The morning times., 1895-11-10
DARK HORSES IN FRONT
Lone Shots Make the Island Tai
emf Look Weary.
FOUR OF THEM HOME FIRST
Cockade a nd Crescent the Only Savers.
Drive-Last FavOrite Finished
Fourth TO Tommy Brophy, Devisee
and Duke of Fife,

| The talent had to do some tall digging al
| the Island track yesterday, but they showed
themselves equal to the emergency and
came out of the fray much disfigured, but
still looking for trouble. Just one favorite,
| and that one a l to 2 chance, passed under
| the wire in the van.
| The other events went to long shots; not
| long shots of the and to l variety,
but ones with 15's, 2O's and 3O's chalked
4 up against them.
| 1t was a gala day for the bookies, and
when Tommy Brophy, who was quoted at
IL to l, wound up the days sport, they
| gathered up their belongings, which by this
| time Included all the spare cG>h in the ring
| and betouk themselves to fresher fields.
| These fields. by the way, must have been
| Chamberlain's and Pages, for these gay
layers were conspicuous by their absence
last night at the Little Raleigh" and the
Army and Navy"
ZONE BABY DOWN"
The first surprise that the gentlemen on
| the ground banked up against was Red
| Cross. Whether this 15 to shot was chock
| full OF the fluid" that carried off his
stable mate, Gold Digger, a short time ago
| at st. Asaph, or whether he simply had a
| good night, 1t is hard TO say. Suffice 1t, that
| he made the to favorite In this event,
Fluellen, look like crab of the first water.
One long shot was nothing out of the
| ordinary and the haRdicappers pla yed
| Cockade as II 1t was all over, in the second
| race. He was a top-heavy favortte at
| l to when the flag fell and justified
| the betting by winning In somewhat easy
| style from Redowac, with Ballinasloe third.
SECOND THOUGHTS THE BEST.
The race was also a sort OF half saver
For thaf nj lou WITH thn ls.n IA
| figured Wellman, a good thing, with
Crescent having ganoutside chance. Toward
the close of the betting fresh pill was
moked. As a result the deal shifted.
| Crescent the horse with ''the outside
chance" became the good thing and a big
plunge was Immediately made ON him.
He was hammered from SIS to 2's, and
bid fair to go TO the post fayorite when
the flag fell and put stop to all specu-
lation.
Hands Off and Irish II. made bid for
the money. but they could not stand the
pace, and Crescent drew away at the end
and won easily by three lengths. Hands
OFF WAS second with the fayorite a poor
third.
The real trouble commenced In the fourth
race. O'Hearn and Valkyrie were the ones
played, they going to the post almost equal
favorItes with Croker's horse at four to
five, and Valkyrie at eyens- These two got
away in front and cut out all the work to
the turn for home, where Eddie NJ. and King
Paul commenced to move up. It was q
case of sit down and drive clear to the wire,
where King Paul poked his nose in front
and got the verdict. The Irish horse was
second, a head before Valkyrie.
WON BY A HEAD.
There was more bewailing after the fifth
event had been run off. La Prentts, ag ainst
whom thirty to ons could be obtained
when the betting closed, was the disturber.
Jersey was the trick and was backed heavily
from threes down to four to five. BE
looked a winner to the paddock & ate, where
La Prentis hung him and in a drive, beat
him out by head. Imp. Samaritan
was third. .
The talent braced themselves for the clos
ing race in an attempt to win enough to
carry them over Sunday. But 1t was of no
avail. They hammered Bobolink from six
TO five down to three to five and then lined
up against the rail and had the satisfac-
ton of seeing him finish a bad fourth to
Tommy Brophy, Devisee and Duke of Fife.
Brophy was quoted at twelve IN N ost OF the
books, although one OF two gave as high a.
fifteen.