The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-16

| to please themselves. as the authorities
dld not intend to extend to them any
strike was over before It was well be-
! gun.
Beldame's victory was tic second
which has been won by mare in the
twenty-five years that the Suburban has
been run, the great old mare Imp being
the only other of her sex with O Subur-
ban to her credit. Beldame's race was
much better, as she, year younger
than Imp, carried nine pounds more
weight than did IMP IN 1899, and ran the
mile and Il quarter fraction OF a sec
ond faster than Imp.
Beldame and Delhi were the only
! horses of the eleven that ran which
represented the big men of thu Eastern
| turf. both of these having been bred and
| trained by their present owners, while
the other nine were representative of
| the professional element In racing AS
anticipated by the betting crowd. the
| contest In fact was between Reldame
| and Delhi, both four-year-oids and the
! top weights in the race. Delhi winner
| of the Brooklyn Handicap, was the bet
| ter backed OF the two and started as
| post favorfte, with Beldame a heavily
| backed second choice.
Beidame's victory cost the bookmak-
ers about 500 900 A canvass of the ring
revealed the fact that nearly every one
| of the SOB bookmakers who offered odds
on the race lost when she salIoped home
winner. Some of the bookmakers lost
as high as 5000, while others lost
| amounts varying from $3.50 to s., 800
This sum was not won by the regular
race track plungers and big turf spec
ulators. but by the rank and file OF
racegoers- Beldame has always been q
faVorfte with race track visitors
The feature of the betting on the Su-
burban Handicap was the persistent
manner the public backed Bcidsme. She
opened at to In the betting. Scarcely
We're the odds posted when there was a
rush by half the men gathered in the
ring 10 back the mare. Some of the
booknakers cut the odds to u l.
Then came a iull in the demand for
the mare. During this period the heavy
turf plungers backed Delhi. Proper.
Adbell and First Mason The play on
| these horses caused a reaction in Bel
dame,s odds, and she steadily receded
from 10 TO TO l, and then to I to 2.
The latter Were her pest odds
1t was fact that no big commissions
We're placed on Beldame. The money
was OF small denominations, but the vol
uine OF Il was great. AT least IS per cent
her
The betting ring was crowded all af
lernoon- In the fight to get at the book
L.
hshts We're numerous. Speculation was
not very brisk until handicap time Most
OF the winners turned their money over
10 the bookmakers on Timber in the
nfth race, and as he won, they repeated
the dose on Memories in the last event
a weH-known boolsmaker said that the
ring had lost 100000 on the days bust
ness.
Though the Suburban dwarfed every
thlng else on the program In the public
mind, II was not the only stake event of
Importance that was down for decision
The first part of the Double Event
which has total guaranteed value of
SZe,ooO brought out nearly all the two
year-olds that have shown quality this
season, and rivalry ran high among
the friends Of the youngsters The race
was run over the last five and a half
furlongs OF the Futurity course, and In
winning 1t handily from II. P. Whitney's
lronstdes, with James r. Keene's Be-
hemian third. three lengths further
away. Fred Cooks George c. Bennett
established his right to the claim that
mas been made for him for place
among the best Of his year.