Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
Turf and Track Notes.

Fuller, who was injured in the sensation
al incidents attending the Excelsior handi-
cap. expects to be out of bed in two weeks.
When little Mcdaniel was given his
badge at Jamaica on Tuesday he asked the
secretary If he could have one for his cad
dy," meaning his valet.
Jockey Arthur Redfern rode his first win
ner of the New York season in the second
race yesterday, when on Jessamlne he was
first. The race also was the first earned by
a horse of the R. T. Wilson, jr., stable this
season.
Joseph Cassiry, president of the borough
of Queens, is said to have won 10000 on
the two-year-old colt Clark Griffith when
he won at Jamaica on Tuesday.
Jockey Joe Kelly, who fell with Sir Brl1ar
in the accident at the finish for the Excel
sior handicap Tuesday, refused to believe
that he hurt at all, and in spite OF
bruises resumed riding yesterday and won
with the only favorite that successful
in the course of the day.
The best backed horse of all the beaten
favoriteS at Jamaica yesterday was Frank
Farrelfs Metamora, which from odds of
to at the opening was sent to the post at
to 8. Metamora'S defeat cost the stable
a fair part of the big winning made the
day before on Clark Griffith.
The dispute over the place of manager
of the ring" at the Jamaica track yester
day reached the point where employees of
John Cavanaugh. for whom the officers of
the Jamaica track declared in the contro-
versy, succeeded the Adler faction in MAX
ing announcements of results and distribut-
ing official information. The announcer
who has taken up the place of Jack Adler
in calling results is James Chamberlain.
w. s. Price, owner of Schoolmate, was
questioned by the stewards of the Jamaica
meeting yesterday concerning the running
of that horse in the third race. The owner
explained that he never used a whip on the
N hn 10, i
his jockey out with dulled spurs. The ex-
PLANTATION seemingly satisfied the stewards
as to the performance of the horse in that
particular race.
Mike" Clancy approached Representative
L. ID. Sullivan at Jamaica yesterday and
sympathized with him because he Ghe rep
resentatiye) had lost 81 900 on the horse
Old England when Clancy's Tommy Wad-
dell beat him head on Tuesday. Clancy"
said Representative Sullivan, while I APP
preciate your sympathy, / will match Old
England against Tommy WaddeH, give you
two lengths start and bet you 81 600 to $50
that he beats youi" Clancy had nothing
more to say.
Beldame looked on as an almost sure
starter for the Metropaliton handicap on
the opening day of the new Belmont Park
race course, yesterday was worked the
longest distance that she has been sent at
speed this spring. and, well in hand and
eager to go on all the way, galloped a mile
and a quarter easily in 2:1l1-the first mile
W
the great FLY is quartered in the stable of
Fred Burley. AT the same track the three
year-old Olseau, star among last seasons
tWo-year-olds, sent a gaIlop of five fur
longs in 1:t4 and finished well in hand and
perfectly sound,
When Father Bill Days Amberjack won
the tnlrd race at the juicy odd of Is to l
the Sage of Hartford grinned. He had his
usual bet of $40 on to win, and was well
satisfied with the result. as the purse netted
800. hlamesha, carrying the Oneck
stables colors in this event was one of the
hottest tips of the day and burned I'D a
heap of gold certificates
Wally Fessenden, once base ball umpire
ana now the owner of Lady Valentine. met
FRANK Dwyer also former umpire and
now a police commissioner up the state.
JUST before the second race. Fessenden
with natural bond of sympathy for
DWyer, told him to bet his life on the fiuy.
Dwyer followed instructions, and after the
race he went up into the grand stand for
long, quiet talk with himself