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AtCEDO As aftermath of this years sensational Su ¬ burban Handicap the New York Sun of Monday says J H McCormick who trained Alcedo was busy receiving congratulations yesterday His clever handling of the colt and the myttery with which ho cloaked the private workings of the winner were the subject of much discussion by turfmen In an interview Mr McCormick said to a reporter of The Sun The reason Alcedo ran in my name was be ¬ cause the owner Louis V Boll having bought the colt for 10000 last winter did not care to have him run in his name because of his moth ¬ ers recent death When I took bold of Alcedo I found that it would be impossible to get him ready for the Brooklyn Handicap so I took my time with the idea of having him fit for the Suburban In his two races at Gravesond Ill admit that he did not do so well but it must be remembered that in the first race he carried 126 pounds and was third to First Whip and Dr Barlow while in the race where he was beaten by Ten Candles Kamara Bonnibert and All Gold a week ago he was the victim of a poor start and incompetent handling Last Thursday I gave Alcedo a private trial when everybody had left Sheepshead to see the Brooklyn Derby run at Gravesend The colt ran a mile and a quarter with his weight up in 2011 It was the best trial I over witnessed and when the horse pulled up sound I knew I had the winner of the Suburban So I told everybody I could about the colts condition for I was sure that he would win He fully came up to expectations and is the best horse 1 ever trained in my life lifeMcCormick McCormick is a veteran horseman From stable boy he became a jockey and then a trainer He had a big racing string in the days of Guttenberg and Gloucester and pulled off many a good thing On Saturday just before the first race McCormick began to tell all of his friends as well as the turf writers that Alcedo would take the trick The secret had been kept so carefully however that up to noon Alcedo was classed as a rank outsider with no chance Many stories are in circulation regarding the winnings collected by backing Alcedo It is saidlthat Dave Johnson the bookmaker and David Gideon divided between them 50000 as a result of taking advantage of the odds ranging from 10 to 1 down to 4 to 1 Frank Farrell is said tojhava won 20000 on the result while other Tammany men pocketed an aggregate of 60000 60000It It isIthe general opinion among turfmen that had Alcodo been extended he would have beaten Balvators record of 205 for the distance As ittwas the colt was virtually well in hand all the way and won aased up in a gallop It will be some time too it is thought before the Sub ¬ urban or theBrooklyn is run so swiftly again At thejsame time it must be remembered that the Bheepshead Bay track at present is faster than inmany years
