The Washington times., 1903-11-05
FIVE RACES ARE WON
BY AN OLD CRIPPLE
All Gold Again Enriches
His Patient Trainer.
TWO YEARS A WRECK
Handicap Event Has Only Two Start
ers AID the Weights Make
Big Favorite.

NEW YORK, Nov 5.-"Blly'' oliver
is br;ly- lad among cripples- He was
once a great boat builder on the Har-
lem River, but horsemen claim he is
a much better trainer of thoroughbreds
He gave good cause for this high
opinion at the Aqueduct tracks yester-
day when his horse. All Gold. won the
third race in romp.
All Gold for two years was a physi-
cal wreck. Even Waterboy, who was
suffering from a broken pelvis bone at
this period last year was considered
a more favorable subject for the race
track than All Gold. For twenty-four
months divers horse had nearly all
the ills and pains hat horse is heir
70. His ankles We're bad. his knees
We're worse. and rheumatism had him
tightly elutched in its painful grasp.
Days and nights almost beyond number
he stood against the walls Of his stan
and showed just enough life TO prevent
a free ride to Barren Island.
He was such caricature on a race
horse that ali the other trainers found
him a good butt for ,their jokes. What
are you doing, Billy" they said, vast
ing time and good liniment on that
plug? WHY he is not worth the 50
cents wee; you pay for his stall rent"
But Billy said nothing and only per
severed the harder the more his friends
laughed at MIN. For be it known that
Oliver is a canny Scot. and perseverance
is part of MS motto.
Owner Has Last Laugh.
The boys had the laugh on me for a
long time. said Oliver but ] have the
laugh and the money. too. This is the
fifth race that All Gold has won for me
since i started him less than a month
ago. And just think. he defeated Wild
Pirate, a horse that John a Drake
thought good enough 10 bet s. 900 on at
Norris Park. Ee ran ali the way and
won in a romp. Oh. guess he'll do"
The advocates Of the board Of handi-
cappers pointed TO the two starters in
the Babylon Handicap as a sample Of
the work accomplished by the one-man
system OF allotting the weights. Only a
short time ago forty-six twO-year-Olds
We entered for this event two Of
which subsequently died. Under the
rules ali the horses that are not de-
clared out Of the race are assigned
weights by the Handicapped When the
weights appeared Dolly Spanker had the
post Of honor, with 126 pounds The re-
mainder Of the field were graded down
TO something like 80 pounds.
Only Two in Handicap.
None OF the weights assigned We're ac-
ceptable except 10 the owners Of Dick
Turpin. Dimple. and Revellle. All the
other horses were struck out. Even
Dick Turpin's owner refused 10 start
him at the last and he was Withdrawn
and Dimple and Reveille We're the only
ones to remain Reveiie at g pounds
against l0Z on Dimple was considered so
much superior to the latter that he was
a 1 TO 9 chance IN the betting He won
easily at the end. but the first five fur
longs he had hard struggle 10 head
Dimple.
Burns on the latter showed his ennity
toward Redeem by carrying him vile in
the stretch and humping him several
times Redfern stuck 10 his work, how
ever, and in the last quarter Of a mile
Andrew Miller's colt Went 10 the front
and won easily By four lengths Dimple
finished very tired and could scarcely
raise a gallop at the end.