The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-19
GOSSIP OF The RACETRACK.
ASCOT BELLIES VICTORY SUR
PRISES TRAINER TUCKER.
Falls to Bet on Her After winning Big
Wager on Auditor. VINO Ii Bid UP and
Bought by De Arman-O iseau VIII Win.
ter In John II. Carr,s Private stable.

Wager on Auditor. VINO IL Bid UP and
Bought by De Arman-Oiseau VIII Win.
ter In John ii. Carrs Private stable
Bob Tucker. trainer OF 8. s. Browns horses,
could not believe his eyes when he saw Ascot
Belle win the last race yesterday. Tucker
Is a heavy bettor, and had IS. 900 wager on
but he could not see how Ascot Belle had q
chance. Tommy Burns could not ride Ascot
Belle, because he learned during the after
noon that his mother -in-law. Mrs. James
Mclaughlin. had died suddenly. So Jack
Martin WAS engaged to ride instead. Ascot
Belle. on FORM looked to have a royal chance
to win. but as Tucker and the wise men who
generally follow his lead did not send their
commissions into the ring. the layers con-
cluded that something allied the filly. Ac-
cordlngly they boosted the odds until they
had reached IS to 1, the crowd in general
keeping or whereas under other circum-
stances the filly would have been heavily
played. When she finished In front Tucker q
face was a study. while many players who
had originally selected her to win. but stayed
OF. kicked themselves inwardly. All OF
which goes to prove the oft repeated assertion
that trainers In many cases do not know
their own horbes.
Matt Allen announced yesterday that he
had made arrangements for Olseau, the
two-year -old colt recently bought by Dia-
mond Jim Brady for $4,000. to spend the
winter in the private stable of John II. Carr
on Kings Highway. Brooklyn. Carr built
the stable according to his own ideas. and
1t is said to be one OF the finest in the coun-
try.
Those who have been decrying the ability
Of Otto Wonderly took of their hats to him
when he landed james F. winner over
Rapid Water In the handicap. 1t was a we'll
finished piece of Workmanship
Joe Yeager has engaged twenty stalls at
Los Angeles. where he will race his horses
during the winter meeting there. Hildebrand
will go along to ride for him.
When Auditor won the Huntington Stakes.
for which he was entered to be sold for 81 400.
U. y. De Arman. who ran second with EFT Tu
Brute. bid the colt up to 81 500. and got him
at that figure.
As an instance OF the tightpess Of money
among the books, four OF the best known
layers refused 500 wagers on several occa-
sions during the afternoon.
John Nixon did not arrive at the track
Charles Elwood, who should have run In the
name OF the Kirkwood Stable. so the colt
was scratched. But War whoop's entry
was changed In time. so that he started In
the third race. War Whoop and Wire In,
full brothers, were bred by Henry Giddings,
an old Canadian trotting horseman. and they
were sold by him to the Mckenzie Bros OF
Toronto for $4,000. All Canada back ed
War Whoop unsuocessfully In the Queens
Plate this year.
Sydney Paget. Sim Deimel. Jack Joyner
and others cleaned up with Cairnsorm in
the first race.
Yeager and his constituents had the checks
on Sydney C. Love in the second. while the
clubhouse contingent backed Reveille. H
T. Griffin and Tony Aste had a stiff wager
on Stolen Moments.
Lord Badge was placed on the schooling
list by Starter Fitzgerald. as the old fellow
was up to his old tricks
NJ. l.. Hayman tried 70 win Rapid Water
out. but the former Drake colt would not
have it. There was a mild killing again with
James F.
l.. v. Bellies Monet and Supreme Court
could not lose. according to Trainer Jimmy
Mccormick. but they burned up the money In
great shape.
H. R. Schaner will take his horses to Balti.
more. He had a good bet across the board
on his fllly yiona at long odds.
Frank Farrell's Juvenal Maxim was hot
tip in the fifth race. but the colt was no &C.
count. ~
william Aston Chanler and his friend
would have hit the ring solid blow II Ascot
Belle had not beaten Bill Bailey IL.