The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-19
Won 500. 900 on Kinq Cadmu8


Then came a day that old-time book
makers refer 10 with a sigh They laid
20 10 / against King Cadmus. and King
Cadnus won. So did Smith. TO ina
tune OF so. 600. On August g. 1903, he
won so 900 on the winner OF the Sara
toga Special and $4,000 on other races
$40 ol0. all told. On that day and on
the days OF King Cadmus' big win
niugs-the latter once won $4,000 FOR
him at Morris Park-When asked about
hts big hauls Smith merely answered;
We'll, 7 had e bet down and I won.
only that and nothing more The mar
gin by which King Cadmus won his
race was very close, being only by =
nose" on the day he earned mis- owner
10000.
Riley Grannsn's career was shorter
than either Dryers or "Pittsburg
pills" Grammar was an elevator boy
in 1880 Authorities differ aa TO where,
come Saying Cincinnati. some Louis
Vile. some New Orleans, and sOlas
San Francisco.
Anyway he waS q RentuCkian BY
birth. and his first work on The track
was peddling programs. his second
watching the horses as they raced for
a veteran b0Okmaker, and the third
acting as partner OF ". E Apologize,
known TO ali old timers. Apologize
and ne made money 30 long as they
were together. but their first partner
ship was short. for Grammar scared
the older man half 10 death By his
rashness.
AppIegate Ieft the booth 10 gst lunch
and had Just about half finished ghsa
q friend told him Grammar was offer
ing TWO points more than any other
b0Okmaker on n certain horse. Coat
less. hatlcss. and breathIess Apologize
rushed out and up 10 Grammar.
What in the double unmentonabls
have you done. Rney2" he shouted
Bet our last dollar against the IA
vorlte," answered Grammar
Auplegate gr0aued. That was ell he
could do. except 10 wait and zee. The
favorite lost and the capital OF Apple
gate & Grammar was increased by 100
per cent. but Applegate declared the
pace too hot and they separated.
THAT boy" said Applegate, would
bet the national gold reserve on a
single chance. Not for me-
They tell great stories Of Grannan's
winnings: how he won 10000 at the
old winter track at Gutenberg, y. J.
I'm two weeks, beginning with $500;
how he uetted $50 900 IN FIVE weeks IN
1895; how from $50 he once made 1886. 900
In a fortnight and so on. Many OF
these stories. Ike most Of their sort,
are exaEgeratlons. but he was a won
der I'm his dqy-
His career closed IN 1903. with his
physical condition impaired, though
he is under forty He Is remembered
a about the polltest boOlImaker that
ever was known. His thank You" fos
a g bet from an unknown ''piker'
was as cordial in his best days as one
for $4,000 from the Dryers. Gran
nan Is stu on the track. though not
cutting a great figure.
John W Gates and John A. Drake.
racing partners. can't be classed with
the men mentioned above. Of course
though they are certainly plungers-
one OF the most amusing things ever
ren0rtcd OF Mr. Drake was his alleged
INDIGNANT announcement IN 1907 thss
II the paDers didn't stop saying he was
winning 500 600 a day he should Ger
tainly withdraw from the track. he
had won some money on the previous
da, ba admitted. but no such sum IS
the one mentioned. the actual figures
beirs Cfor october 10 1909: Winnings
al g55: losings. 5000: 10 the good. ia
$50" .
Two years earlier fl vas puollsn lSd
tbar he had won cool Iililloh On tIo
tf5r,Iiigb tracks He certainly did win
= i5t az money that year, and the Eng
iisb alleged that his ways were such
as they did not and could not approve
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