The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-20

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name. but under that OF the Nationa!
Stables-tru!y . world wide flavor &c
that! Upon the books of the Jockcy
Club his horses were entered as Owned
DO Miss Smith. an employe in his Of
nee
For his formal adven, on the turf
ne chose rather sinister day-a III.
day, the 18th of May. 1904 Possibly
ne did not select the day. II is more
lkely the choice was made by Steve
Lawler' his trainer. This is probable
necause Lamar was known to he SUI
PerstitiouS Trainers are superstitious
too, but then they study the conditions
OF various races without particular re-
gard to the day or date. with An eve
principally to what is most fitting for
the horses they have to enter
Thus II happened that on the nrst
DAY the colors of Alfred NJ Lamar were
shown on tho turf the National sta
pies had horses represented In two or
ne SIN races az Morris Park In the
hrst race Wall Street made a pretty
nice showing. The race was at six
and half furlongs. and the famous
orr Wells, owned by John w. Gates's
particular friend. John A. Drake won
III impressive style. with his stable
companion Rapid Water, second Mr.
Gates wagered enough on Ort We've ~
make the bookmakers wcen In ~
second race the Californians had an
inning NJ l. Hayman's De Reside
winning a seven furlong dash al coou
ouoa Tne third race. the New Rochelle
h"nuicap. was Won by R T Wilson'S
Dolly Spankcr. The fourth race was
for maidens Miles and geldinrs II
was only four and a half furlongs
down the Eclipse course. and among
me l"t of skittish things that were
entered was the lilly by Ben Strome-
lumber, that Lamar had chris
at loo pounds, nd the clever hui com
paratlvely little known stable iockev
iiissins, was in the saddle
The field was not large. but the mr.,
Vate reputation Of some Of the Young
sters IN this race was such tbot RoIIa
Strome and two or three Others ,vera
considered to have no chance In ,he
netting Belle Strome opened AT So ~
l. somebody viii always take shot
al the moon not With the idea of hit
tinS the orb of night so much as IN
me nope II VIII fall and hit the shot
80 somebody bet a few dollars on Isa,,e
strome Mr. Lamar did NOT Seith.r
nid any Of Mr.. Lamars friends or
stable connections. They had inside
information Belle Strome had not
SHOWN ANYTHING IN her trials that
would warrant a person riskinc con.
teoefate money on her. If she had NOT
neen lady she would have been called
ioafer she didn't like to move fast
~ least. II seemed so But when Chris
Fitzgerald dropped the nag in thai
particular race on that 18th dav of
MAY on that Friday in the wear 1903
some Of the blue blood In the veins q,
Belle Strome stirred her to effort
MaNhe II was pride Of ancestry or
maYbc pride of conquest At any rate
tnose who saw the race will remember
that coming down that hill she hit
only the high spots The others didn't
nave chance 10 see anvthing but her
hoofs and her tell She won in a gallon
might lust as well have been ten or
twelve
Men who had the best Of stable in
formation and had staked their money
accordinslv. we're shocked 1t was not
Understandable how Ally that had
shown so poorly in her work should
perform so well in public Nobody
was happy but the bookmakers. Thou
sands and tens of thousands OF dollars
That had been wagered on the racs
STAYED risht with them. all but u com
partively few dollars
After the first fewgasps the crowd
turned its attention to the entries for
the NTH race This race was for maid
en- colts II was ? FIVE furlongs ana
was down the same Eclipse course
along wh!ch Eelle St-ome had JUS
shown the w1v 20 the others Belle
Ntrome's stable companion Invader.
was among the entries Being colt.
INVADER had TO carry ? little more than
had been sssianed to Belle Stronie.
He was IN at 10; pounds The sta BILE
him. too.
SOME people who looked at tbs pro
gram and saw that Invader was owned
ny the same stable tina, owned Belle
Strome, was trained by the same man.
and was 10 he ridden by the same
Jockey, took all this as 'hiinch.''
Others who made inquiry as to IN
vader's trials. discovered that he was
or no account. and had shown nothing
10 inspire confidence There were half
dozen highly tried Youngsters in the
1roce' among them Tommy Waddell
The crust 81 MONEY went on these
highly trltd ones. and Invader orensd