New-York tribune., 1905-04-16
RACING SEASON OPENS.
ORMONDE'S RIGHT WINS.
Takes Carter Handicap = Record
Dag at Aqueduct.

The return Of the thoroughbred to his old oc-
cupation oc racing was celebrated yesterday by
an Outpouring of New Workers that not only
made all past records In point Of numbers seem
trivial affairs but overwhelmed the Queens
County Jockey Clubs commodiOus incIosure at
Aqueduct and paralyzed all the lines of trans
portation leading to its gates.
The Pinkertons estimated the throng at % O00
and some idea of the difficulty it experienced in
reaching the grand stand may be had from the
fact that the lines. formed as early as 12 o'clock
remained unbroken until nearly $3.50. when the
bugle summoned the horses to the post for the
Carter Handicap A particularly lean and hum
cry winter, the closing Of local poolrooms, the
prospect of a we'll fought contest between horses
of recognized worth and an ideal spring day
all conspired to bring about this unprecedented
demonstration Of the popularity OF the turf. In
the betting pavilion 160 booknnal1ers, perched on
lofty stools. formed the outer circle of a mael-
strom of humanity that swirIed and tumbled
and fought in frenzied attempt to become
separated from its weekly stipend. And. on the
whole, 1t was eminently successful.
When the grandstand and the lawn in front
Of it-and it is real lawn this year
would hold no more, the management
opened the inf1eld, and the overflow found
breathing space In the great green oval The
notice sent out on Friday that no grandstand
commissioners would be permitted TO do bust
ness had no appreciable effect on the feminine
patronage. The stands bloomed with the glory
Of spring millinery and Its 4vearers brought
their own commissioners with them In the form
OF husbands and brothers. and If they were
robbed in the question OF prices IL became merely
a family quarrel and not occasion for police
interference. In the course OF the afternoon one
bookmaker doing business on the dead line"
out to the chagrin OF a number OF victims who
thought they had found Friday bargain when
he posted even money against the chances OF
oeklawn in the second race. when all his COM
pet::ors were reluctantly offering 10 to on him.
The liabilities were about $3.50. The Pinkertons
have not discovered his assets yet There was a
band Of them his trail last night
BIG FIELD FOR CARTER HANDICAP.
The field for the Carter Handicap was on the
same big scale as the attendance, and I'm point
Of numbers exceeded any that had ever gone TO
the post in its nine previous runnings. Eighteen
horses some Of them with undeniable claim to
class, lined up behind Mr.. Cassidy's barrier, and
the victory OF Sydney Paget's Ormonde's Right,
carrying 10 pounds and ridden by Willie
Davis, was looked on by the public generally as
in the nature Of personal triumph
He is not high class colt when rningling in
really high class company, and this was shown
by the fact that Roseben. performer that has
never been looked on as much more than use
full overnight handicap horse, was within three
parts CT a length Of him at the finish. The
Ben Strome gelding. moreover. conceded six
pounds by the scale to the winner and had
the foot Of the other sixteen starters the entire
seven furlongs. beating the Gold Crest fllly
Little En- by nearly five lengths Roseben,
with the skill and energy which characterize
this somewhat uncertain Jockeys efforts when
he is at his best. had Ormonde's Right out to
the last ounce and compelled him to run the
seven furlongs in 1925 4-5. which clipped 1-5
second from the record for the race estab-
nshed a year ago by Beldame. when she beat
Peter Paul. Wotan and others.
Grenade. Monet. Buttons, Amberjack and
Palette were the only ones to decline the issue.
and their withdrawal had little effect on the
handicap either as a contest or as a specula-
tive medium. willie Shields, II Is true. had
cherished the vain hope that his old swayback
might have a chance if a sufficient number OF
the real racehOrses were left at home. but he
abandoned It when he found that they were
not.
The public made Ormondes Right and his
stable companion. Goldsmith. It's choice, princi-
paIly on the reports OF the formers excellent
trials this spring, and the two coupled in the
betting were backed from flves to a point lower
1T post time. Goldsmith good deal OF
an unknown quantity. he had not been to
the races since his two-year-old form, when he
won the Saratoga Special for the late William
c. Whitney. Mr.. Paget and his friends it is
said. had great faith in the ability OF the Or
monde colt to show his company the way home
and they backed him with confidence.
E. E. smathers's Rapid Water. the four-year-
old son Of Rapallo-Water Girl. was next in de-
mand. and received enough support TO lower
his price from eights to SKIES Mr.. Smathers
did not arrive from the South In time to be car
ried by Rapid Water and he was compelled to
borrow n Jacket from one of his brother owners
The famous polka dots Of James r. Keene
we're intrusted to the brown colt Sinister. but
the rings quotations OF TO l against his
chances were not enticinF and found few
takers Joe c. Yeager. the youthful plunger
put his Jockey Hldebrand up on his Hamburg
colt I,eonidas, and backed the pair from /: to
Continued tenth pnge.
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