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ANTE POST BETTING. During the past few days the Drake entry has been heavily backed in the Smith and Perry future book, Savable receiving the bulk of backing, with High Chancellor sec-. ond. Geo. Ballard, of West Baden, has , placed a commission on The Picket, receiving a paste board calling for ,000 to 00 r straight. The Corrigan entries have been steadily backed, Ravel and McGowan being the most liked of the six nominations. Bel- - monts entry, Lord of the Vale, has received ; considerable support, a commission being re-; celved from a prominent eastern turfman * calling for ,000 to 00 straight. A large ..- number of small commissions have devel- oped on Sinner Simon since his recent good ; race at Nashville. James OLeary reports the following trans- *» actions, a wager of 5,000 to ,000 on Dick Welles being the prominent feature. On the American Derby. — Au Revoir, 5,-000 to 00, from Memphis; Bob McLean, 0,000 to 00, from various places; Banter, 0,000 to 00, from Chicago; Dick Welles, 5,000 to ,000, from Cincinnati; Fore and Aft, 0,000 to 00, from Nashville; Gllfain, 5,000 to 00, from Chicago; Linguist, 0,-000 to ,000, from St. Louis; Onatas, 0,000 to 00, from New Tork City; Skilful, 4,000 to 00, from New Orleans; The Picket, 2,-000 to 00, from Louisville. On the Hawthorne Handicap. — McChesney, 0,000 to ,000, from Chicago; Wyeth, 6,-000 to 00, from Nashville; Glen Water, ,-500 to 50, from Lexington; Red Comyn, 5,000 to 00, from Louisville; Abe Frank, 2,500 to 00, from Memphis; Linguist, 4,-000 to 00, from St. Louis; Barca, 0,000 to 50, from Lexington; Judge Himes, 0,000 to 00, from Memphis. On the Harlem National Handicap. — McChesney, 0,000 to ,000, from Now Tork City; Lucien Appleby, 0,000 to 00, from Chicago; Savable, 2,500 to 00, from Chicago; Runnels, 5,000 to ,000, from Chicago; Epicure, 5,000 to 00, from San Francisco; Bernays, 5,000 to 00, from Cincinnati; Tom Reed, 0,000 to 00, from Nashville. On the Brooklyn Handicap. — Hermis, 4,-000 to ,000, from New Tork City; Advance Guard, 5,000 to ,000, from New Tork City; Goldsmith, 6,000 to 00, from New Tork City; Royal, 4,000 to 00, from New Tork City; Oom Paul, 0,0,00 to 00, from Boston; Waswift, 0,000 to ,000, from Chicago; Hunter Raine, ,000 to 00, from Toronto, Can. On the Suburban Handicap. — Blues, 8,-000 to ,500, from New Tork City; Articulate, 2,500 to 00, from San Francisco; The Huguenot, 2,000 to 00, from Philadelphia; Andy Williams, 0,000 to 00, from New Tork; Merry Acrobat, 4,000 to 00, from Brooklyn; Bar le Due, 0,000 to 00, from Baltimore.
