The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-30
GOSSIP OF The RACETRACK,
PIKERS REJOICE AT THE VIC
TONY or FIAT, 100 TO Z.
Dave JohnsOns Misplaced Confidence
Costs Him Thousands Kansas Prices
Jockey, Perrihe, set DOWn-Liehten.
stein Declines q a2O Bet On BurleEh.

costs Him Thouaandf-kansasf Prices
Jockey, PeFrihe. Set DOWn-Liehten.
stein Declines Gao Bet en- BurleEh.
Fiat. the FIRST 100 20 ! shot OF the season
20 WIN In the Fast, went across the plate at
Jamaica yesterday, and tho piksrs and long
shot players we're In high feather. Flat
has run several races here since Aqueduct
| opened and has been played, too. 20 that
while the bookmakers took extreme ibertics
with hlm-sone OF them putting up a. much
81 200 to tho knight Of the Thistle colt
was not entirely overlooked. Plat IL owned
by a man named 4. Kimball. and is trained
by NJ. Hogan. The latter told his friends
before the first race yesterday that tho colt
had chance. but his tip only raised a good
laugh In q majority Of instances But George
I'm. whose apprentice. DigRinb. had the
mount. made two show bets on Fiat, one at
80 to I and the other at % TO T. Hnd was en-
tally kicking himself after the race because
he did not put down q bet 10 win. Several
books In the field were sald to have been
hard hit. wbile two OF the books in the big
ring wore beaten. laying WAgers Of o. 800 TO
tlO and 5000 TO $40. DiERina won bis first
race the other day In an event for non-wln-
ming apprentices. so that the rank and file
did not regard him seriously. Bot hin had
80 much confidence In the boy that he pro-
ceeded 10 back George Atwell, owned by
Hogan and ridden by DigRins. 10 the lfth race
AtWell was a 200 TO I shot, but he was not
another Fiat, as he ran absolutely last
Dave johnson, the we'll known plunger,
gave an excellent imitation OF a man who
sometimes has poor line on his own horses
johnson started Evelyn j., a last flly by Rus
sen-Margery, In the fifth race The FLY
on public form was regarded as a formida BILE
factor and the public at large fOnoled her
enough TO make her price drop point 70 fours
But johnson did not look upon her chances
with any degree OF confidence. for he not only
advised his turf associates 70 keep on, but also
put a four figured wAEer on Sandy McHHugh-
tons Dr.. Cofiey. who closed slight favorte
over the Russell nlly. Furthermore. book IN
which johnson is said 20 have more than pa S.
ing interest laid against the rlly with tho
result that when she came romping home VIC
torious, the book lost 5000. while johnson
dropped nearly half that amount because Of
the crushing defeat sustained by Dr.. Cofey.
Yet Johnson's troubles did not end here, for
when Evelyn j., who was entered 20 be sold
for $500. was offered at auction after the race,
an obscure turfman bid her up 70 $1,000,
Trainer OK protecting her with the usual
15 increase and sending her back 70 the barn.
The boost netted the Keene stable $780, ss
Guy Mannering ran second. The result Of
the race, however. shows tina; there 10 honesty
In racing even II a mAus judgment at times
10 not OF the best. Bat the plunRer previously
cleaned up on the victory OF Kansas Price 8
Uncle Urigh.
The performance Of Uncle Urigh, by the
way, brought the stewards to their feet with
a Jump. The other day the Mako gelding
furlongs sprint. His defeat closely followed
that OF his stable mate. Schoolmate, Tor
which Price was interviewed by the stewards.
70 20 a mile and 7c yards instead OF six fur
longs. and instead OF Perrine. the regular
stable Jockey who had ridden him IN his
Price
The gelding won from start 70 hnish IN such
manner that some persons wore inclined to
S TeETss sla' After Price had been intefvieEsd
by the stewards again he was Informed that
Perrine had been spsRended ioT re reSI OF ene
WINGED the stewards that personally he had
not been guilty Of wrongdQlnG. As matter
When en- he wa beaten With Perr{ns up, and
also bet $500 on Schoolmate, also ridden BY
this boy he proved thif TO ne e hsiaot hSa
| done wrong, Il was necessary TO protect the
racing public by setting down PeHine Tor
II have been beaten out Of 1ls, 900 this spring
by PeTTine q poor hoIssmanshiP. said Price,
cided yesterday not 70 allow him to ride any
more Of my horses. with the exception Of
to-day / enRa ged Burns TO- ride in two races
! for me on Monday. which ought 70 show
that va, thT9us6 Nth Nth my TsSal9f boy
| only had so on him when be won the other
! day at longer odds. ] had a good bet on
/ Uncle Crigh to-day. because ! knew that the
/ $500 / lost on him In bis previous race had
/ only been loaned 20 the bookmRkeTs, as the
! gelding would do better with Hildebrand
! I have always raced on the level and on the
! Coast this last winter / won tWenty-seven
Price IL like other owners and trainers
! who are forever trying to develop a Jockey.
| They put up inexperienced boys and bet on
| them unsuccessfully, when with hTst class
| Jockeys In the saddle their horses would
! win easily. In setting Perrine down the
| stewards met q popular demand for some
! sort OF redress and showed that they have
Sol Iichtenstein will succeed In maxim g
! himself unpopular with bettors n he does
/ not change his tactics. While the bettn g
| on the last race was going on Iiohte nstein
! nut up TO against BuTleigh, the fGvorite.
| when the price in other books was 8 20 s..
| Believing that his ofer Of this bunch price
| Was sincere a quiet looking fellow approached
sIli bet YOU twenty on Burlsigh-
sGet away from herel" yelled the book
maker whose bankroll Is always Of corpulent
| proportions -Ycu1l bet me nothing,
Are You a bookmakeT or four husherI'
| asked the bettor. warming up.
go on now and don't bother me! See
| don't want your money! Get out OF this,
| quick"
Goodwin Brothers are getting up an elabo-
rate "oflCal souyenir TO celebrate the openin 9
OF Belmont Park next Thursday. II will be
nrofusely illustrated and will contain much
inter estins turf history.