Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1901 — Races Cost Croker $10,000. [ARTICLE]

Races Cost Croker $10,000.

New York telegram: It cost Richard Croker SIO,OOO to attend the races at Gravesend. He bet $5,000 on Frank Farrell’s horse Blues to win less than $2,500. In order to recoup this amount he bet $5,000 on Collegian at even money. All of Farrell’s friends followed his advice. So much money poured in on Blues at 3 to 5, 1 to 2, 9 to 20, and 2 to 5. that the bookmakers were at last compelled to wipe out the odds.