Evening star., 1907-06-30

| that his whip had cut the skin in very
sensitive spot and it was the pain from
the blow that caused Runnymede to hang"
and lose the race.
Shipped back to New York, Runnymede
won the Tital stakes and other great races
in impressive fashion. But his reverse in
the Louisville Derby lost his owners wagers
aggregating fully $4,000 and saved the
bookmakers, Watts Co., from bank
ruptcy. Had Runnymede won they never
could have paid all their combinations Of
Runnymede, Hindoo and Hindoo without
outside financial aid to large amount.
Clay and Woodford, who bred Runny-
mede and named him after their stock
farm, sold the Dryers his younger brother,
the colt Barnes named after Col. Barnes,
the well-known turfman Barnes had even
a more successful career than his older
brother and was a superior racehorse.
Barnes and Pizarro.
The year-that Barnes won the Dwyers
their fourth successive Tidal stakes QsS9
his owners won nearly all the great three
year-old events at Jerome, Sheepshead,
Long Branch and Saratoga, amounting to
$112 900, with that colt, George Kinney, and
the famous mare, Miss Woodford.
At Jerome Park George Kinney won the
Withers and Belmont and Miss Woodford
the Ladies' stakes. Barnes was not started
there, but received a special preparation
for the Tidal stakes, in which he was to
meet Pierre Lorillards imported colt Pi-
zarro, considered a speed marvel and a
colt of stamina as well.
Pizarro, by Adventurer-Milliner was not
only grandly bred colt, but a fine locker
as WELL showing class in every line of his
conformation. Pierre Lorilard had set his
heart winning the Tidal stakes with his
handsome English colt, and the latter was
prepared at Rancocas for killing.
Pierre Lorillard was next to Mike Dwyer,
the heaviest speculator of that day, and
would on occasions wager more money even
than the Brooklyn plunger. So when he
sent Pizarro to the post for the Tidal, fit
as the proverbal fiddle, only one other OF
the eighty-one entries started against him.
That was the Dwyer colt Barnes.
There was a tremendous crowd at Sleeps
head to these two famous colts meas
ure strides. Overnight rain had left the
course very sloppy, but as both Barnes
and PiZarro were noted mud larks the con-
dition of the track only intensified public
interest in the race.
If anything, the mud was considered to
favor Pizarro and as his owner increased
his betting commission on that account, the
bookmakers were inundated with Pizarro
money as soon as the odds were posted
These were 6 to 5 PiZarro, even money
Barnes But the Lorillard commission soon
made Pizarro the favorite In the auction
pools it was the same story, Pizarro in the
last pool sold bringing $4,000 to Barnes
81, 200 Closing ring prices were l to
PiZarro with to 5 against Barnes
A $4,000 Commission
Pierre Lorillard's commission the race
was close to $4,000, while Mike Dwyers
was something over half that amount What
was wagered by the general public was hard
to estimate but leading layer said close
to $500, 900 was wagered on the race, count
ing in the auction and mutual pools.
So well did both colts show in their pre-
liminary gallops and in the paddock that
racegoers were pretty evenly divided be-
tween the pair. Both colts were different
types of the thoroughbred. PiZarro of the