Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-18
WITH THE HORSES.
The Cresceus and Abbott Race for Fri
 day is Off.

day is Off.
 Boston, Sept 1S.-Horsemen are blaming Thomas W. Lawson for the announcement that the race between the Abbott and Cresceus, for which Mr Lawson had offered purse of $20,- GOO, has been declared off. The race was to have taken place on the Read vile track on Friday, and was to have been followed by another race between Lord Derby and Lawson's Boralma, the entire gate receipts of the day to go to charity. Ketcham, the owner and driver of Cresceus, some horsemen they attribute the whole thing to his fear that he would be beaten.
 Ketcham blames Lawson, inasmuch as he says he was ready to go on and do his part in the race with Boralma and Charley Herr. and never. agreed to call it off. He declares that Lawson declined to make good his proposition to add S20,000 to a $30,000 purse, and says that the offer should hold good even if BOralma was taken out.
 Ketham also says that he spent sev- eral hours with Lawson Monday try ing to get him to put up this amount, leaving Cresceus and Charley Herr to race even if Boralma was left out
 
 While in this way Ketcham is trying to place the blame on Lawson, some think it shows a desire on the part of the owner of Cresceus to try and get big purse to race Charley Herr, who is badly crippled and who he is sure to beat, rather than go against the Abbot, who might win the race.
 Mir Cahill. the owner of Charley Herr. somewhat complicated matters by absolutely declining to withdraw. saying that he would race as sched- uled, and he was pretty well ruffied because no one had considered him in calling off the race. It was said that he was not consulted at all. He was persuaded to drop out, however, leav- ing Ketcham to have the position of a man who must decline to race the Alb bot or go on with that race. He chose the former course.
 London, Sept 1S.-The Evening News says it is reported that Lester Reiff. the American jockey, will be married at the end of the season. He will then devote his attention to developing his property in California. Johnny Reiff has accepted heavy retainer for 1902 to ride for a French horse owner Danny Maher will continue to ride i'll England. He has completely recoy- cred his health.
 London. Sept 1S.-The race for the Emscote plate of 103 sovereigns, for 2-year-Olds, at Warwick yesterday, was won by J. R. Keene's Slipper.
 Forty-seven thoroughbred horses were landed in this city yesterday from the Atlantic transport liner Minnehaha Forty-three of them belong to the es- tate of Marcus Daily. Lady Reel, the dam of Hamburg, being of the num- ber The other four belong to James R. Keene, and will be shipped to-day to his Castleton stud in Kentucky. Those belonging to the Daly estate are brood mares. yearlings and fOals. The yearlings represent the get of such horses as St Simon, Melton and St Frusquin. The entire consignment was sent to Sheepshead Bay and will be sold on October g. They include twelve American mares of choicest blood lines. which had been sent to England and were mated to the lead ing stallions there; ten English mares. one 2-year-old, nine yearlings and eleven weanlings. All landed in first class condition and not one was sick during the voyage. In addition to Lady Reel, who always will be famous as the dam of Hamburg, the American matrOns include Elizabeth L.. Anna Gray. Mabelle TIL. Semper Fidele, Liz zie D. and Pocahontas.