The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-16
BANK ROLL WHIRLs IN AIR.
WIND BLOWS Sy,?0O our or A
CASHIERS HANDS.
After Wild Scramble In the Betting Ring
Every Dollar Is Returned TO hook.
maker Rielly-Frce badge Taken
From Charley Heney Some Big Betting

From Charley Heney Some Big Betting
Exactly 81, 200 In greenbacks of all denomi-
nations blew through the be ting ring an hour
| before the first race yesterday. causing the
! Widest kind OF stampede among the early
| arrivals at the Brighton track and throwing
the cashier OF Silver Bill Reilly into a tenn
| porary state Of nervous prostration. The
| cashier had the money In a bundle In his In
side pocket and when he drew II out to put
! 1t In the tin cashbox the roll slipped from his
fingers in some unaccountable manner and
the gale which swept through the big ring
| toward the ocean whlsked the money away
| so quickly that the cashier could not regain H..
"Help!" gasped the cashier. who was ashen
pale and trembling like leaf. The crowd
saw the bills flying through the air and across
the dusty floor and there was an Immediate
rush for them.
Never mind the green ones" yelled run
ner who was at the apex OF the flying wedge
! that had been quickly formed But get the
I yellow boys frst!"
Men were knocked down and trampled on
| by others who were bigger and stronger
| in the wild rush for the coin. The Pinker-
tons, In street clothes, buttsd into the fray.
but were roughly handled. while the specc.
| less cashier stood transhxed. At first 1t wui
thought that some Of the hustlers would run
away with what money they picked up, for
! II had been blown clear across the ring,
behind tho books on the ocean side Of
the enclosure. but the usual honor that
| prevails among racegoers asserted itself,
and one by one the money chasers
came back to Riellys cashier with $40. $50.
500 and $500 bills, which the latter era bbed
with the grip OF a drowning man. When
the last bill had been returned the cashier
went to John Cavanagh's private room
and counted the roll Not dollar was miss
ing. and when the bank roll was restored to
the cash box silver Bill. who had arrived in tho
the midst OF the confusion, sat upon the box
for fifteen minutes for fear that another
gust of wind might do the trick over again.
Some Of the bookmakers. who are expected
to pay the usual So admission TO the track.
still feel that 1t Is hardship. Some time
ago Charles Heineman member OF Tho
Nets, was stopped at the gates when using
a complimentary ticket and ordered to
pay. As il this was not a sufficient lesson.
Charles Heney. a member OF the Nets gov
erning committee. came to the track yester-
day with free badge. and was about to
place coupon in the box when a gate
man recognized him and he held up
The badge was taken away and IFeney had
to go to the box office for 81 ticket.
number of badges have been taken UP lately
when offered by bookmakers clerks. in ac-
cordance with the general policy OF the track
owners
Much i'll feeling has been caused by the
selling race war that has been raging lately
at Brighton. and il win not be at ali surprising
Il the hand ont Of dis
day and says that he was Threatened by C. i.
over ss at Belmont S Park that K G. Watkins was
fined 5000 by the, stewards for threatening
Price snS the f heh had %SP Pc kssf b
up .Andria on Friday the 1lly's owner. g. b.
Hill, took umbrage, and war q words en-
sued which was soon carried to the stewards.
Apv man haS a right to bid the winner
OF selling race. providing he has the money
to settle, and owners OF horses, thus bid up
show decidedly poor sportsmanship when they
indulge in intimidatlons.
Oyer in the field betting ring. just after the
the Ee aere came as Of Hfc. M " man
ssS 4 VIZ 4 s T.
has been arrested before for doctorins the
waFers recorded, sent pal to, the line behind
Wilson book with a doctored badge to cash
the, show, bet against Angler The money
federo and dragged them out OF the track.
oe T n the Who RSf has been bidding up
horses With much persistency and no success
lately. finally managed to land horse when
race. to 1900. Willie shields. the owner Of
Buttons, i IN Saratoga, but his represent
first race with Meteor. trained by John j.
Hyland: The colt had run in several previous
po h %9rk ~4s ehey Fox ,se
Ho Iii Sf He"ry HaTrs a.; zacR F F2sa
Gideon. William Brown. Dave Joh nson and
the good thing, the books paying ont ali OF
$40 600 on his his success. George Wheelock
pye sda By oS Sn nenry
G andsr and ss asvE noe Ghai kay Ton the a e
srsn. Biii JaeEnsn took Mast Srso soo E leo
pearsa PLAYED Pleheiep Gnristie sullivan
Phantom. theewnnn Of the Curragh steeple-
Mcdonald and Counselor Lichtenstein. $1,000
each. with, Joe Gu,thorn. Tom, Woodford.
stein Harry McKenDa and Blum no, i all
backing this Mnner e1tepslvely Joe Yeaeer
s ese gwen Made 5aof ON ,hs
race. an UNUSUAL proceeding as he usually
passes up the jumps.
1000 on the $50, OoO horse. But the public
atff Il. f Books aere 5 psys 20 of tsTa IL
victory after the fourth race had been n" ru m
P Backed sP Sy sS ay Ed Sosd %
and Suga. Buttling was supported BY the
Lchtensteins. Jack McGinnis, Morris Hay.
man. who made a show bet Of 81, 600, and
q bunch Of Brooklyn politicians. j. Clark,
Frank McDougall, s. Manheimer, and a num-
Der of handicappers played Wild Mint down
in the odds: Charley Mitchell. The former
sSaps os Rn Sa the he @
chestnut could carry his package. There |
was as much as 3 to 1 against Hermis when |
he stood at the barrier.
Mckittredge was a royal money burner
for almost every sure thing player on the |
track. Wheeock dropped IS, coo on the
Duryea colt with Dave Johnson, A. Rosen-
baum. Al Koenigsburg. Sig Levy, Louis |
down hard. Eole Pearsall bet III 900 on Don
Diego a. place, Mark Riordan played Albert |
F. and Yeager spread $1,000 across the board
on Capias.
. c. T. Henshall got all Of his friends to back
Pronta. in the fifth race. with Joe Rose, Eole
Pearsall and Counselor Lichtenstein also
in line. Morris Hayman and Grant Lyman
bet literally on Dekaber and Yeager took
Jetsam. Buttons was supported by the
small fry.
Dave johnson wagered q, 900 on Roseben
in the last race. Frank Farrell, Sim Diemei.
Ike Thompson, the Sulliyans. John Walters.
the Lichtenstetns. Joe Rose. Joe Cassidy.
Pat Keenan,, L. f. Smathers and nearly the
entire club house also backed this noted
weight carrier. Alex Shields and ed Suite,
however. bet on Druid.
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