Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-07
HORSE NOTES.
Betting on Future Raees-The Drift
of the WaSers.

of the Wa$ers.
From the New York Herald, March 4.
At the American Jockey Club rooms the
following transactions COX place on Satur-
day evening Ia {:
John Morrissey bet 81, 800 against $500
that Rutherford would not win the Bel
mont Stakes; $4,000 was offered to $1,000
| against M2tadOr in the Kentucky and Sara
| tOga Stakes, which was not taken-S12, 600
| 10 $1,000 would have found a customer,
| however; $4,000 TO $3.50 was wagered
against MacarOUu winning the Wither's
| Stakes; $500 to $3.50 was laid that Steel
Ewes will not get a place in the Belmont;
| 81 900 was offered even on the same point,
but not taken.
The following transactions have also
taken place between the bOokmaker and
the public since the last report:-On the
Kentucky Stakes, for twO-year-Olds, one
mile. 70 be run at the second meeting this
summer at Saratoga-15 to l against King
Bolt. 10 10 ] against Australian; both be-
long to Hunter 4 Travers. who have eight
ether entries for the stake; 10 to l each
against EIr. BelmOnt's BernOus aud Alata-
dor. Is 10 against Mr.. Grinstead's GilrOy
fillv, Il to / against boswell X Cammack's
COnsicnee, 10 to ! against +. Morris Lean
ington FLY. out of Ruthless; IL to 1against
p. LOrillard's imported colt Sangara, by
Beadsman, dam Girasol; 10 to l against
Thomas Puryear's Leader, by bennington,
and Is 70 against the same gentleman's
Neko. by Narra1ansett: IL to ! against
NJ. CammerOn's Bayminster, by War
minsfEy, dam Stolen Kisses; 10
TO / against 4. Buford's McCreary, by
Frbp;-er. and L to 1 against Col. Nc
Daniels colt by RsvwOod, dam katinka, by
Australian, ont Of Eate ltayes. For the
Saratoga Stakes for tTC=Feal=elds, W &c ''h
n the first summer meeting at Saratoga,
thrUe-quartsrs Of mile: 10 to / against
King Bolt, 10 to sgaifct kustriliHd, 10 to
l against BernOus, 10 to l against Aatas
dor, II TO ! against Grinsteads gray colt by
lightning, dam ZingaIa; 10 to ! against
New York, Is 10 I against bay colt by
Eclipse, dam Slasher-Fidelity, y to 1
against James A., by bennington, dam
Maiden; 10 to l against Leader, 10 TO l
against MekO, l. to 1 against Withers'
chestnut FLY ty Kentucky; i to against
Syigert'S Australian colt. dam Bonnet, and
II 20 I against AIcDauiel's colt b. En-
quirer. For the Trayers Stakes for three
year-oldS, one mile and three-quarteFs, to
be run at the first summer meeting: to
against Rutherford, the Sue Washington
colt. Grinstead and Battle Axe; 5 to l
against King Pin. King Amadeus and As
trai: 10 to / against G. :. LlOyds brown
colt By australian, Brigam, Balankeel and
Saxon; IL 90 against Mary Buckley, Ban
nerette and Acrobat; and 4 to : against
Long Branch, by War Dance, dam Lass Of
Sydney.
hi. 2. IorillSrd is increasing his racing
establishment by fine selections of blood.
His latest purchases are the bsy stsl lion
Bayonet, by Lexington, dam Bay Leaf.
This horse, it will be remembered, won the
Saratoga cup in 1860, He will make a
valuable cross with the get of late impOrta-
tions. AnoCTet Is the bay colt Stanford,
four years old, by Bay Dick, dam by inn
ported Scythian. This coh won the Pro
ducc Stakes for three-year-olds, Sept. II,
1873, at the fall meeting at Lexington, KY,
two. mile heats, distanciIIg Mandarin, by
War Dance. 1t is stated tina Stanford ran
the last mile of the heat in 1:43s. Nellie
Gray is also added to the stable.