Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
CURRENT NOTES
FROM THE PADDOCK

An internal scrap within the ranks of the
Metropolitan Turf Association the book
makers syndicate, is not the least possible
of happenings that may take place in the
near future. The announcement made
Gently that in the future the race tracks
would recognize nobody but Edward Burke
as representing the bookies' organization, it
seems, has stirred up Heaney, Jones, Lich-
tenstein and Wheelock, the four other mem
bcrs of the executive committee, to a point
where they have declared themselves as still
in power, with no intention of being downed.
Burke 1t is said had the backing of the
more level-heaGed members of the organi
cation, who have become tired of the petty
chickering's that Wheelock and company have
been guilty of, and If any of it is at
tempted there may be serious trouble in the
organization.
1t is with no inconsderable alarm that
the men who have the best interests of
racing at heart are waiting and watching
for Gov. Higgins of New York to make his
announcement as to the makeup of the
new racing commission of that state. The
fear that politics had finally crept into the
sport, and that it is politics alone that is
swaying the governor In choosing the men
who will be responsible for the welfare of
the sport in that state, is the cause of the
alarm. No greater calamity, perhaps, could
befall racing than to have the politicians
get hold on 1t. The vast sentiment of not
only turfmen, but breeders, who have mill
lions invested IN the sport, is that the com"
mission as it stands today. with August
Belmont at it's head, should be reapponted.
The ten years that the present commission
has been in power have been years in which
racing has improveduntil today 1t is at the
top wave of its prosperity, and much of its
success is entirely due to the unt!ring eff
forts of its chairman.
Frankie O'Neil. with ten winners, six Sec
onds and four thirds. easily leads the Win
ming jocSies for the first nine days of the
meeting at Sheepshead Bay. Jack Martin,
who rode Agile TO victory yesterday, moved
up ahead of Lyme in the list, with five win
ners and three seconds. Lyme has also
piloted five winners, but has only two sec
onds to his credit. Davis and Hildebrand
have each ridden four winners. and w.
Knapp and Miller three. Diggins Nicol
and Walsh each have two to their credit.
Favorites were defeated In twenty-one OF
the thirty-six races run at the Bay during
the past week. Consequently the talet has
not done so well as ii started out to do during
the first three days of the meeting. In the
hfty -four races run. twenty-five choices
have won, a percentage of about 46, but
even at that, 1t is far higher percentage
than has been victorious at either of the
other meetings during the present season.
net to the winner, E. E. Smathers' Secur-
ity. For defeating Beldame in the run
ming of the Advance stakes, Captain
Browns account was increased to the ex-
| tent of S1l, $50.
Dominicks handling of Security in the
| Great Trial was masterpiece of horseman-
| ship and Hildreth made no mistake when
| he went west and ordered the little jockey
| to report to him in the east. Dominick did
| not get to the track until Friday night. and
| II was the first race he has ridden on the
| eastern tracks for several years
Harry Payne Whitneys FLY Queen of
! Hearts, which is a fun sister to Artful. had
! her first outing yesterday. She did not
| show anything, however, that would en-
! title her 10 be spoken of in the same breath
| as her famous sister, which won last year 9
| Futurity. She finished absolutely in the
running of the Great Trial yesterday.
| Security, which won the Great Trial is n
/ hair brother to Ort Wells and Dick Wells
| being out of Teas Over and by Sorcerer.
| HIS Improvement over his first attempt A
! ddy or TWO ago was rather startling