The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-27
Had never started be-

in a juvenile race. Had never started be-
fore and was 100 to /.
Il couldn't help it played a five dollar
note on Sunapee, and when the price went
up to 200 to 1, l put in a ten dollar note, five
straight, and FIVE to show at so to l.. I stood
in to win 81 $50 if that bunch had been worth
aBut little Sunapee finished thirty-seven
lengths behind the leaders in a five furlong
dash, and has never sported silk since. ]
sThen there's Rye. the speedy three-year-
old that was just beaten by Ginette in the
last race the opening day at Belmont
Rye was the favorite. Why1 Because
every mar who went in to get a drink called
.ifve played Rye for so long, can't stay
Of this time you could hear every one
aRye became favorite simply because Of
his name. And 1t was more thar fate's
satire that all the old soaks who had been
drinking rye for 80 many years should have
been beaten by a horse named Ginette-
think OF it, gin! I played Rye myself, Just
like the rest of the soaks, but come to think
Of it. l always did like sloe gin in preference
to rye.
music, the other day, was that any reason
why / should have played Hoot Mon? But /
did, and 30 did lots Of other deluded mortals
who regret It now.
Horses named after individuals furnish
some Of the saddest cases Of misplaced
confidence'I can recall. Remember in one
OF the recent plays how the good natured
old gentleman who is warned that a bank
in which his savings are deposited may fail
says:
impossible. I have known the presi-
dent Of that bank since he was a boy
well, let any horse named after ar indi-
vilIlQl alta RI i'm n m Ca md avaTv ma Nyhn
knows the original will place a bet on the
mutt Just as a matter Of sentiment. But
what good are the lunches?
"Only horse I ever heard OF that won in
spite of the handicap OF being named after
an actress was this Grace George, a two
year-old that COPIED n juvenile race at 20 to
/ the other day at Jamaica. The press
agents tried to prove next day that Billy
Brady. the husband of Grace George, had
won 3 $500 by. playing the horse for senti-
ment's sake, but the bookmakers' sheets
showed that o one except a few pikers had
played the FLY at all, and only a few dollar
bets. cashed. III wager q ten dollar note
against a sour apple that II Brady had bet
on Grace George just because she was
named after his wife the mutt would have
finished next to last.
AT Narragansett Park last ummer, in
the betting ring, while undecided which
horse to play, l lost my programme There
was q horse named Programme in the race.
l bought a new programme, played $40 on
Programme--and vent home broke that
day. Surely such a bunch ought to have
cashed in, II any n believes in fairies.
Il played Ostrich one day because my
wife's ostrich plumes were spoiled by rain
on the way to the track. / have played
Bats because I drank too many ryes one
night. l played Highball two years ago
because an Englishman with me insisted on
ordering highballs all the way to the track,
and that was the day poor Highball broke
his leg and had to be shot.
Il have played horses named after nearly
every one Of my ~favorite actresses. I
played n horse named Snow at Bennings a
year ago because there happened to be n
slight furry Of snow just before the race.
| have played hundreds Of horses because
OF supposed lunches on account Of their
names, but | can truthfully say that l have
never yet cashed a bet on any Of these
lunches"