The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-10
MATCH RACE IN HIGH FAVOR.
PUEBLO ANXIOUS TO SEE SYSONBY
MEET ARTFUL.
ssns Interesting Facts Anent tho keator
Csse-Jockey Club stewards Acted
~ --stake Events to he Decided At the
4. Beaoh This Week-Entries for To-day.

bona that both James r. Keene and Harry
Payne Whitney would readily accept tne
liberal offer Of 10000 purse made by L. d.
Fitzgerald In behalf OF the Brighton Beacn
Racing Association. Sysonhy Ia not engaged
until q week from Thursday. when he Will
start In tho lroquois Stakes. As he was
kept out OF the Brighton Handicap simply
for tho reason that Trainer Rowe believed
that he had done enough IN winning the
Commonwealth Handicap. the Tidal ana the
Lawrence Realization Stakes inside OF Ten
DAYS, Sysonby will have had good rest IL
he meets Artful at mile and nrlohs on
Thursday, carrying weight for age. Artiul.
after her great triumph on Saturday in the
Brighton Handicap. pulled up In splendid
ahape. although she had q slight out on her
of hind leg near tho hook. Whether this
injury will be the means OF keeping her OUT
of tho proposed match remains TO be seen.
1t was said yesterday that Trainer Rogers
did not think that Artful was keyed up !use
yet to the pitch necessary for such gruelina
affair a meeting with sysonby would surely
b and for that reason Rogers might advise
M. whitney to decline the offer OF Mr. Fitz-
rsrsld. But this was only rumor circulated
among horsemen who had no direct means
Of communicating with Rogers or his ON
ployer.
That Mr.. whitney was surprised at Artfuls
showing In the s25. 900 handicap there was
the weather during the early part OF the sea-
son and Mr.. Whitney was not sure by any
means that she would beat Ort Wells and
Beldame, But when she took the measure
OF these horses In the easiest possible man
per. simply breezing in front all the way,
Mr. Whitney was convinced that In Artlul
he had one OF the greatest race mares TINS
country has ever seen. Mr.. Whitney, ike
his father Ia sportsman. He loves good
~ a hiU atahle Durely Tor the
Amusement and excitement to be derived
from II. He wants to own the greatest horse
OF the time. and II Artful can be sent to the
post absolutely at her best. Mr.. Whitney
will insist upon a meeting with Sysonby.
Mr. Keene. also sportsman OF worlow'oe
renown. believes he has the horse OF the CEN
tury. Sysonby la public idol and 80 is Art
mi fair square proposition has been made
TO the owners Of these remarkable three-year-
Odds to satisfy a general public demand for
n race and unless there are reasons over
which Messrs. Whitney and keene have
no control the army OF metropolitan turf
enthusiastic expects to see the match clincheo
to-day.
The stewards at Brighton, with Mr.. Fitzser-
aid presiding, have instituted policy Of KEEN
eyed scrlnity into the races which racegoers
cannot help commencing. While develop
nents will show that there was nothing OF
shady nature connected with the running OF
Eeator last week. which was investigated by
the stewards. the action OF the officials has
been backed up by the public. which pays
the freight and which will insist that nobody
is spaced In future. Whether horse Is
owned by a steward OF the Jockey Club or
by A eet-rich-Quick man. the public believes
the men In the stand should take poor race
into consideration without fear or favor.
The Eastern turf has become this year the
stamping ground for many sharp operators
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newcomers have been brought up In school
Of their own and have been led to believe
that the chances for tricks on the Jockey
Club tracks are numerous and practically
without Interference. But II the present
vigilance at the Beach is kept up some OF
these slick individuals may come to grief.
But there Ia such a thing as OVERRIDING this
business OF probing turf scandals. so-called.
The elements OF racing, coupled sometimes
with an unlocked for combination OF circum
stances. may be responsible at times for the
performances Of horses whose owners are
above reproach and whose trainers are on
the level There are so many excuses to be
offered In the event OF defeat that 1t Is most
diffioult matter to detect convincing evidence
Of guilt. A. hot favorite may be left at the post.
or he may get away so poorly that he u
KIN ocked about or pocketed. Then again
he m az be overturned or may be up against
q superior lot OF horses. with the public making
him q false choice. A ratified Jockey can
also be the means Of causing the downfall Of
public idol. even when he seems to have q
race completely at his mercy.
In the Keator case 1t may be said that when
Newton Bennington sold him to Frank Farrell
, the Charaxus gelding was unsound In limb.
otherwise he would not have been disposed
Of Realtors legs were carefully treated
until he was apparently as sound as a ten
dollar gold piece. In this condition he won a
couple Of impressive races from horses Of In
ferior class. His stock doomed and the word
was passed around that he was invncble.
On Wednesday last. the day before his now
memorable race. Keator developed slight
lameness. 1t was simply return OF the old
ailment. and the trainer Weir. was confident
that he could have the Charaxus geldin g as
we'll as ever for the next day. But the tenn
porary lameness was used as subterfuee
by Weir to fool some OF the very. very smart
fellows who hang around the track picking
up choice bits Of stable in information. which is
quickly carried to. the bookrnakers. Weir
made no secret of keator + lameness there
fore, and the sharps soon carried the news
10 the books. Only a few Of them were ready
to b,e at IN hook ana hs u baT
Tammany phalanx poured the money into the
ring it was suspeected by the books that a
In fact. the Taminany spcculators we're
laughing in their sleeves a. keator went to
the post with their money down ri ,,.w 70,
those who backed him. Yet the cause Of
the defeat was. due chiefly to the unsound,
ness OF the gelding. which the trainer had
showed no signs OF lameness, on the morn,
Ing Of the race. keator has been examined
by veterinary. representing the stewards.
since his defeat. and has been found to be
lame. The, whols trouble was. due to an
error OF judgment on the part OF the trainer.
the mistake turning the tables on the men
who thought they had the books on the hip.
The best of trainers make mistakes at times.
Weir has made pardonabe blunder and he
probably feels worse about It than anybody
else. As THE SIN stated yesterday. the
stewards will probably reprove him for
sending Keator to the post when there was
even the slightest chance that he might be
hampered by the ailment from which he
is now suffering.
There was a scrap In the betting ring at
Brighton the other day, caused solely by a
bookmaker who put up certain price
against horse and then refused to take a
bet at the odds quoted on his slate. The
SUN has on several occasions called atten-
ton to this practise which seems TO be gener-
ally in vogue, even among the biggest layers
A number Of important stakes will be
decided at the Beach this week Tomorrow
the Seagate. for three year-olds nine fur
longs, will be run. with such egibles az Ira
diton Cairngorm St Belane. Gamara.
oxford, Merry Lark, Bank. Incarnation,
Santa Catalina. Coy Maid and Wild Mint.
On Wednesday the $500 Venus Stakes, for
two-year -old fllies, Ave and a half furlongs.
will be decided, with Sue Smith. Edna Jack