St. Paul daily globe., 1894-08-02
Only A FEW There.
Sery Slim Attendance at the
Hamline Track Yester-
day Afternoon.
BOOkMAKERS WIN OUT.
fps Of Touts and Talent
Win in Only Two Of
the Events.
COUPLE OF LONG SHOTS
Send Cold Chills Down the
; Backs Of the Bettors
--Other Sports.
COUPLE OF LONG SHOTS

There was very Eight attendance at
Hamline track yesterday, the first day
of the extension, and the betting
seemed even weak in proportion to the
crowd. Of the six events the leading
tavorites were winners in two races,
second choices won in three others, and
an to shot in the other. This last was
EiiZOert, but the race was for unplaced
hCIBeS, so that the unexpected might
have been expected to happen. The
great surprise of the day was in
;he same race. when Eau Claire,
4 10 to l shot in the closing betting, who
could have been bought at times as low
as 90 to l. ran second. Outside Of this
race the horses ran fairly true to form.
1t was false price that made b f Fly
Jr.tavorite in the third race. Every
body had been expecting that he was
1ue and backed him, thinking the time
had come. He is now past due. The
bookmakers had good chance to wiD
yesterday. and if there had been more
money would have done a very tidy lit
lie business.
THE RACES.
First race, twO-year.oldS, half mile.
After Beilagio had run about n mile
IN false starts Ferguson got them away
with q flying send-otf. Bellagia took
the lead. but cnly kept it to the turn,
where Goodnight jumped ahead length
and half. In the stretch Fairchild
came from third place and ran home
over q length ahead. Bellagio beat
Goodnight for second place by length
La Crescent ran fourth and Sapphire
fifth. Time, :5lh Summary:
First race. purse $500. $50 to second.
f25 to third, two-year-oiG colts that have
never been first or second. the winner
to be sold for s40O, if for 800, allowed
ten pounds. half mile
Horses and Weights. Jockeys. Open. Close
Bellagio, IC5. ........ Civilians 1C-1 l-l
II Goodnight .MoSby... 6-5 So
La Crescent, l0S,..... Morgan. lei III
Sapphire, los. Moore 80. 1C-1 pol
Second race, all ages. nnpiaced horses,
six furlOngS.
! he bookmakers would have made q
big killing in this race If il bad been
played hard. As it was they took all in
sight. for it was won by EIizbert. to
l, with Eau Claire second, who sold 10
TO l for place, and Little Miss
third, upon whom there were 10 snow
bets made. Ashland was The favorite
at TO 5, and Darwin Wedgewood Sec
Ond choice at 4 10 /. After another
long delay at the post they
GOT away, with Little Miss frsi,
Joe L secoud and Elizbert third
On the turn EIizbert and Little Miss
changed places. and came that way to
the finish. Eau Claire made hot squirt
and took second, Little Miss third, Joe
L finished fourth, Ashland, the favorite,
fifth: Darwin Wedgewood sixth, Myr-
tillartLa seventh, G NJ G eighth. Op-
timus ninth: At the finish Midget
Burns on EliZhert fell off ana was so
small he could hardly be found, but he
finally was by scraping the track and
was carried off to the stables the hero uf
the race. Time, 1867. Summary:
Second race. purse $500. so 10 second
and S25 TO third. All ages that have
started and not placed at the meeting.
ten pounds below scale. Six furlongs,
Scratched, Sable, Moiiere-