The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-12
MONDAYS RACES
Everybody Able to Pick the
Favorites Yesterday.
Bookmakers Hit Heavily and Kicked
During Fifth Race.

The second week of the race meet has
opened. 1t began we'll for the Country
Club, well for the talent, we'll for the in
terests of this class Of sport and very
were SO "hard hit' that when the oppor-
tunity offered itself in the fifth race they
| declared themselves as losers and more
than willing to shut up shop. But they
| didn't.
| The start after Sundays intermission
| was favorable one for the management,
because there was big crowd in evidence;
for the talent, because, as on all the other
days, the favorites, with one exception,
won every race. Guessing beforehand
was easy and the crowd with The NEWS
table of winners for reference were able
TO make very sbrewd forecasts for each
event and lay their bets accordingly for
the horse to win and for the second best
for place.
The feature of the first race was the size
of the field. There were more horses to
start than at any time during the meet.
Fourteen came to the pole, but Lantern,
one OF the very warm favorites, threw his
rider after jamming him hard against the
fence and was declared out OF the race,
leaving Sir Singenton, Lafayette and DIR.
Chambers as the kings Of the course. The
said kings won in the order named, and
Sir Singenton's time for the six furlongs
was l:l7h. 1T was an easy victory, and
that popular jockey, Ballard, brought his
horse under the wire at canter.
The Second Race.
Three old friends of the talent with
couple of strangers came up for the
second race of half mile. The favorites
were Lodi at to 5, Lura 4 to and Grel-
Ian to l. The betting was hot and there
We're very few to venture on the long
shots of Is to on Robin Gray and Silver
Thread. And those few were disappointed
in their hope OF realizing much for little
in just 80 seconds, the time which Lodi, the
winner, used up in running the four fur
longs at his best speed.
The Third Event.
The prime favorite for the third was a
disappointment for his hackers. Ii was
Marshall, selling freely at z to 10, and
Marshall did not even win a place. Our
Maggie, with Leu up, who started off
at To 1 and was crowded down
to 2, was the winner In 1:43, and after the
quarter stretch was reached no other
horse had the ghost of a show for first
place. Tom Finley, one of Saturdays
surprises, won second money and Enfied
got the S25 consolation for third finish.
Wilmer Won Fourth.
The result OF the fonrth race was just
what might have been reasonably predict
ed from the figures of the book makers.
They offered and 6 to 5 on Wilmer to win
and Wilmer did win; mile
and seventy yards in 1:47A
Belwood, who had sold as second favorite
at even money and to 1, ran in manner
consistent with the pool room quotations
and easily won second place while Lou
Rhett Won third.
Excitement in Fifth Race.
The fifth race was where the excitement
and dissatisfaction came, the one in
which lovers of good horse, regard
losses felt bad, because one of the
best was seriously injured. Unlike
any OF the previous events OF the five
days, the fifth for yesterday was heat
race, the best two In three. The betting
opened a,1 half am an hour before , the first heat
Boys stock sold like win fire on
very narrow margin. They were the
only favorites and four long
shots were in contrast. The
first heat was won by Little Mid in 1:O3
with Billy Boy second and Cutalong
third. Then came the sensation. After
the first announcement the bookmakers
posted their quotations accordingly, offer
ing nothing on Little Mid and to 5 on
Billy Boy to win. The betting was lively
and had gone on for 20 minutes
when the annonncers shouted through |
has burst blood vessel" Backers of |
Cutalong, with heavy odds in their |
favor, smiled and bookmakers swore. |
They vowed they would pay nothing, |
that they had lost enough, ETC., ETC., |
and 1t was very warm in the pool |
room for five minutes. Then message |
came from the judges to the effect |
that bets on second heat were off |
and the horses came to the pole |
minus one favorite. Little Mid did the |
trick again and won in 1 :04h with Cut
along second and these two won the bets
for their hackers.
Lord Motley Ran a Winner.
Lord Motley figured as the exception OF |
the day, the only long shot that won, and |
not very long at that. Jugurtha was
taken out of the sixth race at the last
thing before the pools opened
and three horses were left
to run. Woodford was made
favorite and sold for less than even money,
odds on Dutch Oven End at az to 1, and
Lord Motley on the boards at any price