The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-19
OWNER LOSES $7OO
BY COLTS VICTORY
After s. G. Hildreth's Out the
Way Wins Olympic He Is
Bid Up $4,000.
~ HENRY v. KING.

! Out the Way galloped of with the
olympic Selling Stakes at Jamaica yes
terday afternoon, but his victory proved
a costly one for 8. c. Hildreth, his own
er. After Johnny LOTUS 'breezed" him
home length and a half in front OF
Whimsy, Emil Herz went into the sales
ring and bid up the colt from $500
his entered selling price, to $4,000. As
the FIRST money of the stake was only
$1,000 Mr.. Hildreth lost 500 by winning
| the race.
Mr.. Hildreth probably wagered on the
| colt. but II 10 hardly likely that the
winnings bets gave him much profit, az
Out the Wav was at the prohibitive
price Of to 5.
| The stake was the feature Of an ordi-
nary card, and although seven speedy
horses went to the post, It was almost
foregone> conclusion that Out the Way
would win. He is one of the speediest
horses in training and the six furlong
route suited him perfectly. Besides he
had Johnny Lotus In the saddle and
that meant that he would not be beaten
by bad ride. As a result Out the Way
was hecvilv backed. even though the
odds seemed prohibitive.
And those who wagered on the Hill
dreth colt never had an anxious mo
ment LOTUS got him away we'll and
|
desired. That Is the kind of a ride the
colt needed. He is touched In the wind
and II an attempt Is made to place him
| he quits almost to a walk
During the FIRST furlong Vague raced
at his side but rounding the bend Out
che Way killed him Off and whom the
homestretch was reached was ali by
himself. Although he was half a length
in front Of the final eighth pole LOTUS
urged him to his mightiest. He feared
the colt might quit and took M
chances At the sixteenth pole the race
was as good as over and then LOTUS
that Out the Way was fighting for his
head passing the judges
| LOTUS had a red letter day in the
saddle. He had three mounts and fin.
ished first in each. In the first even,
he guided the Brighton Stables Ladv
Brummel home a length and a halt
ahead of Eddie Rickenbacher and In
the last event he guided ]. w Mays
Head over Heels home ahead o. a big
field Of good Juveniles.
Jimmy Murphy put over a good
thing in the third race when his old
chestnut gelding Peasant beat a big
field of platers over the six furlong
route. Mr.. Murphy was confident his
horse would win and advised friends
and strangers to bet on him. Peasant
was at 20 to ]. Among those he ad-
vised to play the horse was Charles
Stoneham. owner of the Giants. Mr.
Murphy trains half a dozen cheap horses
for Mr.. Stoneham.
| A SUN Tobacco horse won the fifth
| race. He is CONNIE CT, the three-year
old gelding which was presented to TIL
SUMS Smoke Fund by James Auditor
last summer and bought by James Fitz-
simmons for $3.50. Because he trained
Syrdarya. another horse in the race. Mr.
| Fitzsimmons refused to talk about the
| chances of his horses. CONNIE CT ran
! in the colors OF the Quincy Stable. and
Syrdarya Is owned by the Dosoris Stable
| and as both of them were contenders
| the trainer did not give out a tip on
! one. fearing the other might win. The
owner of CONNIE CT was confident Syr-
darya would finish third. but because he
| had horse OF his own in the race he
refrained from wagering on the race.
| Although he has the largest public
stable in America Mr.. Fitzsimmons IL in
favor OF coupling all horses trained by
the same man. He said that such a rule
would be for the best interest OF the
! public and the honest trainers and that
most owners were good sportsmen and
would not object to coupling theft
charges with other horses from the same
, stable.