. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. **/<& '"$sSS^ife^5S& Vol. IV. No. 23. NO. 50b MONTGOMERY tiTKEET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1884. SUBSCRIPTION FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR. A Divided Derby. For the second time in a history extending over a century the English Derby, run on the 2Sth ult., resulted in a "dead heat"—a result scarcely satisfactory to anybody, as the money bets will have to be put together and divided, which for those who backed Sir John Willoughby's pair Har- vester's partial success will scarcely pay their losses on Queen Adelaide, while for those who had
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. **/<& '"$sSS^ife^5S& Vol. IV. No. 23. NO. 50b MONTGOMERY tiTKEET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1884. SUBSCRIPTION FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR. A Divided Derby. For the second time in a history extending over a century the English Derby, run on the 2Sth ult., resulted in a "dead heat"—a result scarcely satisfactory to anybody, as the money bets will have to be put together and divided, which for those who backed Sir John Willoughby's pair Har- vester's partial success will scarcely pay their losses on Queen Adelaide, while for those who had the courage to back St. Gatien it will make a big hole in their earnings. Even professionals will scarcely be satisfied, for although they were heavy winners by the defeat of the favorite, Queen Ade- laide, the fact that the place bets on her were won the addi- tional trouble in settling upon two horses, especially on bets for which Harvester was backed at short odds, and St. Gat- ien at the long odds obtainable two weeks before, gave them no end of trouble. The weather was cool and cloudy, but owing to an extended dry spell the course was very hard. The interest in the race this year seemed to be very much less than usual, partially owing to the disqualification of such colts as St. Simon and Archiduc by the deaths of Prince Batthyany and Count La- grange, and a belief that Queen Adelaide would prove so enormously better than all the other starters that it would be virtually no race. The race had fifteen starters, four more than last year, and the same as when Iroquois won in 1881. As expected, Queen Adelaide was the favorite, she going to the post with odds at 5 to 2 against her. The other quota- tions were 6 to 1 against St. Medard, 7 to 1 each against Tal- isman and Bedouin, 9 to 1 against Richmond, 11 to 1 against Waterford, 12 to 1 against St. Gatien, 14 to 1 each against Beaucbamp and Harvester, 17 to 1 against Borneo, 25 to 1 against Loch Ranza and 50 to 1 each again
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