The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-21
Andrew Miller Says He Ia Dissatisfied With
the Boys Riding and Substitutes
O'NefIl--Piunger L'H0mmedieu Still
an Exiie--Yeager Piungcs on stuyvc.

Inc stables representative, 1t was stated,
declared that he had no proof. whereupon the
stewards informed him that they could take
no action and advised him to suspend the
jockey himself II he believed he had Just
grievance. --
Much surprise was shown whom in the fifth
race w. B. Leeds's Simplicity was ridden by
Frank O'Neill instead Of the regular stable
Jockey. Jack Martin Andrew NJ ilier, one OF
the stewards Of the Jockey Club and Mr..
Lecds's racing partner, when asked why
Martin had been supplanted, said:
we have been dissatisfied With Martin 3
riding for some time past and decided to-
day to substitute o'Neill.'
Did you make a complaint against Martin
TO the stewards Of the Jockey Cub?' Mr.
Miller was asked.
mo OFFICIAL complaint has been fled with
the Jockey Club" was tho reply although
I do not know what action the stewards
Of the Brighton meeting may hive taken
1t has been an open secret for some time
past that Messrs. Leeds and Miller have been
finding fault with Martin. whose work In the
saddle has been, on several occasions. poor,
to say the least. At Saratoga Martins ride
on Fort Hunter In the race won by Afhcander
was harshly criticised. Later at 6heepshead
Bay his handling Of Wild Thyme when abe
was trimmed by Ormonde's Right one day
was pronounced incompetent. while his per-
Torrance on Hurstbourne at Brighton last
week called forth more adverse comment.
Martins friends say that he has done his
best and that he Re merely the victim Of cir
cumstances. His riding Of Hurstbourne is
defended with the statement that the Indio
colt is on the verge OF 4 breakdown. Martin
livos with Tom Welsh. the trainer Of the
Miller-Leeds horses. and 1t h said that Welsh
has found absolutely no fault with the boy.
Martin has been riding for Messrs. Miller
and Leeds and p j. Dwyer almost exclusively.
with now and then a mount In the Keene
stable. or late his services have not been
Ia general demand He has shown much
skill at times. being alert at the post. cool
headed under trying conditions and a strong
fnisher. From yesterdays action on the
part OF Mr.. Miller. 1t would seem Ms II Martin
would soon sever his relations with the stable.
Possibly Trainer Welsh may throw UP his
engagement. too. as he is liable to stand
by the Jockey.
Steve I.Hommedieu. the noted plunrer,
must remain away from the metropolitan
tracks. Several years ago he was asked
to take himself to other parts. but recently
he decided that he would like to come back
and partake OF the good things along with
the other big spectators. Accordihgly he
asked the stewards Of the JOCKEY Club to
stewards decided that the pinnTer had no
grounds for an audience with t,osn. which
means that he must remain In exile until
his case Ia more favorahly considered.
Joe Yeager cleaned up @ handsome profit
when Stuyve won the last race. Yeager's
men went up and down the Hne betting $500
at a clip at IL to s. but as YeuGer wanted
real action he olnmbered down from his
stool and proceeded to place many large
~ ali frrv,, ux1v haln uol
to Frank l.unterman. but when the book
maker got into a financial tansie at Sara
toga the gelding was passed over TO Yeager.
Stuyve's success pulled YeaSer out OF quite
hole. as he lost big bet on Major Pelham
In the first race and another on Armenia
in the third. after cashinR on Oissau In the
second
There was a solid plunge on John A. brakes
Liberia In the first race. She opened in some
books at 0 to 1, but the money came 90 fast
that she closed at to l. and In several in-
stances at to 6. But the nlly's race was
about the worst since her graduation from
the maiden class.
Newton Benninston's Biandy was quoted
at q false price. He went UP In tho betting
from to TO Is to l. In spite OF the fact that
he was a consistent performer early in the year,
beating some high class two-year-olds. He
ran splendid race. In spite Of the fact that
ne Was short' anu tue stapie connections
were warm Under the collar Tor letting him
run practically unbacksd.
'hsesu' acoordine 70 wen known rail-.
bird, worked I'VE furiones the other day in
100 fla
He was Just breezins, said the clocker.
and should have been prohibitivs favorite
in to-day's race"
Sweet Alice ran her last race In the Bay
Shore Stakes yesterday. She pulled up 80
lame that her owner. j. l.. Mc,iinnis. de-
cided that II was advisable to send her to
the stud. She Is four-year-old. by Flying
and last year she
won number OF good races.
There was quiet tip on big Tim" Sulli-
vans Old England In the Bay Shore. and he
was played by the Bowery specuiators at
is to I. Nobody knows what would have
happened II the 9oldfnch Relding had not
been practically Knocked to his knees In the
mix-up on the backstretch. The fouiing
served to beat Frank Farrell out OF nice
wager on King Pepper. who was backed by
him 10 win ana To snow. f. f. Smathers lost
a hbcrai wager on Dick Bernard. who was a
head out OF the money. John A. brakes
after thrilling warm-up. was
played to show by the stable.
As c. E. Rowe scratched First Mason and
Colonial Girl from the fourth race and started
Mabel Richardson. the crowd concluded that
the tip was too good to let slip. so Mabel was
ba cked down from to to twos. only to