The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-10
He Won 1 Cool Hundred Thousand
o. His Horse Cadmus 1t
Shsopshsad.
It 10 Said to Be tho Greatest Indi-
yidual Winning Made on the
American Turf
Booknaksrs would Not Believe His Horse
Could win, and They Thought They
Had : Nice Thing.

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world gives the following details Of the
coup:
Two weeks ago George 3. Smith. known
on the turf az "PittsbnrR Phil" writing
his experiences for the Worlds series Of
racing stories, said:
$50 far this ysar l am loser, but I believe
before the season ia ended the account will
be on the right side Of the ledger"
This prophecy was verified yesterday, for
when King Cadmus' number was hung up
rs the winner Of the Sapphire stakes "Pitts-
burg Pip was richer BY over 100000 II
was the biggest coup Of the season and ono
Of the largest individual winnings ever
made on the American turf.
For the past month P%ittsburg Phil has
been telling his friends that his colt King
Cadmus was, q high-class animal; that he
had speed and courage. and that he would
win his owner ont on the season. When
King Cadmus started in the select stakes at
Monmouth Park Mr.. Smith bet 5000 on
him at odds ranging from ten to one to
twenty to ons. II the horse had won his
owner would have taken from $4,000 to
&75,OO0 out Of the ring. But King Cadmus
was nowhere.
In the Carteret handicap King Cadmus
sgain started and his owner made another
plunge on him. This TINA he bet 5000
and got thirty to one for his money, stand
ing to win $4,000. But again King Cadmus
finished far WI in the ruck.
Among the starters in the Fnturity was
King Cadmus, and up and down the line
went "Plttsburg Phil" hammerlng away at
his horne.
''Why tho stake alone is worth s75, 900; do
you want to win half a million?" asked his
friend Bob Aiken.
nm going to pull out on King Cadmus."
But again King Cadmus was disgracsfully
beaten.
And 90 when King Cadmus's name went
up on the bookmakera' boards yesterday a
starter in the Sapphire stakes, the ring was
prepared for another plunge from Phil.
The men on the boxes rubbed their hands
Qlsefully. They were eagerly waiting for
the soft money" for they were con-
WINGED, every one Of them, that Pittsburg
Phil had gone crazy about this worthless
King Cadmus.
They didn't have long to wait. For pres
emily down the line came a pale-faced.
n,eek-eysd, delioate-looking young man,
pencil and notebook in hand, asking the
b0okmakers how much they would take on
King Cadmus.
''sucker money!" 1t WAS like a nice, round,
plump missionary walking into, a camp of
starving cannibals. Men who usually stand
to lose $1,000 in their books on \ single
horse, stretched their limits to 81 5000 and
$4,000 on King Cadmas.
The betting opened en- King Cadmus At
about Ii to /; and rs Phil went up one side
of tho bookmakers' stand and down IN the
other, betting I. ON 500 to $500 with each
ono, tho odds were hardly affected. Ordina-
rily, with such money coming in, the horse
s-...J1 A...n l..o., ,,~a IF H. 1,arla Ilnk
this was ''only Pittsburg Phil, fooling
away aome more of his money on that dog
Of his"
you stand to lose 5000 on King Cad
mus said the shertwritsr of one Of the
big heokmakers to his employer. Good"
make it S1o.O 600, ;, and he took another big
bet from the mlla-eyel plunuer,
Phil WAS not satisfied to bet himself. Hs
had his friends, Ed. Lier and Joe Casper,
ont betting for him. Each of them placed
$1,000 ut 10 to !. u
When the bell ung Phil WAS still betting
away. lie rushed out to the lawn to watch
the race, and as the horses wun into the
stretch he saw King Cadmus we'll up.
II think I'll win," he remarked in his
gentlsst tones to Fred Eshner, who was
standing beside him. Eshnsr was one of
those who had captured some of tha soft
money"
"I'll bet you $4,000 to $1,000 that you
don't,' replied Eshner promptly.
GAN right, the bets made,'' said Phil.
They were half way down the stretch then
and King Cadmus was jam med in between
Galindo and Silver Fox. The three horsea'
heads were rising and falling together. In
another moment they had swept past the
judges and Phil, carefully putting his field
glasses into the case, remarked in his usual
meek, quiet way, Il think I have won by q
short head"
~ NVhnr $hr orrNI,aro -aro huro r. ho Av-
pressed no surprise. He sauntersd care
lessly down toward the paddock to see how
tho horse looked. Some one asked him if
he bet ON the horse.
Eyes," he replied. IT had a bet down."
When the result of the RAGS came into tn
rinc'there was almost a panic. Every book
had been hit, and most of them for large
sums. Ike Thompson lost $1,000, and was
80 disguised that he turned his slate around
and took no moro bets during the after
noon. J. i. Mcdonald lost $4,000; Billiard,
Applsby / Go. for $780,. waldbSum's
three hooks for $4,000. Orlando Jones for
$4,000; r. Phillips for 5000; the Philadsl-
phia club for So, 600 Mahoney u Go for
5000; Henry stedeksr for $4,000; Bob
Irving for 81, 600; Hsrbaum d Co. for $5,-
600, and so on Gown the line.
II don't know how much hs won," said
Mr.. Lucius Appleby, after the race, but it
must have been n big figure. Phil had bet
on the horse several times before, or the
ring would not stood to lose SO much. !
am glad of Pills winning, and / believe
everybody else is"
That was one Of the most curious things
about the affair; everybody was glad Phil
won.
The bookmakers stood in little groups
after the days sport was over, and, com
pairing their losses, were unanimous IN
their expressions about Phil. "Hs bets his
money said they: Tbs don't kick when he
loses; he il n good inner and y better man
couldn't take the MONEY out of the ring"
While they we're talking this way Phil
himself, looking msekor and quieter and
more solemn han ever, stood in the pad
dock studying the programme OF the meet
ing;
Haia he in reply TO a question. II just kept
on betting until the bell rang. They didn't
seem to think my colt had any chance. He's
. nice colt. isn't he?-game and honest and
with plenty OF speed? won's know till to-
morrow probably just how | came out, butt
guess they will have me winning more than
] really did win" Aud then he buried
himself in his book and apparently forgot
all about winning such a triflnR amount a.
100000.
But " was not at the race track alone that
King Cadmus carried dismay to the man
who lay odds on horses. Phil had his men
men in town, and they between III, eco and
$1,000 with the POOL room people. Thu
odds in the city ranged between ID to l and
20 to l. 1t ia also said that he had men in
Philadelphia and Baltimore betting for
him.