New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
BETTING WAR IS A FARCE.
E7adence That Track OaUners Are
Not Ignorant OF 1t.

It airt nothin' but a same'-the Iact re-
mains that the people are rapidly arriving at lIe
last clause of the famous statement Api
Lincoln applied to them: But you can iooi ah
The peonIn all the time" The gradually decreasing
attendance is proof OF this assertion Ihe pee
pI as the anlented p. T. Barnum assured 'heii'
like to be humbugged: but there is a poihl ii
every game and especially of chance where
,bev onit liking It. and sulk The falling off in the
patronage of the Coney Island Jockey Cluo Wouio
seem to indicate that this point has been reacheo-
AS one clubhouse regular remarked, THE racing
crowd don't care a continental whether II is mahe
the sucker that has stand the losses Pete De
Lacy end his gang have caused the raoetracA
owners by cutting off the revenues from the pet
ting ring or whether the bookmakers realized they
were being stood up because the track owners
knew they were up against it from a legal point
of view. The public is used to being sandoagseu
and won't kick if 1t gets anything like a run LOT
its money but to pay 50 each day TO see lot or
selling paters would still be selling piaters at
Fort Erie or Bennings, race among themselves, IS
a bit I'll buy you a hat or drink II you
can tell me what horses there were in the Suour-
ban outside of Beldalne and possibly Proper that
were entitled to be called first class, or what
-old in the Tidal on Saturday excluding
Sysonby. more than a high class platter or at
best a member of the overnight handicap DIVISION.
If 1t is worth 50 a day to this sort OF racing,
then the sport last year was easily worth Sloo q
minute.
There threats made on Saturday lndt tiio
Metropolitan association would play ne" mana
this week and it will interesting to watch the
scientific sidestepping the Coney Island manage
ment Will do to block 1t and at the same time sus-
hands of ali such vulgar business as gambling on
that they shall be gambed on
The question which horsemen found most interest
ing in discussing yesterday was what wouid nave
become of Beldame had she been starter IN the
terms A ma jorty of horsemen preferred the
Octagon mare to Sysonby. They argued Ihat
there was class opposed the Sysonpy' ana
that with Beldames speed and gameness she
could have held the pace and mace oy-
sonbv surrender The supporters of the colt USED
the same argument, only applying the praise
to Sysonby rather than TO Beldame 1t would nave
been she to quit rather than he. eney SAID "la'-
ever might have resulted had the two met, every
one agreed that the Melton colts performance was
wonderful one and or it alone he was emitted 10
present generation has produced.
There is a chance that Beldame and sysonby may
meet in contest under the weight conditions
but at a furong longer distance, as both are stu
eligible for the Advance. This stake is for three
year-olds and upward, instead Of exclusively for
hree-year-olds is the Tidal MI. belmont
assured his friends after his mare had won the
Suburban that he would not retire her TO the stud
Immediately but would give her few more races
1t is to be hoped that the Advance will be one OF
these 1t is rather to doubted, however, as she
is a mare that does not readily to hand after
A grueling struggle such as the Suburban
Although less in monetary value than the Great
Trial which Immediately precedes il on Saturday
the Advance should prove The most interesting race
OF the week. Not only is there chance OF is
bringing Beldame and sysonby together. eut tAefe
is also possibility that Oiseau, Tradition Iaiiya
and ArtfuI will meet. Both OF MT Whitney nJiles
are said to be rounding into condition nicely ana
Advance rather Hard place
to start them after their ailments 1t would
please the public nightly if it were possible TO
do
There are ten stakes, including the Great Trial |
and the Advance. between now and next Saturday |
night, of them should bring about petter
contests than been thus far in the sea- |
son. In the Great Trial the Western younsster' |
George c. Bennett, is to have a chance to meet |
some Of his Eastern rivals, and they will be OF n
better class than those he has disposed or SO Iar
Mr. Whitney has named Burgomaster, Queen OF
Hearts and Pegasus; Thomas Hitchcock, jr., Ven |
dor and Mr. Keene. Bohemian. Lancastrian Curl |
osity and three others, and the list of eiig1odes
also inclqdes MchItofTuses h tIiid an eligible and
the furong distance of the Great Trial VIII give
ground is what he needs.
The Beacon steeplechase. over the full course OF
about two miles and half, will be the third stake
attraction offered the haIfholiday crowd Satur-
day 1t may bring together such good leppers as
Hyias Flying Buttress, Gamecock. Mackey DWyer |
and Sandhurst Both Mr.. Htchcoclls Good and |
PLENTY and Black Hussar eligible but there IS
ouestion whether he will not rely upon his bread
uinner IIvlas Good and Plenty did not come out OF
the Whitney Memorial well as his owner would |
have liked to have him. and while be Is COM |
ing TO nicely there is g, probability that he will not
start before the Saratoga meeting. Black Hussar |
is still being driven in harness and has temporarily
been retired from the schooling list MIR. Hitch |
cock saws that makes excellent horse In har-
ness but there is doubt he would rather see him
going through the field with the green jacket up.
He went lame a few weeks after being brought |
nm from Bennings and has been under more or |
less suspicion ever since. 1t would seem as though |
lent get out of the second place rut in |
which he has all the year.
The Sheepshead Bay, the second in the series |
OF June handicaps, will be Thursday, and II |
it brings about good did its sister, the
Coney Island, it will be satisfactory as the s.
patrons have fast been becoming accustomed to. |
It will he at mile The renewal of the Surf, |
for two-vear-olds, the last five and half |
for Thursday and Wednesday the Mermaid for |
three-year-o fles. at a mile and a furlong, VIII |
he renewed. On Tuesday the Zephyr for two
year-olds on the last five and half furlongs OF
year-olds at seven furlongs. the same course. [
will be run In the last named stake there is a |
feasibility that Oiseau Will be again with the
colors up. Some of the other egibles for the |
Tanya.
SHEEPSHEkD ENTRIES TO-DAY.
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