The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-17
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP.
II. +. UHITNEi 10 HtlE FIRST
TAIL on HILDEBRAN VI.

Contract Purchased From Joe NcaEer.
Who says lie Is Through win piunging
WIN Sheepshend Hay Track Be Moved"
-IuNt Makes Footbnil suggestions.
Word comes from Hot Springs that John
= Roger. trainer for lnrry Payne whitney
and - Durycl Iigs completed deal with
JOE Ycuecr whereby Jockey Eugene Hide
brand contract win hr purchased outright
hy SIR whitney and that the boy win prob
ably rrcpiye % salary or nor less hnn s20oon
Tor his services tins year Mr. purNed. who
r1c,-l Mr. Whitney, horses last year, htI
second call on IidebHmd Shaw was the
regular Stable Jockey ~ Nh" beginning % ih"
neason but hi, riding pnrilcularlj on lr-h
Lad in the Rroollyn iiaudiCIp, Was not al
,orathor satisfactory When iIildcbrand
was secured h, SLOWLY but surely displaced
Shaw ga that the latter viii seek another en-
ragcmrni 900 future. hli"brnnd was under
Ne4rcrs management l1-t -"a-on, and while
the boy rode 30 20 way that WIS entirely salts
factory. ~ wls known that there was some
slight direction to tho fact that he was In
the hands OF $50 noted "a plung"r fe7ger
had first call on his services. aud on several
occasions IIldchrand was prevented from
taking mounts for The Duryea stables. But
with tile completion " tho new deal he will
be under the direction OF Rogers. who will
have tho say as 10 all Of his engagements
Hdebrand has the worlds record for vic
tarious mounts in single year, having rid
den 2us winners n l0li Ito had some trouble
with tho Los Angeles stewards recently be-
cause Of rough riding tactics and left that
track in a hurry A. soon rs ne has signed
n contract he VIII report 70 Rogers and will
pet busy with the hig string OF horses that
will begin un early campaign on the Eastern
tutf
Wager. by tho way. declares that he will
do no moro plunGng He snys that there Is
nothing IN il and cites his experiences of last
year when he quiz the gamc loser : o the eN-
tent Of moro than siuOUoo Tho piuager
i winlerinG NO. the Springs. where he Is inter
estcd IN three gambling houses and couple
of books al the racetraCk, He believes that
there Is more money m letting the public bet
with him than IN bucyinr the game himself
from the ground Before he season OF 1905
was half over. and leager was thousands
OF dollars ahead, IT was freely predicted
by turfmeu that he could not keep up his swift
pace with success His Warrra 40 one time
wore enormous and be actually had some
oil the more timid LAYERS badly scared But
- hen the luck began to turn nothing could
chanEnlt. II was said at one time hat Neagcr
had received notice from tho turf authorities
TO cease his spcculut ions. but there wasinothtng
in tho report He WAS allowed 10 plny ont
Lis string. on the contrary. and the end came
q, Don enough. lcagers former partner.
Frank Lanterman who went TO the wall
during tho Saratoga meeting, is also at the
Springs. where II Is sad he has succeeded
IN gathering q ucW bank roll by scoring sue
ccsses az various games OF chance. Idntcr-
man evidently wants 70 clear M his accounts
30 tha hc eau come East again TINS year and
make book
Not long ago 1t was, rumored hat the
track would be- abandon I'd in
favor ot new plant 30 BE- located near Bel
mont Park r. i DWvor, president of the
Brooklyn Jockey Club took pains to deny
personally inspected "a piece Of property ~ The
OF the proposed american New
market which "ill be opened in the spring
Wth the GraNe-end ruuor disposed OF, there
fore comes another which T. going the rounds
of real '-tiir circles Ia 10" "rcct that the
Coney Island dUctry CHM "a the course OF
for a new home IN Queens county 10 be To-
,ated h.swern The town of Hollis and Queens,
ia clust proximity 10 Belmont Park. The re-
port has for ttS basis the activity of certain
real est IT, operators 10 buying up the prop
erty IN This vicinity. inducing lnterstat"
Park. Mhirh im- Hrnn hdonri since inc
lIW prohibiting live bird shooting was passed
Tho utmost secrecy has been maintained.
but the story that the Con"y Island Jockey
club is behind the movement viii not down,
The locHtiou b. Hu ideal one for a raoetraCk,
az the country b. legri and would require little
grading TO nuke 10 suitable for racing pur-
poses. The Nhrep-heed Bay track i a pub
lie purk hut 10 is said that. Ike Gravescnd,
H. viii be in demand before long as a residen-
tai aecuou OF the greater city me l'on"N
sland Jockey Club officials u il said are
decdcdly retccnt on the subject Tho
SbcnU-heId Bay track ~ one Of the most
popular in tine country. Ov"r j many rich
stakes are run annually including the SUI
burban the Fururity and the RealYation.
II II Is given up eventually. ~ can DO Put
down as u certainty that 10 VIII b" replaced
with % track THAT wl b" ~ least the equ1l