The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-26
GOSSIP OF The RUNNERS,
w. {. WHITNEY rs EXPERIMENT.
ING AT AIKEN, 8. G..
"m'er'ns His Horses There While Other
O~ners Look On With Interest-His
"a "eiie Stud u Growing-sales Of
BLOOD stock In England for the Year.


w. C. whitney is making an experiment
mat " OF interest to manv prominent owners
,e 10 wihtcring his entire racing stable ut
AIKEN, 3. C.. where the climate is believed
70 o. Just suited to the training of thorou gill
oreos at this time OF the year. 1t was last
winter that the cream OF Mr. Whitney's
s'aoie down on Long Island suffered from
influenza, which carried on a number OF
valuable yearlinRs and 30 completely Grip
hied some of the older horses that they have
never been able to run up to form, Con-
Vinccd that to keep his horses on Long Island
another winter would he In the nature OF a
q severc handicap to success. Mr.. Whitney
concluded some time ago to try the Southern
climate of Aiken and IL his stable rounds into
form and there IL no sign Of illness among
the racers. II is probable that a number Of
nrominent owners will send their horses to
the same place. Mr. Whitney will be repre-
seited on the turf this year by a number Of
youngsters bred ut his own establishment.
la Belle Farm. Ne has gradually built up
II strong stud and expects in a year or two
10 croft largely by his investment The
stations AT La Belle include the celebrated
Hamburg. Meddler. Yankee, Ballyhoo Bey,
,ssak and Nasturtum, n hgh-class lot
Mr.. Whtnay's two-year-ods last season did
not ran out. the hest of them being Girdle and
Payne. But IN the handicaps next season
he will have Guniire and Goldsmith. the for
mer having shown an inclination TO 20 a route
aud the latter. IT is said having recovered his
two-year-old form. John W. Rogers will
train Mr.. Whitney's horses again and the
riding VIII be done by Arthur Redfern and
Tommy Burns.
President Tom Williams has announced
that the New California Jocl:ey Club has
assumed control OF racing on tho Coast with
the idea of keeping IN the present value of
purses and preventing syndicate betting
The latter evil. Pres idcnt Williams asserts.
should h. curbed AZ all hazards. Syndicate
betting has predominated the rings at local
racetrscks. II was when Joe llman and
nd Weller opened the Big Store" at Sara .
tora and quoted independent prices that
the syndicate" was heard from. 1t has
often been argued that the public would be
hotter satisfied II layers acted independently
OF one another, thereby promoting a sort OF
business rivalry in the way Of posting odds
II President Williams can suppress syndicate
betting il i proba bic that other ra cling assoc
cations may take the matter into consderi-
ton But IT looks like a hard task. especially
~ the East.
What is SUI posed to be a conflict between
tie Metropolitan Turf Association, the or
gnnzation to which all of the leading book
makers belong. and Sol Iichteustein.a mem-
her who is doing business at New Orleans
81 y large scale has been brought to the
surface by the following order. which has
.,.st been adopted and promulgated by Chair
lTNn George \ Who'loC,.
che Governing Committee has Just passed
unanimously the ruling that no member of
or organization be permitted to further his
ON interests or any ether interests which
T.. may he connected with by the putlshin {
~ the fac, that le i a member OF the Metro
M.litan turf association. \ strict Observance
AID rigid adherence by all members to this
rule i required Tn. dropping OF the word
tug u Mctropolltan Turf Association cannot
M d W III not be- construed "a an exception.
The snles OF blooded stock in England this
year have reall7ed high prices. Twenty
teders obt1 ned an average of at least zoo
gIiuens for their yearlngs md in tn, course
Of the season tNeuty-siy reached four figures
TIE total being so 900 auIreas. The principal
sales Of the year on the other side are az
follows taken from the weekly edition of tn,
IL ndon ri qes'