Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-09
YEAGER WON AGAIN.
Lost SIC, 900 on Orthodox, but Cleaned
Up $25, 600 on Stuyve.

From che New York Sun.
Everybody was on the alert for Joe Yea
gers operations in the Gravesend betting
ring yesterday. The stories of the young
plunger's phenomenal success recently
served to increase the interest in him. and
hundreds stood ready to follow his play.
Yeager's mare Jane Holly started in the
first race, but she was not ready. and her
price went up to Is to 1. He did not play
the second race to any extent. but In the
third he got busy with a vengeance.
Hildebrand had the mount on Orthodox.
who carried only 30 pounds. Yeager could
not see Audience, the favorite. at all. He
wanted nothing but Orthodox, and was
soon betting on him up and down the line.
Several bOokmakers took bunch OF his
money 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 a rush to get aboard with him.
Yeager wagered about $4,000 on the colt.
the odds dropping from to l to threes.
M. L. Hayman, the owner; Joe Ullman
of big Store fame, and some of the big
club house plungers followed suit, only to
see Orthodox run very poor race. while
Audience galloped home. Alexander
Shields had big commission on Andy Will
liams for place in this race. while the
form players took thousands from the books
on the success of Capt. Browns filly.
Yeager took his reverse In his usual cool
manner, but the wise men predicted then
and there that he would get square with
Stuyve in the fifth race. Stuyve is owned
by Frank Lanterman. one of Yaeger's asso-
ciates, and Is trained by r. E. Campbell.
a colored man. who handles all OF the
pluE gers horses.
When the betting began on this event
some of the layers quoted 2 to 1 against
Stuyve. and Yeager got 81 600 down at these
odds. Then the price fell quickly to 9 to
hut 40 raV0 vxyon vrruyh0
was put down in chunks of $500 and 81 900
wherever it was acceptable until to 5
was the closing price Yeager, In all, bet
81 600 straight on Stuyve, but in order to
protect himself he placed $4,000 on Charles
Elwood for place, getting all the way from
to l to @ to for his coin. Stuyve and
Elwood ran first and second, respectively.
and Yeager won $4,000 or whereabouts on
the race.
In the last race he held the favorite.
Brooklynite. out. and laid against both Top
right and St Gallen. On the day 1t was
said that he was a winner to the extent
of $4,000.
The bookmakers were all at sea as re-
CARDS Yeager's play. When 1t became
known that he was backing Orthodox some
of them would not take a dollar on the
colt, but laid against Audience. Then, suf-
ferfng hard knock. they shifted their
tactics and took Yeager's bets on Stuyve
and Elwood with eagerness, only to get it
again in the solar plexus.
"A year ago last winter" said a we'll
known turfman. after the races yesterday,
"Yeager went fat 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 a few days When he got
to that resort he shut himself up In a
room with the dope and the next day he in
vaded 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 bank roll Of $4,000,
he went back to New Orleans and proceed
ed to put Riley Grammar. among others,
out of business. He has had good fortune
ever since and is worth probably $4,000
today"
Newton Bennington. John A. Drake. John
w. Gates and E. E. Smathers were also
conspicuous winners yesterday. They play
ed Gilpin heavily in the second race and
then backed Chrysitis, who won the Clover
stakes in the famous Rancocas colors.
Chrysitfs was hammered down from to
l to 10 to ). She Is by Golden Garter-Au-
rama, and was prepared for the race by
Mr.. Benningtons trainer. Fred Burlew.