Herodiades Good Race., Daily Racing Form, 1901-05-18

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HEHODIADES GOOD TCACE W H May Sons jockey Winkfield who is perhaps tho best rider now at Worth got him ¬ self Tory much disliked by the crowd yesterday and was justly loudly hissed hissedThis This ebony hued yonng man had the mount on Braw Lad in the fourth race and EO much su ¬ perior was Jack Eeenes sprinter to the ordin ¬ ary lot opposed to him that the talent to a man fell over one another to bet on him at about 11 to 20 In fact Braw Lad seemed more like a 1 to 20 chance than anything else and should have won easily but Vinkfleld fell into a trance at the sixteenth pest and before he re ¬ vived the wire was reached and Natural Gas noso was in front For an instant after the numbers were hung out the crowd stood dum founded then filled to overflowing with disgust they roundly hissed the careless jockey It was certainly a rank piece of carelessness but Judge McFarland let the boy off with a lectur ¬ ing ingEcome Ecome was the medium used by Bud May and his friends for making a killing He had worked fast and was as fit as a fiddle and those in the know unloaded on him Charley Elli ¬ son had the information and he went UD and down the line betting each bookmaker as much as ho would take The blonde sicklylooking plunger took any old price for his money and after the race wore a wiser look than Solomon Solomonilr ilr G C Bennetts twoyearolds seem all to be good ones and Herodiade was compelled to display his best form to win the second race and he did so The youngster got away flying and on tho far turn was winging out in front At the three furlongs post however along came Johanna D with a flying rush and colliding withHerodiado almost threw tho latter over into the infield This sharp interference was enough to beat almost any horse but Mr Ben ¬ netts youngster recovered himself quickly and eventually won by about a length lengthA A half dozen cheap no account maidens made up the field in the first race and John Drake at odds on with Coburn up won easily easilyMr Mr J W Schorr made his first visit to tho track and was well pleased at the surround ¬ ings ingsJockey Jockey Baker was fined 25 for foul riding on Johanna D in the second race raceMr Mr Ed Bradley started jokiner Bud May about buying horses when going out to the track on the train but the joke finally ended in a deal Bradley is sweet on Rod Hook and asked May to price the colt Bud replied 1800 and quicker than a wink Bradljy snapped him up May made good and from now on Red Hook will run in E R Bradleys colors


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