The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-13

in ferry property on the East river How
ever. he is not blind to the necessitof betting in
order to support race track, and rs he IS the
controlling genius at Monmouth Park, he threat
ems to discontinue the meetings there. and sell
the grounds for what they will fetch unless bet
ting is allowed. On Decoration Day Biggonet,
who, after his victory, was looked upon as
certainty for the Ladies' stakes, WAC obliged to
lower his colors before the Toronto stables
Bandala The Juvenile stakes, which is the first
great two year-old event of the year, was won
by the Dryers flying colt fremont, who was a
whole street ahead Of anything else. With these
EXCEPTIONS the racing has been OF most unin-
teresting character. At present the main topic
of discussion is the Suburban handicap, which
was run this week at Sheepshead bay. Among
the new stables seen for the first time on the
American turf this season are the Locust and
the Fairfax stables the former belongs to
Mrs. G. L. Lorillard, whose husbands
blue and orange sleeves were SO often
in the van on many race course.
MIR. Loriilard died this spring at Nice. and al
though all his entries were void by his death, hia
widow pluckily resolved to run the horses The
Fairfax stable is the property of Mr.. Walcot one
of the principal men in the wonderfully success
full Equitable gas companies. He has string
of about twenty horses. and among them several
bought at the Rancocas sale, as well as some fine
weltgrown Californians
Mclaughlin, the famous jockey. has met with
his usual success this season, and is cheered to
in Jimmy, whenever he appears on the course.
What Archer is in England or Isaac Murphy is
in the West, Mclaughlin Is in the East. When
he passes the judges stand first in the red and
blue sash of the Dryers, there is always howl
of delight, and hundreds of race-goers invariably
back his mounts. Jimmy is not bit elated over
his great success, but still preserves his modest
demeanor. No doubt there are finer artists In
the saddle and more determined fnishers than
MCLAUGHLIN among our jockeys, but he has been
fortunate in being associated with good stable,
and he has a happy knack OF getting off well,
which makes the public believe in him.
Allusion has already been made to the fact that
there has been no public betting at Jerome Park
this season. There has been, however, lots of
betting on the sly. and the book makers piu st
have gathered in fine harvest. The book-maker
who made bet pretended to take the money on
commission He said he would telegraph to
friend 10 Kalamazoo, some other outlandish
place, and if his friend wouldn't lay the odds.
Of course mis- friend was merely a local fiction
and the book maker laid the odds himself. AS
long as the bet was made with book who
was known personally all went right, but when
a greenhorn who did not know the good men bet
with some unknown man. the latter was apt to
skip" If the horse he laid against won. This is
known as "Welshing" in England. and Welsh
or, when caught. always gets a good drubbing
and bath in the nearest horse pond at the
hands of the English populace. Oddly enough
the Legislature of the State of New York is
therefore, the cause of q new system OF robbery
GEORGE D'ARENBERG. :.
Editor Sporting Hour.