The Washington times., 1904-08-11
Madden Bet 500.

Madden Bet 500.
Madden thought his colt had a fighting
chance and sent in a commission Of 500
all three ways. He advised some Of his
friends TO bet too. and some Of them
! cleaned up their losses for the meeting.
John a. Drake was one Of the fortunates
| who accepted the tip, but he did so with
I but little confidence and his commission
| was nothing Ike what IL would have
been had he taken the colts chances
more seriously.
The finish was very close. and some Of
, the followers OF Jack LOry, who was
beaten a head thought they had won.
| Those near the finish agreed with the
| judges absolutely; in fact, q man who
saw the race from the official inclo-
sure said the victory was earned by
| short neck; that is, was not close enough
| TO warrant any Of the talk that came
as an aftermath. Madden has never
rated this colt very highly. but his
showing seems TO make him Of the i'm
| proving order, and the chances are that
/ he will keep him out Of selling races
/ for some time TO come.
The six fUrlOngs were run in ! 10, slow
/ time when compared with the other
| events Of the day: in fact. there were q
| lot OF happenings about the race that
/ viii go to make 70 an unsatisfactory one
| First or all, whoever Is IN charge OF the
/ Paget stable here declared TO win with
| Cairngorm, ignoring JonQuil. who is be-
lieved to be pounds the better OF the two.
! What IS more. II was left for the de-
cla-ed one TO Go the winning. for jon
= gull was eaSed soon after the start and
| was never even a contender. Half way
/ down the home stretch CaiTngOrm was
| in front and looked 10 be winning, when
| he slipped and lost some ground that
| was at this stage OF the game very cost
| over the finish IN some quarters and the
slow time gave the faultfinders plenty OF
ground for complaint.
Many were surprised 10 see Won Tromp
] a starter IN this race, for when he was
/ cut down the other night II was believed
| he would be on the Inactive list Tor some
time. This was the opinion Of his own
party, but the next morning the cuts
! healed nicely. and 1t looks now as II the
! accident really did not harm him.
| The steeplechase was for gentlemen
riders, and four braYed the trip through
a slippery field. Their venture brought
the best results. for there was but one
| accident, and this was not fall. Philma
Paxton, who was ridden by Mr.. Stone,
breaking down after taking the Liver
pool the second time and forcing her
rider to pull her up.
The three that We're left In were prac-
| tically IN one interest, Cock Robin and
! Hark Forward carrying the colOrs OF
w G. Hayes, and Grandpa, the winner
ran 81 the interest OF Mr.. Hayes wife
| who was described on the program as
/ H II Hayes. The fact that the three
| were coupled IN the betting made the
! hackers OF The trio very easy after Phil
ma Paxton broke down, for as one OF
! them nut It the three could fall down
and refuse half dozen times and then
come on and get the money.
Bert Holland, who piloted Grandpa "a
victory. Is one OF the best known OF
the many clever riders from Canada. He
lis a little fellow. full Of grit, and the stlft
course here held no terrOrs for him. His
friends here. and they are many, tell a
story OF how his size kept him from en-
listing IN one Of the Canadian regiments
that went out TO the BOer war. When
he was rejected Mr.. Holland decided
that he would not be left behind, sc
slowed away on the transport that car
ried his companions. When well out al
! sea he came from hiding and said he
was going to have hand In the scrap
II was too late to turn back with him
and he made the trip 70 South Africa
land served through the war with credit
HIS trophy for Yesterdays work was
handsome piece OF silver plate.
Lanterman Still Owes.
When word came from one OF the ar
filtration committee OF the metropolitan
Turf Association that Frank LantermaI
had settled the claims against him b.
checks that had been mailed from New
York IL was believed the incident Wa:
, closed, and that Lanterman was prepar
cd 70 get back In line and make an ef
fort 10 recOup. but developments maxi
In look as II the statement was mad
. with the idea OF stopping a scandal tina
came with the affair. Several OF tn
parties who patronized him on Saturda.
said that they had not received an!
checks. nor had any been suggested. The!
sav that when the settlement comes |
viii be in the form OF notes. and tina
they will have 4 long time 70 run.
Redfern and Hildebrand had a marrow
, escape from g. serious accident In tn
third race AS the field turned into IN,
% backstretch something cut for the raj
lin front Of Irascible. and before Hide
, brand could get out OF the way he wa.
, down. and RedfeTn. on Trepan. VIII
was right behind him. fell over him
I Kilogram, who was lengths behind
came along and many thought he jump
ed on Hiidebrand. but the boy said tn
horse simply grazed him
Redfern walked across the field, ant
Hndebrand was brought over I'm an am
bulance but when the doctoE had ex
Z arnined them It was found that Hide
: brand had escaped without scratch
while Redfern was suffering from
bruised shoulder. The latter was takel
home, but Hildebrand was back ia tn
saddle in the closing event, and on tn
7 winner, Dreamer.
Artful. who finished second in the clos
ing event, following In her stablemat
20 Dreamer. was clearly the better OF tn
! two, but as the official board carried a.
- ! announcement that the stable declares
10 win with Dreamer no attempt wa
made 20 ride Artful out. She IL q grant
locker and in her work, as well as Il
the race. showed that she Is above tn
Z ordinary.
: Some OF the checkers say ArtfuI is a
good as Bundle Bee. the filly that wa
n killed here the early part Of the meet