Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
HEAVY BETTING
At GRAVESEND
Most Extensive Ring Operations
Seen on an Eastern Track
in Many Years.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK. May 25.-By far the most
sensational racing Of the season has wit
messed the heaviest speculation of the dec
ade at Gravesend this week The six-day
meeting which closed today has recorded
so many leviathan plunges as to surprise
even the most stoical among the book
makers. One Of them, that of the western
contingent on Beacon Light for the Brook
Ign handicap. would have landed Owner
Headley and his immediate friends some
100000 had the horse won.
AS it was Beacon Lights second position
at the end landed his party heavy place
and show wagers amounting to fully $50
OGO They got 60. 30 and 10, about the son
Of Star Shoot, and every wager they made
was across the board The horse did not
get here from Kentucky until o'clock Sun
day morning. which gave him only thirty
eight hours before the race the following
afternoon. AS it was he had Superman
straight at the finish. Quite the most re-
markable achievement in keeping a good
horse under cover to the very last and OBJ
tanning such a long post price seen in any
Brooklyn or Suburban for the past twenty
years. Long shots have more than once
won each of these events, but never has a
virtually unknown horse dropped from the
j
only few hours after a Long railroad trip.
The case of Ampedo. Eugene Wayland' S
stout son Of Alvescot. was very different on
the following day. This three-year-old had
raced here several times. been in the money
twice. and had every license to be backed
in his class. So when the Ascot Park con-
tingent commissioner Tuohey started in to
back the colt at 10 to l he represented sew
eral other heavy operators besides the own
er. Fully 5000 was placed on Ampedo in
SSip he
to the post at to l. while Sam Wagner at
Chicago, J. H. Madigan at Texas and New
Orleans points. and agents at rooms else
where got 10 to l for their money. as
Tuohey did not begin to bet until the horses
were going to the post. and the last price
had been sent to the QUITO town rooms. Il
Heavy Betting Plunges.
The -Farrell-J Johnson combina-
ton took more than $4,000 out of the ring
on the victory of the latter's two-year-old
filIy Tileklns two days afterward. while
on the same day Sydney Paget and f. r.
Thomas sent in a successful $1,000 commits
sion on the formers colt Charles Edward
at 8 to 1.
The colt was making his first appearance
Of the year and got in the race purely by
luck. But for some scratches reducing the
list within the number limit required by
the rather narrow track. the Paget colt
would nave Deen among those thrown
out" as making the field too bulky. But
he was let in by the scratches and made a
runaway race of it, helped by very bad
start.
Jacobite the next day landed Owner
Thomas another 5000 plunge at 5 to 1.
And he needs several more like these two
to square his seasons losses, which have
been something enormous on his own and
other peoples horses.
Jockey Miller's Success.
Jockey Miller on Keene horse has been
the successful proposition of the week for
the public. This combination since Monday
has put over Superman. Transvaal. Fam
best. Sepoy. Suffrage and Grimaldi-six
winners up to yesterday evening.
Suffrage's win yesterday at six fur
longs with 126 pounds was so cleverly
achieved that her trainer said after the
race he expected her this fall to lower
Roseben's 122record at seven furlongs.
Splinter.
The western men put over another good
thing yesterday in r. l.. Thomas two
year-old tilly Laura Clay. They got as
good as 10 to 1 about the daughter of The
Friar. and sent ner to the post at to l.
Jockey Shilling made some amends for his
queer-ooking ride on Montgomery Thurs
day by winning all the way.
GravesendS meeting of a week closed to-
day with the Empire State steeplechaSe,
Hudson and Carlton stakes. and the Keene
stable was heavily backed to win both
stakes Monday the arena shifts to Bel
mont Park again for nine days. until June
5, and then back to Gravesend. c. c. P.