The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-26

no more of betting ten, twenty or thir-
ty thousand dollars on race than or
cinary bettors do of wagering tfthe
Of these amounts. In sporting par
lance, He is a game man with his
money" but like all gamblers he likes
to win, and he Is even ready to avail
himself to the fullest extent of the
widest latitude the letter OF the rules
permits. At his door. because of this
propensity and in view of the fact that
he was able to involve Dick Cookers
political power, is laid, by the best in
formed turfmen, the chief blame tor
the exterpation of racing in New Jer-
sey and the anti-pool selling amend
ment clause of the constitution of the
state of New York, which is such
blow at the profits of it's racing asso-
Citations OF course he had no inten-
lions of doing either of these things,
for they have hurt him as badly as
they have anyone, but his greed got the
better of his judgment, and the result
was entirely different from that antfo-
ipated.
In the palmy Ives pool law days.
Mike Dwyer, as one of the leading
owners of the Brooklyn Jockey club.
was "a turf magnate," and one OF his
fayorite methods of winning races was
by entering stake horses In selling
races at prices ridiculotrsly below their
true value. For the benefit of those
unfamiliar with the purities OF the turf,
I will state that a selling race is one in
which each horse is entered to be sold,
and the weights to be carried are i'm
uosed in consonance with the price put
on the horse Then II two horses or
equal breeding and records were enter
ed in a race, one TO be sold at $1,000 ana
the other at $500, the latter would be
given several pounds less weight to
ha no
course, would give him a great advan-
tage in the race. After the race Is
over. each horse may be put UP at
auction. II no one bids on him, he re-
verts to his owner. If there are bid
ders. his owner Is also privileged to
bid for him, and the highest BIDDER
takes him. Ordinarily only the win
ming horse is put up. In the majority
of cases no one bids against the owner.
especially IL he be a turf magnate. able
IN many ways to make 1t unpleasant
for those who cross his plans. Dwyer
was abundantly able to do this, and
the ability enabled him TO win 90
thousands of dollars not only in purses
but in GEOGRAPHICALLY In bets.
when Croker and Dwyer went TO
England to race, Mike" had charge of
the placing IN races OF the horses of
both stables, and after Banquet III.
had won the two thousand guineas
Trial Plate at Newmarket, he deter
mined to give the English a touch Of
his quality IN selling races "a la Amer
icaine." He succeeded in winning two
of these events with him, and besides
the purses he won a lot of bets at good
long odds. He bought him In" the
first time for $50 guineas s3. 5000 and
the second for 1,510 guineas (T,550). but
in a third selling race, THE Trial
Plate" though he was only second. a
Mr. Archer. who owned the third
horse. claimed him and got him. AT
first Mr.. Dwyer said that Archer was
welcome to the horse, as he had fetch
ed all that he was really worth, after
wards. however. he tried very hard 10
buy him back. but Archer would not
part with him. 1t will interest Amer1-
can turfmen to learn that Banquet II.
has been broken over the sticks, and
| that he is now a timber topper. 1t Is
said that he jumps hurdles like an old
timer, and as he h only years old, IL
IS highly probable that he may yet
earn brackets and big money under
q n. II. rules. Mr.. Dwyer is not much
| OF a sentimentalist. but he showed gen