New-York tribune., 1891-09-18
DISMAY IN THE POOLROOMS.
THE MIMI COLT ANNOUNCED AS A wINNER-BET-
TORS DISCONNECTED.

The fourth round Of the heavy weight champion
ship bare-knuckle fight between Philip J. Dwyer
and Peter De Lacy took place yesterday,
and to the astonishment of those who had
him apparently completely knocked out on
Wednesday night. the champion Of the poolrooms had
little the better of the days fighting. Whsn time
was called Wednesday night, the poolroom men
apparently in a oomatOse state and II seemed
hardly possible that they would be able to come up
for another round. With a nights rest, however,
Peter De Lacy got second nstnlment of courage. and
yesterday morning oed the scratch sereney, snilingy
confident
In this story yesterday It was predicted that De
Lacy would contrive find another and entirely new
method Of Outwitting his foes. This prediction he
verified with startling quicTness and thOroughness.
The story of the high pole and the bird is told
in another column, but if Peter De Lacy is beaten on
this point the racing public may rest assured that he
will hit upon another and still another device, and
somehow other cOntrve TO fight out the battle to
the end. With the aid of his long pole he at
least able to publish absolutely correct lists of entries
for the first and second while the lists In the
fourth and fifth races while greatly in Of those
numbered the big board in the betting rng actually
contained 4he OF all the actual runners. Again.
except in the third race the descriptions called by
the watchers in the tower exactly corresponded with
those given by the reporters Of the evening papars
Encouraged by his success in the first race, Mr. De
Lacy started market the race won by Kildeer, the
following beng his quoted prices Pclnlcker, TO 5
Kildeer to 2; Homer, to 5; Santiago, to l. While
Mr. De Lacy took 10 chances Kdeer and Piclmicker
those of his clients who backed Homer had all the worst
Of the deal. 10 being the track quotation. Then
with great confidence Mr. De Lacy opened his market
on the Algeria Stakes The watchers on the pole told
him that YorviIle Belle strong tavOrite. and he
accordingly told his men by telegraph 10 lay to l
against her. Against Curt Gum he laid to l the
Mimi colt and Lamplighter each had 10 to against
their names and in fact. with most Of the runners
Mr. De Lacy laid his own fancy prices Acting on
the advice OF the watcher in the brcage he also laid
all and every price against several youngsters who
were sleeping in their boxes. Apparently also the
gentlemen in the blrdcage and on Seight Fort have
vet 10 learn the difference between colt and fly
They were unconscious of the fact that lorve Belle
had been scratched and II was Fred Lee who bore the
white and red Of the McLewee stable. The unsuS-
pectng victims who had played Yoryille Belle Rugged
themselves with delight when the lookout at the mast
head told them that she was leading into the stretch
Then they howled with dsmay when the finish was
called as follows Mimi colt first Lamplghter second
Curt Gunn third. Some Of those who had tickets on
Yorkvle Belle and Curt Gum tore them up In sorrow
They viii be sorrer stin this morning when thev look
in the newspapers and find that Curt Gum actually
won. while YOrkville Belle In her stable. MI
De Lacy and his scouts did better in the next race
In their list they had all the actual runners While
their prices closely followed those laid In the ring
The description result and timing were all promptly
and accurately given. Satisfied with the result OF MS
DAYS work. Mr. De Lacy let the fifth and sixth races
saw aIope