Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-11

Dchman Who Developed MdLke Touch and Who Later
Master of Saratoga-EIcw Great Track Had Its Beginning.

who could do such a horse justice. and
whose honesty was believed in. And that
is just what the officials did in the Bonnie
S. case at Gutenberg.
They waited until the horses were fairly
on the track. SO that no excuse could be
made to take the horse back to the stable
and then halted the suspect and his
Jockey at the judges stand and sent for De
Long. When that worthy showed up he
was told by the officials that owing to the
queer betting about Bonnie s. they were
going to change his jockey for one of their
own selection, and that the club would pay
the fee Of the new rider, leaving belong
with only the original boy to settle with
While some owners used to storm good
deal IN such cases, DeLOng was one of the
philosophical sort. and only asked what
jockey the officials had chosen. The latter
had the well-known jockey, Andy Nc
Carthy, ready. a boy who won the Brook
lyn handicap on Dry Monopole and first
class rider at his best. And he at once
weight he had to carry.
While this was going one there was a
rush to play Bonnie s., and by the time
that the Jockeys names were changed on
the board Bonnie S. was backed from 10
to 1 to TO 5, and as the horses went to
the post Bonnie S. was only to and not
much of that.
Before Mccarthy had got on the horse
he was told officially that a fine imposed
on him the day before for rough riding
and which had not yet been paid, would be
RENTED II he rode Bonnie S. satisfactorily
But II he failed to do justice to the horse
or rode in q manner at all suspicious, he
would be severely dealt with. At which the
lad grinned he said: Judges, that fine is
as good as settled already, for I'll bring
this old horse in a winner If I have to cut
him in two to do So"
To cut a long story short. Bonnie s. led
all the way and won in gallop. The
shouts that greeted his victory were loud
enough to be heard on the river piers at
Weehawken and Hoboken. Mccarthy and
the Gutenberg officials came in for all
sorts of congratulations from the delighted
crowd.
As for Fred" Walbaum. he said to his
clerk when the price of Bonnie s. first be-
ban to soar: Bismarck, you don't take one
dollar on that horse. You understand?
Yes? No? And send Hans here across the
ring TO my other book and tell Longfellow
the same Take every dollar offered on
dose odder horses" And when Bonnie S.
reached S and 10 to / Walbaum's commits
This was all before the shift In jockeys
was made public, for Walbaum had not
been near the stand. And when Mccarthy
was substituted he bet $500 more on the
horse at 3 to 1. His two books cleaned
up between seven and eight thousand dol
lars on money taken in on the other
horses.
For two years, or rather parts of two
winters, January. February and March of
1856 and 1887, the big Four" continued to
race at the half-mile track. But by that
| time the management had made money
enough to increase the little track to a
full mile to build q glass tnclosed grand
stand capable OF seating 5000 people, and
q clubhouse on the same scale, at cost of
$4,000.
Then they were instrumental in having
an elevated railway constructed at Wee
hawken, running from the bluff to the
| ferry and direct TO the track on top Of the
| hill-reaChed at the Weehawken station by
gigantic elevators holding 100 people at a
! trip And January l. 1855 the new course
was opened in the presence Of 1900 p people
| That season Gutenberg raced four
| months-January. February, March and
| April. And the next meeting, from De-
cember %, 1855 to April l. 1889. Walbaum,
Mclaughlin, Carr and Crus!ns Just coined
money. They engaged the premier starter,
James f. Caldwell for the two seasons Of
| IsSO-eQ and lS0O-al, at Q guarantee Of S5O,