The evening times., 1896-07-20
sERRAT|C RUNNERS
They Are Giving '.Father Bill"
Considerable Trouble.
PUZZLED THE TALENT
Case VIII Not BE Referred to the
Jockey Club for Final Action-Sus-
pension VIII Lapse With the Clos
ing of the Aqueduct Meeting Today.
Privileged to Start ut Brighton.

New York, July 2O.-The refusal of
ards of the Aqueduct's meeting continued
to be the chief topic of discussion wherever
racing men congregated today. Father
Bill'' and his erratic runners are a per-
petual puzzle to the talent, their Inconsistent
in-and-out performances proving a source
of many losses, both to the layers and the
players, yet the Sage of Hartford is not by
any means withoutlis friends and defenders
in the present case. H4t
Some oA the very best Judges of race
horses and racing maintain that Volley's
apparent reversal OF form last week may
be accounted for without any inference
whatever that Father Bill'' fed and water
ed the bay gelding before Thursdays losing
race. They point to the difference in the
class of horses in the two races, the differ
ence in time, and the superiority OF Dog
gett over Keefc, as explaining the defeat
OF Thursday, and the easy victory of the
following day.
RUNNING OF YOLLEY.
Sir Francis, who won the race in which
Volley brought up the rear is looked upon
by them as being pretty highcla horse
Mt mile in his present form, and able to
lose the Daily gelding in the best race the
latter has run the season, while In Fridays
contest Volley defeated nothing with pre-
tensions to the same class. and his mile
was run in IA on a fast track as against
l AZ IL for Sir Francis, an track that was
heavy and dead, after a morning downpour.
The Native, a fairly good horse, started in
the race won by volley, to be sure, but-it
would bea mistake to So ythat he was beaten
by the winner. Poor riding defeated The
Native, and, according to many horsemen,
his running In this race was quite as open
to criticism as was volleys poor per-
Torrance of the previous day.
1t is now reported that Days case
will not be referred to the Jockey Club for
final action, according to the customary
procedure, but that the suspension will be
permitted to lapse with the close of the
Aqueduct meeting today, leaving Father
Bill free TO spring his long shots on the
public at Brighton Beach, as OF yore.
COULD CUT DAILY OFF SHORT.
This would be, of course, equivalent to
an acquittal of the charges made against
him at Aqueduct. Should the Jockey
firm the finding OF the stewards, Daily
would probably be at the end of his turf
career. Having been placed under the
ban once before in similar manner, he
would hardly be taken back into the fold
second time.
1t is a matter of regret to all race goers
that so many of the horses entered in the
$500 Brighton handicap, to be run on
the opening day, will be absentees. A
great contest was in sight until a number
of prominent candidates went wrong.
Henry Of Navarro is being treated for a
| splint, Margrave and Keenan, are both in
fit to start, Requital has been declared out
in order to give him good rest before the
big fall meetings commence. Patrician is
broken down. Paladin is ruled off, and
| several others are for one cause or another
probably absentees. However, should Cliff.
| ford, Sir Walter, Ben Brush, Nanki Pooh,
Belmar and St Maxim go to the post, the
race may yet be one of the events of the
season.