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.

Bookmaker. have been surprised at
the amount OF money bet on the Brook
Ign Handicap. Henry Stedeker says
more wagers and larger ones have been
recorded on the big race this year than
In any two years since Dry Monopoie's
time. The stoppage of Winter racing In
this n~cighborhood 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 bookn kcrs have had a better OPP
p~ortunity 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
Elkwood Suburban. Had Terra Gotta
won, DAILY bank account would have
been Grim ed 50 badly that he couldn't
get it smoothed out yet.
penses. and Elkwood was the only horse
that could win him out. owners ana
their friends were the ones, VINO Tor
mcrly did most of the betting in the
wagers were made on horses that were
not going to start. This year the field
promises to be larger than ever be
fore, the training has been more pub
lie than usual, and the newspapers have
been reporting every move made by
Handicap candidates. All this. added
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
Will ride the great son of Bramble in
the Brooklyn, will stay in the West
until the end of the Lexington meeting.
From the West comes the story that
more money will be wagered on Clifford
than was bet on Blue Wing, who went
to the post favoritc in 1887. Carlsbad,
Yo Tambien and oxford are not likely
to be sent East, .Carlsbad's poor show
ing and Yo Tambien's decisive defeat by
clifford have, been too much for their
the owners Of Yo Tambien and Carlsbad
Will have much palmer sailing in the
West.
referee some Of the final bouts of the
Scottish-Americans in Jersey City next
Saturday night. John is appearing in
this week. When a committee from the
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 bou
Win jim butter, rat Cdnlll 3 famous
at the West Side Athletic Clubs specia
tourney at the Grand Central Palace
Saturday night: Another Of the six
attention is the meeting between Jacl
Falvey, Of Providence, and Jack Green
Of Amsterdam. Falvey has the distinc
liHR g 9a , asfeatIns P 9 %Dhfeisier' tn
Billy Thompson. Jim Halls manager
viii succeed In arranging a match be
tween FitzsimmOns and Hall.
There are enough challenges fror
feather-weights flying around to kee
an ordinary person busy recording then
Eddie Loeber expresses the same desire
Walter lIdgerton thinks he can, repea
his Philadelphia performance II he get
another crack at O'Rourke's pet. an
with the Australian champion. Grifft
! in emulation of Corbett, is to endeavo
to best three men at Madison Squar
, jerry Barnett. This viii serve as
''ppe-opener" for Critic. who Is to NEE
secured a license for a twenty-round s
there on that date, but the wisdom {
holding the fight at the Hub is, que
toned by Boston sports. They think
meeting between these two crackaiack
will hurt the game there II 1t does NJ
kin 1t entirely. This may be so, but
does not stand to reason that the al
thorities would object to the DiXoi
2 Critic contest after they winked at II
, Creedon-Moore meeting.
, The Columbias, OF Brooklyn, won
like to play all uniformed teams averai
: ing from the ages of eighteen
twenty-one years on Sundays, the era
: ties, Governors Island, Fordhams ar
the St. Pauls preferred. Address Jof
n Whelan, 56 Concord street. Brooklyn.
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