The herald., 1897-10-21

the others, being thanked first by ore
and ther' another. At the finish be won
out by the scantest of heads from Lady
Kern, who led Bourbon half a length,
with RED Dick in fourth place lacirg
head to show. Jessie was fifth and
Shelkirk was last Time :351s.
The result of the first heat caused but
little change in the betting on the Sec
ond, CLANCY T. being we'll backed at 8
TO 2, while Lady Kern seemed to have
more friends as. the betting on her went
from 6 to 5 to to s. The others re-
manned about as they were, except that
Red Dick was posted at Is to 1. In this
was given another opportunity for the
players of long odds to make killing
Red Dick had finished fourth in the first
heat, and as his action appeared to be a
trifle stiff, the bookies at least seemed to
consider him no factor in the second
heat He was not played heavily, even
by the long-shot-players, probably be-
cause of the more alluring odds of 80 to
offered against Jessie o. and Selkrk.
With reference to the latter place bet
would have been worth while making, for
s to was offered against the possibility
of his finishing second. More money
was placed on this bet than upon Red
Dick to win. So certain did most of the
crowd feel that CLANCY T. had things
his own way that most of the money
went on him, and the bookmakers were
| the ones greatly benefited by the re-
eult.
The start was excellent, Lady Kern
| jumping to the front, with CLANCY at
her shoulder, Jessie o. third and Red
| Dick fourth, but only head distances sep
| arated the bunch 1t was a whipping
| finish from almost the three-quarter
pole. The favorite was not in the heat
after the head of the stretch had been
reached, dropping gradually back to
| fifth plac. Red Dick was close to the
fence. and While Narvaez was watch
| ing the horses on the outside Dick was
pushed into the narrow space near the
fence and rapidly passed Kern. When
Narvaez saw it it was too late to pre-
vent victory, his mount dropping 6
within fifty yards of the wire to fourth
place and finally fifth, Red Dick win
mig the heat by a head, with Selkirk
second, half a head in front Of Bour-
bon, who was an equal distance ahead of
CLANCY T. Time, :S6.
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Dick was the formers race throughout.
The betting fraternity did not look for
this, and the odds on the boards were
Red Dick, to 8, and CLANCY T., to l.
CLANCY led at the start by half a length
and maintained that lead, both horses
being under the whip for the last eighth.
Chancy 7. won by half length in 49,
MILE, SELLING
The last race of the day was one-mile
dash, a selling event, in which the as
ISOLATION offered a free purse of $225.
There were five starters, of whom
Petrarch at to 5, and Arundel at Z to
3, were about equal favorites Again
was the opportunity afforded to make
large returns from small bet, for Major
s. was first placed at to 1 and went as
high as 10 to in some Of the books, the
average being 8 to 1. In an effort to
start two of the horses struck the bar
rier and broke 1t, Petrarch running al
most to the half before he could be
turned. The start was difficult, and
when the word was given Gibbetifibbett
was three lengths behind the others, with
Petrarch leading. Major S. was second
| and never got behind that position At
the half Arundel displaced Petrarch in
first position. and the latter dropped
back to fifth. In the meantime Gib-