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Grand National Sidelights CUT CAPT. DKNIS KETTLE. NKW ffORK, N. Y.. Ainil 11.— Some int. r-: : in jridelight have been wafted ac-rcss the Atlantic mi the joint upset in lOngland s great spring "M Wlble." the Lincolnshire and the Crand Nittional. in whie-h one surprise fitlluwed anotlu-r when King of Clubs won the first at loo p 1 and the Anieric -in-owned g-lding. .lack Horner, took the BeOOMl at ."t te 1. It is established that the- price paid by Iharles Sc-hwartz for .lae-k Horner was ;.?0.000, but with ■ contingent 0,000 nicyre H he won. Thus the golding cost him 0,000 in all. and since the stake was worth 5,000, he cleared ." .00o above the satisfaction of winning one of the most coveted events on the turf — a satisfaction not to be reckoned in dollars. However, it was not a business venture on the part of Mr. Schwartz, of course, and he shared his winnings where he traced the credit for them. He math a present of $."..000 to Mac k" Leader, who trained the animal fcr the event, and another ,000 to the joe-key. Watkinson. Nearly every punter in the Hritish Isles has sTirte sort of a bet, varying from a few shillings to hundreds of pounds, riding as a parlay on the first two of the big races. LF.AN-l P FOR "HOOKIES." Since long shots took both events it is obiuus that the- bookmakers enjoyed a great "clean-up" this year. The rare lucky ones who took both winners got between 2.000 and 3,000 for 1. since the bookies pay full odds over there. Kut these were few and far between and they were merely a drop in the bucket of plunges on the favorites. Blind chance, of course, rather than judgment, b-ought off the double for the few who hit it right. There is the story of a man from Yorkshire- who knew so little about the horses that he decided to take a blind chance with two long shots. He put a few shillings on King of Clubs and .lack Horner, and when the bookie told him the odds he would get he was bo impressed that he more than doubled the bet. Then he- made a third bet of five shillings on the two horses above and tireen Fire in the City and Suburban. On his original bet he won 0,000, when he boosted it he- won 2,500 more, and if Creen Fire wins his race the winnings will be boosted to 0. 510 on an investment of about 0. IHK II AT FIX SYSTEM WINS. A Manchester man told his wife- to stab the entries for the- two races with a hat pin and he- would put tip a one-pound note on her selections. She stabbed King of Clubs and .lack Horner and naturally drew the laugh .:f the family. When King of Clubs won and the bookie offered to settle for 00 the man wanted to make the best of their luck and take their profits. Hut his wife stood firm and thev won 2,500. Th-r - were ruany sweepstakes on the Crand National, of course. Some of them veer- small, but a few netted something I approaching a fortune for the- holder of the-right horse. The Liverpool Exchange pool went to a [retired business man of that city, who won j!i».l:Ml. with a second pri/.c of 5,00» to a ! st -airship man-ger. Tin- Stoe-k Exchange first prise was onlv SS.immi. but the Cotton Exchange pool w.-nt to i. on. i first prfaKL HOUNF.KS IIAItK lit K. One of the most remarkable coinciilences I report* J was that of a man named Horner. j a stallholder in a Liverpool egetable market. | This moo drew the horse Jack Horner in : a sweep, and his wife drew the horse in another. They were so impressed that they put thi-ir pennie-s together and made an extra b -t on the winmr at 25 to 1. The suc-e-ess of 15-year-old Pat Dono-ghu ■-. son of the illustrious Steve, added I extra color to the- Lincolnshire. The youth was h-.-ralded as a real chip off th.- old block ! for his handling of King of Clubs. His dad. who finished last of the- field on I Argeia, did not know of his sons suce-ess until after he had unsaddled his own horse, [ when a "swipe" brought him the good news. The victory of American colors in the Classic Crand National was extremely well j received by Britishers, who took it in good spin ting spirit. Nor were they loath to c-on- [ cede the quality of the horse in winning it. The general tone is thus reflected by i "tiallird" in the Chronicle: Mack Horner. pun-has.Mi only a fortnight ago by Mr. Schwartz, upset our c ilculations land won for the ever popular Mack" Leader I at the remunerative odds of 25 to 1. •There was no fluke about it. Old Tay ; Bridge did his hoot for us. just as Zionist had done, and those of us who only backed | the in to win can take some consolation that j that they lost on two of the ganu-st horses that ever looked through ;i bridle-. "If we had to be beaten, I he-re was no horse I would sooner have been defeated by than Jack Horne-r. "I have not the pleasure of Mr. Schwartzs ] acquaintance, but I have few b?tter friends than his trainer. Harvey Jack Leader. The i trainer has only had him in his stable six I months, but lie has worked wonders with ! him in the time. 1 hardly recognized Jack i Horne-r as the- same horse Leader showed me when I was down at Newmarket last j back-end. "Tt is not for lack of enc-ourage-nie-nt from Leader that 1 did not go for Jack Horner. AH along he has made no secret of the fact that he thought the- horse would run well, and might win it with a bit of luck. "When I saw Leader at Lincoln during th week, he told me how well Jack Horner was, and when I suggested he was lacking iii pace, he replied, Hes not so slow as you think by a long way — and he wasnt."
