The Washington times., 1906-06-03

OF the rose is the luck and fame of the
race-track plunger-
So far this season the money mill
OF the betting ring has failed 10 grind
forth real high-class operator There
is no new star. 1t was not always thus,
for as sure as the cycle Of the seasons
was the production of at least one new
and great money prodigal each summer
on the New York turf. In the old days
Plunger Walton was the king. Then
came others-the fame of Phil" Dwyer
lives today; Riley Grammar. "Pittsburg
Phil" Joe" Yeager, and 'Davy" John
son,
Last year the distinctive new star in
the high stake gambling armament was
Jack" Mcdonald. The year before
that il was Joe" Yeager. and so on
back TO the early eighties. when GER
tain individuals bethOught themselves of
wagering fortunes on the whim and luck
OF a race horse. The plunger comes today
and is gone tomorrow. For instance,
Yeager Is not on the ground here at
Gravesend, while McDonald's light is
burning so dimly he is scarce observed
in the daily frenzy of the ring.
Looking to Paul Rainey.
Who is the coming star bettor of the
year? That is the interesting question
being propounded among the profess
sionaI bettors just at present. So far
Paul Rainey, of Cleveland, Ohio, has
been playing a brilliant hand. He will
probably take the place Of Drake. Yea
ger. Mcdonald, and Johnson in the lime
light from now on. On May p Rainey
bet enough money to win $4,000 on his
colt Heaslip. He is a man who will
put down so, 600 as quickly as $500 when
he thinks he is right All in all, this
newcomer to the turf is going 70 sup
ply the spectacular color 10 the bet
ting market Of 1906.
When Saratoga's season whirls around.
il viii be "Rainey," ''Rainey," every
where, just as it was Drake" Drake"
Gates" Gates" when John A Drake
and the Gates faction first invaded the
Eastern field in 1903 An interesting per-
sonage is this rising young plunger.
Rainey- Two years ago this young mil
lonaire-he inherited $50 1000 600 from the
Rainey family of Steel trust fame and is
basking on this side OF the thirty-year
rnark-found life was not fun without A
stable of race horses. He Immediately
engaged Bud" May as his turf mentor
and established q Tennessee stock farm
after the style and custom of New orl<'s
millionaire set. Il am going 70 get the
best race horses and then bet on them.
he announced at the outset. This he has
done.
Spending Fortune.
Within sixteen months the Ohio youth
has spent just $4,000 in furthering his
turf ambitions. This has been mainly
along the line of securing a winning
stable. And what a formidable coIlec-
ton of ready-msde race horses he has
today, He tow-roped the best obtain
able. Whether it be a sprint or a cup
race. Rainey has now a horse ready and
fit and worth a bet.
He is Just starting to gamble and with
in a month he will be observing only
the high points. De Mund. recently ac-
quired at 5000; Sir Wilfred at $4,000,
and Horace F. at S25 900, are some OF
his prospective bread winners In the
old days Phil" Dwyer did the same
thing. His horses were winning a couple
OF races every day, and the owner was
betting fortunes 70 win baSatelIes, for
the bCokmakers generally offered ods-
On prices One day he wagered $S5, 900
On King Cotton 10 pick up cigar money
SIS, 600. The King lost. and Dwyer then
and there started on the tobogRan which
eventually landed him on the dump
Some time through the coming summer.
Rainey may do the same thing. for the
best racehorse may some time disap-
point.
Breeding for Perfection.
The fastest and stoutest racehorse in
all the world. That is what three Amer
lean breeders and one French thorough
bred fancier are fondly dreaming of
NOt AZ
prevent the attainment Of this cherished
desire. For instance, on June 10 August
Belmont, chairman Of the Jockey Club.
will b-ing to this country from England
the celebrated triple crown winner
Rocksand, for whom he paid the mag
nifcent sum Of s125.oOO. Some time in the
future years Mr.. Belmont believes there
shall spring from the loins OF this blue
blooded thoroughbred q racehOrse great
er than has been Sysonby. Hermis. or
Flying Fox-the fastest and feetest
equine the earth has ever known. With
In recent times the breeding OF race
hroses has become science as exact
and as definite n result as the cultiva-
lion or the potato in Indiana.
Speed begets speed. Is the axiom OF
tried and proven theories. SO then the
best race horses In their battling days
are best fitted for the services Of the
stud and the perpetuation of the strain
OF the thoroughbred family. Clarence
Mackay. of New York. purchased Med
dler for over half a hundred thousand
dollars two years ago. He looks for
ward to the day when his great horse
will beget a worlds champion Harry
Payne Whitney holds the mighty Ham
burg IN leash at Brookdale Farm in
New Jersey. confident IN the belief thai
some day a son or a daughter OF this
$1,000 beauty will stand out incompar-
ably the monarch of the turf
Argentine Aspirant.
But still another rival aspirant TO
Messrs. Belmont. Whitney, and Mackay
arises this week. From far away Argen-
tina comes the intelligence that in order
to breed the feetest race horse in his
tory" Senor Lauro. OF Buenos Ayres.
has paid the tremendous sum OF $50. .OOC
for Jardy, the son of Flying Fox-Airs
and Graces- Edmund Blanc. the Whit