New-York tribune., 1886-04-26
BETTING ON THE SUBURBAN.
THE BOOKMAKERs, BOOKS FILLED UP.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE uUSNERs-coNDITIoN OF SOME
OF TIE FLEET GOERS.

It gets without mcch trouble 10 seems as II the
Suburban had become the great American race. In alb
sence OF any stirring that Is about tho
TOPIC discussed In tho race-gong public. When one
racc-goer meets another the first question asked Il
4" Who do you thiuk will win the Suburban. ~ OF course
any sensible will say thot he doesn't know. There
great many horses In the contest who stand about
equal chances winning II they the post all
right Long odds are always attractive and many a
horse backed for tho account OF the long odds
laid against him who really has no possibility OF WIN
ming Most OF the entries for tho have been backed
solely for this reason. The fact is
there Will be only about dozen
OF great number Of entries who will start and these
1t may DO relied upon. will be :" top sawyers"
The latest solid tip " Is tho mara Abba, OF tho Kilt
son Stable. week the bookmakers laying
l25 to against her tho o ids cut down to 90
to because for the past few days considerable money
| has been placed her Some OF the mares hackers
who vested her 100 to had to send commission
to Baltimore to ill their orders Mt those rato. Tho
mare Is certainly good Is In lne form and prom
ises well Major Hubbard. who has charge Of stable
says that he going abandon his old way prepar-
inga horse for certain race stake, and viii start any
horse in a whenever he has the animal ready
Abba Will certainly bo ready to start ia OF tho
Jerome handicaps which will probably DO the Fordham.
II sue should win the Fordbsn. she will in
cur penalty and at the weight
signed to her In the Suburban she is held safe
by number OF other horses in tho gauGed by
last years performances. She has developed tendency
to crib. but tins. II Ia said, be controlled though
der any circumstances habit does make IL any
easier to train her.
Tho bookmakers bemoanng the fact that their
books are full on many horses at long odds who
being called for short odds The great majority
Of the bookmakers are safe however In the that
they starting afresh "new hook" at the
odds. Rumors Of this horse being right that horse
being filling tho air. Ohe bookmakcr has it
straight. so he says from >" Foot" whom he has had
watching Joe Cotton that that colt viii certainly not be
able to come to the post in the great race. A trou
BILE with ono OF his hind legs, that has al
ways been detrimcnt to him, is becom-
ms worse. The California Beaconshed. about whom
3 much has ben said and against whom many dis
couragDg reports have been Circulated is reported
TO he almost certain starter In tho Suburb His
owners have sent word that their stable will be at
sheepshead Bay in tho latter part OF May Seven bales
of California hay which they nave shipped expected
at the track tomorrow This hay Is to be fed the horses,
change OF feed may njure their chances OF
winning when they arrive here 1t will be remem
bcrcd by horsemen Of the oden times that when tho
famous trottng Flora Temple 10 her grand
the country casks of water transported with
her that change OF this necessary fluid might rot
affect T. Corrgan has sent word that he will have
horses the track for the Jane meeting and Will
lam 1. scotts string Will arrive about May 10.
The Dwyer Brothers intend to keep their fortyeght
horses close together possible and about May
MAT" ByrLes will move their horses and colts pur- |
chased at the Rancocas sale, and which are in his
charge to sheepshead Bay. Yesterday the brothers |
sent contingent Of nine horses to Washing These
to participate at that place and at Balti
more. Those not by the pick OF
the stable, AMI il they moro than meagre share
OF the stakes at those places the Dryers look for
rich rewards at the North. X. X. Allcock Will have
charge OF these animals They arc the four-y -yearod
Eimendorf. the three. year-olis Rutland. Lulu and
Ferona and the twoycar-ods Rourdsman. Young Luke,
vaent Teacher ana Bramble colt |, was INTENDED
that Detective should also go. ss 1t was thought he could
win some selling races, bnt he has broken down The
af fna haVa ALI IA
half-mle IN 50 seconds Thoso who ought TO know
viii have to win If they win at all. There another
horse VINO has broken down in the last week at the
ira, 4" Fred Carter's Felicia. She been sold to
August Belmont for $1,000 as a brood mare.
The track Is excellent condition, should be- for
his efforts make 1t lie has about sixty work
for hlm, and their work tells 1no regular track is
narrowed every day; then gang OF men 90 over 1t with
hand rakes aud pick out all the stones The turf track
II just inside OF the grand circle and is exactly mile
IN e @ % and esS RO be % r to aFs os
canter ON 1t in about ten days. Mr.. Clark paying
having them nicely grassed over. etc
over a week The weather was cold ana raw but it did
not really interfere with the trainers giving their
McCabe Of the trainers for the Dwyer Brothers,
Tied out Richmond Tom Martin ana the threeyear-od
de The trio went N mile In 90 Nowithstandlns
full OF run acted he liked the work rnc three.
year olis Portland. Inspector 49, Brambleon and Buffalo
then sent along threequarters OF mile. Portland
headed the lot and he did the distance in about l23,
Barry Biagrave Of the Fairfax Stable was standing
The quarter stretch watching some OF his horses
"Do you know that Mathew DAWSON, in England, has
100 horses IN training Z"
reporter said sHme rryysrs yesrs ago ,oed %aea
horses and asked how many he was training Seventy.
said Mr.. Dawson. but there not more than
seven race horses among the number"
We'll" said Mr. blagrave. ~ have one real race
horse among mine. Will he satished- .
Tho three-year-old Mortemer Hercules, who
bought by the Fairfax Stable at the T. Lorard sale for
$lsoo. really colt has nad 70 be let up
his work. also has the two-year-old Catalina, for
which @ wa Pn9 SeTp mas 11 SssH seen on % on
ankle has been said. but because OF physc He has
Stable when 1T purchased him. The trouble
regarded serious, however Unrest is doing well
Plantross and Orihamme The Mortenier colt Shawnee
winch cost $4,000 has cracked heels and looks tucked
Jimmie" Rowes string looks well-he hgh-prced i
woyear old stockton quarter around the turn
under pull The other day in 20 seconds. and Little !
Mnch covered three-quarters OF mile In l2Ol2 War y
Eagle doing nicely aud Goano is rafting along at half
speed. - /
missing on the track For some days Markland how Il
part OF work on the road woch may account for his
'a been added to James McCreerys string He also has
Lac. Peconc. Waower and tho wv '-yearoid :,
Lepsc. well some other youngsters. Ihey are ali
All The trainers of jumpers have been notified to take
viii he needed for horses who will participate in the
aces coming meeting. A fcw days BOurke j.
-ockran and Genarm, who In Jimmie" Lees :,
harge, did a mile in 24l aud Major Pickett another
unp per- covered the distance In about the u
ime. M
Major Hubbard is not going to move the Ktson stable ,
% Coney Island for time Monmouth Park has
ecenty been put In good shape All his horses 81
iong well. Drake Carter, who has been trained at Mon
month"; Is going to Washington aud Baltimore. lie has
,een doing fast work. aud II the old geing only
tands NJ, he ought to win good races. jerome III
bark is rapidly assuming good shape. Tecumseh ST.
savior ana Eoe. who training there under the :
harge OF willy "Eph snedeker, SAID DO looking
inely, and TO be in prime condition. IL
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