St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-20
PHALLAs AND .--..D- IN 1883
Gen. Turner and His Friends Played
Really Mean Trick on Old Wiz.

a neatly mean Ir1ck ON Ola Mr.
Case.
Chicago Herald.
do you remember the race between
Phallas and Trinket in 1882" asked an old
turfman last night ''Phallas was owned
by J. L. Case and Trinket was handled by
Gen. John Turner Case makes threshing
machines and ploughs up in Racine, and is
worth 100000 or more. He's sharper
thar five-cent whisky, and was never known
to overlook bet. Turner is pretty shrewd
himself. He's been OH the turf as long as
Mace or Doble. and has seen a good many
things in his day. The general is worth
considerable money too, and, like Case. he
never overloOks bet. For a long time
Turner was spelling to race the mare against
the Wisconsin horse, but he waited until
she was in the pink of condition and ready
to trot for mans life. and then a match
was arranged with Case. The contest came
OFF at Cleveland, and attracted the attention
of horsemen all over the country. On the
day before the race Turner met Billy CraW-
ford on the track and said to him:
Billy, you take this $500 over to Cases
stable and ask the old gentleman to place i
on Phalas at the best odds he can get
~
me TO be going around betting on the horse
I'm going TO trot against. Tell him, too,
that I'm sure Phallas is going to win, and
that as it is getting along toward the close
of the season wouldn't care much if l won
a little pot.
Turner and his friends were after Cases
scalp. 'They had tried to beat him before,
but were never successful. The old fellow
for Thnp via q ~
ford went over to Cases stable and pre-
sented Turner's case TO the Wisconsin man.
The latter took the $500 and said that he
was glad to accommodate his rival. Now,
Case thought that if Trinket'S driver was
betting his money against her it was a good
chance for him to make pretty penny. too.
If Turner was ready to bet $500 ON Phalas,
Why should not he, man worth million
or more, bet six or eight times that amount
on his own horse? AS there was no
one near to advise him differently,
the old man worked around the pool boxes
and bet something like So, 600 that Phallas
would win the race. Then he went over to
the stable. sat down and ginned. When the
horses started in the first heat Case paid lit
tie attention to their travelling, and didn't
seem worried when Trinkett passed under
the wire an easy winner. He thought it all
a mistake, and sauntered over to the betting
quarter in the hope that he could get better
odds, owing to the result of the first heat.
He sifted in some more money, and then
trotted back to his seat with grin that
would have broken the Sabbath. The Sec
ond heat was trotted few moments later,
and. to the horror of the man from WiscOn-
sin. Trinket won again. For a moment
Coca acted &c though he had heen hit in the
head with paving stone, but. recovering
himself. he ran to the spot where Turner
was standing and gasped:
'Say, Turner, you know you gave me
$500 to lay on Phallas. You amt going to
let Trinket win the next heat, are you?"
"'JuSt what Pm going to do if she
doesn't drop dead before the race" replied
the general. with grin.
"'Well, but-but-but, Turner gasped
the old man, Five got $4,000 on PhalIas.
\ on said my horse could beat Irinket, and
now
81 did think So interrupted Turner.
but l don think so now
well, are you going to let the mare
wins
"'Yes, if she cam
but. Turner, Eve got Sc, 900 On the
race
"'Oh, never mind that, , rejoined the gen.
eral, with a twinkle in his eye, I'll take
care of that
The next heat was won by Trinket,
hands down, and Turner and his friends.
who had been playing Cases money in th e
pool box, walked off the track with over
Sc, 600 in hard Wisconsin money in their
pockets"