The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-05
E. R. THOMAS SELLS PULSUS.
y. r.. MADDEN BUYS HIS HALE
INTEREST FOR !SLJOOO.

yagary Also Goes TO j. w. SchOrr I'm a
Selling Race for Ne OOO--Davy john
son Wins $3.50. 900 on GaIIant's Wet DRY
Turf Gossip From Sheepshead Fay.
f. r. Thomas got rid of two OF his horses
yesterday. He sold his interest In the two
year-old Top Gallant colt Pulsus. who won
the 100000 Great Trial Stakes last Saturday
from Broomstick, to j. F. Madden for $4,000.
! having also received sl05O0 as the colt =
| share Of the big stake mentioned above.
Madden bought Pulsus from w. II. May for
| $4,000, he and Mr. Thomas putting UP 80 500
| each. When Pulsus won the Great Trial
1t was said on excellent authority that Mr..
| Thomas won about $4,000 in wagers. AS
| Madden wanted the colt for his own use,
| he said, he made deal with Mr. Thomas
| before the races yesterday. by which the latter
| realizes big profit. With 5000 in bets.
| Sl0.50O as his share Of the Great Trial Stakes
| and SIS 900 for his interest In the colt which
| cost him SO. 500, II may be seen that Mr.. Thomas
has cleared almost enough money to pay
for the disappointing Hermis. Incidentally.
it may be said that Mr.. Thomas had good
wager on his illy yagary. who won the fifth
| race yesterday at 7 oil. va9ary was entered
TO be sold for $500 and when she was put up
| at auction John W. Schorr bid $500. Trainer
| Karrick protecting the filly with an extra
S. bid. Then Mr.. Schorr raised the figures
to $1,000, whereupon Karrick said:
She's yours On your way"
Mr.. Thomas bought Vagary from Madden,
| the price being four figures, II was said at
| the time. She has been a disappointment
| In nearly all Of her races, and her owner was
| glad to sell her when the chance offered. even
at n small figure. Mr.. Thomas. after this
| transaction, surprised the horse sharps by
| putting in a claim for 9. p. Warehouses;
| hy Sweet Tone. by First Tenor-Faver-
dale, who ran fifth In this race and was entered
| at $1,000. Father Bill" DAILY also claimed
Mr.. Schorrs Excentral out OF the same race.
| Madden. by the way. may sell Pulsus and
| the two-year-old colt Alliance in a few days
| He said yesterday that a gentleman who
| halls from the West wants the colts and can
| have them for n certain figure. While Mad
| den would not admit 1t, il was said on good
| authority that the would-be purchaser is
+; Z. Smathers. owner OF the famous
| McChesney..
| Of the day in the betting ring He went
| down the line clustering the books with
| commissions on August Belmont's Gallant.
| the winner Of the Spring Stakes Gallant
had worked three-Quartcrs Of u mile in l3
and johnson thought it was impossible for
Broomstick TO give Mr., Belmont's colt four
had one bet OF $1,000 to $500 straight and
| 81 200 to $500 place After the race nearly
every book in the ring was touched up. John
sons winnings footing up nearly $4,000, 1t
was estimated 1t is not probable that John
| son will announce another retirement from
the turf for some time to come.
F II Hitchcock said yesterday that he
| has leased. not purchased. the famous stall
lion Handspring from j. Dwyer
King Pepper was IN one Of his ugly moods as
tried to kick down his stall Al the post he
had the outside position and was as stub
born as mule, He propped himself pre-
when he threw up his head and cut Bull
HE always sulks when he gets the outside
| "He is Just like The Musketeer in this respect.
| They know when they have the worst OF 1t
| on position and simply will not break. when
they get the rail there is never any trouble
| Tommy Burns tried to break through the
barrier with Duke Of Kendall IN the second
| RI Ce and v as fined $50 by the starter,
! When jockeys go before the stewards with
| protests or for other reasons 1t is the custom
| for them to take of their caps out OF respect
| to the presiding officials When " Green
went into the stand TO protest against Land
| OF Clover after the steeplechase. he made the
| advocates of good manners open their eyes
| through the interview. The Jockey was so
excited that he simply forgot.
There were more people at the post for
Sheepshead Bay. In the Long Island Hand
| cap the remarks Of the throng undoubtedly
J excited the horses 80 that IT was an exnsper-
| ating task for the starter to get them away.
| During the delay fat man who had seat
! directly behind the press stand 80 FAR for
| got his surroundings as to imagine that he
| was Starter Fitzgerald
"Get up, there!" no yelled his eyes sticking
! out of his head like hard-boled eggs. Get
up there or IN fine yog m.Ili on There
line line, Stop backing up, will .you Now,
Go it, And he sank back into his chair the
! object OF much rdcule. But he had bet on
Douro and had the last laugh
Trouville. who ran third in the fifth race.
has developed two bad ringb0nes. but at
that has been running good races He is a
Jockey Jack Martin was operated on yester-
| day for an abscess and will be out again
! in a week or so. He IL not at a hospital, but
| at the house of Tom Welsh. trainer Tor julius
John H. Carr. after protracted illness,
! was able to come to the races yesterday and
had a good bet on Rigodon. at IS to !. But
| he dropped some Of his winnings on his geld
| ing Royalton. In the fifth event.
"Pttsbnrg9 Phil. had ID Long long TAX talk with
his entries were refused Phil declared that
the ruling of the stewards was due to personal
that the latter promptly ridiculed. The
interview yesterday was the a., cause OF much
Breakdowns We're frequent again Yesterday
on the way TO the track. The Brighton. Beach
| line was tled up i0r n NAH nOnr, Wnlle the
Long Island Railroad crossing at Ocean
avenue was the scene Of q mix-up that might
have been serious accident. 1t il the GUS
| tom of the troley-car conductors to 90 to
the crossing ahead OF their cars to look for
steam trains. conductor Of a heavily
loaded car failed to do this, As the gates
were up and as the motorman was under
Roadway, the man in the railroad tower
threw open an emergency switch. which
sent the car off the rails into the gutter
Women screamed and men fought to get
out of the car 1t took nearly an hour to get
the rear trucks off the rails, permitting
hundred stalled cars To get to the track
lust in time for the hrst race
fremont, Satisfaction, Aurania. Blackburn.
Strnthmeath, Victory, Comanche. st. Maxim.
Waltzcr. Hazlit, Scottish Chieftain. Firearm.
Ethelbert. Miscellaneous. The Parader. Chiffon
and Hurst ParS: Previous winners Of the
Ramapo, Lncania, Clifford, ogden. Bangle
Charrntus, Gold Heels and Herbert. Gold
Heels holds the record for this race. 1883.
Races at ReadviIlc Trottins Park.
BOSTON, July A--Tho talent got n toss In two
ofthc nve races which made up the card tol days
racing at the Readvile trotting park. Dandy