Evening star., 1907-06-30

by Peter Pan at Belmont Park, the $4,000
| Tidal stakes, the same colts prize is the
seasons most valuable race for three-year-
olds thus far, only the new three-year- old
fixture Of the Coney Island Jockey Club,
| the $4,000 Coney Island stakes. outranking
either. Like the Belmont, the Tidal has
glorious roll Of honor, covering period of
no less than twenty-nine years.
During the early history of this time
honored race the Dwyer brothers, Philip
| and Mike, seemed to have mortgage on
the Tidal. for, beginning with its in
augural in $780, their famous red and blue
SASH was worn by the first four winners
,, Of the stake, while in the five succeeding
years their colts won 1t three times more.
making seven Tidal victories for the Brook
lyn brothers formidable stable in the first
nine years 1t was run. This record was
never approached, let alone equaled.
One Jockey. James Mclaughlin. rode
every one of these seven Tidal winners for
the Dwyers. another record, for few
jockeys the world over have ever won a
great annual event as many times as this.
The famous Jockeys seventh Tidal success
last year in the saddle. from too much
| avoirdupois. which would not down.
Luke Blackburn by Bonnie Scotland was
and Of IN the ss the Sa
| turf still think Luke Blackburn the best
| horse Of his day. ]. T. williams of
Rams Horn and Phil Finch fame brought
Luke Blackburn east as two-year-old in
1879, but as the colt seemed to be only a
sprinter he sold him to the Dryers for the
low price of $500.
burn was almost invincible, and $4,000
would not have bought him. Unfortunately
he had bad leg and broke down a
four -year-old in the Coney Island cup won
by William Jennings great horse Glen
more
Hindoo won the Dryers the second Tidal
In 1881 and the son of Virgil defeated ex-
Gov. Bowies Crickmore and other three
year-olds in great style. Hindoo was re-
markable colt; of great courage and am
bition, yet featherweight stable boy could
ride him, as he was docile and level
headed to a degree.
Whip Lost the Derby
Runnymede, the third Tidal winner, had
failed the Dryers in the Kentucky Derby
at Louisville some three or four weeks
before. BY Billet-Mercedes this colt had
been heavily backed by his owners to win
the Kentucky Derby, the future books
opened on the race carrying solid wagers
for the Dwyers.
Watts & Co., then leading western book
makers, with headquarters at Louisville
had also opened future combination book
on the Derby, Cup and Merchants stakes
In this book there was also lot of Dwyer
money on the combination Runnymede for
the Derby, Hindoo for the Cup and Hin
doc for the Merchants, Watts & Co. closing
their book early that trio, standing to
lose heavily If the Dwyer combination
went through.
But while Hindoo won both the all-aged
stakes, Runnymede was beaten in the
Derby by Green Morris Apollo, an outsider
in the betting. Apollo, who was by Lever
Rebecca I. Price, was a full brother to
Dan s;wigerts sterling performer Mahl-
stick n winner at all distances
Apollo beat Runnymede in the Derby by
head only in whipping finish in which
the Dwyer colt was going the faster and
would have won had he not hung" a few
strides from the wire, seeming to sulk.
When Mclaughlin got off the colt he found