New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-04
ARTfUL WILL Not START.
FHIy Not Likely to Go to Post for
annual Cham DiOa.

let up on her training, there Is a Sef1erat lrr-
preston that she will not be starter in the
Annual Champion. the $4,000 stake for three
year-olds and over. at two miles and quarter.
to be decided at saeepshead Bay next Saturday
Should Artful not start. the public VIII feel
| that it has been robbed of a pleasure It has
been looking forward TO for weeks. II has
thought and hoped that the renewal OF this rich
stake would finally bring together Sysonby and
Artful and would settle the question az TO
whether the diiy is to be classed with Sysonby-
Many think she Is and as many more think
she is not II she could take the measure OF the
mighty son OF Melton over this distance OF
ground she would certainly prove her WORTH
ness to be classed as one OF the FLIES OF a
decade and II she were beaten her reputation
would not be injured.
For Svsonty alone the means win or lose
all Victory can add little to his fame: defeat
by FLY will do much TO mar H.
II Mr. whitneys FLY does not start me
s25 600 stake seems TO be Sysonby's for the
mere asking The race is the richest one OF the
week but so poorly of is the older group thar
it seems difficult to pick out from the ionS hsI
of eIigibles even decent field
In this last week of the Coney Island Jockey
Clubs autumn meet a number Of rich ssaxes
will be decided in addition to the Annual Cnan-
pion Just before the running OF this race the
Great Eastern. for two-year-oids, VIII Do re-
newed. but as IT is a handicap. and the weights
have not been announced. 1t Is impossioie 70 ~
ticipate the composition Of it's field
On wednesday The Waldorf. one Of the series
or snoring sweepstakes. viii also be run The
Waldorf is for two-year- colts and geldtess.
and is by subscription OF $3.50 each. half for
felt Each subscriber may name two entries.
but only one to start The stake closed VIII
twelve subscriptions. Some OF the likely Start
ers are Vendor. McKittredge. Accountant CAL
lfvant voorhees, Iugiesfde and Artery
As was the case last year and the year oefores
the running Of the two-year-old stakes Oh tne
season did little to settle the question a. to
which youngster was entitled to be called The
champion OF his year. From the time OK their
first running the FNlturity and the F1atbush have
been looked upon as the mediums through which
the standing OF the two-year-oids has been oen-
niteIv established. and each year something o.
ours at the last moment TO prevent tne races
from fulfilling this purpose
The renewal Of the latter stake at Sheepshead
Bay on Saturday was no exception ormondaie
winner of the Futurity, was not the ony
absentee from the F1atbush. which caused popu-
lar dtsappointment Many critics believe that
Fred Cooks George C. Bennett and Harry fsyne
Whftney's Burgornaster are both better than the
big California bred OF Ornonde and tney
expected both youngsters TO demonstrate that
their theory was correct by their performances
over the seven furlong course OF the F1atbush
The victory of Yankee Consul, while 1t was
a popuIar one and served to demonstrate that
the son of Sempronius is a high class colt beyond
any doubt did not shatter the faith OF the ioi-
lowers of Ornondale. or for that matter OF Bur
somaster The latter colt was not himself on
Saturday and Mr. Rogers did not feel warranted
in starting him.
On his race at Saratoga, where he had to be
pulled to Burgouaster, Pegasus showed a
wonderful turn Of speed and with only 100
pounds UP it was not without the bounds OF
reason to believe that he would go the distance
on Saturday He showed that he still had his
foot with him. but al the end of the three-auar-
ters he began TO stop badly and his stable com
pauion Timber had to come with terrific rush
TO save the Whitney coors from utter rout
II is beginning to look now as though the only
NAV the public may hope TO any first class
steepIechasers brought together again this year
is on the speedway over a trotttng track All
of the early stars have either been thrown out OF
commission or broken to harness Black Hussar.
Game Cock and others are all included In the
light harness class now and Flying Buttress and
Good and Plenty are the invalid list and can
not hope to- be seen with colors up again this
year
There Is some promising new material IN the
three-year-old division and some green horses
from the older group have been developed with
in the last month into fair chasers so that the
fear that the fields for the coming stakes will
be wholly lacking In class may not after al be
realized
To the moralist who cannot ditlerentiate be-
tween the evil Of $4,000 wager and one Of
500 the pact made last week between three so
called gentleman plungers of the turf VIII con-
vey little comfort encouragement With
strange and solemn oaths these conspicuous
gamblers lookout-bound themselves to risk
no more than 800 on any one Individual race,
and by unanimous consent fixed the penalty for
Aitho9gh the noraIist may find nothing TO
encourage him in this restricted reformation
OF the three plunsing patrons OF racing. there
are others who can and who wish the great 0f
restricted) reform wave would spread until all
plunsers were gathered within the 800 fold
II such were the case the problem OF "dop-
ing" the would be tremendously stnpli-
fed. One Of the most puzzling factors In the
present day calculations is the part the plunger
pIays in a race Neither by prayer nor
logarithus can IT be worked out precisely.
honor to assert that they can by beck and
nod upset the most astute calculations OF own
ers handicappers and form students: but this
IS the impression, none the less, which prevails
almost universally, and the public Is not with
out its reason for accepting It.
The intimacy Of these plungers with prornf-
nent Jockeys the manner in which they seek
them out before each race. the earnest CONVEX
sations that take place before the saddliTls call
the scurryins TO and fro Of special betting COM
missioners, all do much 10 confirm the silly pub
lies suspicion that somebody Is being stiff
ened." and II they are lucky they hope TO ind
out who IL is
No with real sense, Of course believes
that any OF these gamblers would stoop 10
"stinen' a jockey-right out IN the opsn-bur
their eagerness 10 get the last bit OF tnforrna-
ton and encouragement oftentimes influences
their better Judgment and their actions convey
a wrong impression. OF course, now that 500
is the limit each race there viii be more
need OF the feverish haste and worry they havs
displayed before and The public viii have no