The morning times., 1895-08-09
Talent, BOOkies and Handicap
perS Rallied Around Him.
RODE AT A WINNING GAIT
Con Lucy Was the Choice at First,
but When 1t Was Known Little
Willie Would Ride There Was
Stampede in His Favor-Distel's
silva Took Laurels From Bronston-


Ham had the first mount he has had in
weeks. His return 10 the saddle was
hailed with delight by the talent.
He is easily the king of the outlaw jockeys,
and the fact that he has mount as a
rule Immediately makes the horse he is
riding a hot favorite. Yesterday he was
up on Jersey, and was installed the hottest
kind of a choice.
Even the handicappers forsook their
choice, Con Lucy, TO pay Ham. And he
rewarded their confidence by riding an A
No. race and winning, after a sharp
tusslc with Con Lucy, who bg rights should
have won.
With the Jockeys reversed the result
would no doubt have been different. Neary
had the mount on Con Lucy, and rode his
usual good race, but could not pretend to
make the strong finish that Ham did,
and had TO be content with second place.
silva A GOOD ONE.
After several hard races, that no doubt
did her word of good, Johnny DisteIs
good three-year-old, silva, managed to land
a race. That the Western horse is a good
one was demonstrated by the clever manner
in which he disposed OF Pop" Grey's
Dronstou. The latter has been defeating
everything that came his way with such
apparent ease that he had become the ac-
knowledged crack OF the three-year-olds.
siva's victory, therefore, stamps him as
an extra good colt
The talent seemed to be possessed Of the
idea that Joe Mack, a stable companion OF
silva, would win the closing race, and made
him a strong second choice to Key West.
He has won some good races since he came
East, but showed lis dog yesterday when
Key West caught him at the head of the
stretch.
The moment that Yetter pulled the whip
on him he quit and was not only beaten out
by Key West, but Frank r. Harf also got
up in time TO take second money from him.
While only two actual favOrties scratched
in first for the talent, the books neverthe-
less did not win any big money on the day.
There Were too many winners who We're
backed down from long price for sIe
bookies to make very much money.
AS they have had everything their own
way of late, it does not much matter if
they don't have i winning for some time
TO come.
BOOKIEs KEPT BUSY.
The number of long shots that won the
past week took SO much money a way from
the talent that they were nearly all Of
them OF the '.hog train" in the worst kind
of way.
There were five books to weigh In, and
they did big days business, nearly all
of them handling over a thousand dollars
to race. The last especially was hot
betting event, more money going in on it
than on all of the others put together.
The sport started off with good thing
getting the money. Psyche was the favor
ite, and a hot one. She opened at 8 to
5 and was backed to even money. Farra-
gut, opening up at skies, was played so
strongly that threes were the best 10 be
at the close. AT the end he was returned
a winner, with Little Joe, twenty to one
shot, second, and the favorte third
In the second race there were two good
things, Windgale aud Marguerite II The
former was backed down from . to 1 TO
to l aud the latter from eights to three
aud half. Windgale flattered his hackers
by coming in the stretch running a good
second but dropped back and was uu-
placed The other good thing, however,
turned out more favorabIy and those who
played it cashed Lady Teacher was sec
oud, with Irish Pat third
WON ALL THE WAY.
With Willie Ham in the saddle the third
race looked a cinch for Jersey and so it
turned out. 1t was not, strictly speaking,
a ciuch, but he won aud that was enough
for those who had tickets on him. Forest
finished a very strong third to Con Lucy.
Eight dogs faced the starter in the fourth
event with Salisbury the choice at twos
aud Avon next in demand at threes. The
favorite was never in the hunt but Avon
did better aud won clever race in a des-
perate drive from Bizarre with Dr. Faust
third.
silva was cut loose in the fifth raae
and at the comfortable odds Of . to was
returned a winner after hard drive
with Brouston. Mirage - very fast
in the stretch and finished third after
being way out of the race until they struck
the head OF the stretch.
Key West aud Joe Mack were almost
equal favorites for the closing race. They
raced out in front to the far turn, where
Joe Mack was a couple Of lengths to the
good. Key West colared him, however,
as they Strengthened out for home and
dra wing away, won clever race from