Telegram-herald., 1891-10-08
ALLIRION A TAVORIII
He Sails Ahead Of Nelson in the
Auction Pools.
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS STlKED
And 10 Wa uss . Lively rest sale NJ
aAAs-rhs owssrs essss On the rtns
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rasksd ~ The pesnss.


and by 1880 the space occupied by the
traditional sardincs in box Was = par
lor bed room In comparison with tho
amount Of room that tho average Ia.
divldual had in which to swing him.
self.
At that hour pool eelling began In
the billiard room. The veteran pool
sellers. NJ. c. Quimby, of tho firm OF
Bride and Armstrong. ofiiciatcd with
dignity and . deep bass voice. The
moment his dulcet tones were waited
through the cigar smoke into the lobby,
. rush Was made for that corner Of
the billiard room where the pool selling
stand wxs located. As most of the
crowd weco self-made individuals and
had never studied physics, they didn't
realize that IL - impossible for live hun
dred bodies of matter TO occupy the same
space At the same time; consequently
many of them were trodden under the
foot of man. All those that had money
wanted places near the stand % they
could buy pools; all those who didn't
have money-and they we're in de-
lightful majority-wanted equally good
positions in order that they might watch
the moneyed individuals wager their
shekels.
Alierton was tho Eavorite.
The pool selling was steady, but not
especially lively. Allerton became the
| favorite almost from the start and kept
his place until the end of the auction.
There were no exciting stages OF the
event, no lively betting and no largo
pools bought. Almost immediately
the odds became l20 to 100 in favor oi
| lowa's idol, and and with few inslgn.-
ficent variations, renamed that way
during the entire evening. One or two
attempts were made to sell pools on the
2:l7 Class. but the crowd didn't respond
with any great degree of enthusiasm.
The selling soon went back to the
stallion race, and the melod ious refrain
"I'm offered $50 on Allerton; who will
give me 20 on Nelson?" winged Its
throbbing course lobbyward.
The local horse fanciers were moi
visible to human eyes, at leas;
not in the pool room.
| 1t Is doubtful if any of them purchased
any pools at all. Mr.. Nelson came into
the room, aud bought pools once OF
twice; hut he evidently did this more
for the sake OF DONG something tC
satisfy his nervous temperament than
from any inclination TO bet. Many oi
the Iowa delegation that came to back
AIlerton we're present, but they didn'l
try to create any enthusiasm, either
financial or otherwise, for their horse
However, the pool llers were pleased
with their nights work. Mr.. Quimby
stated that they. sold about twice a:
many pools as they expected to last
night. $i0,200sworth of pools were
sold on the Nelson. Allerton race, and
$500 OH the PIT trot.
In the 2:l7 race, Harry Noble was the
favorite. He sold .eyen against the
field. Senator Conklin sold second.
Pool-selfing closed at $50 last night
and will reopen at 9Uclock this morn
ing.
While the pool-selling wss going or
in the billiard room, the lobby and
staIways were filled with excited
takers. Most of these were men who
came from mere love of seeing gooc
race rather than from any desire tC
make money out of it. Little outsids
betting was done.
Mr.. Williams was seen by . reporter
for the TELEGRAM-HERALp shortly aftel
the pool selling ceased. He had no
been in the room, and did not know hi
horse was selling as the favorite. "Mos
people are going 10 be disappointed il
the time of the race" he said. "The)
are expecting too much. It's too lat,
in the season for fast time to be- made
Mr.. Nelson and myself. without any
consultation, estii ated the time Of the
first three heats. He estimated it n
PIP, 2:l3, 2:l33; guessed it as PIP
2:l3. 2:14. Wait now and see what kline
of prophets Ar. Nelson and are. Yot
see our guesses are exactly alike or
the first two heats, and vary only 8
half second on the third. The onl,
fault have To find with this track II
that there are not enough horses work
ed on il to keep it up in good shape"
The judges selected for the race ART
~ follows: >. A. Brown, Kalamazoo
Fred Secour, Galespurg, ILL.,; Chas
Benjamin, Saginaw. General satisfac
ton is expressed in regard to the selec-
ton. The general opinion is that thre,
better men could not be selected. Oar
j. Campau Of Detroit will act ~
starter.
Heard on the Side.
Don Leathers received . Telegram
from Budd Doble last night saying tha
Monbars had again broken his recor,
and made mile over . heavy track il
2:ls. He record which he made onll
few days ago was 2ls3.
Tickets for the grand stand were re
failing at the charming price Of s. las
night. The holders we're not 4speciall,
anxious to cell even at this outrageou
prlce-beiievlng that they can secur'
$40 tomorrow.
The following gentlemen were bookes
on the Morton House register for room
l2s: James Mcmillan, Detroit; w. r
Bates. Detroit; III. N. Duf'ieIa. Detroit
+. +. Hsnse. Detroit; r. 7. Darlington
Bay City. Even L. s. Senator has Il
cortent himself with . fifth Of . room
some Of the rooms At the Aortoi
and at Sweetssre inhabited by colonie
of ten and twelve.
Dan j.. tsmpau, the veteran Detroi
horsemsn, wss seen by . reporter fo
the TELEsRAa-HERAIp At the Mortol
House lsst night. A diamond pll
spsFkied IN hls puff scarf. . whit
ehrysanthemnm adorned the lapel o
his dark getaway. and . seraphic anil
lighted np he eoantensnce.
Newsf' he ssid. "Dear me, that
what I'm looking after. / have Jus
come Ard hAvtnt sees the two horsel
But Pm here 30 see the greatest race
ever saw or ever expect 10 see. Tw