The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-10
MATCH - RACE IN HIGH FAVOR.
PUBLIC ANXIOUS TO SEE SYSONBY
MEET ARTFUL.
Oome Interesting Facts Anent the keator
: Case-JOckey Club stewards Acted
Stake Events to BE Decided Mt the
e, Beach This Week-Entries for To-day.

Wherever turfmen congregated yesterday
the proposed meeting between Sysonby and
Artful at Brighton Beach next THURSDAY
vas widely discussed, with the expressed
hope that both james II. Keene and Harry
Payne Whitney would readily accept the
: liberal offer of a $4,000 purse made by L. D.
FITZGERALD In behalf of the Brighton Beach
Racing Association. Sysonby h not engaged
until a week from Thursday. when he will
start in the lrouuois Stakes. AZ he was
kept out of the Brighton Handicap simply
for the reason that Trainer Rowe believed
that he had done enough In winning, the
Common wealth Handicap. the Tidal and the
lawrence Realization Stakes inside OF ten
days, Sysonby will have had n good rest II
he meets Artful at a mile and lurionH on
Thursday, carrying weight for age. Art'ul.
after her great triumph on Saturday in the
Brighton Handicap pulled up in splendid
shape, although she had a 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
It was said yesterday that Ira Aer 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 a rumor circulated
among horsemen who had no direct means
Of comnu ncating with Rogers or his en-
ployer.
That Mr. Whitney was surprised at Artfuls
showing In the $4,000 handicap there was
no doubt The Hamburg nly had been under
the weather during the early part of the sea-
son aud Mr. Whitney was not sure by any
means that she would beat Ort Wells ana
Beldame But when she took the measure
OF these horses In the easiest possible man
ner, simply breeding In front all the way.
,tn nI
he had one of the greatest race mares this
country has ever seen. Mr.. Whitney like
his father, Is sportsman. He loves a good
horse and races big stable purely for the
amusement and excitement to be derived
from II. He wants to own the greatest horse
Of the time, and II Artful can be sent to the
post absolutely at her best, Mr.. Whitney
will insist upon a meeting with Sysonby
Mr.. Keene, also sportsman OF worldwide
renown believes he has the horse Of the CEN
fury. Sysonby is a 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
. 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.. Fitzger-
aid presiding, have instituted policy Of keen
eyed scrunity into the races which racegoers
cannot help commencing. While develop
ments will show that there was nothing OF a
shady nature connected with the running of
Eeator 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
IL spared in future. Whether n horse is
owned by a steward Of the Jockey Club or
by a get-rich-quick man, the public believes
Hbnv in ba ~, md oh tnk n
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 10 believe
that the chances for tricks on the Jockey
Club tracks numerous and practically
without interference. But if the present
yiGilance at the Beach is kept up some OF
these slick individuals may come to grief.
But there Ia 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 Ia most
diffcult matter to detect convincing evidence
Of guilt. A hot favorite may be left al the post,
or he may get away so poorly that he Ia
KIN ocked about or pocketed Then again
he m az be overturned or may he up against
superior lot of horses with the public making
him a false choice. ratified Jockey can
also be the means OF causing the downfall OF
public idol. even when he seems to have
race completely at his mercy.
In the Keator case II may be said that when
Newton Bennington sold him to Frank Farrell
the CharaXus geldinC was unsound In limb
atb ba would hny haap
Of. Realtors legs were carefully treated
until he apparently as sound as ten
dollar gold piece. In this condition he won a
couple Of i'm pressive races from horses of in
ferior class His stock doomed, and the word
was passed around that he nvincible
On Wednesday last the day before his now
memorable 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 Charax, celdin as
we'll as ever for the next day. But the tenn
porary lameness was used as subterfuge
by Weir to fool some of the very. very smart
fellows who hang around the track picking
up choice bits Of stable Information. which Is
made no secret of Realtors lameness. there
fore, and the sharpS soon carried the news
70 the books. only f"w of them we're ready
rell. the Sullvans. Joe Cassidy and the whole
Tammany phalanX poured he money into the
oy ths
in fact the Tammany speculators were
laughing in their sleeves az keator went to
the post with their money down
But Realtors race was n hard blow for
those &ho backed him. Yet the cause of
the defeat was due chiefly to the unsound-
ness of the geldilg, 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. representing the stewards, |
since his defeat, and has been found TO be
lame. The whole trouble was due to an !
error of judgment on the part of the trainer, |
the mistake turning the tables on the men |
who though they had the books on the hip |
The best Of trainers make mistakes at times |
Weir has made a pardonable bunder and he |
probably feels worse about it than anybody |
else. As THE SIN stated yesterday, the |
stewards will probably reprove him for
even the slightest chance that he mi g hit be |
hampered by the aiment from which he
Il now suffering
There was scrap in the betting ring at
Brighton the other day, caused solely by a |
bookmaker, who put up certain price |
against a horse and then refused to take !
bet at the odds quoted on his slate THE |
Sun has on several occasions called atten-
tion to this practise, which seems to be gener- |
ally in vogue. even among the biggest layers.
A number OF important stakes will be |
decided AT The Beach this week Tomorrow
the Seagate, for three year-olds. nine fur !