The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-04
GOSSIP OF THE RACETRACK.
DRAKE AND GATES EXPERIENCE
A DAY OF DISASTER.
Wager Thousands on Lady Amelia, Ort
Wells, Councilman and Leader-Books
Enjoy q Harvest-Thomas Cleans UP
With Stalwart-Year Rings for sma theirs.

| on the favortes, Lady Amelia, Ort Wells
councilman and Leader. although all of the
Six winners were well backed. 1t was ar
afternoon Of disaster for the Drake Gates
combination. who dropped altogether close to
$4,000. They began by wagering 49, OC
on Lady Amelia at II to 20. When their COM
| mission had been placed on the Thomas hlly
Drake got wind Of a mild killing planned
| with John E. Madden's Waterside and got
down fair sized wager at 10 to I. Tradition
was the next magnet for the combination
| money and $4,000 went on the Paget Ally at
IL to 20.
ort Wells was the real thing, however. in
the estimation Of these plungers and they
sent their agents into the ring with instruc-
tions to bet all the money that the books
would accept on the King Eric colt. Before
the bugle sounded the combination had sue
eeeoed In wagering $4,000, 1t was said, at
odds ranging from to'5 to to 2. With Ort
Wells beaten, n council Of war was held behind
the clubhouse. Drake. with one arm around
dates' neck and the other around A. b. Hud-
son. held long whispered consultation.
whle Charles Head Smith. AL Dryer, and the
colored man. who bet for the confederacy.
stood near waiting for orders. John T..
Madden's Councilman was the magnet this
tiine and s2S, 900 was the amount OF the wager,
the odds dropping from to to to g. But
along came sydney Paget's Cairngorm and
the money was burned 1t was said that
Drake and Gates played Leader in the last
race with similar results.
+. X. Thomas was on the edge of the betting
ring during the speculation on the second
race. His commissioners were ordered to
bet $4,000 on Lady Amelia. and they got
most OF II on at to 2. When the Ben Brush
my was beaten Thomas was visibly annoyed,
but he got more than this amount back when
Stawart won the Century Stakes. for his
agents placed 81. 900 at S to l and to q the
net winnings being about s22 900 in wagers
with $4,000 as the winners share Of the
stakes.
John Z. Madden and his friends cleaned
up handsomely with Waterside. The Water
cress two-year-old, with only 81 pounds on
ms back. was in receipt of fifteen pounds
by the scale from Lady Amelia. and as he
had worked six furlongs for this race In l:l4h,
he was played to the extent that his odds
were cut from 20 to l to tens and Fights. Last
year Madden beat McChesney with the i'll
fated two-year-old The Minute Man, and
the Waterside coup was built on similar lines.
But the way the Watercress colt romped
home ten lengths in front of such a tall sprinter
as Lady Amelia made the wise men open
their eyes so wide that they could not shHt
them again for several minutes.
AndGw Miller and his associates were
SicdtiS usdppOlHteO Wnen DlNlnatlOn was
practically left at the post in this race. for
they had backed her literally at 10 to 1, and
when she ran a grand race and finished a
length outside of the money they felt sure
that the Horoscope flly would have been
at least the second horse with an even break.
1t was not the first time, however that Divina-
ton refused to break with the rest OF the
field so the starter put her on the school
ing list
During the sales last week $. c. Hidrcth
purchased thirty-six yearllngs. including
the half-brother to Ort Wells yesterday for
$500. Hildreth has never been purchaser
of yearlings before yet he seemed to place
no limit on his bidding once he made up his
mind that he wanted one of the youngsters
All the yearlings now owned by him were
shipped to Kentucky last night To be broken
1t was said yesterday that Hildreth has been
acting as an agent for +. +. Smathers. who
intends to go into racing next season on a
large scale MIR Smathers has been disap-
pointed at the showing of McChesney. ,irand
Opera. Stevedore. Dick Bernard and other
horses purchased by him, and his friends say
that he has decided to build UP "a stable that
will be able to compete with some of the best
in the East next season. He paid SIS. 900 alone
for McChesney and Dick Bernard Big Mac
IL put up at auction to-day would not bring
a quarter OF this amount, it is believed. Hill
but it is said that powerful influences will be
brought to bear on the stewards between
now and next season to secure a training
license for him.
Stalwart. on his race yesterday will be re-
garded as pretty nearly the best OF the three
from now on. The Meddler colt |
has been improving rapidly. and on Friday. |
with Redfern up. he Just breezed a mile in |
$40 in preparation for the Century. Redfern |
said afterward that he had never worked |
horse in such fast time. In handling Stalwart |
in the Century. Redfern. by the way. rode his |
first winner since he had his collar bone broken
at Saratoga.
Jack Joyner sc ems to be able to put one
over the plate regularly these days. He was
successful yesterday with both Tradition and
-arng germ. Lyme riding each OF them and
carrying OF the sal dle honors for the day.
Cairngorm was backed down from S to / to
to 2, the Paget stable and many Of the.pro-
essional handicappers getting aboard.
Much interest was centred in the first ap-
,earance OF James r. Keene's Butcher. by
Kingston Fairy Slipper. Who. 1t had been
eported, was a better colt than Sysonby. |
lie went up in The betting from to to sizes.
,ut ran fine race in spite OF the fact that he
vas anything but ira ok wise. He is eligible
o start in the English Derby next year, but
whether Mr.. keene will send him over or not
las not been decided as yet.
That Delhi has lost all of the form that
'nabled him to win the Withers. the Belmont
md the Great Republic seems TO be an ac-
,epted fact. The Ben Brush colt appears
o have been overtrained. as he is not nearly
10 robust and powerful as he was early in
he season. While he set fast pace for a
nile in the Century. he quit badly when Ort
Wells went up to him. II is probable that he
will not do much racing after this.
Waterboy has arrived at one Of the Haggin
breeding farms. his career on the turf being
u an end. II would have been better II he
ad been retired at the end Of last season
When he was at his best.
Willie Shaw was confident that Oiseau
ould have beaten Tradition in the Flatbush
takes II the race had continued for another
urlong lie said the Western colt did not
egin to race until he had gotten around the
lbow. and that he had a great deal left at
he wire. Tradition apparently won easily.
nut there were those who felt convinced that
he Goldnnch Ally was pretty thoroughly
xtended In the run through the last fur
,ng, as Lyme was hand riding her at the
nal sixteenth.
W. d. Jennings is in hard luck. Within a
eek he has run second with Dainty, Gold
Ioney and Leader. each beaten a head.
Hildebrand had Ave mounts yesterday
nd got four of them In the money but no |