New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-03
NJ. f. DIVERS CLEOPHUS
HIS FIIL.Y DISPLAYED REMARKABLE SPEED
SLAUGHTER OF THE FAvoRITEs-QUEER

SLAUGHTER OF THE FAvoRITEs-oUEER
ANTICS OF THE BooKMAKERs.
Michael T. Dwyer is still alive. Yes, very much
nlve The bookmabers at the Brooklyn track yes
terday after the Cleophus looked bilious Their
faces we're marked with streaks OF green and yell
aw Michael had smitten them. In the OLD days
the Amalckites were smitten hip and thigh by the
chosen people. Yesterday the chosen people were
.mitten hip and thigh by Amaekite Dwyer. When
ever a turf plunger makes home run the air Is
full OF conflicting reports the total OF his gains
Nobody but Mr.. Dwyer himself knows how much
money he had on Cleophus and how much he took
out Of the ring. But the sum must have been DIE OF
the layers odds would not have turned so many
colors all at once when Ceophus cantered over the
line tho easiest Of winners. The Cheyenne in MS
war paint resembles Yellowstone canyon so varie-
gated are the hues which cover his skin inc
''bookies" after Cleophus trotted in far In 'front.'
OF the field. Cheyennes and Yellowstone
canyons both, while the sick!y ants upon tAeii us
torted features changed from one prismatc color
20 another as rapidlv as the frightened chameleon
becomes purple green and yellow turn by luri
1t was a sad sight to so many sufferers "ii''
ing In anguish from the strokes OF single P'u"sei
The bookmakers squirmed and moaneo "i,o'
Pi.tsburg Phil hit them on Monday. But inc! ue-
serve no sympathy They full grown Inc!
have seen Michael F. Dwyer pile up fortune OF
hundreds OF thousands of dollars by betting on inc
races. II is true that Mr.. Dwyer mas ios' oa.N
most Of the wealth which he acquired d! tuli pe'''
bu, he Is like a Parthan-never so dangerous DIS
IN retreat When he turns in his saddle ana .ets
Ny a cloud Of darts the betting ring IS tumui'uou'
with the groans and the shrieks or the "ou'iueu'
Every bookmaker knows that Pittsours mn 80
by betting dollars and rose as turf spec ui'' -.
he risked thousands single race 90 II va 49,
Plunger Walton So II was with NieF Hi"4'
7, mus, he admitted that Walton is no longer 4"
plunger and that his pelf was scattered aiiios "S
Quickly as he took 1t in. And Riley Grammar now
bets hundreds, even twenties, al'housn "e -
hating thousands and tens Of thousands wien
Domino and Henry OF Navarro made oead neat
put these .'bookies" ought not 20 put themselves
within reach of the claws of tigers even '"'
tigers look gaunt and worn and weak nc 10Y
ers-of-odds learned by the stern lesson Oh pam W
Monday that the Pittsburg tiger stu hao ms -
and Yesterday they found 10 their sorro" .Iia'
,f,cbae, + DIVERS claws had not been cut ne
Armenians were cast down and afhc'eo U! INC
ruthless Turks not long ago. But the "io'. ~
happy Of Armenians when the massa0ie9 49,
their height did not look more meianchoIS THAN
hookmakers looked after the Cleophus race
II was all their own fault, however NO la" EXISTS
which compels them 10 give tempting ooos "
Michael F. Dwyer and "Pittsburg PM ana MIC!
Grammar and other plungers. They are not ON
PEELED 70 accept any bet from any piuneer ui'iesN
,bev wish 10 DO it. But to most OF them the
,nr.rs are ne ,rres,stibly bewitching as the big
electric lights in our streets are TO bugs IN sum
,ner nights when young and foohsh oues "
they buzz around the arc lights in our Sse a of
maimed and hafbaked bugs are swept on k oqs
sidewalks in summer m0Tn n hev cur can't resist the
Emulation TO cripple themselves by dashng, hsad
and and Piunger Phil and Plunger Riley and other
plungers. .s, =, r,,,r hlunt truth
Ana he nG gSci rDF Column Of The Tribune has SAID
repeatedly. some Of the oookmakers Ore Ore ,bnra
NH ssrera bookmakers who bunco-s,eerers
sellers shortsard of the ought 10
nave had their portraits taken for rogues gasries
Il their EaT f9Sss ch IN the s0 regSe gallery
at this minute And yet y his Is I Ihcre are few
ana no in the betting-rng at Gravesend as
there few in the ageTV decent ee man
decently And no reasonable person can ask more
tnSn veertheless nearly all the bookmakers have
sngS,ar fondness for giving to the pungers better
Whd hsy really 50 fse
hot fool questions the PLAIN faG6 sha an al lGe
BSnssTTS n9 rs he 1 Hns + .5 ns
general public which Keeps b .hg nqers YET most
OF Of an he ' bookmakers worship the pungers with
dOarous deyC0n as hat snG qoYr o e e and
most Of the bookmakers act as If they , would
f fa5hsf the lose sen @1hST pubic
many serious reverses at the hands of the the
P PoomY with Instances Of awful caastrophes in
the bettngrings due TO the raids OF me nd soI
mon-sense They never protect themselves against
the incursons OF these raiders anu ni' I;;,,,Ia
bv giving unfair odds while they open their
hearts their souls and their pocketbooks with I'M
peiuous alacrity for the benefit OF the pungers.
Right here it is in order to warn the public that
cept The Tribune not the ODDS when the aver
age visitor to the can esI never neS gives
to the average inquirer for prices the 0dGs whlcn
almost all the newspapers except Inc irlpune az
in the habit of quoting. The quotations which
nearly all other newspapers print are those wh,Sn Zen
the bookmakers may be willing to give 70 me
plungers or to a few favored and intimate friendS
only The odds which they give 10 the genera
public are far less liberal than those quoleu III
nearly all the newspapers except The tribune :,
The Brooklyn Jockey Club was Favored with oe-
lightful weather generous atendance ana ecI
~ tho favor!tes was appalling, and nearly All the
visitors TO the track were heavy losers In the
frst race George Keene was the favorte When me
netting began but the shrewdest pungers bet so
boa,,ilv on Great Bend that Great Bend became
the frs. choice. Both Great Bend and George
Keene got good starts, and PERKINS rode George
mand Ar even weights George keene would have
ni,trvn Great Bend easily. But George Keene. by
the conditions of the race carried ~ pounds while
Weights decided the race. The other starters were
outciassed at the weights and the distance ana
had no chance with Great Bend ana ueoIge heeiIs
r.n q race jater James r. Keene sent 70 the post
'b handeome well-muscled and weli-balanced colt
named Loiterer it was I>oiterers hTst uIine out
and he was ridden by Hamilton. ne may WIN
saces Ia Ter Little Handpress. who won at Morris
Park prefers half-mile 10 tve Iurt,0nES ~ iaSt
company and he did not ENJOY giC INK Pr oa VI
. Great Bend is a brother OF Potomac VINO n won the
Futurity and the Realization Great Benz Is a
handsome colt. but he has not YET run as u ne
were within fourteen pounds Of Potomac's form,
and Z, is not likely that he will win either the
Fu.urity or the Realization
Irish Rec was an odds-on favorlte IN INC secoho