Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-07
Some Very Interesting Stories Re-
garding Leading Owners,
Jockeys and Betting Men.
Mr.. BELMONT'S CARD PLAYING.
Local Baseball Magnates State That the
New Club Will be Organized
To-Morrow or Tuesday.
THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE PROSPECTS.
schssfsr and Ives Pass Trough the cty-Gsnrs Sport
ing News Of the Day.

The racing season is virtually over, and
around the fires in winter quarters the boys
are telling yarns of the Spring and summer
past, and other years as well. that have
GENE and gone. Colonel W. S. Barnes,
writes the Lexington correspondent of THE
DISPATCH, had just remarked how i'll
fortune followed him like grim shadow in
his efforts 10 win the kentucky Derby with
Blue Wing and Gallifet, the latter's defeat
being attributed to setting the pace, while
the former would have won in walk"
said the Colonel, "had Garrison kept him
straight in the run in.
Speaking of good things" spoke up
veteran, whose name were it mentioned,
would suggest many past escapades on the
quarter stretch of both good and bad SAVIOR,
''one of the best things 1 ever had in my
life slipped away from me at Saratoga few
years ago. 1t was nearing the close Of the
racing there, and wanted to come West
with enough to spend good fall and winter
on comfortably, and to do this 1 had stake
of $50 to start on. 1 told a friend of my
financial condition, and he said he would
HAVE SOMETHING GOOD
10 give me in few days, and if L would
wait till it turned UP could play my limit
and reap my harvest. A day or two passed and
he came to me and told me the race was OH and
it was a steeple chase, the last event on the
card. One of the best jumpers in the country
was hot favorite and the race looked like a
certainty for him to win, and. to my surprise,
my friend named horse to beat him that had
not won a race in two years, and, in fact at his
H.,e~ 10,
when he told me to go broke on this horse
1 could not help but smile at his nerve in CIV
ing me such 4 tip. but when the race came on
walked slowly down to the betting ring and
thought l would see how the land laid. The
bookies were just putting up the odds, and
they quickly marked 20 to l against
the cinch my friend had given
me. While standing there looking up at the
boards as in a reverie my friend again passed
by and DudginC me, reached over and whis-
pered, DO as l tell you, it is good thing l
studied moment longer and then concluded
would play the safe plan and stake my Sl50 on
the horse for place at to !. This did, and
my ticket was hardly safe in nv hand when the
price commenced to go down az linst the horse
but still so worthless WAS be in the estimation
of the bon6makers. that in spite of a ton of
money being bet on him, the post price against
him good as to /. The race was run
and. as ! expected. the fayOTite. wOn by nearly
tuIlong. but the old plug. my friends cinch,
honors of place. Ny Sl5O had increased $780,
and rubbed my hands in Slee not only on ac-
count of winning 4 good stake, hut rs a con-
graduation to my good judgment IN going on
the safe plan and playing the horse for place.
HE GOT IT IN THE NECK.
"On my way to the betting ring where was
going to turn my ticket into money, passed by
the reporters stand and heard one of them say
to another scribe, Look, there is going be foul
claimed l glanced up in the judges stand
and there with those officials was the jockey of
my horse, while standing the step, waiting
his turn was the uder of the winner. Both
quickly had their say. and then, after the
usual consultation. one of the Judges stepped
off the S and and announced that the winner
was disqualified for going the wrong course
ana they gave the race to the plug ! plaid for
place. The cOnceit was completely knocked
out Of me and l realized | was a sucker as 1
knew then the thing was cut and dried for the
winner TO 20 the wrong course and my friend
was on to the game. Instead of $500 1 should
have won So, 600. but have since concluded the
lesson learned balanced the account. as /
fOand there are few people in this world a
shade smarter than am. although up to this
experience always had doubted that fact"