The St. Louis Republic., 1901-06-23

whole distance on the rail and unimpeded.
Ihis IS very important matter At the
average track the turr. on the elliptic occu-
pies about a furions-that is. 22D yards. Tho
regulation course Is measured three feet
from the rail- this being where the horse
is supposed to run, just far enough away not
tS touch IL.
This horse practically covers the meas
ured mile. or whatever the distance may
be. Let there be eight horses on the track.
The first horse is on the rail. a length away
IS the second horse no, r.ht behind. but
about five feet from the rail. and IL the
third horse is haif a length away he also
viii bo on the outside.
The fourth and fifth horses will probably
he ON the raii-lookins for poctets-and the
sixth horse Will be again on the outside.
When he closes an on the leaGers at the last
turn into the stretch he is naturally taken
wide of his horse. and a careful measure
ment Of New York tracks last fall showed
that such q horse covered from twelve to
fifteen feet more distance than the favored
rail horse"
j. II. Mccormick, who trained Alcedo. has
been busy receiving CONGRATULATIONS ever
since the Suburban. Ills clever handling OF
the colt anu the mystery with which he
cloaked the private workings of the win
rer were the subject OF much discussion
by turfmen. In an interview Mr.. McCor-
mick said:
The reason Alcedo ran I'm my name was
because the owner. Louis V. Bell. having
bought the colt for $1,000 last winter, dis.
not care to have him run in his name be-
cause of his mothers recent death. When
l took hold of -Alcedo found that 1t would
be impossible 10 get him ready fo- the
Brooklyn Handicap. so L took my time
with the idea OF having him iii for the
Subufban. In his two races at Gravesend
III admit that he did not DO well, but
ii must be remembered that IN the first
race he carried l25 pounds and was third
to First Whip and Doctor Barlow. while
In the race where he beaten by Ten
Candles. Kamara. Bonnibert and All Gold.
Il week ago. he was the victim of poor
start and Incompetent handling.
Last Thursday | gave Alce0o private
trial when everybody had left Sheepshead
TO see the Brooklyn Derby run at Graves
end. The colt ran a mile and quarter
with his weight up in 2:eil2. 1t was the
test trial | ever witnessed. and when the
horse pulled up sound 1 knew l had the
winner of the Suburban. SO ] told every
body could about the colts condition. for
] was sure that he would win. He fully
came up 10 expectations. and is the best
horse / ever trained in my life"
Mccormick Is a veteran horseman- From
stable boy he became jockey and then a
Trainer. lie n1u n Dig racing strinB IN tn9
days of Gutenberg and Gloucester and
pulled off many a good thing" On Sat-
urday just before the first race Mccormick
began to tell all OF his friends. as well as
tn turf writers. that Aicedo would take
the trick. The secret had been kept SO
carefully. however. that up to noon Al
cedo was classed as rank outsider with
no chance
Many stories in circulation regarding
the winnings collected by backing Alcedo.
1t Is said that Dave johnson. the book
maker, and David Gideon divided between
them $4,000 as a result Of taking advan-
tage Of the odds ranging ftom - to down