Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-09

rules Jockey Hildebrahd did not weigh
out with blinkers beforS the election day
handicap and when st. Valentine. his
mount wore them in the race, the stew
| ards fined the Jockey 500. Then Trainer
L. Blank was also fined $500 for not scratch
ing Bonner from the frstfrace early enough.
The horses number and Jockey were
hoisted and some az the books received
wagers on the combination before 1t was
hurriedly announced~that he would not
start Jockey Cannon was fined $50 for
big handicap he cut directly across In front
Of his field with Grenade.
Jack Bennett took a hand in the selling
race warfare which has been lively at Aoue-
duct and Jamaica when Atwood won the
fifth race for which the Aintree colt was en-
tered to be sold. for $1,000 and Bennett ran
up the figures to $4,000. the owner saving
his racer with an extra SIS bid This net
ted Mrs. H. M. Mason, the owner of Flam-
mula, who ran second, $500, while the
rest of the run up money went to the
Queens County Jockey Club, as usual
A shabby man went up to bookmaker
on the dead line" just before the first
race at Aqueduct yesterday and whis-
pered:
SAY. Gull, let me bet half dollar on
King Pepper? It's me last cent, and 1
think the King will cop, sure! Be a good
Teller and let me get a bit of the coin.
Lay me eight plunks agin a half, will
yer?"
IF that's all the money yer have" re-
torted the bookmaker. I'D advise yer to
go get square meal Or buy a hair cut
and a shaver
AN right. SPORT was the angry re-
Spouse. Wait till get bunch and I'll
come along some of these days and burn
you up. You're dead game"
King Pepper beat the Sullivans out of a
big bet on Old England. They sent their
agents to the track to clean up with the
Goldfnch gelding, and Archie thinner as
sured them that the race was in Frank
Farrell has not been to the races for
several weeks, and there was no evidence
In the ring that he wagered a penny on
his old Splinter. Thousands of dollars
were poured into the ring on For Luck
the Plaudit filly who formerly belonged
the property of D. Kelly. Hildebrand had
the leg up. and for long time it looked
as II the good thing would go through
with a rush. But the filly was probably
short of work.
Last Saturday Albert Simons and his
friends tried to pull off a killing with High
"ino IN the race that was won by another
good thing. Telescope. Simons bet $500
on Hlgn Wind on that occasion and in the
second race yesterday he backed the colt
again at to 1. High Wind won this time
and Simons bet 81 600 on him at prevailing
odds But his winnings were consumed by
teo ruler In the last race. who was heavily
backed by all the big Spectators
Jim Beattie an added starter in the Creed
moor stakes. with Hildebrand up, was back
ed down to to /, but he never had a
chance to f1atter his hackers Pirate Polly's
victory In this race revived the talk con-
corning the first race she ran in the east
this fall at the Jamaica meeting. On that
occasion she was hot odds-on favorite but
Lyme was accused of being the chief cause
Of her disgraceful defeat. She did nothing
of any account after that until she started
In race on Monday, when the fright peo-
ple' bet on her for the limit only to have
her run second to Floralia. Yesterday these
same people thought that she did not have
such good chance and as a result she
went up to toll. She was full of speed,
however, and showed considerable class,
too Oxford, who was ruled out of second
place by the stewards, is the colt who burn
ed up ton of money at Morris Park when
Harry Cochran rode him like a stable boy
Previous winners of the Creedmoor stakes
were Nevermore and Juvenal Maxim.
r. T. Wilson, jr., has won the Election
Day handicap twice in succession as Car
buncle carried his colors to victory last
year in l. so 3-5, which was the track record
until Dolly Spanker ran the distance a fifth
OF second faster in yesterdays race.
Falmouth was primed for a killing in the
fifth race at Aqueduct yesterday and was
backed down from 100 to 1 to 30. He was
led to the post before the rest of the field
and then finished absolutely last.