Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-10
RACE TRACK GOSSIP.
Grand coups Pulled OF With Istria and
Allumeur,

Allumeur.
while four favorites made 1t rather I'M
pleasant for the form players at Aqueduct
yesterday, the books did not profit on the
DAYS proceedings, as two killings OF good
sized proportions went through successfully.
The first was accomplished in the fifth race,
with Istria, a. two-year-old filly by Peep
o'Day, out of Ionis. She ran in the name
of ]. Weisman. and though the name OF her
trainer on the official program was w. For
man it was said that Istria was prepared
for the coup by Bruce Rice, the former
jockey. #s
Everybody on the track had the tip early
in the day, but as the race fairly bristled
with good things it was forgotten; except by
those who were close to the stable. Istria
opened at 80 to 1, and Immediately there
was a steady play on her. all three ways,
until she closed at to 1, with to quoted
in many books. Several of the best-known
hOrsemen, who knew that she had worked
well. did not bet on her. because w. Hen
messy had the leg up; but the midget sim
ply sat still and let the fllly breeze in front
of the big field all the way.
Ralbert, who ran second in this race, car
ried the colors of F. M. Kelly. who bought
the son Of Albert at a sale of Paget horses
a few weeks ago. 1t will be remembered
that it was with Ralbert that Mr.. Paget
won his match race with Tom Williams at
Morris Park. The gelding had worked so
fast for yesterdays race that David Gideon
was induced to bet on him. place and show
while Kelly and his friends backed him
down from 80 to i to Is. In the same race
r. w. Nelson's Maggie Stroup was lowered
from 40 to to 10, while C, v. Crafts Ben
odds from 20 to To- D. suIivan og 1 a ahe
liam, L. o. Appleby's Revef. ]. L. McGinnis'
Black Cat, J. E. Maddens Edith Brown and
D. J. Lees Little sButtercup were also
handed out by the tfpsters, and all Of them
wi ha MIA Hod
the money on Sydney Pagets My Buela,
the favorite. 't1
The other coup was pulled off in the last
race by Tom Healey. who trains for r. T.
Wilson, jr. He sent a haif-brother of Dick
Welles and Ort Wells to the post in the two
year-old colt. Aliumeur, by Lamplighter-
Teas Over. Healey did not keep the secret
from his friends in the paddock, with the
result that when 40 to l was offered in the
first place the odds soon dwindled to II to
and even to In some cases. 1t was the
ripest kind OF melon. too. for the young
ster won all the way. Bella Signora, who
ran third. burned up AZ bundle Of good
money. as she was beaten down from to
l to IL to 5. Joe Yeager- bet on his colt,
Hildebrand. straight and place, while Re-
lance, the original favorite, after receding
a point to to 1, ran as If he did not like
the going.
Go Between. the winner OF the Stony
brook stakes. was widely tipped. Charley
Fox, his owner, had a good bet down, but
the railbirds and track sharps beat him to
the price, evidently, for 3 to l was quickly
diminished to to 5 before Fox made up his
mind how much he wanted to bet. Last
Knight and Namtor were the previous win
nerS of this race.
The betting on Trapper, in the third race.
was the liyeliest of the day from the plung-
ers standpoint. AS the get of Hastings are
good mudders, as a rule, the big players
thought any old price was acceptable.
They grabbed even money so readily that
in moment it was case of odds on all
over the ring. The money came in flood,
and the layers were soon rubbing their
eyes to see If the good old times had sud-
denly come back. Zeala. who met Trapper
at even weights, in the meantime went
followers then took her anyway. H. Phil
lips came in for general scoring when
Trapper was beaten.
Dave Gideon lost a big wager on Monet
in the first race while Dave Johnson also
dropped a characteristic bet on Roseben.
Bank, the winner of this event, was charg
ed with an indisputable form reversal, as
his previous race was anything but good,
those who remembered it throwing out the
performance in their calculations. Bank.
by the way, gave ten pounds by the scale
to Monet and three to Roseben, his victory
showing that he possesses some class. He
IS owned by the New; England clergyman
who runs a small string of horses in the
name of the Midtown stable.
Travers rode two winners and might have
landed another with more alertness on
Lord Badge.
Just after the first race there was a
rough and tumble fight in the grand stand
near the betting ring, between a Brooklyn
road house keeper and George Gonzales.
formerly handler of pugilists. Gonzales
was on the floor receiving severe mauling.
and incidentally a pair of black eyes. when
the Pinkertons stopped the battle. The
fight was over the payment of a bet, 1t
was said.
Peter Winners Red Fox was hot tip
in the last race, backed down from 40 to
to twelves. He ran fourth. An odd fea-
ture Of this event was the fact that four
two-year-olds led the field for all ages