The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-12
DREAM CAME TRUE
A Notable Occasion When LOrillard's
Parole FOuled.
FRANK SNYDER'S VISION
The Tip on an English Horse Race Which
Resulted in Thousands Being
Won and Lost.

A group of bookmakers and horse
owuers were discussing matters per
tanning to the turf in New York re-
sort the other night says the Sun. In
the group were men who have peer
Identified with the race track for years.
Many were the good stories that were
told before the party broke up, and
among them two remarkable tales of the
/ turf, which are vouched for by the man
who told them, one of the best known
gamblers in the country. A half dozen
stories of big winnings and big losings
had bee, told, and the conversation had
drifted toward race track superstition,
when the gambler remarked:
Gan sporting men are superstitious,
more or less. I've seen fortunes won
and lost on the strength of mere within.
Back in 1891 recall how two of the
best-known gamblers in the east took
chance of losing $1,000 just because
butterfly with wings corresponding in
In the race happened no alight on the
back of ones hand. 1t was l'uturi'y day,
| and there were lot of good things in
the race. The two men | speak of had
| planned to place $4,000 on Yoskville
Bella who was the crack tilly of the year,
and every ones favorite. They were
on their way to the betting ring, when
butterfly with blue wings alighted on
the back of the hand of one of the gam
blers. Now blue happened to be Dave
Gideon's colors, and Dave and His high
nees was coupled with Merry Monarch,
who was also owned by Gideon, and the
price against them was 31s to |. Well
to make lons story short, these men
! switched away from Yorkvil.e Belle
and took $1,000 worth of His Highness
and Merry MONARCH coupled at 81 to
l. His Highness, ridden by jimmy Nc
Laughlio, won by short head from the
Belle, and those feilo rs cleared $25 900
Do you wonder that ga bIers are super
stitious.
"AbOut the most remarkable case of
this character that ! ever be ard of, how.
ever, was Frank Snyde1's dream about
the winner of the Liverpool spring cup.
: More sports went broke on that dream
/ nd aGo
any other piece of superstition ! ever
heard of. Than Frank SNYDER there
was not 4 whittier or squarer sporting
man In the country. From San Fran
cisco to New York he was known as an
expert judge of horses, and his ,dg-
ment on big events was sought by sport
ing men all over the country SNYDER
was not much on superstition himself
He believed in Soid, hard facts, but he
was continually having queer dreams,
aid these dreams h. used to relate 10
detail to his sp 'rting frients.
Back in 1881 the big horsenen and
bookmakers in this city used 10 hang
out In Murray & Cr:dse'. gambling house
on Twenth eigh' h street. Every night
would ind from fifty TO hundred gam
b,ers in Murrsy's parlors, .m king.
drinking, aud talking over the big sport
itS events o: the day. About three
months before the running of the great
Liverpool sprirg cup, Pierre Lorillard
sent striug of . and 3-year-olds abroad
in charge of trainer, his idea being to
capture some of the rich English stakes
and purses. With the string old Parole
was sent along. Parole had been a good
horse, but had gone wrong, and for a
long time had lot won his oats He
was a white elephant on the stables
hands. and Mr.: Lorilard, making up his
mind the horse would never be of any
use as racer again, sent him with the
string Of youngsters TO make pace for
Their While they were training on The
other side.
''One nigh, about three weeks alter
the Lorril!aru string had sailed Frank
Snyder walked into Murray Il Cnidges
establishment and, planting himself In
big easy chair, said: Boys have any
of you seen the entries for the Liver
pool spring cup9' Now there wasn't
much interest here in the English eve hts,
and none Of the m had seen the entries.
WELL said Snyder, Il havn't the
slightest idea what horses are entered
and what horses not, and if | had |
wouldn't know much about tie event.
as they axe all English animals. But
anyway y,u know old Parole that Lor-
lizard sent over to make pace for his
ycuogstersr
''Of oonrse all hands knew Parole
{" Well" resumed Snvder, strange
as it may seem, considering poor old |
Paroles condition, dreamed last night
that the old fellow had won the Liver.
pool spring cup AMI There was a
burst of laughter at this juncture which |
interrupted Snyder for the moment.
When it had subsidized he resumed: Just
hold on before you laugh, boys. That
isn't the remarkable part Of this dream.
dreamed that Parole won easily by
about six lengths. with a horse called |
Adamile second. never heard of Ad-
amite before and can't imagine where
the name comes from, but anyway, as
my dream went, Parole crossed Ada