the raco'
II N admitted that at Goodwood. the mis-
take WAS in having Priorcss jockeycd by u
rider not fully acquainted with the course
on which the running was made. For.
whereas, in America, our horses run on solid
level coursca in England, they run on turf.
the elasticity Of which Is affected by the vi
cisstudes of weathcr--bcing sol, and heavy
when there Is ruin, and hard IN iron when
there has bosn an excess Of heat. Morco-
yer, the English backgrounds nrc purposely
moi level They are constructed with rises
and falls, an ascent here, descent there, aud
II sharp corner, wherever one cnn be thrust
in At Newmarket, all this Is carried on,
but Pror@ was ridden by an English
jockey, who knew every inch of the route he
Ind 10 traverse. Add to this that she wis
in u very bad condition nj Goodwood, aud
after proper training. WAS in excellent order
at Newmarket.
What has Mr. Ten Brock wonY The
stakes amount u about $4,000. The
question IL did Mr.. Ten lirocck back Pri
orcSs in the betting ring. The odds were
feariully against her--lO0 10 at starting
Could any om have known 10 certainty.
that she was safc To win. u fortune might
have been made. provided there had been
sufficient amount Of beta. Here. w bet
horse against horse that Priorcss would
beat El lIakim, for example but In Eng
land the betting Is not that prioress III IIa-
kim, or Queen lsc@ should win, but that
either Of them should moi win.
This English system has created what
may be called the Science Of Hedging
thing really understood only 10y few. Tho
late Lord George Bcninck was in'nitivelya
master OF this science. SO, at this day. isa
person named Davis the mos, extensive bet.
ter on the English turf. who was journey.
man carpenter some ten or twelve years
ago. but by quckness oi mental calculation
thorough knowledge Of wba, no was doing
accurate acquaintance with the ability and
performances of each racer. and wonderful
memory. Is now millionaire, nnd sort Of
Autocrat on the Turf~~pnr,iculary a he
has never failed 10 meet all his engagement
aDd they have sometimes included los@r Of
100000 IN single week.
Such men. ifthey rested on lnvoti,o~ only,
would soon he iloorod. IIu, they 20 IN 40
make book" as Il IA called. o.. 10 bet IN
such u manner that even II their main risk
be lost, they can somewhat have compcn.
paiion ont Of other beta. Thus say tha, the
ODDS were = Ia against III lialim, 30 10
] against Qnecn liess, and 100 to against
Prior,ss man fakfne the odds would
pocket 600 by Pri0fess winning but
ihe man betting against her would take the
odd" on the other horses, and ipstes of los
ing cl0O, would have gained es on NJ lIa.
kim and f33 on Queen lj,ss, making e4l
gain 10 be put against clOO lo-s on l'rIorc-s
balance 60, instead OF Il0O. Bnt h.
would not coDpe himself a. two or ihr,e
be,s. bnt would 60 on. generally, for many,
probably betting the odds against every one
winning Here be would pdg Go" to Pri.
DRESS, bat would receive abont GI3O from
the rest, and actually by hedging, pocket
tbo difference. gaining the whole tanoIhalous
M !, may APPEAR by having lost the large.,
Of all the beta. The aggregate Of all the
odd the - horses that started for the
CasrewitscI makes about flJO there
wond be El00 10 be pam at the first ol'is,
II Prioresa won--and Ei20 10 ,sfeire ~
balance on the rest. This would givea gain
of I20 by ihe hsdge.
Mr Ten Brock would certainly have
backed his own 6y when he could do 70 at
such Dil.--I0O 20 !. When the frat heat
was over, and she became the layo'ite h.
would have more betters, bu, smaller ac-
counts 10 receive. We doubt not iha, he
has won largely. Even rs We write, we hear
lby the Persia 0f another OF his twoyears
Old, Belle, winning the Bedford Stakes, at
Newmarket.