Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-21
DREAMS THAT MADE BIG MONEY
FOR THE MEN OF THE TURF WHO
DREAMED THEM.
now THEY SAW HORSES WIN IN
VISIONS AND BACKED THEIR
DREAMS WITH MONEY NEXT DAY.
A DEAD HEAT AND WHAT oAMB
OF IN.

Turfmen and those who follow the
turf are fun of superstition. 1t does not
matter how intelligent the man may be
on other subjects he is in the main
dreamer and believer in luck, so
far as the great sport of racing is
concerned. and It would be time sim
ply thrown away to undertake to con-
vince him or one OF his kind that there
! is nothing but a dlsordered stomach
I behind q dream, and that luck Is
something for the urchin who plays
/ pitch and toss to talk about-to curse
when he loses and to smile when he
wins, and that It should have no place
in the heart of the man who lives by
/ the cleverness with which he places
his horses and his wagers.
There are many reasons why turf
! mon are fraught with superstition. The
very atmosphere Of the race course Is
charged with It. opportunity and judg-
| ment frequently being confounded with
/ luck In such way that brains the
| medium OF success in this as In any
I other pursuit In life, are entirely tof-
l gotten, The Jockey who blunders IN
i a race Is not as quick as ms fellows 10
{ take advantages during contest, pe-
I clmes mentally belonged In the race
! OF some great crisis, would have won
Z but for his bad luck
The trainer who thinks his horse is
/ not quite up to "a race ana lets MN
/ run unbacked the first time out IN
the spring, and rs chaErined when ne
wins ut long odds, Is also In pad luck
! In his own opinion. So is the better
4.FhF ID "a NrFu n
| every race, and VINO let's suspicion OF
| a Jockeys honesty influence him from
betting on the best horse, aud 50 IS
the owner, oftentlmes rich ana lniuen-
| tial, who should be above the petty
| IObbcry of the lowest scum OF the
race track, when he runs horse sew
eral times I'm order TO influence betting
and who finds his horse a cripple or
| unable to win when the money 10 down
| The turf is fun of such hard luck
stories.
luck are never bcdfelows, either on
or of the turf But the woot Of SUI
perstlton is firmly interviewer with the
warp Of the turf, and Tor the beneht OF
those who believe iu dreams, the FOL
lowing stories are told;
/ had IL dream last night said q
VOL known horsemln, sitting IN the
smoking room OF the Shorchan motel
at Washington one evening last week.
that stonenen had won the Konpton
park Jubilee stakes in England; In
fact. he won It easily aud there was
no horse near him at the finish That
Il tip for you, for as q dreamer l am
You all remember Castaway ITs
Brooklyn Handicap don't you? -Four
| or five nights before the brooklyn
! Handicap was run / saw the race IN
my dreams and had firmly made up
my mind to bet large sum on the
4-year-old. but / had seen MN run
ON u heavy tract, Mt Elizabeth only the
week before. and he couldn't got out OF
: his own way in the sticky footing II
rlined the night before the race at
Gravescnd, and when / saw the track
| 1 laughed at myself and my dreams.
! All me the money / could have Won.
The mud was thin, and flew Ike so
mueh water from beneath the horses
feet, and the hard bottom gave foot
hold as secure as any horse could de-
sire, Castaway IL simply smothered
that field. and I've not got over 1t
since But n i don't have bet on
Stoneneu for the Kemptpn Park $4,000
stake, why, It win be because they
won't change American dollars into
| British pounds
This started a discussion Of dreams
| in connection with horse races, and
/ several good stories We're told A news
puTor man told how the wife of Eel
low writer had brought a S2D-blll to his
house before no had risen, and, cOntid-
/ ing Il to his Wife, left INSTRUCTIONS Ia
I place the money on colt called Har'
we'd for the Lawnview handicap at
Gravescnd. The newspaper man, over
his breakfast, scoffed at the chances
of HaryCl beating such hlgh-clasi
, horses as Richmond and Favor and
wanted TO leave the money at home ir
trust for the wife OF his friend. Yield
ing, however to the earnest arguments
, advanced as to the condition Of at
, fairs there would be II this horse really
won and there was large sum OF
money to make good, the S20-bill was
i taken to Gravesend.
, When the time came for the Lawn
view handicap. the fourth race on the
d, card, to be decided, visit was mad,
to the betting ring, The plungers Were
, on Richmond 90 a man, ana with Nc
Laughlin In the saddle it seemed to bC
snecr madness to bet on any OF the
others that sported silk in the SAME
race for the Buyer brothers champion
was at that time in the zenith Of his
powers, Iihrved was 3-year-cld Own--
by a Broadway merchant, and he haC
but shortly risen from obscurttAs hay
. ing run only one or two races In mod
crate company. and his chances were
/, so poorly thought OF that 60 TO / was
. common quotation in the betting ring
, The newspaper man fingered the $50
, was like throwing 50 much good money
into the fire to place IL on the 3-year
: old. He was placing the money In his
pocket again with the intention of re
turning Il to It's fair owner and giving
at the same time, some good advice fol
, government on other ventures In specu
, lotion, when Charles Reed the veteran
sportsman, came along.
T. Hello, youngsterl What are yol
. OT?'' was his CHEEKY salute.
. Nothing" was ,"e reply, and ther
cams the story OF the commission o
$50 on Haryed,
, Grasping the newspaper man by tn,
-, arm, Mr.. Reed said;
= when you're as old as Reed you'll
!. know better Come on, and wen be
that 500 at the longest ODDS. When yot
get n commisslon-don't take EN- 1
You can get out of lt-but when yol
get commission put the money down
: II us on red OK TO beat railway
d train"
n The money was placed ut go to /. ant
G the ticket calling for $3.50 was carefully
& folded and placed-in an inside pocket
Is AZ nag fall Harved, TO the utter aston
!, ishment Of the throng. shot 10 thu
}. front and opened up such a gap tina
d Mclaughlin had to go to the whip OF
A Richmond a half milo from the finish