Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
COUP PUT THROUGH
EIIicott's Speed Lands Small
Fortune for His Owner
( PIunges by Others.

( Plunges by Others.
BY ]. H. MADIGAN.
| NEW YORK, September 1J-It is no
| wonder that racing possesses such great at
fractions for the masses, with its posi-
bilities for the commoner well as the
aristocrat that level class distinction and
make all hands equal on the turf-as well
as under 1t. That all-absorbing magnet of
the sport. speculation, stands out afresh In
| the limeight of the weeks doings at
lSheepshead Bay. Through a $4,000 coup
put through by John H. Madigan. specu-
| lator from the Lone. Star state, known
among the sporting fraternity as the Texas
| Ranger"
| From a telegraph operator In Canada, this
| latest Of the turf plungers to give the met
ropolitan bookmakers a hard financial Jolt"
| has figured In turn as ranch owner, poll
tician and partner with Dan A. Stuart In
various turf exchanges at Houston. Tex.
and other points In the Lone Star state,
blossoming forth this season as full-fedged
| turfman. purchasing several thoroughbreds
| at the spring sales here, among them the
two-year-old colt Eilicott. at a cost OF 81 600,
| out OF the stable Of Newton Bennington.
| Taken up to Canada and Buffalo. this
Bennington cast-of was a performer OF
merit on the second circuit" and to citi-
zens OF the lake city, especially those who
| made their headquarters In that noted bust
| ness center. Ellicott square. his name was
! a constant bunch that Brought him much
| local support from Buffalonians in partic-
ular.
| But the confines Of the second circuit were
| hardly large enough for the financial as
| pirations of Ellicotts owner and he tapped
\ his racing wings toward the east, taking the
son of Toddington and Duchess of Towns
to Saratoga, where bookmakers galore with
| plethoric rolls offered him the medium for
heavy coup If his colt was good enough.
| Trainer Graydon. however, who handles
| Ellicott for the Texas turfman, while a
| Texan by birth. has imbibed the English
| which patience is a conspicuous feature
And while he started Ellicott twice at the
| Springs, there was nothing doing In the
coup line. although somebody backed the
colt on each occasion there.
SEQ, 1000 Coup Goes Through.
Meanwhile Ellicott was shipped down to
| Sheepshead after the wind up at the spa
and his trainer sent him along in satisfac-
| tory fashion. his public work. however be-
ing of the perfunctory order. efrectually
| fooIing the checkers" who reported the
colt as going stale and track sore. But had
these gentry witnessed Ellicotts gallops
| under cover their employers in the ring
would have had an entirely different report
on his condition.
Naturally when Madigan and Graydon
dropped their colt into selling race which
had big field of twenty starters little at
tentien was paid to their COLT for he was
pitted against some good youngsters. eight
Of whom were recent winners. And the
market opened with Ellfcott at 20 to with
no takers.
When the colts price. however. touched 40
to 1 Madigan and his friends from Texas,
Dan Stuart, Hugh Kane and others. got busy,
Madigan starting the ball a rolling by plac-
ing 500 against $4,000 with one boQkmaker
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a big day and the ring packed almost to
suffocation the Texas party got on other
big wagers before the layers got wind OF
their operations.
| to 1. as the money still kept coming in on
Ellcott and soon L. was the best on offer
| In the ring. BY this time the pikers got
on to the play and. followed by some wise
public bettors, they hammered Eliicott down
| to 10 to 1. These odds were cut still
further while the youngsters were breaking
away at the post and hackers were taking
9 to 1 as the start was made.
Although Ellicott had Jockey koener up.
boy who has been left at the post on
| heavily played horses so many times of
late as to draw out much adverse criticism,
he got away in the first flight and, lying In
second place to the point where the chute
joins the main course. he came away easily
| In the run home and won a comparatively
owners wagers aggregated 100000. and
those of the other members Of the Texas
brigade half as much more. 1t was the
heaviest coup of the season.
brakes Royal Lady.
John A. Drake a week ago was so dis
gusted with the short odds offered against
his horses that he said he was going to
sell out and quit the game. But his clever
trainer and placer, Enoch Wishard. soon
drove away this At Of the blues by finding
a spot for his fast two-year-old filly. Royal
Lady, where a price could be had. To make
matters surer the services of Miller were
solicited from his mentor. Tom WEIGH.
Miller, however, had already been en-
gagged to ride the fllly Killochan in the
same race. SO here was a stumbling block
to be surmounted. In this dilemma Wish
ard sought out Frank McCabe, who has
Killochan and offered him 81, 900 to scratch
hat filly and release Jockey Miller. The
offer was accepted and Drake was thus
left free to support his FLY in confident
style.
At to 1 the Drake commission sarted
at Royal Lady, and in a few minutes evens
was the best to be had in the ring. Then
| the general public followed the Drake lead
and the filly went away from the barrier
at to 5. She led almost the entire distance
and her owner took from the ring
amount estimated at $4,000. Since then he
has taken a more roseate view of the spec
ulatlve end Of his racing operations
E. r. Thomas signalized his first appear
ance at the track for couple of weeks
by a coup similar in its features to brakes
eASo
Miller's aid as jockey before he decided
to unbelt. Since. he purchased for $685. 600
half interest in 60 Between and several
others Of Alex. Shields horses, and Thomas
went to Newport for a change of scene.
His return here was FASTENED by q tele-
gram from Trainer Joyner. who has an
other division OF his stable in charge, to
come on and win his stables expenses for
the season on Quadrille. The latter we'll
named son OF Rapallo and Can't Dance was
a good colt last fall. but had not thus far
| haa oor1 a he r,na
Quadrille's spot was selling affair at
six furiongs with big field Of eighteen
starters. And. naturally. a fair price was
looked for. But the Thomas commission
ers only got little to /. The bulk of the
stable commission going at to 5. 6 to
and evens. The horse made a show of his
company and Owner Thomas landed $4,000
on the coup.
Go-BetWeen Enriches Owners.
A couple of days later E. r. Thomas and
his partner. Alexander Shields. pulled of
another coup ON Go-Between that fell little
short in volume Of the Quadriiie success.
Since the Saratoga cup victory Go-Between
has run without success. and layers were
Of the opinion that he was stating OF a bit.