The sun., 1904-06-19


when he reached tho bend In tho Futurlty
course. No jockey could have ridden Ort
Wells In better style than did this crack
lightweight In the Tidal Stakes, while his
coolheaded performance on Armenia, In the
nth race, was praised on all sides. 1t was,
all In all, sreatdsy for the boy. who at present
has all Of the other jockeys beaten city
block.
Frank Hayes was probably tho heaviest
winner on the day. He began BY playing
Workman straight and place In the nrst event
the second, after which he went to Fly BACK,
straight and place. in the third. and also had
a fat wager on Ort Wells. In the tidal. His
biggest cleanup was on Fly Back. From
George Rose alone he took 5000. 1900 TO
$500 straight and 5000 to $500 a place, "
was conservatively estimated that he won
about 900 on the nrst four races. taking
things easily al terwsrd.
NJ. L. Hayman had 81. .ooo straight and 5000
Q place ON sheriff Bell. winning nearly sss.ooo
on the result OF the race, Hsyman has been
the sharp people say that much OF the money
wagered has belonged TO Senator McCsrren.
John A. Drake was In Chicago. where bis
colt Rapid Water ran third In the Derby.
but be cleaned up with Ort Wells. through
his commissioners here, who wagered 5000
straight and 900 . place on the King Eric
three-year old. at 4 to and to 10. Enocn
wishard. brakes trainer. was sure that Ort
Wells would trim Delhi. and 20 was John z.
Madden Delhi had been coughing some
lately, but Trainer Rowe said that he vss In
superb shape when he went to the post. Tho
chief regret expressed BY the leading turfmen
was that Bryn Mawr. the winner OF the $4,000
Brooklyn Derby, was not eligible for yester.
days race. for In their estimation he would
have Won to moral certainty. hut Ort Weus
Was such an easy winner that the question
will remain . problem until he meets hryn
MawY at some future date.
John walters. the clubhouse commissioner.
wasersd 900 on a. B. Durysas Armenia
at s 70 } and closed at 8 to 5. Walters also
placed . heavy wager on Mineola In the
ssoond race. Matte Corbett dropped . bunch
on Dslssmsn, Who WA beaten BY . few
inches by Gold Dome. The latter ran prac-
tcally u1hanksA- r
vnhan DeraA, . well known character In
~ TseAWsslA district. does not believe in
ttpe, Hs vsnt to the track on Suburban
DAY. s1h aftsr receiving Information that
lrish Lad Vas Q oinch he turned nom his
sdvissrs and bSt 500 on Hsrmis. He went to
won on Mr.. Tkomasb horse, and after learning
that DslM could not lose he again waved
his wise friends aside and put the whole
amount on Ort Wells at to /. Then he took
o. 800 up 70 the Tenderloin and locked II IN
the safe. ~
just before the last race tail. csdaverous
looking man saw . woman In tho Grand
stand stufinE roll Of bills into HANDBAG.
He reached over her shoulder. grabbed the
money and ran Reachins the railing At the
back Of the stand. he leaped over snd landed
~, ~. sr.s. t~>ivA Tat helov A ha apAd
toward the main gates. thsre was hue and
cry, and soon he was followed By crowd
Of mon. including several Pinkertons He was
going at top speed when suddenly he tripped
and fell. A Pinkerton pounced upon I'm.
and the fellow surrendered immedia ely
He was taken TO the rscetrack COOLER"
and sftsrward turned over TO the Coney
Island police.
Tod Sloan went to the track early yester-
day morning and approached several trainers
with . request TO be allowed TO work their
horses. John z. Madden handed vassar
Girl over to him and said he wanted to have
her work six furiongs In 100. Sloan. who
has lost nothing OF his former skill. rated
the Oily in i:lsx. Then Madden asked him
TO work Iaiits half In o5o. and Sloan was
not q fraction OF . second out Of the way.
Phaon was rated In lax. when Trainer
Karrick asked Tod TO work him In i:2o
Finally Enoch wishard asked the much
talksd.of jockey to work Ishlana In III.
and the nlly was timed in lax. This per-
formance was witnessed by q number Of
trainers. who complimented Sloan on his re-
msrkabis Judgment Of pace. Sloan still
hopss that the Jockey Club will allow him
70 ride here again.
Trainer Mason said b. fore the second race
that in order to beat Roehampton the time
would have to be better than l1sh. Roe
hampton was beaten q length and q head
In i 50. The horse. who hiss been notorious
cripple. pulled up ~ sound - bell.
Secretary John Boden. Jr., Of the Brighton
Beach Racing Association said yesterday
that the Brighton Handicap bids fair to be the
best race Of its kind run this year. II will be
worth "a 900 to the winner. or 700 moro
than the winners share Of the Suburban.
Secretary Boden says that he he's received
assurances that Hermis. Irish Lad. The
Picket, AfricsndeY. Dick Welles and MoChes-
ney viii all 20 to the post. and that Wsterboy
may be . starter. too. AoChesney has a..
ready been entered In the Beashore Handicap
10 be run at Brighton. which shows that Big
Mao" will come East Immediately after the
running Of the Worlds Fair Handicap next
Saturday.
2. r. Thomas said yesterday that hs had
not yet made up his mind whether 10 ssnd
Hermis to st. Louis or not. But In view Of
Hishballs victory In Tie American Derby
several turfmen were ready 10 bet last night
that Hermis would BE- on hia way to the Mound
City early tomorrow morning.
-Four steeplechases will be run eaeh week
during the cemins meeting at Brighton
Beach,
Il would be hard to nnd moro disEruntled
lot Of psople than the 800 passengers who
took the race train leaving Long lAland City
At 20 yesterday afternoon. The loco omotive
eays up the ghost on the steep Grade Just
this side of East New York. and the passsn-
rsrs did not reach the track until just - the
horses were sent away for the second race at
, clock.
The Tidal ID one Of the oldest Of three-ysar-
old ciassios. Il was nrst run in 1850. The
Dwyers won II In 1880. 1881. 1889. isss. 1859.
1857, 1901 and 1898. with Luke Blackburn.
Hindoo, Rummymede, Barnes. Inspector B..
Hanovsr, Portchestsr and Handball. Psrdee
and Joe Cotton ran dead heat In 1885, The
othsrs winners were Young Duke. Defense.
Salvator, Duriingso CAarade. Sir Walter.
Dobbins. keenan,, Masrave. Duddha, Filon
d 'Or, McMeekin. Watercolor. Major Dain-
serfeld and ehorthose The distance was
one mile up 10 isos. when II was increased to .
mile and . quarter. Ort Wells hung up new
record for the rsce at the lsttsr distance.
Tho winners Of the Foam Stakes, also In