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 u Crack at Critic.

Bookmakere have been surprised at
the amount Of money bet on the Brook
Ign Handicap. Henry Stedeker says
more wagers AID larger ones have been
recorded on the big race this year than
In any two years since Dry Monopole's
time. The stoppagc of Winter racing in
this neighbOrhood 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 ave had a better OPP
portunity Of rounding OUT their sheets
tan 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
EIkwood Suburban. Had Terra Gotta
won. DAILY" bank account would have
been crimred 50 badly that he couldn't
get it smoothed out yet.
He managed to just about make ex-
penses, and Elkwood was the only horse
that could win him out. owners and
merly did most of the betting in the
Winter books. Comparatively few
wagers were made on horses that We're
promises to be larger than ever be-
fore. the training. has been more pub
lie than usual, and the newspaper have
b'' b ibb eNVlS i"ONV ll"'i' w
Handicap candidates. All this, added
to n Winter OF rest, has whetted the
appetite of turf followers. the majority
Of whom are not happy unless they
have a bet down.
clifford should be at the Gravesend
track tomorrow. Willie Martin, who
viii ride the great son of Bramble in
the Brooklyn. will stay in the West
until he end Of the Lexington meeting.
From the West comes the story that
/ mora mnnav Will hn un DarnI m tniffnfl
than was bet on Blue Wing, who went
to the post ~favorite in 1887. Carlsbad,
fo Tambien and Oxford are not likely
Ing and Yo Tambien's decisive defeat by
Clifford have been too much for their
owners. With Clifford out of the way,
the. owners of Yo Tambien and Carlsbad
West.
John l.. Sullivan, 1t is announced, will
referee, some of the final bouts of the
Scottish-Americans in Jersey City next
Saturday night. John is appearing in
The Man from Boston" in Jersey City
Scots called to invite him to the fights,
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 Cahil.s famous
at the West Side Athletic Clubs special
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 distine-
hitherto %i nsifiids P HMed pffsier' the
Billy Thompson. Jim Halls manager.
says he VIII give $1,000 to any one who
will succeed In arranging a match be-
tween Fitzsimmons and Hall.
There are enough challenges from
feather-weights flying around to keeI
Layigne wants TO fight Critic or Dixon
Eddie Loeber expresses the same desire
Walter ttdgerton thinks he can repeat
ahot Pbhlia 6ra PeT nERnn If na he g snd
Dixon appears to want to have a &c
with the Australian champion. Critic,
In emulation Of Corbett, Is to endeavor
Garden next Saturday week. He will
meet Eddie Loeber., Johnny Gorman and
Jerry Barnett. This will serve as a
Dixon in Boston on the 2sth. They have
secured a license for a twenty-round &c
there on that date, but the wisdom OF
th,o ona5 bt the eo i,Eht s at the T6ey + sb,9a Hes a
meeting between these two, crackajacks
will hurt the game there II 1t does not
kill 1t entirely; This may be 80, but II
does not stand to reason that the au'
thorities would object to the Dixon
Griffo contest after they winked at the
Creedon-Moore meeting.
The Columbias, of Brooklyn. would
like to play all uniformed teams averag'
ing from the ages of eighteen &c
twenty-one years on Sundays, the Gran,
ties, Governors Island, Fordhams anC
the st. Pauls preferred. Address Johr
Whelan. So Concord street, Brooklyn.
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