The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-16
JOCKEY CLUB VICTORIOUS.

1
WITHHOLDING THE ENTRIES WAS TOO
MUCH FOR THE POOL ROOM MEN,
President Dryer ana HIS Associates Cons
deaf that They Have che whip Hand
A Poeketfui OF Carrier Pigeons Half .
Dozen Mea Caught sign sIiins-A Woman
the Hest Man OF Thea AT-Another Bie
Crowd n Attenssaee-7hs Sport was
Tame. Kingston walkisE Over for the
Culver stakes-yvorth. ssioniea, Nan
| sust, Couatess. A,rs, and senerita Win.
| The Brooklyn Jockey Club MANAGEMENT
were flushed with pride yesterday. President
! Dwyer pointing to the 900 persons within the
gates OF his Gravesend course IS proof OF his
statement made some time ago that the pool
| rooms keep thousands OF persons away from
| the tracks daily.
Bob Pinkerton and his large corps OF men
did not find time tagging on their hands, as
the minions Of De Lacy wore on the alert as
usual The high board fences cut on Dongan's
| hotel and stable. and even hid from view the
| spreading branches Of the tree below thu, club
house from which the signals were sowell
| transmitted on Monday.
The Brooklyn folks were very careful to pre-
vent the smuggling OF carrier pigeons within
the gates and anybody carrying basket or
suspicious-lookinR parcel had TO submit to q
search. woman whose skirts bulged At one
side was stopped at the gate and questioned.
She was suspscted OF having brought the car
rier pigeons into the track on Monday. and an
examination Yesterday showed that she had
four OF the birds slowed away In the huge sack
like pocket Of her dress. Plnkerton took
oh r1o of tha hfrda IN anita Of the an "a
fearful protest. Men armed with shotGuns were
ready to drop any birds that hove In sight
With the tall tree cut OF. tho signal mon. and
there wore many Of them, found their work
much more difficult. and they were compelled
to resort to all sorts Of strategy In order to do
any work at all Pinkerton and his men eau ght
six OF the signal men, and promptly put them
outside the gates. One other man was caught
In tho act Of throwing ball containing the
entries. betting. ana other Information over
the fence.
Probably tho most Ingenious OF the pool
rooms servants was a woman who escaped de-
lection. but had her gsmo spoiled by the rain.
which began falling soon after the fourth race
She was young and prepossessinG. and was
accompanied by child-a girl OF or 6 years.
At the conclusion OF every race the
woman and her child left tho grand
stand and walked upon the lawn. The
won On carried q shawl and an umbrella
Under the very eve OF President Dwyer and
other Jockey Club ollicsls she spread the
shawl upon tho grass. removed the childs
straw hat. and let the little one roll about with
the utmost freedom. Pinkerton men passed
within a few feet Of the pair every moment. but
none suspected anything. and tho woman.
doubleday comm unicated with somebody in
away. She opened and closed the UNI brea an
unusual num or Of times and an answering
her signals. Before he next race was run she
and the child returned to the stand. The rain
FL broof9n 5osSs1 scored i'm
portant point on their enemies when they
withheld The entries: 40 viii be seen in an an.
agents OF the pool rooms were largely lcti.
tlous. and were secured BY going from stable
there was no way OF securing declarations
passing through tie crowd, twenty minutes
each race and dss6s.ns the
and the talent did not take kindly to the new
scheme. rs form players like to study ne pro
eide where to place theiE money. There was
to look fhsssd aH| PICK ha ops
az TO the amount Of business done. some
Wills ohes soash sss2
| ing as much patti onage as usual This for
ss - tnS hsSss a.spns to
to be seen all over the ring after the first race
when the money was slow in coming. From res
has hs .n men on The hp
viii tell whether i was curiosity Or desire to
| end on Monday and yesterday
The racing Tas tame IN comparison With
Tor the Culver Stakes k' yhiis bsnaaet the
favorite. won the Speculation stakes Wit COM I'm.
eS bd On Him. hs was hs sasf %as ia
condition and the time made was quite credit
"G Beansey was installed favorlte for the open
Our S ..ssssr-oid Worth. admiralty ridden .by
last st1 iarione pole and beat him hons Santa
anna WHO ran n, very sons .hree,auarts,s;
4 large Geid Of two.year;olds vent to the
X sna san
dra ana ThsIs saSes outsiders: sa II out ih ~
md after lFom As61 maa nih w Tsn ,nla
under way and. close up big gap on the back
ss Ssng Ths sood S ss ~. a, Ss
@ .usde
as s' G i first, osrio second. Gsinda and
| salonica are stable companions; SO are Osrio
II Mr. Caldwell's start in the second race was
bad. that for tho snesIlation Stakes was even
twenty minutes. and when the nag foil they
Ss;p.{s i :s:s .,!nasns Sc SSss.. s sss
! the pHcemaker. and tho clip eet BY the three
| year.old was 90 fresh that Hamilton had to 20
to the whip hall . mile from home. BANQUET
leader down. won by length Ocyp-te beat
| st. Charles In the last strides for second place.
Hamilton sent the brown horse mile and .
furlong. the last three In l:ls o,..
race on the original procrammmse thSS, sses.
and Lottery were the most strongly supported
a. the first division. but neither was placed.
ming. and winning, by short neck from
the, giant vt. CarSSlusi brn.hsr to st st.
Msrc:d. who got away badly. ran third. Beau
Brummel was left ut the post: fiv.,d99llbar
and place sl04.35, while place mHtusIs on 81.