The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-02
INTEREST TO TURTLES.
Winter Betting on the Two Big
Eastern HandicaDs.

| Eastern H0nulcaDS.
Winter books have been opened on the
Brooklyn and Suburban handicaps. In the
! Brooklyn Ornament is made favorite at 10
| choices at II to 1 each Ben Holiday. and
| Dr. Catlett are quoted at Is to apiece,
| On Deck, Howard Mann, Don de Orc, Pre-
vious, Handball and Traverser, respectively
| Typhoon IL, Buddha, Ben, Elder. Macy and
| Lou Bramble all quoted at 25 to l each.
| Fleur de Lis appears to be somewhat out
! of line at 40 to 1, but the odds named above
| are "cinchy' enough to Justify the latitude
| In the Suburban, Ornament again heads
the quotation list at 10 to /, Ben Brush
comes next ait u to /. Ben Holiday, Tillo,
DR.. Catlett and Havre are all classed in the
| Is to 1 division. Sir Walter and Handban
J are the only two quoted at 20 to l. On
Deck, Howard Mann. Don de Orc, Typhoon
the % to 1 brigade, and it is write your own
ticket against the horses On either ract
| which are not particularized above.
| Jim O'Leary, whose mother owned the cow
which kicked the lamp that caused the fire
| in Chicago, is the nerviest and most success
| full resident bookmaker in the Windy City.
| O'Leary de1ed the law on the lines laid down
in this city by Sam Stevens, and as a con-
sequence has had to plead guilty in the Chi
cago criminal court to three charges OF book
| making. OLeary's def. cost him So, 444.55,
| the amount of the combined costs of court
and fines, and. what is more to the point, he
| mas aeU " pay IAS iiioiiSJ'
| Tommy Burns is now at Memphis exercis-
| ing the Schorrs horses. Burns record at the
| New Orleans meeting is noteworthy one
| In siXty-seven days he was first eighty-four
times, second forty-five times and third TWEEN
| ty-eight times. Burns mounts were play
| ed by dope f1ends and system players alike.
His phenomenal success burnt big hole in
| the bank roll of several of the bookmakers
operating at the Crescent. City track
The announcement that the Welsh midget
bicycle rider Jimmy Michaels, is to enter
the horse riding ranks is pooh-poohed at by
acquired art; it is natural, and there is but
one example of success where one entered
the ranks late In life That lone case was
have been successful in the past began their
apprenticeship early in life, that of about
twelve years, and in osme cases were about
| horses from the day Of their birth. Fred
| Taral, Tod Sloane. Charley Thorne, Tommy
Burns, Sam Doggett, Jesse Conley Willie
and "Skeets'' Martin, of the present day
| riders, not to speak of those of the past,
were of the kind that were associated with
the thoroughbred since thy were in kits.
! seems to have been another one of John
| Consadines pipe dreams. 1t has been given
out several times lately that John Consa-
dine, for Mr.. So and So,' has purchased
some first-class race horse. Each time there
| has been no truth in the statement. Mr.
Consadne is evidently imposing on his
| lrleliuS DIS d means OIL gaining HOtoTlely anu
| establishing a reputation first-class buy
| er. All correspondents and turf writer's in
| future should require Mr.. Consadine to pro-
| duce his bill Of sale.
The dash of 4 mile and a quarter on the
| fiat looked like a gift for Lobengula, and
2 to was the best offered against him.
| He won easily from Lakeview Palace. Hugh
| Penny landed his third successive purse
for F: w. Doss by winning the six and a
half furlong selling affair in easy fashion
from Brighton in track record time for the
distance. The local ring and out-of-town
pool rooms narrowly escaped scorching in
the last race. Benson C Arthurs King Pom,
whose, races here caused the books to lay
so to against him, was backed down to Is.
and lost only through bad riding, w
beating him neck. Laura May, the favor
| lite, fnishd absolutely last. Fred Foster has
bought from Elmer Slaughter the crack
three-yea flly Eva Rice, and two
year-old colt by Julien They arrived from
ST. Louis today. Secretary Charley Price
and Mr.. Hiram Scoggan left for Pass Chris
| tan today for couple of weeks fishing.
| Mr.. Scoggan will have string. of two-year
! olds. nine in number, at Newport.