The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-18


day Tor Inc, butt did not, | unlaccd IT,
and III bet 2 to- il | bought pool on a
horse he would break his neck before he
come under &c, string
Mr. DIVERS opinions on ante.post bet
ting may be- CLEANED from the following
short talk with a New York Morning Jour
adt reporters. .fYou say you have not
backed HanoyerT' he was asked. ~ have
not, and wonldn't back horse until he
goes to the post. :" "But at the post you
wouldn't get4 forty or fifty to one" II
know 1t, but rwould rather take seven to
five at the post, for then know what !
am doing and,what chance might have
Then you DO not think there is much
sense in making bets on horses months ilS,l,t be-
Tore the racer" 81 do moi" Still you
Know when You make your entries for
these big races that you have got to meet
at least hundred opponents. Surely
there is no more risk in backing a horse
to win than there is in making the original
entry In the stake?" "We don't look at II
that way. We simply take all our horses
and put them in and the best in the lot
will rum So, II the advice OF one OF the
most successful turfmen OF any era is to be
taken ante-post betting will not continue
as popular as II has been.
CALIFORNIA is beginning 10 loom up as
prominent factor in the Kentucky Derby,
and as II is money that talks land plenty
OF III one IL not disposed TO dispute its
right TO q leading position in the ante-post
calculations. The newest candidate for
public favor now is the California bred
colt Prince Charlie; who started out 40 to
], but IL now hard 10 obtain at 8. His
stable companion, Wonderland, had al
ready been backed down TO 10 to |, but,
as has been stated before, not penny Of
this latter money came from the stable,
and but few dollars from California at ALL
Prince Charles backing, however, comes
straight ms crow can fly from Santa Anita.
First came an inquiry as to the odds and
the amounts the books There are two Of
them open here) would stand. This in
formation obtained, the wagers followed
by telegraph. Here they are as recorded
In the first book, $4,000 TO 5000; in the
other, 5000 $500 These were followed
subsequently, by one OF s., 900 TO $500, and
another Of 81 600 TO 500 from we'll
known Pacific slope book maker, who evil
IDENTIFY wanted b. case his book on Prince
Charlie.
CART. SAM Brown is afflicted with
good-natured indignation at the Louisville
newspaper reporters. BROAD Church's"
letters 10 the Spiri Of he Times, Of Satur-
day last, dated New Orleans hasthe iollwo-
ing Incidentally reicrringto the inyestiga-
ton Of Louisville anent the Derby scan
dial, Capt. Brown mentioned a few facts
which are not without interest rs bearing
on the absurd stories set afloat 10y some
newspapers, and the remarkable fertility
OF the reporlorial imagination. give his
own words: ~ arrived in Louisville late
in the evening and went 10 tho Gait
house. Until went to bed neither saw
a newspaper reporter nor talked to one.
In the morning, however, the papers pub
lished long interviews with me, quoting
statements about which / had never
opened my mouth. After breakfast in
the morning went across the river and
down 20 the falls 10 look after some coal
interests. | did not return TO Louisville
until evening, and did not talk 10 news
paper reporter In the meantime; but, all
the same. the evening newspapers, not to
be outdono by the morning journals, pub
lished lengthy interviews with me, in
which was made 10 sayall sorts Of things
In speaking 10 Col Clark shortly after.
ward, j remarked TO him: You have
summoned mo here on the strength OF re-
ported interviews with me published in
certain newspapers. / think you might
have satisfied yourself whether made the
statements imputed TO me. Now, to show
you how / have been misrcpresented, |
would just call your attention 10 the al
legged interviews published in yonr own
papers here, when the fact Of 1t is have
not spoken TO reporter since my arrival
In Louisville.
TmE reported wreck OF the train bearing
Lucky" Baldwin's string near Albu.
qucrque, n. NJ, In not yet definitely clear,
and IL may after all turn out 10 be nothing
more than hugo trick Of turf hangen-on.
One late dispatch says "The lrst report
Of the accident TO the train which con-
tanned Baldwin's stable was exaggerated.
The two cars In which the horses were
were derailcd near Ash Forks, but apart
from a severe shaking up the stock was
not injured to any extent, and all the ami
mails will he started In the races in which
they have been entered. Nolante, Mis-,
Ford and Wonderland were not injuredat
all, though at finst IL was said thoy were
killed. The horses are now stabbed at the
fair grounds here, and will be sent east in
a few days" And another OF same date,
from San Francisco, In equally conflicting,
~ follows Il. ID. black, OF this city, who
expects To go To Albuquerque to train the
horses OF T.. j. Baldwin, sent q
dispatch last night TO tho telegraph op.
orator at Albuquerque asking him il
there was any truth In the reported acct
dent to Baldwin's horses. lie received the
following reply: "On reliable authority
learn that there II no truth In the rumor
The train In in good shape aud on time. .
Replies 10 the telegram Of inquiry sent Il
Albuquerque about the reported wreck are
cvasive. Those In charge Of the horses no.
( fuss Ia give any statement for publication,
and the railroad officials will say nothing,
From what could be learned ON the ont
side II would appear that the train which
carried the horses met with some kind o
an accident, and the horses were con
sidcrably shaken up. but IL may take day
or two before the trainers themselves can
determine the extent Of the bruises re-
ceiycd. Il is believed there was no great
injury done the animals.
Brow will be found the declaration.
out Of the Derby, Oaks and Charles Green
stakes, 10 be run ut the ~. Louis meeting
The declarations we're due April |;
Dcrby--W. l.. Appleby, Carmen; s. S
Brown, Kempton, Nanon, Saratoga aud
Orderly; w. L. Cassidy, Van Iecr III
Corrignn, Jewctt, lyanhoe and falstaiI
VIM. Cottrill 4 Co, Chinese Gordon; j.
W. Crawford, Amos Geo. Donai, Faria
dc,te; John DufiS, Trumpc,or; ID. A,