The Washington times., 1906-06-27
LOST GOOD CHANCE
TO MAKE FORTUNE
Shields Family Thought Hall
fax Couldn't Do Better
Than Third.
START LONG DELAYED
Bad Acting Horse Wouldn't Face Bar
rier, Got Left, and Then Won.
Cashed on Rye.

NEW YORK. June 26.-Aleck Shields
and his sons, william and John. lost a
chance TO take fortune from the book
makers yesterday.
They allowed Halifax to go to the post
unbacked, even for the place, and then
saw him win a wonderful race- Willie
Shields, for that matter, bet on Ormon-
dale, as he did not believe that Halifax
would be better than third The Shields
family also went wrong in the fifth race.
when they backed Stimulant to win a
bundle for them. only 10 lose the wager
by a few inches.
Halifax, always a sour tempered fell
low, was in a particularly ugly mood
when he started for the post yesterday.
Shaw got him to the lower turn, where
the son Of HandseI- -Elzarra went close
to the outer rail and stood still. Shaw
could not make him move q, foot. so the
Jockey called for assistance. A husky
stable hand then grabbed Halifax by
the bride. but the colt plunged about
until the mans arm was almost wrench
ed from its socket.
Dragged to Post.
After a veritable circus Halifax was
literally dragged 10 the post. Then he
kicked up, wheeled, and did his best TO
throw Shaw to the ground The starter
was patient and one of his assistants
used his gull whip freely. So fearful
were they Of being kicked that Miller
and Radtke pulled their mounts as far
away from Halifax as possible. There
was a delay of at least ten minutes
caused by HalifaX's show Of i'll temper,
and when he finally consented TO face
ground and declined to break with the
others.
Halifax is one of several notOriously
bad actors in tho Shields barn and for
that reason he mas always been con-
Sldereu a dangerous Dettng proposition.
With any other boy than Shaw on his
back Halifax would not have won yes
terday. The moment Shaw got the colt
under way he was ten lengths behind
the pacemakerS. But he did not hurry
his mount too much. being satisfied TO
make up the ground gradually. Shaw
evidently realized that OrmOndale and
BrOokdale Nymph were racing each
others heads of and that both would
back up in the stretch His calculation
was correct and showed the head work
FOR which this skilled jockey is noted.
Windfall for Books.
The success Of Halifax. by the way.
was a WindfaH for the bOOkmakers. as
he was played very little. whereas thou
SdnQS were lDHL Oll OIlhOlludAt anu
Brookdale Nymph. Ormondale was
backed from TO down to I3 to 10. and
while the horses were at the post he
and the Whitney FLY were practically
split favorites.
Bobby Smith had Maxnar right on
edge for the last race. and among those
that bet on the Mako colt were Dave
Gideon and Jesse Lewisohn- John A
Drake bet on Miss Crawford, AL Dryer
could see nothing but Sailor Boy. Syd.
ney Paget went 10 Don't Ask Me, and
Bob Tucker had a comparatively small
wager on Agile. Freedman, who was
tainted last year and entered IN race
at Jamaica under the name of Cataract.
was also plyed from 50 down TO 20
Backing Rye in the second race was
their checks down without limit and
then waited patiently TO cash Rye was
entered to be sold for $500, but there
was no run up This was a hard race
for the books, as Water Tank was
played both for the place and 10 show
while Klingsor was backed IN the one,
two, three books for a bunch
Prince Hamburg gave pounds to Sir
I,ynnevgood and CHINA, the placed horses
in the first race; SIR Liymnew99e lynn; 200 CYoSad ToSld
like a whirlwind In the last sixteenth
and came near catching Martin in a
nap.
John A. Drake left for Salem, n. H,
last night, where his horses VIII take
part in the meeting at Rockingham
Park. which opens today. Drake will go
TO Montana after this meeting to look
after some mining property and will
not get back TO the turf game before
the opening at Saratoga Many horse
men viii meet at Salem, where the New
England Breeding Club viii offer liberal
stakes and purses In the pavilion set
apart for betting there will be no fixed
ring The layers, about twenty-five OF
them. will not use states or stools. They
will simply have notebooks with the odds
marked on their programs. No money
will pass between the players and layers
and all business will be done on the
credit system. Wagers made on the in
. dividual basis will be paid only away
from the track. 1t will be a test OF the
law and as the law a. the same as the
one operating in this State 1t is believed
that business cannot be interfered with
A representative of john G.. Cavanagh
will have charge of the betting arrange
ments, which means that irresponsible
persons viii not be permitted TO make
prices on the races.
The stewards were still Investigating
the trouble between Louis Celia and
Jockey L. Cherry yesterday. The case