The evening world., 1894-08-07
GOSSIP OF THE TURF.

| The Brighton Beach Racing Associa-
| tion will wind up Its most successful
meeting with q monster clam bake to-
night The bake will be given at the
Ocean House Coney Island. and will
begin Immediately after the last race
Charlie" Primrose, the hustling Vice
President OF the Association. and mana
ger of the betting ring. has gotten
things ready. Those OF the talent who
care to attend, will be welcome, pro-
viding they have SO william" They
are assured of rousing big time, lots
Of clans, Holsters. fish, chicken. corn
&C. and, perhaps. cold bottle to wash
1t down. Many OF those at Saratoga have
come to. the city purposely TO attend the
afrair. III will be n great gathering Of
| 'horsey' people.
| The suspension Of Patsy" McDermott
| by the Brighton Stewards. pending a de-
| cision OF his case by the Stewards Of
the Jockey Club. II another kindly act
towards the public. The peculiar meth
| eds pursued b. Patsy throughout
the meeting have been the source OF
much unfavorable comment Many
| ing In the interest of certain persons In
the ring. and not only has he been hand
ling favorites suspiclously, but he has
been guilty Of interfering with other
favorites. by shutting them off or pock
citing them. The Stewards have been
watching him carefully of late. but
took no steps until they had positive evil
dence. 1t Is almost a cinch" tina; Nc
Dermott's head will go off this time.
The Flushing Jockey Club will begin
Its second meeting tomorrow under far
more suspicious circumstances 1t is
said that number of horses viii.
change hands and go TO the outlaw
track from Brighton. Several thousand
badges have been distributed among
race track patrons.
II is more than probable that racing
| on the famous old Churchill Downs. at
| Louisville. is done for The Louisville
Jockey Club, which leased the track, has
assigned, having lost 5000 on the SprinL
| meeting. Col. Churchill says he will cut
the track up into building lots.
The dead heat between Shadow and
Darkness at Brighton yesterday was
very exciting, but Shadow should have
won easily. Carter allowed Ballard to
| steal the rail on him In the stretch,
thereby losing the race. The Darkness
people won enough over the race to buy
| Il dozen horses OF his calibre. 1t might
be interesting to know what happened
to the colt In his last races hut the RICH
money. was down yesterday, so 1t was
all right.
oh fnr r,hA, I. Gu
rison Is said to have offered $4,000 for .
| few days ago, broke the slx-furlonr
| track record Mt Hawthorne Park yester
day, covering the distance in 1.hl-2.
Mike" Bergen outrode his brother
| marty In the first race at Brighton
yesterday. Mike had a grin on his face
| from ear to ear as he returned to tn.
scales. and said: Did yer see me do It?
! rode all around the star jock Of tn,
family and he's dead sore. I don't sup
pose ! can call on him now" Marty
usual sc9wl only grew fiercer at Mikes
the, next race, and after that the pad
dock wasn't big enough for him.
Fred Lowe won heavily over both his
brothers horses. betting on them on III.
outside and holding them out in his
book.
Carley B. and George Harris backed
Connors all over the ring and won nicely
over his victory.
>, Raring was duh and uninteresting AT
Saratoga yesterday: Few Of the fnshe
tNoneu any enthusiasm. and there were
no sensational incidents. The match
aroused some interest from It's novel
conditions. and crowd gathered about
| nerhaps there would be lively incidents.
The affair passed of tamely, however
both horses going for low prices.
Cleaning has recovered her old form
The Westerners say she was not much
judging by the mares race yesterday
she has not lost all her speed and game
| ness.
The Saratog Association might well
stir up the man who hangs out the num-
bers I'm the timers stand. Mistakes are
| or common occurrence.
The Westerners are a slick people.
They cut loose Glen Lilly yesterday and
won barrel. II bettor approached a
@ests len 9oHk v with hs bet net be p1asfSd
There's no such horse running. Take
your money somewhere else"
President Walbaum bet on Fondolin
to win the fourth race. His own colt
Robin Hood, galloped home an easy
| winner.
Il. johnson, whose mount, Summer
Coon. fell at the had of the stretch
walked back to the scales with tears
streaming down his face. He was not
hurt, but was mortified al having fallen
|
Tormenter has lost all his speed
| Midgley has lost his skill. They made
All e@ceieht como'nauoh yesterday
Dauntless was cut loose to win big
money yesterday, but he failed to dc
the trick.
Assignee displayed more courage In
his race yesterday than he has before
in any event In which he has started
this year.
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