The herald., 1897-10-15

sin held third In the stretch the latte
moved up and passed Marcie A. VIII.
was under the whip and working hard
Daylight also passed her, Kamsin anC
Daylight finishing in the order men
toned, several lengths behind AIvarado
Time, 1:30.
CITRUS BELT HANDICAP
The citrus belt handicap, the fourth
race on the card. was the event of the
day and in the matter of the betting II
produced the surprise of the day
| 'Ostler Joe, the famous Montana horse
which had been brought here in spec
ial car had been expected to be an al
most prohibitive favorite, but instead
he opened at to l. This, in the com
pany he was in, was thought to be sur
prising. Devils Dream was almost as
much a favorite, and later became so.
for he was so well backed at the opening
| betting of to l that it was soon reduced
to 2 to 1. Grady also had his friends. as
! did Lady Hurst. their figures being re-
spectively 5 and 4. the former being af-
terward increased to s and the latter
to 6. From 20 to 60 were the figures or
the other horses The surprise came
when 'Ostler Joe's stock began to de-
mig to rise. From to it went by units
to 5 to l at the close of the betting, while
DeviHs Dream commanded 2 to 1. Some
few men by the judicious placing of their
money made quite pretty sum on the
Joe odds, but, strange to say he was
not backed to any great extent. while
there, was a scramble to place money on
Devils Dream. 1t was known that
'Ostler Joe was mud dog. but the same
was true OF the Dream It was the frs,
time for years that such odds were
posted against a horse of the reputa-
tion of 'Ostler Joe, and his performance
after the fall Of the flag showed that he
did not deserve the apparent lack o.
confidence displayed by the betting.
The start was not good one. Soon af
ter the horses had, taken position in
front of the grand stand. for the race
was for a mile, Vishun ran afoul of tn =
barrier on the starting gate, and be-
fore his head could be extricated the
gate was broken. 1t was soon repaired |
and after several attempts the word
was given, with the horses somewhat |
scattered. 'Ostler Joe, with H. Brown
up, and carrying the top weight, seemed |
to understand the word in advance OF |
the others, for he jumped to the lead and,
taking position two lengths in advances
of the others he seemed TO canter around
the track with the greatest ease. He
was never headed, and at no time was
he in apparent danger of defeat. With |
the others it was a struggle for place,
that 1S, with some of the others for |
the long shots, excepting Pescador |
seemed to be as much out Of 1t as the |
Montana horse was certain of winning.
The battle was between Lady Hurst
DEVILS Dream and Grady, and they
displaced each other several times dur
ing the mile, the others being simply
rear procession. Hennessy succeeded
in landing Grady in second place almost
within a length of the wire, he and |
Cole, who was on Devils Dream, using
the whip freely. Lady Hurst could not
do better than fifth, having given fourth
place to Pescador in the stretch. Time
1:42, which is considered wonderful, con-
the condition OF the track.
FIVE FURLONGS
Race No 4 was run of five furlongs
for maiden 2-year-olds. in which there
were twelve entries. Tempse was the |
favorite in the first betting, but Sasa.
coy who was first placed at to 1, was
so literally backed that the odds were
reduced to to 1. Bodacia commanded |
5, as did Ettawanda and Palo Blanco
while Roxy Murphy was placed at 6 to
l, and there remained. There was no |
great difference in the betting on the
respective horses, it being considered
almost anybody's race. That Roxy I
Murphy was not scra tched was due to
the fact that his owners were not able
to find the secretary of the associa ton
in time to do so. The start was made
after two Intellectual attempts, and
Roxy Murphy took the lead and was
never headed Satacoy finished s~cond,
three lengths behind the leader and a
length ahead Of Tempse. The time was
1:04.
SUMMARY
First race, running. three quarters Of a
mile, selling, purse $300-Emer f. Q1D
Hennessy. to l, first by half a length:
Lorena Q1o), E. Jones, 2 to l, second by
neck; Jim Bozeman Q1D, Stewart, 10 to /,
hird. Petrarch, Hacienda and Highland
Ball also ran. Time. 1:16%.
Second race. running. seven furlongs,
purse $400-Alvarado Q0D. E. Jones, 7 TO
10, first by length Kamsin O0D. Neal,
= y ~ - "t,oii" W iiaiA q ieHS III, LAY yliSHl
(lOD, G. Wilson, to l, third by a length
Marcie a. and Little Chris also ran. Time,
/ 80.
Third race. running, Citrus Belt handi-
cap, one mile. purse sl0O0-Ostler Joe Q21),
II. Brown, 8 to l, first by 1.-Two lengths;
Grady Q12), Hennessy, to /, second by a
length; Devils Dream GO5), Cole. to l,
third. Pescador, ,Vishun, Nomad. Jetrudes,
Little Cripple and Lady Hurst also ran
Time. :42.
Fourth race, running, Maiden Stake
for two-yearolds. five furlongs-Roxy
Murphy d0@. Snider, to /, first, by half a