The Washington times., 1904-06-25
SHIELDS KILLING
DID NOT PAN OUT
Stood to Win $4,000 on
Buttons in Thistle.
RYAN SELLS HIS HORSES
Get-Rich-Quick Man to Dispose Of Re-
liable and 9th
ers

In the absence CT F. r. Thomas. Alex
9nder Shields, his clever racing partner.
attempted to execute a coup in the This
tie Stakes yesterday that would have
cost the ring more than $50. 900 If II mad
been successful
The big stable was represented in the
race by Palmbearer and Buttons. ana
Shields went into the ring himself IT.
stead Of sending a commissioner. 1t was
just as the horses came out Of the pad
dock that Shields began to 20 down the
Inc. There was all the t. that he
wanted, and he got lown a wager with
almost every layer N the pavilion un:ll
he had placed about $500 straight But
Tor an unlucky breakawIy from the post
Buttons might have ION the race but
because of this mishap the Tenny geld
ing could not finish better than second.
The Thomas horses are all pretty At
just now. and the stable has been cash
ing with unpleasant regularity ever
since Hernis won the Suburban. 1t was
only hard luck, Shields believed, after
the race, that prevented him from TAX
ing another effective crack at the bank
rolls.
Joe Yeager did not do much betting
during the afternoon. He failed TO place
a bet on either Ascension or Gamara.
who won the second and third races
respectively, with Hildebra nd in the sau-
die. Yeager had a small wager on
WhCrler. who was badly beaten, and
then waited for the last race before
making another move. In that event
he laid against HonItOn and TOOK N
thousands, including 4 part of heavy
commission sent into the ring by John
A. Drake, and bet on both Ormonje
Right and MineOla 20 beat the Western
hlIy Yeager laid against HonitOE Ce
In. NJ, h,n rrnx ehn Z.
disposition to go more than threc-Guar-
ters OF a mile. All OF the California
books followed Yeager's example in this
respect
Lost on Whorler.
A commission of $4,000 was wagered
Oh Whorler George Wheelock placed
$ 600 Of it, while John Walters and Ed
die Burke got the balance down. 1t was
:umored that the money belonged to
Whorlers owner. WhOrler is essentially
q mud horse and has weak underpin-
ming. according to the paddock sharps.
Frank Hays. who won $4,000 on four
races the other day. cleared up 5000
on Letola in the first race, but bet Il
all back on Invader in the fifth. Book
| maker Leo Mayer had $500 on Letols,
too The Canadians framed up killing
with J. z. Seagram's Persistence II In
! tho second race, backing him down from
/ tens 10 fiyes. 1t was the best race that
this colt ever ran. but he could not
| land better than third Mr. Seagram
! bought him in England from kl1g Ed
ward who bred him. The colt Is pE
/ Perslmmoa out of Laodamia-
Al Dryer bet $1,000 on Jack Rat1n az
| 8 70 / in this race, while p. J. German
ana other Western spectators we've
| also aboard. They did not look Tor q
victory by Ascension, because they pc
! n eved the Ben Strome mare mai t"o
/ heavy a package.
/ r,..-,o.,5 uoov,;Iry D1auad
The clubhouse commissioners sent It
\ in heavily on Diamond to win the
Zephyr Stakes. probably SIS, 900 being
placed on the Hastings colt. Very few
| spectators Of note succeeded in beating
| this race. although Red Friar was lib
! orally supported for the place.
! During the speculation on the htth
/ event a Wall Street man went the
| rounds taking Bella Signora TO win at
! 100 and 200 10 !. He bet s. or $40 In ev-
| cry book and offered 10 wager as much
! as $50 in some instances. The Henry or
| Navarro hlly ran second at p TO j Tor
the place. and many wondered why the
| Wall Street man did not play her that
way II she had won, he would have
/ pocketed about $50 COO IL was estimated.
/ days there has been a surprising lack OF
| cash betting in the ring, most OF the
business being done on the credit sys-
TEN. The layers, therefore, are pining
for a big crowd today.
John ]. Ryan. the "get-rich-quick'
man, has decided TO sell all of his horses
/ the last day of the Sheepshead Bay
meeting He Will include Reliable in
/ the list, even though the Watercress
! horse has enabled him 20 win 100000 in
bets since he bought him at the Whitney
sale for $500. Just why Ryan has con-
/ cluded TO sell his horses nobody seems
/ to know, but II IS a fact that he has d
| poor lot of two-year-olds who have not
been able to earn feed bills this season.