New-York tribune., 1903-08-30
HAMBURG BELLE VICTOR.
Continued from nrst page.

-, honor of taking up top weight, and, al
,.o,g, he had shown a Discrimination to carry
,.efe weight this quality was thought in a
--..sure TO be Offset by the superior handling he
,--,,,ld receive from George Odom- William c.
,~s,+,ev selected Leonidas and Mercury TO
o.--v his coIors. Perry Belmont entered Mid
sbinrnan. a long legged son Of Top Gallant:
yT,nosford Clay started Ben Brush FLY, called
Yaav Amelia; the Cornnoner colt, Collector Jes-
.nn ran In D Eiggins's name.
usd the twenty thousand men and women
--bo sat huddled under the caves OF the great
,b-ee ply grandstand been poled, it is likely that
.,ev could have been divided into very definite
,.-,ns with the colors Of Whitney, Keene'
1s-ogyn. Madden and Paget serving as stand
o-5s The supporters of the other starters
could have made a very respectable camp fol-
,oving II was practically conceded that the
,,,,nsr would come from one Of these stables
che others we're looked upon as outsiders.
eo1r-zcN SCENE IN PADDOCK.
81. ro5dock all the traditions OF the Flu
...-,+7 we're lived up to with punctilious regard
o. .orrn out under the dripping leaves OF the
,..r1es az the far end Of the paddock shed the
,,sa5en trio were saddIed AMI bridled-and the
- Silent axe-stricken group surrounded
+ber, watching the wizard Of the turf tighten
-frtb f,,cple here, adjust martingale there.
Is,,r,an possesses at such solemn functions ap-
aa.,.5 the wizard and diffidently whispered
= - ar The wizard nodded his head once
.,,~,ed IN the colt nearest him. The bold
-, e+arted fer the betting ring with com
-,.oe,t smile on his face. one by one the awe
.,olan group dropped out and followed the
20, N whom Madden had nodded. nod from
-ra5se,, an such occasion is fraught with almost
,s much tragic significance as the ancient ana
,,,nerious thumbs up or thumbs down.
Rack Of the paddock and surrounded hy as
,rrnressive & gathering were the bearers OF lile
.,b,+o iackets with the blue spots. Fates dex-
.a-ous sleight of hand had played one Of her
old fashioned tricks since the day those same
,sclats had received similar drenching. The
dsv before Cock Robin and Uriel bore them TO
.ba most for the Futurity of 1897 their owner
had taken 100000 out Of Wall Street. 1t was
said Yesterday that even two such admirable
colts as Delhi and Kohinoor could not make the
owner Of Domino wholly forget that last Sl0OO-
900 squeeze. The "old man OF Wall Street" was
not a member OF the group, but his son. FoXhal
P Keens was, and, with Jimmie" Rowe
shared the belief that the colt that beat Delhi
would win the race. William c. Whitney with
a man who is said to carry any little communi-
cation the ex-Secretary Of the Navy has to
make to the betting pavilion, listened attentivey
TO the pagLDS lIlSlIu IuNALDAS gwen ~ AOiiiAIAS
Burns and Arthur Redfern, who were to ride
Mercury and Leonidas.
Not until Mr.. Hall had commanded. Get up
O6ou1"; Get up, Helgeson," did the paddock
have more than q glimpse Of Hamburg Belle.
She had been taken directly TO stall back Of
the paddock on arriving at the Enclosure, and
when she reappeared It was in answer to the
post call. A J. Joyner. Fuller and her Wallets
accompanied her.
IF you can cheat Mr.. Fitz BIT, FulicSS" her
trainer suggested mildly "Just let her come
sloug-she knows the way home"
FULLER SMILES CONFIDENTLY.
The countenance Of Fuller was not cast IN a
little Lord Fauntleroy mould, but the smile on
his face as he twisted the bride reins into
knot over the hlly's withers was almost beatilc.
He was on the best animal in the race and he
was as confident of it then as he was ten min
utes later.
And while all this was going on in the equine
dressing room men were engaged in the agree
able pastime Of batterng their fellows into
various kinds Of fragments in desire to get
rich quicker than the law Of some common
wealths allows.
Here the different camps were again sharply
defined. the Paget and the Keene having the
greatest numerical strength as the quotations
soon demonstrated. The FLY was backed down
from TO l TO TO /; the Keene pair from to
TO 3i2 70 /; and at these quotations the mar
ket on these two closed steady" al to l and
take your choice The Madden trio could be
had at hves, Whitney's pair at eights. Browns
at four and half. Highbau at twenty, and
the outsiders al all sorts Of fancy prices. rang
Ing from 100 TO ! on Rain or Shine and Midship-
man TO = TO / on Little En-.
AS IS usual on great popular race days. there
was more physical than financial plunging IN
the ring. "Pttsburg Phil" who played the
Madden youngster, and a man who came all
me way from Chicago to get the best prices OBJ
lalhaoIe against The keene entry, were possibly
The most spectacular figures in the pavilion.
Inelr losses We're reckUned IN the big figures
which such transactions always inspire. Pitts
burg" IS said TO have lost $4,000, the Chicago
man twice that amount The race however
was so open and the support evenly dis
JloGteo, that the layers did not lose any great
amount. OF the long shots Highbau Little EN-
eEa Raglan found most favor
THE RACE ITSELF SOON OVER.
50 far as The race itself is concerned, as
little can be said OF # as was seen Of it-and
that Vas very little A drizzle was falling
when the horses Went to the post. and this in
creased before Mr.. Fitzgerald sent them away
AS many Of the twenty thousand as could took
10 the roof, and watched the contest from that
POINT Of vantage. The start was an excellent
one and the field broke for home in splendid
aLEAiNellt me field as II plunged down the
broad honestretch seemed like some grotesque
group OF ngures arranged behind an OPAQUE
screen. Not until the slight turn was reached
could one color be distinguished from another
ana then the flaming orange Of Sydney Paget
seone clean in front. In no material detail did
me picture change after that. The fllv seemed
70 ralter little al the last. but Fuller refraned
rom using his whip. Leonidas, who had come
from fourth place, was ridden ont 70 rba t,i-+ar
enc, and stlIl seemed 10 be the fresher horse of
me TWO The Keene colors early in the tourney
were swallowed up in the rUck and never showed
aiJer@ard. Delhi. In fact, finishing among the