The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-10
MATCH RACE IN Hl5:sfAV0R.
PUBLIC ANXIOUS TO SEE SYSONBY
MEET ARTFUL.
Some Interesting Facts Anent the Keator
Case--JOckey Club Stewards Acted
h Stake Events to he Decided at the
~ Beach This Week-Entries for To-day.

Artful at Brighton beacn heNt ihuiso"'
was widely discussed. with the expressed
hope that both James r. Keene and Harry
PAYNE Whitney would readily accept the
liberal ofIer Of a $4,000 purse made by C. D.
Fitzgerald in behalf of the Brighton Beach
Racing Association. Sysonby Is not engaged
until a week from Thursday. when he Will
start in the lroGuois Stakes. AS he was
kept out of the Brighton Handicap simply
for the reason that Trainer Rowe believed
that he had done enough in winning the
Commonwealth Handicap. the Tidal and the
Lawrence Realization Stakes inside of ten
days, Sysonby will have had good rest II
he meets Artful ut n mile ana furlong on
Thursday, carrying weight Tor age. hrtiul
after her great triumph on Saturday in the
Brighton Handicap, pulled UP in splendid
shape. although she had slight cut on her
of hind leg near the hook. Whether this
injury will be the means Of keeping her out
of the proposed match remains to be seen
1t was said yesterday that Trainer Rogers
did not think that Artful WAS keyed up just
yet to the pitch necessary for such grueling
affair as a meeting with Sysonby would surely
be and for that reason Rogers might advise
Mr. Whitney to decline the offer OF Mr.. Fitz-
gerald. But this was only rumor circulated
among horsemen who had no direct means
of communicating with Rogers or his EN-
ployer.
showing in the $4,000 handicap there was
no doubt The Hamburg flly had been under
the weather during the early part OF the sea-
son and Mr. Whitney was not sure by a'.y
means that she would beat Ort Wells and
Beldame But when she took the measure
of these horses in the easiest possible man
ner simply breezing In front all the way,
MIR. Whitney was convinced that in Artful
he had one of the greatest race mares this
his father. is sportsman. He loves a good
horse and races big stable purely for the
amusement and excitement to be derived
from it, He wants to own the greatest horse
OF the time, and if Artful can be sent to the
post absolutely at her best. Mr.. Whitney
will insist upon a meeting with SysohDy.
MIR. keene. also a sportsman OF world"ide
renown believes he has the horse of the CEN
fury. Sysonby is public idol and so is Art
full A fair, square proposition has been made
to the owners of these remarkable three-year-
olds to satisfy a general public demand for
q race, and unless there are reasons over
which Messrs, Whitney and keene have
no control the army OF metropolitan turf
enthusiasts expects to see the match clinched
to-day.
The stewards at Brighton, with Mr.. Ftzger-
aid presiding, have instituted policy Of keen
eyed scrunlty into the races which racegoers
cannot help commencing. While develop
merts will show that there was nothing of
shady nature connected with the running OF
keator 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 spared in future. Whether horse is
owned by steward Of the Jockey Club or
by Get-rich-quck 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
who formerly did business in the West. These
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 Is such 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
difficult matter to detect convincing evidence
of guilt A hot favorite may be left at the post.
he may get away SO poorly that he Is
KIN ocked about or pocketed Then again
he m ay be overturned or may be up against
Il superior lot of horses with the public making
him false choice. A ratified Jockey can
also he the means Of causing the downfall Of
a public idol even when he seems to have
race completely at his mercy.
In the Keator case 1t may be- said that when
Newton Bennington sold him to Frank Farrell
the Charaxus eeding was unsound in limb.
otherwise he would not have been disposed
of. Realtors legs were carefully treated
until he was apparently as sound as ten
dollar gold piece. In this condition he won
couple of impressive races from horses of in
ferior class His stock doomed and the word
was passed around that he was invincble
On Wednesday last. the day before his now
memora bic race. Keator developed slight
lameness. 1t was simply a return Of the old
ailment. and the trainer. Weir, was confident
that he could have the CharaXus geldin as
we'll as ever for the next day. But the tenn
porary lameness was used as subterfuge
fellows who hang around the track picking
up choice bits OF stable Information. which Is
quickly carried to the bookmakers. Weir
IN ade no secret of Realtors lameness. there
fore. and the sharps soon carried the news
to the books. Only few of them were ready
to bite at the hook, however; and when Far
rell, tho Sullivans, Joe Cassidy and the whole
1ammany phaanX poured the money into the
ring it, was suspccted by the books that
RhrHWd trlCk nHu D"en played upon them
In fact, the Tammany Spectators were
laughing in their sleeves a. kcator went to
The post with their money down,
those who backed him. Yet the cause Of
the defeat was due chiefly to the unsound-
ness Of the gelding, which the trainer had
been unable to remedy. even though keator
showed no signs of lameness on the morn
ing of the race. keator has been examined
by veterinary, represent ng the stewards.
since his defeat and has been found to be
lame The whole trouble was due to an
error of judgment oil I he 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 pard onab BILE blinder and he
probably feels worse about it than anybody
disc As TIE Sun stated yesterday, the
stewards will probably rcprove him for
sending Krator to he post when there was
hampered by the ament from which he
Us now suffering
There was a scrap in the betting ring at
Brighton the other day, caused solely by
bookmaker. who put up a certain price
against horse and then refused to take a
bet at the odds quoted on his slate THE
SIN has on several occasions called atten-
ton to this practise. which seems to be gener-
ally in vogue even anon the big gest layers
4 number of important stakes will be
decided at the Beach this week. Tomorrow
the Sragatp, for three -year-olds, nine fur
longs. will be run. with such eigibles as Ira
dition. Carngorm, st. Beane Gamara.
Oxford, Merry Lark. Bank. Incarnation,
santa Caial ma. Coy Maid and Wild Mint
On "Wednesday the $1,000 Venus Stakes for
t,tHO .,s.nr -n1I nt.., hale IL