The evening times., 1895-09-25
BALDWIN MAKES A KILLING
He Swamped the Bookmakers on
the Salyable Race.
Grannan's winnings ON the Victory of
Henry of Navarro Were Not In
1t With Lucky's Scoop.
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New York, Sept. 25.-Turfmen are full
of the unlooked-for outcome OF the first
race at Gravesend yesterday. 1t was five
furlongs event and twelve horses started.
Among the entries was Lucky Baldwin's
Salvable, a colt that was cast off by the
Gideon stable. The odds against Salvablt
were 10 to 1. Gradually this was pounded
down until at the finish of betting Salvable
was prohibltive favurite.
When the field got away Salvable rushed
to the front and no other colt in the race
got within striking distance nf him.
1t was, of course, apparent that some
one with lot of money was behind Saliva
BILE. 1t was generally believed, of Course,
that it was Bald win, and now there is no
doubt about it. Two or three bookmakers
who took big commissions when the betting
first commenced are said to have been al
most sw wamped and a number of others were
badly crippled.
1t is not, of course, known how much
money Baldwin realized out of the race,
but it is believed that his winnings were
greater than have been made by any man
for years. and that they will lay the win
nings of Riley Grammar on Henry of Ma
yarre far in the shade. Grammar won $780,
900 on the Navarro race.
In the 2:4O trot at the Gentlemen's
Driving PARK, Baltimore, yesterday Jake
Patchcn, owned by Mr.. j. NJ. Morrow of
In, bn irJ
place in five heats, and was thea withdrawn.
The time in these heats was 2:24 4, 2:25
L., 2:24 1-2, 2:22 IL and 2:26. The race
was finally laid over until to-day, Link
wond Kate, Luther and Hubert each hav-
ing taken two heats and Jack Lucas one.
MF. r. c. Bedford will start his bay mare
Julia o. in the 2:24 trot at the Gentlemen's
Driving Park to-day. There are seventeen
entries.
Turfmen at Cincinnati are disturbed over
an occurrence at the Oakley track. There
has been bad blood between the famous book
maker, Horace Argo, and the equally famous
owner of horses and manager of race tracks,
Ed Corrigan. The trouble between the two
men had its beginning at the time of themur
der of Jim Brown, the noted Texas horse
man, and three policemen at the Garfield
Park track, Chicago, years ago.
II found new fuel during the recent war
between Hawthorne and Roby. At that time
Argo ran a poolroom in Chicago, and IL is
said that through Corrigan's dickering with
the Civic Federation of that city the place
was closed up. Argo submitted without
I.,,t tnI1 D.; Sr;n h.,
would even things with Corrigan The other
day Corrigan entered Leo Lake in a selling
race for 500. After the race was over Argo
entered the judges stand, rendered the 500
and the mount of the purse won by the first
horse, 81 900 in all, and claimed Lake, and
after a wrangle with some of Corrigan's
friends got him.
Corrigan paid $4,000 for the horse, and
considered him worth much more than that.
He turned liyid with rage when he heard of
Argos action. Both men are noted for the
way they can hate and for their courage,
and a tragedy is looked for at any moment.
There has been as much "evolution'' in
the improvement of trotting appliances as
in the horse himself. In 1929 the first sulky
was built and weighed 160 pounds, and was
the frailcst structure of the kind ever put
together, writes L. C. Underhll. The "bike"
of 1895 weighs as little as twenty pounds
or less.
One I Love is the fifth fiIly to win the
Great Eastern handicap, which was inaug-
urated in ] Ss3. Dew Drop won 1t in 1885,
carrying 110 pounds, and ran the three
fourths of mile in 1:l6 3-4. In 1890 the
distance was reduced to the Futurity course
and the race was won by Sallie McClelland
in 1:14 2-5, carrying 124 pounds. In 1892
Lady Violet carried % pounds and won in
/ 10 1-5, and in 1891 Gutta Percha, with
11O pounds, won in 1:1O.
Bookmakers declare that this has been
the worst year in the history of the trot-
ting turf for them. Very few have pulled
out even ON the season thus far.
The determination of David Gideon to
sell off all of his good horses, Requital
among therest, and "keeponlyasellingpla
Or two owithwbich:o amuse" himself, coupled
with his staement that mo one but mill
ionaire can afford to own a big stable
and un his horses honestly under the new
Will IL d great Oedl
Of meaning. Gideon is not a poor man, but
he is not millionaire, and his words YER
ify what has often been said since the al
eged reformation of the turf has set in,
that horse racing is to be monopolized by |
the rich as has been a bout everything else |
put of which a dollar may be made, and |
that the owner of moderate means is to be
put out of business.
Early in the spring when 1t was an
that August Belmont and other |
xeslthy turfmen had secured control Of |
he Benning track, just outside of this i
'ity, 1t was said that . new association |
was to be formed not later than the first of |
he present month, with Mr.. Belmont at its |
read, that would give Washington race
Meeting such as it had never seen before.
It is now.sinderstoodthat race sneeting
S to begiven at Bennlng next spring, butt the
lew organization ha., not yet materialized.
At least. the-men who Helped to secure con-
rol Of the Benning track for Mr.. Belmont |
md his.f friends know nothing about it IL
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