Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-10

@&AIssz year-olds in any coun-
$3.50 S try II is now p-oba-
BILE that the only colts
sent from the east to run for the Derby will be
Chorister. and possibly St Leonard, from the
Keene stable; Don Alonzo, owned by Michael
+. Dwyer; G. W. johnson, the property Of the
Oneck stable; Ramapo, owned by Gideon
DAILY, and perhaps Rainbow, who carries the
Morris all scarlet. 1t is not likely that the
$4,000 colt Sir Francis will be seen at
Washington Park. He has not yet shown sufi-
cient promise this season. Ramapo is sore and
lame, but NAV grow better in time to run in the
Derby. 1t viii be unwise to ship Rainbow to
the worlds fair city unless he can run faster in
the west than he has been running at Morris
Park. But il is possible that the mile and
a half OF the Derby may prose more suitable
70 Rainbow than a shorter distance. His
exploit in the Brooklyn Derby at a mile and a
quarter was OF higher class than any
feat of his since tina. achievement
Owing to the frequent running of the many
candidates for American Derby honors quota
tons on that event have recently undergone
rapid fluctuations. When Rainbow showed his
remarkable form at BROOKLYN he was promptly
installed favorite at to /, but since his subse-
quent defeats he has receded to 10 to 1. G..
W. johnson has also gone back to 10 TO 1, while
the western colt Lookout is now favorite at 6 20
!. Chorister has been backed from 30 down to
20 to l. Lady Violets recent showing does not
justify early impressions formed as 10 her rosy
chances Of capturing the So, 900 prize. and the
same applies with equal force to Don Alonzo.
In fact, the more the horses are shown. the
more open the big race at Chicago seems to be.
and the better chance the unknown division
appears TO possess.
Although the law abolishing pool rooms has
been put into effect aud there are now no
places in New York city exclusively devoted to
posting odds on racing events, il would be a
mistake to suppose that one cannot place a bet
IL be is posted and willing to accept the small
odds offered, for there are many saloons scat
tered over the city where bookmaking is now
carried on. The ''tickers" furnish the scratch
ings, betting, DC. and the results follow
shortly after the races run. so that those
who make the books not only avoid paying the
heavy tariff which the pool rooms were subject
to. but, as there is less competition than under
the former system, the odds laid are generally
much shorter and the business done is conse-
quenty more profitable
There is a quiet tip circulating around Chi
cago that d. j. McCarty of California has a
rafting good dark horse In the American Derby.
This is Oporto. a brown colt. by imp. Mariner,
out of Eufaula, and the local book has been
filled about him. This is not saving much
however. for he was quoted a week ago at 600
to /. The colt was of no account last year and
the excitement is most likely occasioned bv the
Hat" McCarty's previous comp with c. II.
Todd, who won this race for him il 1887 start
ing at so to /. and beating such good ones as
Miss Ford, Wary. Terra Gotta. Jim Gore. &c.
The uncertainty OF racing was never better
shown than in the sale of DIR. Rice TO Frederick
Foster for 5000. DIR. Rice was a high-ciass
two-year-old and developed into fne-looking
three year-old. He bled from the nose in his
two year-old form and had a repetition Of the
complaint in the Brooklyn Derby. Horsemeu
considered the colt well sold when Foster took
the chances of purchasing him. At the first trial
after the sale he won the Withers stake. worth
over 5000 TO the winner. in handsome style
In Fosters hands he is likely to prove a
formidable opponent in the three-year-old
division.
The highest-priced yearling of the Haggins
sale was the chestnut colt by Salvador, out of
Lon Lanier. which brought 1900. Mr. Charles
Fleischmgn OF Cincinnati being the purchaser.
and the highest-priced youngster of the Nam
tura stud brought $500 and went TO the
Messrs. keene. This was bay colt BY Long
fellow out of Belle Knight. and hence full
brother to Freeland. The Kentucky-bred colt
therefore beat the California-bred one in the
price realized.
Father" DAILY has fallen from grace and his
opinion of a horses condition is no longer
sought by the plungers. He said that Lepanto
did not have a chance at Norris Park wedues-
day last, and bet 500 10 $50 on Sir Arthur
Lepanto won in a drive. and was bid up to
$4,000 and knocked down to Henry Schultz,
the owner of Harlem. whom Daily bid up at the
BROOKLYN meeting. Shultz SAYS tina, be will
follow DAILY all over the country and make il so
hot for him that he will keep his horses out of
the selling races.
IN THE STRETCH.
The season SO far has been a profitable one
for NJ. F. Dwyer. He was $50 900 loser up to
the last week Of the Brooklyn meeting; but it
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