The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-08
YEAGER WON AGAIN.
Lost $4,000 on Orthodox, but Cleaned
Up $4,000 on Stuyve.


Yeager's operations in the Gravesend
betting ring yesterday. The stories or
the young plunger'S phenomenal sue
cess recently served to increase the in
ready to follow his play. Yeager's
mare Jane Holly started in the hrst
race, but she was not ready, and her
price went up to Is to L He d1d not
play the second race to any extent,
but in the third he got busy with a
Hiidebrand had the mount on Or
thodox, who carried only 80 pounds
Yeager could not see Audience, the
favorite at all. He wanted nothing
but Orthodox, and was soon betting
him up and down the line Several
bookmakers took a bunch or his mon
ey and sent their commissioners
around with it, Yeager feeling that in
this way he could keep his operations
fairly under cover But the fact that
he was playing Orthodox soon became
public property, and there was rush
to get aboard with him. Yeager wag-
cred about $4,000 on the colt, the
odds dropping from 4 to L to threes.
M. L. Hayman, the owner; Joe Ull-
man of big store" fame. and some
of the big club house plungers fol-
lowed suit, only to see Orthodox run
very poor race, while Audience gal
Hoped home. Alexander Shields had
big commission on Andy Williams
for place in this race, While the form
players took thousands from the books
on the success of Capt. Browns lilly
Yeager took his reverse in his usual
cool manner, but the wise men pre-
dicted then and there that he would
get square with Stuyve in the fifth
race Stuyve is owned by Frank Ian
terman, one of Yeager'S associates,
and is trained by r. E. Campbell,
colored man, who handles all of the
plunger's horses.
When the betting began on this
race some of the layers quoted to
1 against Stuyve, and Yeager got ST.
600 down at these odds. Then the
price fell quickly to to 5, but
Yeager's money was everywhere. 1t
was put down in chunks of $500 and
$1,000 wherever 1t was acceptaole, un-
til to 5 was the closing price.
Yeager. in all, bet $1,000 straight on
Stuyve, but in order to protect him
self he placed $4,000 on Charles Ell
from to 1 to to for his COIN
Stuyve and Elwood ran first and sec
ond, respectively, and Yeager won
$4,000 or whereabouts on the race.
In the last race he held the favor
ite Brooklynite, out, and laid against
Topright and st. Gallen. On the day
it was said that he was winner to the
extent of $4,000.
The bookmakers were all at sea as
regards Yeager's play. When it be-
came known that he was backing Or
thodox some of them would not take
a dollar on the colt, but laid against
knock, they shifted their tactics and
took Yeager's bets on Stuyve and Ell
wood with eagerness, only to get it
again in the solar plexus-
"a year ago last winter" said a
well-known turfman, after the race
yesterday. "Yeager went fiat broke in
New Orleans. He packed up his grip
one day and told his friends that he
could no longer stand for tips and
touts and was going to Hot Springs
for few days. When he got to that
resort he shut himself up in a room
with the dope and the next day he
invaded the pool rooms. He won
$4,000. The second day he cleaned
up $4,000 more and the third day
he took the last $4,000 away from
the roomkeepers and closed them up.
Then, with a bank roll of $4,000,
he went back to New Orleans and pro-
ceeded to put Riley Grammar, among
out of business. He has had
good fortune ever since and it worth
$750.00O today
Newton Bennington, John A. Drake.
John w. Gates and E. z. Smathers
were also conspicuous winners yester-
day. They played Gilpin heavily in
the second race, and then backed
who won the Glover stakes |
in the famous Rancocas colors. Chrys-
tits was hammered down from to |
to 16 to 5. She is by Golden Gar
ter-Aurania, and was prepared for
the race by Mr.. Bennington's trainer. |
Fred Burlew.-New York Sun.