Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-16

bad races. and Drake sold him to Frank
Brown. =
ives was one of the four horses that ran
in the New Rochelle stakes at Belmont this
fall, which was worth s.. 600 to the winner.
The race was conceded to Frank FarreTs
Grapple, and Yves was lost in the shuttle,
opening at 10 to l, and receding to 80 to
at post time. 1t seemed such a crying
shame to take the money on Grapple that
his price of 6 to was eaten down to 10
to 20 by the steam shovefuls of money
that went in on him. Yves. however turn
ed one of those equine somersauts which
benefit but few. If any, beating Grapple
length, and making the bookies losses good
for week Brown could have cleaned up
a fortune had he had the courage to bet
heavily, while Drake. had he owned Yves
at the time, with Grapple in. could have
got for once this season good price on
one of his horses-but that's the way things
go with us.
''One of the oldest cases of booking which
ever came under my observation, as we'll
as the shortest price | ever saw laid against
horses winnings, was in a seven-furlong
sprint at Belmont this fall. There were
fourteen entries for the $1,000 purse, in
Guiding good ones like Kiamesha, Frank
Lord and Suffrage. but the owners were
so scared of Davy Johnson's great sprinter
Roseben. that they all scratched except
Max Hirsch. who ran Beauclere to get
second money. The books laid the as
toundingly short odds of l to so against
Roseben. and about reversed 1t as to Beau.
CieTe at % 10 L. hOSeDen WOn-DuI suppose
he hadn't? No one played him at this
prohibitve price. and it is doubtful If any
body played Beauclere. But 1t would GER
| tainly have been history making on the
| turf had 60 to beaten to 80 shot.
This interesting instance of booking was
| nearly eQualed in the Hindoo stake at
Gravesend this fall. in which three horses
started. This lace was conceded to H. r.
| Whitney's Ironsides. the books laying
| against him / to 5. Vendor closed at Z
to 2. with 1 to o for place. while King
| Henry was let in at 100 to 1. with to !
| for place. and In some books perhaps even
| better. Ironsides won. but the despised
| King Henry ran second. Many wise play
| ers took advantage of these curtously ar
ranged odds by playing King Henry heav-
| lily for the place and very severely burned
! the smart bookmakers. who ought to have
known better. D.
| Here is another instructive instance Of
how the wise ones go wrong. All will re-
call De Mund. the western colt for which
| Paul ]. Rainey paid $.1.0U0. De Mund
proved a failure in the east all through
| Saratoga at about Q to 1. STILL he was
considered big disappointment. He was
however. pointed for the Futurity, and well
backed in this turf classic by his owner.
The best he could do was to finish third to
| Billy Lakeland's Electioneer.
Seven DAYS later these two horses met
| again in the Flatbush, worth 10000. In
| the meantime. Electioneer. as an added
starter. had annexed the Autumn Maiden
stakes. worth 5000. But Diamond Jim
| Brady's Partridge stakes winner, Fountain
blue. the favorite and the entry all
| the other owners were afraid OF. De Mund
J was allowed to go up In the betting from
! 10 to 1 to II to l. and he beat his field
easily by four lengths. A commission OF
$4,000 would not have been large for his
I n,,6 NV ~ oh ne n1f q
| quarter of a million In winnings, compared
to which the purse of $4,000 was insig-
| nifcant.