The evening world., 1894-05-03
BETTING ON THE HANDICAP.
Every Horse in the Brooklyn Has
Been Well Played.
Plenty OF Youngsters Anxious to
Have a Crack at Critic.

Bookmakcrs have been surprised at
the amount OF money bet on he Brook
Ign Handicap. Henry Stedeker says
more wagers AID larger ones have been
recorded IN the big race this year h
In any two years. since Dry Monopole's
time. The stoppagc of Winter racing In
this nelghbOrhood and the closing of
gambling houses are the principal rea-
sons for the unusual speculative inter-
st In the race. Nearly every horse in
the race has been literally backed. and
the bookm kers have had a better OPP
portunity of rounding out" their sheets
t'lan ever before. In previous years
Winter books have Jared badly. Not
one out OF five made money; Phil DAILY
took a shy at Winter booking in the
Elkwood Suburban. Had Terra Gotta
won, DAILY bank account would have
been crim,ed so badly that he couldn't
get II smoothed out yet.
He managed to just about make ex-
penses, and Elkwood was the only horse
that could win him out. Owners and
meriy did most OF the betting in the
Winter books. Comparatively few
wagers were made on horses that were
not going +, to start Eta ,rv This b year e sne h sei
fore, the training has been more pub
lie than usual. and the newspapers have
been e nor reporting syesy H aH tb made ada eg
appetite of turf followers, the. majority
Of whom are not happy unless they
clifford should be at the Gravesend
track tomorrow. Willie Martin, who
the brooklyn. will stay in the West
until the end of the Lexington meeting.
From the West comes the story, that
than was bet on Blue Wing, who went
to the post favorite in 1887. Carlsbad,
Yo Tambien and oxford are not likely
i 10 D sn seS Yo G Tambie GaF's deeisive po Sefe snoG by
CHfor have been too much for their
owners. With Clifford out of the way.
the owners of Yo Tambien and Carlsbad
VIZ West have much palmer sailing in the
John L.. Sullivan, 1t is announced. will
scottish-Amerioans in Jersey city next
Saturday night. John is appearing in
The Man from Boston" IN Jersey city
Scots called to invite him to the lights,
he said he would go Immediately after
the show was over, and would act as
referee.
The Harlem Coffee Cooler" is favor
lite In the betting in the six-round bout
with Jim Butler. Pat Cahill's famous
at the West Side Athletic CUBS speciai
tourney at the Grand Central Palace
Saturday night; Another Of the six.
attention is the meeting between Jack
Falvey, of Providence. and Jack Green
Of Amsterdam. Falvey has the dlstinc.
h fiHh qe , aeffatIns p 9Mea phtfisler' the
Billy Thompson, Jim Halls manager
says he will give 81 1000 to any one who
, VIII succeed In arranging a match be
tween Fitzsimmons and Hall.
, There are enough challenges from
} feather-weights flying around to keel
r Lavlgne wants to fight Critic or Dixon
v Eddie Loeber expresses the same desire
!. Walter Edgerton thinks he can repea
: his Philadelphia performance II ne get
i Dixon appears to want to have a e
t with the Australian champion. Critic
: in emulation Of Corbett, is to endeavo
5 Garden next Saturday week. He vii
. meet Eddie Loeber,, Johnny German an
. Jerry Barnett; This Will serve as
Dixon'in Boston on the Goth. They hav
secured a license for a twenty-round &
there on that date. but the wisdom o
tioneds by ynf so ssmt sports as They think
meeting between these two ~cracka1ack
will hurt the game there If 1t does no
kill II entirely. This may pc so, put
does not stand to reason that the au
thorities would object to the Dixon
e Critic contest after they winked at tn
Creedon-Moore meeting.
-
a The Columbias, OF Brooklyn, woul
. like to play all uniformed teams aVerag
S ing from the ages of eighteen t
twenty-one years on Sundays. the Gran
ties, Governors Island, Fordhams an
the St. Pauls preferred. Address Jon
n Whelan. SO Concord street, Brooklyn.
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