200 CANADIAN TUKF RECOLLECTIONS 



EILEY GRANNAN TOOK A HAND IN. 



I remember, in 1894, at Saratoga, I was walking in the 

 company of a very prominent Canadian owner, when the 

 well-known ''Doc" Street came along. The horses were 

 just going to the post for the next race and he gave the 

 * ' eye ' ' to my companion in such a way that it meant busi- 

 ness. He stepped forward and the magic word whispered 

 in his ear was ' ' Gallilee. ' ' That bit of information was 

 worth a good round sum to the party to whom it was 

 given, because, if my memory serves me right, he bet 

 either four or five hundred and got about 4 to 1 against 

 his money. The following tells the story of the race: 



The powers in control at Saratoga that year had been 

 urged to bar Grannan from the track. The Kentucky 

 plunger was in one of his famous winning moods and 

 was beating the game right and left. His friends all 

 alleged that the animus toward him was inspired by 

 jealousy. After a time the true inwardness of the matter 

 came out. 



Street had Gallilee in a race one day. He was a legiti- 

 mate 8 to 5 shot, but went back in the betting to 4 to 1. 

 Then Grannan went out in the paddock to see the redoubt- 

 able Doctor. 



** What's the matter with your horse, Street!" quer- 

 ried Grannan. ''He's 4 to 1 in there." 



"There is nothing the matter with him," said Street. 

 "He is all right and ought to be a favorite and should win 

 easily. If his price is gone back somebody must have 

 got at the boy. ' ' 



The result of the conference was that Grannan agreed 

 to bet on Gallilee if he could put up his own jockey, to 

 which Street assented. Street complained to the stew- 

 ards about his boy, had another jockey substituted — 



