The Washington times., 1895-03-31
LONG SHOTS TO THE FRONT
Helen H. at All Kinds of Prices and
Half Breed at Ten to One Min.
II
The Latter Gould Not Get Out Of His own
Way the Last Time He started-A
Long Delay in the Second Race.

A delay of an hour and twenty minutes
at the post in the second race, a racing after
noon and only two winning favorites served
to put the large crowd that attended the Al
exander Island races yesterday in pretty bad
humor.
The sport was marked by the usual rever-
sails OF form. Half Breed, who could not
run fast enough to get out of his own way on
Tuesday and finished very nearly last, beat
Thurston In handy fashion. BY Jove
furnished another cause for startling
reversal"
He was in the second race and opened at
six to one in the betting, Billy Boy being
the favorite at eight to five. The tips got
out that Hughey McCarren was playing
him and he squickly hammered to seven
to five at which price he closed, Billy Boy
receding to twos. Everything in the race
but Billy Boy was apparently dead"
TO him as he would have won handily had
not the latter been too fast for him and beat
him out.
The first throw down. for the talent
occurred IN the opening event. Somage
was favorite Mt TO 8, with My Gyps and
Rama both heavily played. The latter
opened at eight to one, and was hammered
to tbrees, while My Gyps was steadily
played at II to 8.
When it came to racing My Gyps was
the only one to be among the first three,
she finishing second to Helen H., forty
to one shot. Fan King ran good race,
beat Annie t. for third money.
The patience Of everyone was pretty
well tried in the second event. A field of
tn nd they
as crazy lot OF ''skates" as could well
| be gotten together. For an hour and
| twenty minutes they led Cassidy dance.
| He fined half a dozen boys, and at last,
exasperated beyond endurance, sent them
off with Clansman, Marble Post, Sappho
and Wang left at the post.
| Billy Boy, By Jove and Blue Bird were
the leaders until well into the stretch,
when Billy Boy came through and beat By
Jove out. Blue Bird third.
| A three furioDg race for two-year-olds
| brought four to the post. or these Dutch
| Girl was made an odds on favorite, closing
at Z to 10, with Frank r. next in demand
at 8 to 8.
| The favorite ran good race and won
| easily from Frank r., who beat Irish II. for
| second money.
In the fourth event at a mile and a six
teenth Thurston was played as II it were all
over but the shouting going toTheposta pro-
| hibtive favorite at to 8.
To 4 good start G. o. u. went tothe finish
| and piloted the way clear TO the lower turn
where Thurston challenged him and they
swung into the stretch neck aud neck.
! Thurston drew out and looked TO be winning
easily when Taylor brought Half Breed up
! with q rush and landed the mousg. Thur
ston was second several lengths before G.
| o. ID. third.
Most OF the betting in the fifth race
was done on Little Jim and Flash, the
! former closing favorite at 6 10 g. ,s.......,
! They finished in the order af the betting,
| Boonton, 10 to shot. being third.
As good as 2 10 / could be had against
! Trinculo in the last event, Aleppo and
| Benvolio being the ones played to beat
! him. n
! Aleppo took the lead at laGsfall, but
| went lame early in the race, and dropping
| back finished a dead last. Triuculo went
! to the front at the head of the stretch aud
won from Imposter, who beat Benvolio
| for second money.