The herald., 1895-04-01
What Pittsburg Phil Has Done
in Racing
WON FORTUNES IN A DAY
His Marvellous Judgment of Form
in Racers
Parvenu Won Thousands OF Dollars for
Him and SO Did His Crack
Colt King Cadmus

George E. SIN this string is limited to
Candelabra, Derfargilla, King Michael
and Applause. Under Rrother William
they have wintered well and, with the
exception of King Michael, are sure to be
important factors in the racing this sum
mer at Hawthorne and Harlem. Candle
labra about the best of Kyrle Daly's get
is remarkably consistent performer.
Being long strider he does not get away
well and experiences difficulty in round
ing sharp turns, but is nearly always one
two, three. Show" players have deep
admiration for him. Defargilla is another
reliable animal. She is a sprinter, pos
sessing high turn of speed and generally
entitled to backing whenever she starts
She rarely goes anywhere without making
good record. Her trainer says: "When
Just right she can show as much speed as
any horse L have ever seen." Applause
was the best 2-year-old filly in training IN
the east at the close of last season.
line individual last year, she has so i'm
proved in size and appearance that wi
pardonablep ride Bin Smith says: They
such a change that when she was on the
track the other day [ hardly knew her.
She looks 100 pounds bigger than she used
to-. The Western fillies wilt have to work
hard to beat Applause and some colts that
are highly esteemed will finish behind
her. King Michael will be taken West
and trained. lie has not done well here
tofore but is considered worth another
trial. 1t is quite probable the string will
be increased to ten or twelve befor" the
races begin at Hawthorne. phil = ow
in California looking over the hors, ere
with u view to purchasing II few OF the
desirable ones. From the Coast he will go
to Memphis, where he may figure as
buyer. His brother says: You can bet
he have more than four when he gets to
Chicago
A couple OF 2-year-ods a chestnut lillv
by kinglike-Stonccrop and a brown colt
10y Nentilator Bassnet, are also in Bill
Smith, charge They belong to Il man
named Mcguire. who talks of sending
them to Chicago. The iiily is conceded
to be the best looking 2-year-od At Morris
Park. She is also credited with fast
trials The colt is i blocky fellow in
clined to be mean. About al; ago he
knocked down and jumped on the boy
who was taking care OF him. The boy
was sent to the hospital. The next day
another boy and Bill Smith tackled the
colt with whips and subducd him. At
present he is not much OF u slusger.
"Pittspurg Phil as George f. Smith is
familiarly known, has not been in Chi
cago for more than brief period since
1887. Then he was respected If not feared
by the pool room propretors. Among
those who entertain nigh regard for him
are James \. Murphy, Dave Pusfer and
William Riley. They learned from expe-
rence that he was wei. nigh invincible
backing horse against horse. hlley
passed him up early, Jim Murphy
stuck to him until he did not care to bach
hi m Ipnupr and hnva Dulei for
when he became satisfied that tips from
owners would not not do against the
selections of the boyish looking Young
man from Pittsburg Speaking about
that experience Pulsifer said: "Why,
had tips from owners telling me to play
other horses than their own, and Phil
would back their horses against those |
was told to lay and beat me. If anybody
living thinks he can beat Phil picking one
horse against another he can have my
money" A lot of wseacres, who were
ignorant OF the young mans extraordin
airy memory, insisted he was playing ''in-
formation or Jobs.
jim Murphy subjected that memory to
a few practical tests and found stored in
it all the details of races run year or
two previous and more reliable racing in
fomation than could be found in the turf
guides. His conclusion was, IF anybody
wants to back the guide I'l take his end
III bet he's right. They are going to leg
islate to close the pool rooms. They need
no law. Phil will clos them unless the
proprietor recognizes his remarkable
qualities, which they won't do" Phil
is $4,000 ahead of the San Francisco
game this winter.
After having accumulated u lot of
money in Chicago Phil came East. Be-
fore he came Eastern book makers, who
had heard of his exploits in the West.
sent messages to Chicago saying, "Send
him East; wen break him. Many OF
the book makers who sneered at the
young man when he came East are now
'off the block, - while Phil is estimated
to be worth $500, 600, after having lived
extensively since he he came east.
Wealth has not changed him. He is as
unobtrusive and gentlemanly as when he
first arrived in Chicago. During the past
eight years he has won and lost enormous
sums of money. His greatest winning
on one race was over $40, 000 which he
won on his colt King Cadmus in the fall
of 1892 According to his own estimate
he must have won $125, 600 on races which
Parvenu won for him. Pawenu's first
victory was at Monmouth Park, August
6, 1892. 1t was three-quarters for maiden