Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-17
fLk About The American Henss IA
England.
CHICAco's CIVIC FEDERATION.
II Was Making Life a Burden TO
Horsemen in snd About the NORTH
western Metropolis = Hawthorne
Habitue. Charged with Gambl,.s.

- '''e A"SS AoT the Dyhe plate OF ovJ
sovereiens
The selling plate OF 100 soverelgns. for g.
year-olds and upward, winner to be sold
at auction for 300 sovereigns. was won
by NJ. +. Dryers Banquet
The betting was to 4 against Banquet.
to against Drogo. % to against Cou-
rante. 8 to against yirago, to against
Skill and 20 to against the others. Skill
was first to get away. attended by Cou-
rante and Belhomme. with Monkey Boat
close up and clear of Drogo and Ban
quet. They ran In this order to the dis
lance. where Drogo took the lead. but
Banquet coming with rush. overhauled
him. and won by half length. Drogo
was three lengths ahead Of Courante.
When Banquet was put up for sale, I'M
mediateiy after the sellng-plate was
ended, the price rose by bids OF go unit,
an offer Of n.000 was made. when there
was pause. Soon, however. the bidding
was resumed, and continued until bid OF
l,5iV gune3s was made, at which price
the horse was bought In by Dwyer.
The, amount paid by Mr.. Dwyer Is al
most without precedent, and rendered the
race six times more valuable to the second
horse than to the winner.
The American horses were scratched
from the flying handicap OF 300 sovereigns
PRESS COMMENTS.
The Sun says: when II was known
that Stonelle was going to start in yester-
days selling race thirteen started, be,
cause 1t was plain that so high figure
would be necessary to buy In the winner
that the second place would be worth
getting"
The American THURMAN, the Sun says.
has offered Mr.. Noodles $500 to re-
turn Stonelle. The Telegraph says to-day
that the Americans put money freely or
Stonelle. Mr.. Hood.es, who bought tn,
horse in, declined an offer of profit t.
leave him Mr.. Dryers property.
The Sportsman says: "The bold policy
OF running Stonelle in sell
ing race has resulted disas-
trousy. The horse, or his locke,
Simms. delayed the start. Smms COM
mitted fatal error OF judgment He wa
some lengths behind at the time OF the
start He need no. have taken his place,
but he thought to jump of and get first
by a run through the field from behind.
He tried II. but the other Jockeys were
equally alert, so Stonelle had the worst of
II. He. nevertheless, showed speed. but
failed to stay. Probably the horse is no
really wound up. He il rare sort to
look at, and Is quite model jumper.
Mr.. McCalmoIt and Captain Machell ex-
amined him I'm the paddock. and after
wards decided that ne must be claimed.
This idea alst occurred to Mr.. Noodles
with the result that for 600 Stonelle
has. perforce, to change hands"
FALLS CITY RACE-TRACK
LOUISVILLE. KY, May 16.-To-day's
races were again run over a sloppy track
The Louisville Handicap was the CHIEF
attraction. st. Maxim. Satsuma, the Com
moner, and Chant were scratched. leaving
only Ray s. and Despot. Henry Young
and Selika, however, were add, making
field OF four. Henry Young took the lead
at the first quarter and retained II
winning easily from Despot.
First race-three quarters of a mile
Potsdam Q05. Thorose. to u won. Mate
second. Malmaison third. Time, 1:i9A.
Second race-four furlongs, selling-Pe-
trolene QS0. Irving. 8 to u won. Helen Mar
second. Gaiety Girl third. Time. 5l%.
Third race-Louisville Handicap, one
and one sixteenth miles-Henry Young Ole
A. Clayton, to 81 won. Despot second
Ray S. Third Time, :54
Fourth race-seven furlongs. selling
4 var oohS Two. NldItlIt tNtn) WOH, III
gomar second. Clinte G. third. Time, / :32
Fifth race-four furlongs-Adonis uos.
Thorpe. to 100 won. Loki second, Pete
Kitchen third. Time, sly.
HoRSEMEN EMBARRASSED.
CHICAGO. ILL.,, May 1.-THE Harlem
Racing Association decided late this after
noon not to open its gates to-day, in
view of the intended raid of the Civic
Federation. The management has con-
cluded not to start a race until affairs
assume different aspect from a legal
standpoint. The Humphrey bill. already
passed by the Senate, and which, 1t is con-
fdently expected, will pass the House,
allows betting and ninety days racing.
II will probably be brought up for pas
sage tomorrow. 1t is said that there are
enough favorable votes to pass it over
the Governors veto.
Horsemen at Harlem. Hawthorne. and
Roby have been greatly embarrassed |
by the action of the Civic Federation.
Many of them are heavily In debt, and |
we're depending upon winning a few races
o bring them out OF trouble. Roby will |
resume racing Saturday.
BOOKIES IN COURT.
CHICAGO, ILL, May led. Corri- |
gan and twenty-nine bookmakers and /
employees filed into Judge |
1wings courtroom this morning to have |
heir preliminary hearings on the charge |
If keeping a common gambling-house. |
rhe trial was the result Of the raid by /
he Civic Federation on the Hawthorne |
rack, May Sth. Among the more promi- |
tent 'bookies" were Joe Ullman. John |
3rennock, Frank Brandon, and ID. NJ. |
Hogan.
Attorney b. NJ. Shaffner. who represent /
d all the defendants, insisted that they /
,e given separate trials, except where /
hey were connected In business. Ben
amin Falk and George w. Ware, OF the |
irm of Falk & Ware. were each held In
,onds of 500 for the June grand jury.
rhe cases Of Corrigan and the other
ulcers of the Hawthorne track were
'ot reached this morning. and Judge
ewing adjourned court at 1870 until to-
morrow.
When the cases Of II. F. Day and
,eoree Spencer were called, two men
to the names OF defendants
whom a deputy sheriff swore were not
he men he arrested under those names
4 the Hawthorne track. The men. who
toutIy maintain that their names were
q given. were held by the court In bonds
4 ZOO each to answer to the charge OF
two of the defendants In
he case, and the bonds OF the persons
were declared forfeited.
Moses Raphael was discharged. and
he following were held In 500 bond each:
J. AZ. Hogan, Martin A. Hughes, Matt
,unn, and J. Mcmahon.
TROTTING-RACES POSTPONED.
BALTIMORE, Md. May 16.-To-day's
rotting races at the Gentlemen,S Driving
ARK were postponed on accouN OF rain
nd sloppy tracks.
GUTTENBURG FOUR PARDONED.
JERSEY CITY. N. j., May 1.-THE
.ourt OF Pardons this afternoon. after
essIon lasting four hours, decided to
ardon Dennis Mclaughlin, John z. Carr,
,ottfried WiIbaum. and John N. Cru
lus. the Guttenburg big Four" who
Ie-e convicted OF maintaining disorder
, house in permitting betting on horse
aciur 1T 0uttenburg rnce-track two years
20. The four men were each sentenced
3 one years imprisonment IN the peni-
entiary at Snake Hill and to pay fine
Z $500 each The Court Of Pardons De-
Ided 10 remit the imprisonment. but de-
lded that the fines must be paid: II
- learned that Chancellor Mcdill and
udrc Stmms voted not to commute the
sntence In any way.
SIXTH mar Az IGEMPHIs.