Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-06
BOOKMAKERS SCORCHED
BY OLD IVANHOE

NEW ORLEANS, La, March Gan
old-fashioned killing" one of the kind
that made John j. McCafferty famous
years ago at Monmouth Park. was made
yesterday with Ivanhoe at the City Park
track. Ivanhoe was backed from to 1
down to to 1. Tom Mannix and few
eastern plungers engineered the coup"
Mannix owns 1vanhoe. He looks wise,
says little and is called silent Tom
He guards his stable secrets zealously. He
Is as tight of lip as the proverbial clam.
Only one man could ever unseal his
lips: He was the late John Mcdonald,
bookmaker and real estate dealer, who
was killed in a railroad wreck in England
last year. Since his death his brother
Eddie has shared Toms stable informa-
ton
Mcdonald and his friends We're factors
In the melon Slicing. They furnished the
sinews of Wharf.-The money to bet with. 1t
was their. capital that forced the odds
down at the track and in Out-of-town pool
rooms.
Purses Few.
Mannix is preparing to ship his stable
of horses to Washington. Everything was
ready except the money to meet expenses.
Purses had been few and far between this
winter. Dame Fortune had studiously
turned her face away. In his efforts to
win her he only caught cold.
When Silent Toms" turf fortune was
at low ebb Ivanhoe began to show signs
of improved form. This made Mannix
chuckle. for when the son of Hermence is
at his best he is more than a fair selling
platter. The improvement in the track
helped matters along materially, for Ivan
hoe likes dry track. Last, but not least,
he changed riders. He replaced his ap-
prentice lad. johnson, with Lee, a strong
and fearless rider.
With everything made perfect as far
as Mannix and his friends could control.
the remainder was left to Ivanhoe. He
responded royalty by leading from start
to finish.
Tileing again ran below expectations
He was beaten by Yankee Girl in the fifth
race. Tileing carried only 80 pounds but
daughter of Sir Dixon beat him home in
sprint.
The Summaries.
lonssnrrinee bowling; lis (Dggins,. Ii to i,
9.4;45 Bayou Lark, Ben Sand, PROSPEROUS: sa;
Cooler Peoria. Hamlet and Carasco also ran.
ssson .h race steepeshase and up
to l. won: H. A. schroeder. 1856 ;Pollockj. il to ?.
second: Marian 1873 tE. Morrisonl. ! to 1, third.
Time. SOC So. sartor Resartus Macy Bird, Gould,
Willie Newcomb. Aules and ARABIC also ran.
Third race: three year-ods; five furlongs-De
III sS Manner s cy
Is to l. third Time. l.Ol As. Bellmence, My Son
Electrice Chandler, Pnngent. Limited. Stoney Lee
Fond Du Lac. Jay Swift and Jennie Wade also ran
Fourth race. selling: four year Odds and upward;
one and one sixteenth miles-DOnna los u. Hen
Messy ~ to l. won Monochord. l04 Lloyd. 8 to
8 second: Evie Greene. 1O5 tSeder) 10 to 1. third
Time, las King Ellsworth. Lemon Girl, Gflfain
Lacy Crawford Canyon Gamester, Goldway Orline
and Mae Lynch also ran.
Fifth race three year ODDS and upward and
one eighth miles-Yankee Girl. 90 (ioldstein) II
TO !. won: Tileing 80 Garner. 13 to 20. second
Anna Day, 96 Uowe). IL to l. third Time. 1.53
Granada and Besterling also ran.
Sixth race. selling; four-y earolds and upward
one and one sixteenth mes-Ivanhoe. III q. Lee)
to Il second; Kara. 100 u. DAILY. II to l. third
Time. Las 10: Sincerity Belle, Jungle Imp. Sane
tion Layson. Pat Bulger. John Mcbride. Chamblee
and Sweet Favor also ran
Seventh race. selling; three -yearolds; six fur
longs-Spider Web, 10 (Troxler), 10 to L. won
Coitness 113 (NicoD. to 5. second: Chase. 10
~. Lee). 10 1. third. Time. 1.15 2-5 Fire Alarm
No Quarter. Impertinence, Dinemock and Kate
Sperry also ran.