Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
SAM EMERY, THE VETERAN,
RETURNS TO THE TURF

SHEEPSHEAD BAY RACE TRACK.
April 13.-The track watchers here are tab
bling the likely horses with a view to being
up to date when the season opens. and
their lists show several two year-olds that
will this year carry the colors of Sam
Emery, whose silks were borne to victory
by Dry Monopole in the first Brooklyn
handicap, twenty years ago. Emery is
coming back to the turf with all the en-
thusiasm that marked his first experience.
and he hopes to make success 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
bought almost without regard to price at
the various yearlng sales last summer. and
all passed the winter safely. Blakely has
had them out for two or three weeks. and
the entire string Is now rounding into rae
ing form, apparently being pointed for the
early meetings. although the youngsters
are all we'll engaged. and the better ones
may be reserved for the more important
races to come later on.
In the old days Emery was one of the
heaviest turf operators on the eastern cir
cult, generally as layer of odds lie was
one of the many who aspired to win the
first Brooklyn, and with this idea in view
he bought Dry Monopole from Walter
Gratz of Philadelphia His plans for a
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on the race. which he did, and in it he laid
against the chances of the western horses.
holding out as far as possible the eastern
entries, including his own. ]. b. Haggins
Hidalgo was one of the westerners that
Emery accepted as much money about as
his admirers cared to wager. While he
laid against Hidalgo-Haggin backing him
to an extent that would have meant
winning of over 100000 had he been sue
cessful-Emery was looking for the best
odds against Dry Monopole Some of his
money he got on at 40 to l. some al 30, -
and 30. On the eve of the race Emery
stood to win $4,000 on his horse. includ-
ing the prospective winning out of his own
book At post time Hidalgo was a hot fa-
vorite with the 1000 persons 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 Wash
ington the night before the Brooklyn. and
so crowded was the course that the eventual
winner of the race had to be stabbed on the
outside He brought in the next day
and saddled under the trees, going to tho
post with McCarty in the saddle as third
choice to Hidalgo and Blue Wing. Emerys
horse won through McCarty's finish. fu-
rous effort right on the post the result
being helped by Garriscns error or 1udg-
ment in holding McCarty mount too cheap
ly. Garrison on BlHe Wing. and after
racing Hidalgo into submission he took
things easy with the result that when 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 Emerys biggest success ana
biggest winning on the turf. He has more
horses now than he had then, and he
hopes to find at least one Dry Monopole in
the lot that is now training over the Bay
course.