New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-01
A DAY OF HEAVY BETTING.
,,,, FEATURE OF THE SPORT AT SLEEPS
HEAD BAY.
nvyER AND RILEY GRAMMAR WIN LARGE
SIMS OF MONEY-A MODERATE CARD
WITH FAIR CONTESTS

WITH FAIR CONTESTS.
ror plungers and puniers who believe in form
=, uavs of the thoroughbreds peculiar, and
,rot be explained. The staggering blows dealt
- the bookmakers since the Coney Island meeting
s..ned have materially weakened many OF them
financially
II is seldom that such large crowd of persons
..gsr 10 bet has faced the hollow square of book
uakers an~ously awaiting to charge on them as
soon as the odds were posted on the first race as
.s present yesterday. The devotees of FORM as
s,rm is expressed by the racing tables in the
s,uv papers compared notes with one another
md decided that Correction was certain to win the
srst race If she went to the post. The stock arsu
rsnt Of the form players sounded like Biblical
,.c,s when told by men who carried bulky volumes
:, the so-called dope book" Why" one of them
would exclaim. "Glenmoyne beat Stonenell easily
=, Jerome Park, and Correction simply smo;hered
clennoyne consequently the race is wakover
~r Correction" Not the slightest attention was
aid 10 the other contestants in the race by the
torrn-players and their followers. Michael r.
nrver however. did not send messengers around
the betting-ring to explain that Stonenell could not
,,n at his best at Jerome Park as the track was
.unpy and gave way under the long -striding
.,rin,er Nj. Dwyer told his friends that he In
tended TO bet Stonenell Different tactics were
nnloved as the commission placed by several
persons who bet heavily on their own account
correction opened the favorte and held that
osltlon throughout the betting as the general pub
sc and the form-players climbed over each other
:, Mace their money the certainty. The odds
.sansi Stonenell gradually heightened until to l
agains: his chances was the average quotation In
he ring Just the horses were called TO the
INST the Dwyer commissioners began placing their
nancy The large commission was so shrewdly placed
that $1,000 went on Stonene divided straight and
Mace a, odds that average over TO l straight
nd Q 10 for a place. forcing the odds down to
.toI and I to for the place The race was a
IN, one from ag-fall TO finish. Correction was the
first away. and in the lead until the stretch
was reached. She closely attended by APP
nomattox and Jack OF Spades. Stonenell. who was
On the outside of the field, made play and soon
caused Correction and her attendants to quit to
can,s-. He won as he pleased at the finish by
length from I.issak who easily defeated Correc-
ton by the same distance for the place.
SOME HEAVY WINNINGS.
II was a severe blow 10 the average bettors. who
lost nearly all their earnings on the meeting through
s,onenelrs liking for the firm footing OF the Sleeps
head Bay track Michael F. Dryers winnings were
inward of $4,000 on the AS several other
we'll known turfmen bet large sums on StoneneIl II
was conceded in the ring that IT was one OF the
arses, "coups" Of the year. Michael F. Dryer has
hsen winning heavily at Sheepshead Bay. He has
taken nearly $1,000 out of the ring in the last nVe
days The winnings Of the heavy bettors are ire
ouentlv exaggerated but yesterday was day OF
his heavy losses on Chant. Judge Morrow and Sir
Galahad Riley Grammar won over $4,000 on his
selections His chief winnings were made on stone
nell John Cooper. 81. Veronica and Havoc
The second race looked upon as an easy
task for Chant who the favorte at evens
Figaro was bet on by some shrewd bettors. Grliiin
who is greatly overrated jockey, rode an il-timed
badly Judged race on Chant. who was easily de-
feated at the finish by Figaro. who was superbiy
ridden by Bergen.
George Forbes the owner OF Mr.. Sass, was Grip
pied financially by his defeat in the third race NO
matter what may be said about the race or Mr.
Sass his owner thought he could win. and bet ac-
cordngy. His friends and acquaintance followed
him and crestfallen at the result AS 10
against Mr. Sass was freely accepted far odds were ere
d assns' has oow his money MADE de-
termined plunge on the erratic Judge Morrow VINO
cse qa0tf h 81 Betting to well
for the place TSe ssses ne ere Badly
beaten - to a again p Mn wh he
betting winning by two lengths rom ce bsn9
freely offered
PUBLIC CONFIDENCE SHAKEN LITTLE.
Nearly every book IN the ring was on the winning
ode by this time and the public bit shaken IN thei
confidence In the favortes. Discount was mace 'he
tayorite in the fourth race a heavy commission
from the plunger Of the clubhouse was placed as
soon as the first odds against him were posted me
Western bettors amazed when they saw sucn
hSe5s oeds Of 9oaTs at to and were still
ats to when the horses were called 70 the pos b
Wsss,ern tUrfmen could not understand. one man
said that Discount had beaten Dorian IN rIlai al
ssssn TemaTKed how do you know that Dorian
beat John Cooper? Another man sdlu' b Ia
been SO anne that he could not be exercised" The
westerr urfmen laughed as Jqh is 0r in ss
When the flag fell Hurting ham set modera'e pa
for five furongs. when John Cooper easily "ut ih
his orporents IN the finishing post by TWO IehB
Discount was run to a standstll, ana stasseieu ~
second, a neck in front Of Chattanooga VINO came
81. veronica was made an even money favorte for
, ,as nun er ba Futmrity course Prm. Mirage
and Captain Nick received substantial supPT, :,
,t tne 90 G'h 1s frs, break with ST Veronica the
leader position which she held mr. a
race winning easily from Lobenguia by TWO ieis ''s
one of the heaviest betting contests OF sey yne fur
n m was as be 1 Havoc was selected by the pub
c ororn hope to regain TIER ~ b LOSSES eS III Havoc
when some b9oknakers pos;dsdd s 20 receded to
to s. but 'i" to was freely quoted at the close
Of the betting. Sir Gaahad with Tara up c %ns
msoSeI i be on Sir Dixon IT, for the place Starter
Rowe hestated about dropping the nag MAJ so VIM" that
when the S Signal D flag fei he was extremely
dangerous position. which compete sir INN C;slahad
well riSden bv Tarai made a hard fight for the
but forced 70 succTmb to So tam na fas
at the finish and was only beaten head by Havoc
the post In the very next stride iruepelnS
who is cast-of from the Keene stable, was s IN
front Although the card was not up 10 the usu
high standard the betting was fast and FURIOUS
winners and losers alike agreeing that 1t was an eX-
citing afternoons sport.
THE MATCH NOT LIKELY III BE NUN
1t is not at all likely that Domino ana Henry oi
Navarro will measure strides In match' p'io"
Mcclelland stated his reasons for not RACING a' !"
mile plainly ora ,orcibv He said: II do not care
70 race my horse against Domino snglehandea, az
as good horse as ever was ',a "a ,ba hardest
Seasons racing done by I"nnog until
reaches the seven -eighths post, so that wouan
%,Ma Disadvantage in mile race, yona 'f have ga
peter show II however there was pacemannne
say me tee that would out and make no, not
Say hai mile in forty-nine SECONDS, wI h,s ourn