Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-16
TALES OF THE TURF

go against the horse, but none the long
odds offered by Burton. The commission
ers of the stable soon got on so with Bur-
ton at 100 to l and similar wager with
Carroll.
But whereas Carroll cut to 60. Burton
did not, and took a second wager from the
same source of $50 laying s., 600 against it.
Carroll took some more s. and $40
Burton was also taking in more money
against Bendgo at so, 60 and 90 to /.
Soon Burton stood to pay out $4,000 on
Bendigo, and Carroll about half that
amount. Then the Israelites swooped
down en- masse on the other layers and
Bendigo went to the post at 10 to l.
Bendigo's 100 to 1 Coup.
Before the race started Burton took in
some more money on Bendigo, and when
that horse by head his sheets
showed loss to the race of close to S2O,OUO.
Carroll had over S11 600 to pay out on the
good thing. the entire killing being one of
the heaviest of that entire season.
Burton had big bankrol and paid his
creditors without blinking an eye, although
what he said about himself, and Bendigo's
marked reversal of form over his previous
performance, was not exactly parliament
airy in the way it was expressed.
At the close of the day Burton went over
TO the Manhattan Beach Hotel ordered the
best dinner the house could serve, tipped
his waiter, and then, without touching
morsel, got up from the table, and went
up to his room saying to himself You -
TOOL, Burton, you are not fit to eat. You
ought to starve anyway, and perhaps you
might get some horse sense them
With Carroll 1t was different. He was
shy the S11 600 he had to pay by over
thousand and he at once sent for his rae
ing partner Judge Carter, who "staked"
him to what he needed, and something
over, to go along on for the one remaining
race on the card And that closed the Ben
dlgo incident. which was one of the bitter
est pills in Carrolls checkered career
The last day of the meeting Judge Car
ter and his trainer decided to start Blue
Jeans. as they were pointing him for
Gravesend. and he needed some racing in
public after an absence from the arena of
nearly six months.
Blue Jeans was not deemed quite good
enough to win this first attempt after be-
ing so long on the shelf. But Carter de-
cided to put a sympathetic bet on him as
the odds were certain to be of the liberal
order. and so told Carroll before the race.
But Carroll, in his bullheaded fashion,
decided that the horse not fit, and
whatever he could take in his book against
him would be easy money. And when he
left Carter Carroll decided to lay against
their horse, which would be, in his opinion,
just much graft" on the profit side of
his book.
Blue Jeans Surprised Owners.
Blue Jeans had won some fair races be-
fore Carter and Carroll purchased him.
and. in spite of his enforced retirement of
months, the bookmakers had a wholesome
respect for the horse and did not ia re many
liberties with him when betting opened on
the race
The horse opened at to l. but. in spite
of a slashing preliminary gallop, little
money went on him except from few of
the rail birds" And soon and some 10
to ] was offered in the ring. Judge Carter
put on a modest $50 at 10 to l and went up
in the stand to look at the race
But Carroll true to his decision, took In
some $500 on Blue Jeans at and 10 to /,
standing to lose nearly 5000 to his own
horse if he won. One of his customers was
the cashier of the book next to him-a big
six-footer named Finlay, who has also, like
Carter and Carroll, Joined the great ma
jority.
Finlay had placed $50 against $500 with