The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-14
Big String at Sheepshead Bay
Racetrack to Commence
Soon.
HORSES ARE ALL IN
BEST OF CONDITION
Daily Workouts Are Closely
Watched by the Rich
Owners.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
SHEEPSHEAD BAY RACE TRACK
April 13.-The track watchers here are
tabbing the likely horses with a
view TO being up-to-date when the
season opens, and their lists show
several twoyear-olds that will this
year carry the colors of Sam Emery.
the Wall street man, whose silks were
borne to victory by Dry Monopole in
the first Brooklyn handicap ever run,
twenty years ago. Emery is coming
thusiasm that marked his first ex-
perlence, and he hopes to make sue
cess OF the venture. Andy Blakely,
The former jockey, is handling the
Emery horses. The string numbers
sixteen, and on looks, at least, they
appear destined to achieve a large
measure of success. They were pur-
chased almost without regard TO price
at the various yearling sales last sum
mcr, and all passed the winter safely,
Blakcly has had them out for two or
three weeks, and the entire string is
now rounding into racing form, ap-
parently being pointed for the carly
meetings, although the youngsters are
all well engaged and the better ones
may be reserved for the more i'm
portant races to come later on In
the old days Emery was one of the
heaviest turf operators on the Eastern
circuit, generally as a layer of odds
He was one of the many who aspired
to win the first Brooklyn, and with
pole from Walter Gratz of Phila-
delphia. His plans for coup included
the opening of a future book on the
race, which he did, and in it he laid
against the chances of the Western
horses, holding out as far as pos
ssllble the Eastern entries, including
his own. j. B, Haggin's Hidalpo
was one of the Westerners that Emery
accepted as much money about as his
admirers cared to wager. While he
laid against Hidalgo-Haggin back
ing him to an extent that would
have meant winning of over $780,
600 had he been successful-Emery
was looking for the best odds against
Dry Monopole. Some of his money he
got on at 40 to /, some at 80. % and
20. On the eve of the race Emery
stood to win $4,000 on his horse. in
Guiding the prospective winning out Of
his own book. At post time Hidalgo
was hot favorite with the $4,000 per
sons who went to Gravesend. because
OF his great work In preparation for
the race and the fact that Isaac
Murphy had the mount
In charge of the late John Walden. |
Dry Monopole reached Gravesend from |
Washington the night before the
Brooklyn, and so crowded was the |
course that the eventual winner OF |
the race had to be stabbed on the out
side. He was brought in the next day |
and saddled under the trees, going to
the post with McCarty in the saddle as
third choice to Hidalgo and Blue Wing, |
Emery's horse won through McCarty7s |
finish, a furious effort right on the |
post, the result being helped BY Gar. |
Iison IS error of Judgment in holding !
McCarty s mount too cheaply. Garri, |
son was on Blue Wing. and after rae
ing Hidalgo into submission he took |
things easy, with the result that whom |
Dry Monopole came with a rush in the |
last furlong he was unprepared. and |
barely failed to keep Blue Wings |
nose in front to the end That was |
Emery's biggest success and biggest