St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-08
BOOTAIAKERs' BREAK,
dow DIiIt Young's Entry Dumped
the Talent.


In the crowd at one Of the Memphis
pool rooms the other day was a trainer
and horse owner whose name is well
known all over the country. He had
named four winners and ,gas stutfing a
pOrtly wad of bills into his inside pocket
when one OF the boys Veutured to con-
graduate him on his luck. You call it
bv the right name. said the veteran.
with a shade of bitterness i'll his tone.
people that don't know what they are
talllin' about might call it hOSs-sense.
I might ha' been Jest as big a numskulI
before the Kentucky Derby, but that
race learnt me little. Judgment
and KNOWN the form of bosses is
SOmethin'. but unless its got blind luck
to help it out it won't make you cash
any tickets. an that's what talks. %
''What did the Derby do to yOuH' asked
the other. 1T done this much-it
showed me that a sure thing is as dan
gerOuS as another mans chuck-a-Iuck
layout. if you don't watch the corners.
1t showed me that a race horse is the
dece iyineSt benz on earth. To cut a
long story short, you know / used to
train for Milf Young, an AIilt had a
heap of confidence in me, same as l had
in myself till that race come of. He
had Once Again an BOOtmaker in il.
an it struck him that he wanted my
Judgment OH their chances. So a few
days before the Derby he wrote me to
come on to Louisville an try the colts.
He knOWed that If he was to do it him
self there'd be the whole earth out there
to tout him.
''Well, went to Louisville an took
the colts out, a couple OF good boys
up. 1t was all on the dead quiet. an l
held the watch on EN- myself. [ told
the bows to gothic Derby road and make
the colts do whatever was IN EN-. They
took me at my word an done Just what
/ told 'em. They hadn't gone mOre'n
half the distance before BOOUmaker be-
gins to draw away from MS half brother.
At the mile and a furl0ng he had Once
Again in trouble. and blank me if he
didn't beat him out over fifty yards.
What was the time? Hold still while
tell you. 1t was 2:33, a second and a
half faster than Spokane won the race
in. B0otmaker pulled up all right so
far as l could see. The boy said he run
the last furlong as strong an straight
as the first. Now, what was | to think
what could l think but what Boot
maker had the Derby at his mercy?
You might know what l done. l told
Milt his colt had an aIr-tight cinch. an
put up all my wad on him. That wasn't
enough to satisfy me. l sold two Of my
bosses an put up what | got for EN-, SO
I stood to win $4,000 on the race.
Il wouldn't have sold my tickets for
$4,000 when the hoSses went to the post.
1t lest 'Deared to me like BOotmaker
couldn't lose. Of course l told MiIt an
he plunged on him, likewise my friends.
an they done the same. Well, you know
how it turned out. BoOtmaker broke
down in the race, an the prospect is
he'll never face the starter again. He
was keyed right up to wire edge
when / got there, and the trial jestd0ne
him up. But for that he would either
ha' won or made Spokane do the dist
tance in better'n 1884. There was a
good many people wondered why some
of US backed Young's entry agin Knott
so lively, but the fact was we had the
race won--till it was run. AIy son. Eve
got to name a lot Of winners on the
board before | git my Derby experience
Strengthened OUT"