. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. March 3, 1900J &lj* gvee&ev tmh &port*m<m* 18 1 The Burns Handicap To-day. What the average daily newspaper tnrf reporter knows and don't know about handicapping would make a book that would contain more volumes than Goodwin's up to date. That this assertion has proof to back in is evidenced by tbe criticieme of these astute gentlemen anent the weights allotted last Monday by Handicapper Brooks for the Burns Handicap to be run tc-day. "The race was nude fcr the Bums & Waterhouse stable" was the first chorus that the newspaper men su
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. March 3, 1900J &lj* gvee&ev tmh &port*m<m* 18 1 The Burns Handicap To-day. What the average daily newspaper tnrf reporter knows and don't know about handicapping would make a book that would contain more volumes than Goodwin's up to date. That this assertion has proof to back in is evidenced by tbe criticieme of these astute gentlemen anent the weights allotted last Monday by Handicapper Brooks for the Burns Handicap to be run tc-day. "The race was nude fcr the Bums & Waterhouse stable" was the first chorus that the newspaper men sung, and it was pretty generally agreed among them that the weights had been purposely arranged so that David Teony could "walk ; A person with a short memory and a limited knowledge of racing would naturally believe there was something in the claim so chorused by the talent, but when the fact was called to his atten- tion that the same claim had been made nearly every year since this big stake was inaugurated and that the B. & W. stable had never won it, the aforesaid person would very likely begin to doubt the touting abilities of the presf representatives. He had only to wait a few days until Dr. Sheppard won a race and then be noticed that David Teeny's chances were knocked out by thiB son of Buchanan. Arbaces was also lipped as baling more than a chance and down the line they wen', talking aboot F. W. Brode, Forte, and others until they have now forgotten all about David Tenny and would probably indignantly deny that they ever intimated such a thing as paitiality being shown him. The Burns Handicap is the largest slake run for on the Pacini, Coast, and strange to say it has never yet been won by a favorite, which is pretty good evidence that the talent is not quite as talented as it claims to be. Lissak, a three year old, was Ihe first winner, when it was run at the old Bay District. The next year at the tame place Wneel of Fortune was first lo the wire, an
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