The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-30

The echo of Tommy Fosters perform
ance at Bennings last Friday has not
vet died out. 1t reached it's fullness
Yesterday, when the Saturday morn
ing papers of New York with full ac-
counts of the race reached here. The
Morning Telegraph made the race
story the principal display of it's sport
ing page, with the announcement of
Fosters performance at 200 to 1, with
Sloan up.
The special Washington dispatch to
the Telegraph is, in part, as follows:
Tommy Foster, quoted at 100 to 1 all
over the ring and at 200 to in many
books, galloped away with the first race
at Bennings this afternoon. He was
ridden by Cash Sloan, and the race not
only marked the first winning long shot
of the season. but also Sloan's first vic
tory on an Eastern race course in more
than three years.
While the money was going in on
other entries, the quotations on Tom
my Foster gradually went up from the
opening figure, 80 to l, until 100 to 1
was posted in every book. This few
of the venturesome ones, who were
willing to lay any old price against a
horse of which they had never heard,
boosted to 200 to 1.
Nor did they pay any particular at
tention to twos and fives that came in
in a steady stream. They simply count
ed this small money as going so far
toward paying the days expenses. They
were wiser after the race, for many OF
them lost more money to the piking
play than they handle on many a race
here.
Interested Too Late.
Persons who had passed Tommy Fos-
ter up without an inquiry, at the time
when they might have won small
fortune with little outlay, got very
much interested in him after he had
passed the winning mark. 1t also de-
veloped that Tommy Foster was the
medium of coup of no mean proper
lions, though only few knew of it in
time to profit by it.
Tommy Foster ran in the name and
colors of A. P. Doyle. He is trained by
]. r. Hand, a horseman we'll known
in the West, and one who took part in
the unsavory racing at Charleston
year ago. Hand was reinstated with
and were branded as outlaws. Mr..
Doyle, the owner of the horse, is said
to be a business man of Savannah,
Ga, and part owner of the race track
there.
Trained in Georgia.
The horse had been trained down
in the bushes, and about three weeks
ago won match race in Georgia, run
ming a half mile in .471a. 1t was then
IA1 TO ~
nings. He escaped the eyes of the
checkers at the track, however and
few of the foxy railbirds were aware
of his Sprinting ability. His owner
was the biggest winner to the race.
He had expected to get s or 10 to 1
against the horse, and was prepared
to bet $1,000. The price scared him,
however, and a modest wager of $25
through the board was his investment
at the track, How much he bet in
the rooms Throughout the country is
not known.
Jim Hand. the trainer, bet $40
straight and SO third at 100 to 1, and
was ready to throw a flip flap after
the race, despite his weight, which
tops the 200 pound notch considerably.
Price Scared Trainer.
II knew 1 had a good horse" said
Mr.. Hand, but you know such prices
Will throw scare INTO fellow, eS-
pecially when so shrewd a trainer as
Curly Brown was confident. But we
won, and 1 don't mind telling you that
we have a pretty shifty little horse"
Wally Fessenden, who has been look
ing after Cash Sloan's affairs dur
ing the meeting, bet IS to win and 81
third at the top price, and he hasn't
been so spry since his baseball days
as he was in the paddock after the
race.
PA" Bradley was the only winner
with a kick coming, and it was legiti-
mate, too. Mr.. Bradley heard of the
good thing in some manner, but was
in too much of hurry, and got only
so to l for his S. wager instead of the
better price on tap few minutes later.
II almost wish he hadn't won,"
grunted the tall Virginia turfman, as
he collected his $255 and remembered
that but for his haste his collection
might have been $1,005.
Tommy Doyle, the well known platter,