The New York herald., 1874-08-14
Talk on the Quarterstretch-
Three Capital Races.
King Bolt the Winner Of the Sweepstakes for
Twoysar-olds, Kaass tho Winner Of tho
Nile and Furlong for Thrse-yesr-
olds and Wandsrer the Two
Nile and Quarter Race

hanging sky was streaked with clouds, while
the day was warm. Still the large, comforsaole
stand was filed with chatting, happy people,
while the pools, which are here sold under AZ
rangements equal to q banking ests0lshment
were crowded with buyers from every city in the
Union To buy pool may be tamperiBg with the
band god Chance, but 1t raises the spirits Of hun
dreds OF spectators and these. animated BY mild
type OF avarice, make the excttabie part or the
audience. The play Of character then comes
out-defeat enthusiasm excitability, mor0se-
ness-and while pool selling is looked at by some
askant, 10 H necessarily one OF the sources OF
revenue to the association which aims to give
good show regardless Of expense. The French
Autuel pools, costing but $5 ticket, invite the
masses Of young men and loiterers. as to-day, for
example, when tickets on the Mcdaniel stable
brought $40 odd. Larger operators, acquainted
with pool-seliDe, bought in sne region OF $1,000
1or less than 500.
Seeing Dr. Underwood, the universal aucttoneer
Of these field pools, said to him
ado not the French Mutuels take q great deal
nom money otherwise invested In your field pools
Doctor Yn
.Not bit. Most people buy both, hedging the
neld with Mutuel tickets. The more the merrier r'
"were you the inrr0ducer OF pool selling into the
United States ~
~ was, sir. It is now seventeen years ago, and
then hved in Lexington, Ky. Well, give you my
word that every time we had horse race the bet
ting money would be put up in bad hands, or
counterfeit bill would be put against good one,
or something Of that kind. and . great many
shooting matches took place. thought it all
over; for you know l was horse boy
nom my youth up. l used to walk from
Dublin ten Irish miles to race and
back again. and be sure OF licking from
my father when got home, But there was SO
much music IN a horse, Lord bless me how could
i help It Now, do you see, at Lexington I
bethought me OF how they used to make lists in
the old country at the public houses and con-
cefved this system OF pool selling, and they've Kept
me 1t it ever since"
"whats the largest pool you ever Sold Doctor s''
Twelve thousand dollars at saratoga was about
the biggest"
''How much money has passed through your
hands in pools 10 these seventeen years."
'Oh, don't ask me that; / don't think I ever
counted. You see people have been trying TO bet
shat they can come nearer the sum tnan somebody
else, and that would make my memory the subject
o. . contention. so never counted It."
Thus lost the chance to preach Q great moral
lesson from the amount Of money wasted on pools
The track was very good, the weather threaten
ang 1t should have been just the day for horses to
run, except that 1t was close. The nrss race was
pretty one, contested well by two out Of the I'VE
horses, ana 1t was for only threefourths OF mile
thus. King Bolt blew his nostrils under the long
white streak Of his nose switched his cropped tan
and 0sd ns psoDs asa ns noed white s long "ss Sas
body strong as section Of onon1 @.nosany I1S
whose colts ike the seed OF Abraham, and
wearing the orange, slashed win crimson, ieapea
down TO receive congratulations and hastily
blankets up to lis eyes and he strobe Oh iazily.
crowd then Gazsd on BelmOnt's beautiful black
colt Rhadamanthus, named with the taste which
sons Of Leamington, hall brother to the great Bas-
sett now the idle prince or the harem. The close
match those two nne animals made excited . sta
They're both great investments. Two years
old leaves plenty OF time to run and win. One OF
these great fellows cost $1,000 and the other 900
Hunter Travers against Belmont make a
dignifed race every time. Behind tae horses are
men OF wide affairs and worldly prudence. For
some mysterious reason, in every race, there is a
Win. Indeed, people seldom refer 10 the names Of
their horses, but say, II think l VIII buy on hun-
OF horses practically, but to be animated by gen.
eral love Of field sports and TO leave the reahues
OF buying and training to his partner. Hunter:
Bowllngs owner, IN gray suit. leans lazIy
against the fence at the judges stand, dropping
Squzzical, sentenuous remarks. he mas had hara
luck, put takes II phiosOphically. over there is
the greatest racer OF them all IN lame, with q foot
full Of pain, shackled, as 1t were, TO the stall,
Bowling, the mighty bay horse, lies there In the
darkness, wniIe all around him MS galoping peers
srum5Ies little cue and % leans against the fence 70
see his horse Calvin come in fourth.
Mac" says . bystaHnder. NOW came sporting
man to name horse Calvin 7"
.'Humpnp says the owner 'S'posed ne was
going to be one OF the eect-'
why" says the other Mac don't know who
CALVIN was nor Armenius either, nor the Apostle
Pau. Re named him ior man named Calvin
BowIing's owner has hanged more people than
any man IN this country. He Is the largest hemp
Who until the war. lived out his lie between New
Orleans and Maysvllle,
There Is Donahue, too, the queer Irish con-
tractor, who Is to run to-day horse named Bot
any Bay, In addition to Cottrll's queery named
bay, Bay Rum. But Botany Bay is q chestnut, aud
therefore no bay whatever.
Donahue lives back OF on the heights OF Bergen,
not lar from the nery old Mcdaniel, the man VINO
. race the other day in what Is calel selling
race; that Is, the winner must consent to have
MCDANIEL stepped forward, nothing II not |
che merchant, and bought his neighbours win |
ner. This filed his soul with the wrath OF ingrati-
tude After the race was over, when two or |
three reporters were quietly writing in the grand /
stand, all deserted save OF them, terrible row |
was heard underneath In the barroom.
''You murtherin' old thafe, there's hundred
bushels Of oats gave yez, and ye owe me for the
same 70 this day. And now ye buys me best horse,
bIawst yez old, hard hearted souln
"Go avail Go ava Ill put tunnel under yonr
Pistols were drawn. Mcdaniel had all his stable
assemDled-big and little, Jockey, picanlnny ne
gro, groom and trainer.
dublin Dublin Galway Galwaylr cried all
the brood "t0ucn Mr.. Mack and wel make lodder
OF ye. Go for him, Mr.. Mack"
''Whn yez was starvn thin byes and they
hadn't herring nor pay soup didn't ! fade 'em lor
yez and did ye ever pay me Tor that ~
Cnarge on him, Mr.. Mack ~ cried the great and
head NV ~
. The aspect OF the place was then so threatening
that friends took Donahue or and leit mis- scotch
opponent possible more red and blazing OF com
piexion thaD before. " ~
anat night the Iaots were reported to John Nor
Inose men snail be called before the associa-
0uct-r o AAhu vi eon-
But nobody saw it. There were none present
except themselves. The audience had ali retired y
II makes no dnerence," said the impartial
gIaolator suppose these men had fired unon
eacn otner or wounded eacn other. IL would nave