The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-18
GOSSIP OF THE RACETRACK.
SLEJTHS ON THE ALERT ron
HITTING COUlIISSIONERS
Women VINO wager Heavily Have Thelr
special Agents, HOWeNet-fuher SET
Down for Wcek-Prlnclpal INNS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO Close shortly


special Agents, IOwcNet-fu!ler SET
Down for Wcck-princlpal HlnE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO Close shortly.
The rule against the operations OF grand
stand betting commits iouers was sUl'tB
enforced at AQueduCt yesterday. The race
track detectives were on the alert all the
afternoon and several OF the old messengers
who tried TO do business were summariy
elected There was O marked falling OF IN
tho number OF womeI regulars, only the
heavy bettors being on hand, and each OF
them had a regular commissioner TO carry
her wagers 20 tho ring. But even those
agents acted as II they feared trouble. Sew
eral Of them had two. three and even half a
dozen clients. which kept them busy hustling
back and forth with tho prices which they
brought up from the books. former pugll-
lat seemed TO be the ringleader In this sort
OF business, for he was kept on the jump
all the afternoon. Tho Pinkertons watched
him narrowly. but they did not sec him handle
money in any particular instance. 40 he was
allowed to operate unmolested. The effect
of the new rule win result in Keeping away
the women who we're In the habit OF betting
a dollar here and a dollar there while the
small army OF irresponsible men who climbed
over the seats and INDUCED In all sorts OF
wrange- wthttheir patrons will not be missed
by those who pay admission to- the grand
stand 20 see the racing In comfort. Judging
from the general feeling OF satisfaction over
the new rule it will be enforced all the year,
which means that many OF the former betting
agents will be compelled TO 10 TO work.
A number Of the horses that started In the
different events yesterday were related 10
famous racers In the fret event, for instance.
E L Smathcrs's Society Bud. by Sempronius
-Spaldicmore, is a half sister TO Star Bright.
who won fame in the colors of the late william
c Whitney Edna Jackso u. illy 10y Water
cress-Arnette who ran In the Bennington
oolors. Ia a full sister to f. r lhomas's cele-
brated weight carrier Reliable August
belmont = CrosSways a daughter OF Octagon.
is out OF the famous dam Lucy Cross. Tor
whom MIR Belmont paid $1,000 Then in
the last race sydney Paget started Water
Mirror a son Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., hence
| a fuu brother to the noted stake winner
Watercolor. now in the Haggtn stud. Incl
| dentally, a student OF pedigTee has discovered
| the fact that the first four horses lin the
! Carter Handicap. Ormondes Right Roseben.
! IittIe Frn and Rapid Water, are grandchildren.
so TO speak. OF the great English stallion
/ Bend or
starter Cassidy declared between races
! that he is sending the horses away from
/ the barrier strictly Ia accordance with the
Instructions of the Jockey Club stewards.
/ lie said that the stewards had permitted
| him TO walk the horses in lire toward the
! gate, but that they had told him to make
! the fields stop momentarily before the spring
! ing OF the barrier MIR Cassidy's starting
| yesterday was not up TO the form displayed
| by him at Hot Springs. according TO the
| testimony Of those who saw him there last
| winter and who insist that his efforts would
| be productive OF more satisfactory results
| II he could employ the regular 'walk-up
! system That Mir Cassidy Intends TO en-
! force discipline among the jockeys this year
/ is shown by bis suspension Of Mcdaniel for
( a week on saturday. which was followed
! yesterday by a similar Runls,hnemt hahqed
| TO Grover Cleveland fulLer LOT uhIulg De-
The betting was unusually heavy for a
Monday but the CROWD was so arg eu wa
that the layers had AZ ne business tih i,
could attend to IhG Bsnniqg'9 o. Iii4g , ios'
| The WaterCress ally opened at TO !, but
| was hammered down to 20 8, while August
! Belmont = Crosswsys. who was the oEenlng
| choice az TO 5. went back 10 tWos Mean
! while the FACET Contederacy cleaned up
| Handsomely with Speedway In this race. as
] did the smart people who are playing all the
] horses that JOINER sends 70 the post
There was plunge on FRED Johnson .
from tens TO hves. virgo carried the Wis
| money in vain, but the shrewd spectators
| would have nothing TO do with Jack Bennets
| Port Arthur. who opened the choice az to 5.
only 70 soar 10 20 !. following with per
Torrance that corLcsponded with ne Glosng
| figures. Frank FarreHS Gray LA was
played chiefly TO show, but the Fisher colt
was plainly short u,
Every big bettor nt the track took Hand
| znrra In the third event and considered y
1 to 10 a generous oner, so much 80 that inc
books rubbed to 20 10 and IN many Instances
| > 10 at the last moment, 4 LOT OF money
| was burned up on Race King 10 show. Tho
| Haymans unloaded on the colt Leonard Joe
| 6iIy Ethel Havmln. who disappointed on
| SATURDAY the colt was unable 70 make good.
FByeq 4oc R sS S3 "a and G TabG
1 all had Just for good thing on MS lest trl3l.
| and played him AZ all sorts Of long odds, only
! 10 see Hildebrand throw tho race away by
I rhat ticy termed cold bloOded nerve
. W II snyder had a small bet on his hlly
! Anodync who COpped al % TO L.
The victory Of Eed Knight ia the nth race
! enabled Dave Johnson, Jesse LeWisohn ana
other noted oi~[9,?TS " piE p"r6SGisp racc
/ was iull OF reputed good things, including
/ Setauaet. ArdUO, FiOriZcl Explorer and BOB
J Murphy Wizard WIS also tho hottest Kind
OF a tin, those who had It playing him down
/ from as much as Co TO to 70 j., NHaTt
Tor a time looked as IL he would deliver, but
/ he got a bunglinV ride from Nmith0On.
J II was reputed a. the track thar an exercise
. bov known merely by the nlcEnlme OF
. Happy was thrown while WORKING the colt
/ r. L. Johnston at the Jamaica TaceCourse
. In the morning and had had his leg broken.
For Winning the M92,ShlnGtqn N,'t ,,g
/ lawn Tommy BURNS has lust received a
, valuable diamond scarf pin from the colt
cup i pVyer denied the story Yesterday
| that he was trying TO purchase the we'll known
The admission - the Geld" at Belmont
| PARK will he 50 cents instead Of - cents, the
/ rate char ced al the other metropolitan tracks.
| This reduction is due to tho tact that the
railroad fare TO the park will be about = cents.
The toney Isl land Jockey Club announces
| that the following stakes. to be run during
7 the June meeting viii close on May ] OF
tbree-ycaT-olds and upward. the Bay Ridge,
50 500 added. one mile aud a quarter; the
| Cfass selling ~ 500 added, one mile and a
/ siyteenth on turf For two-yearrolds, The
| Rosebuds 81 500 added five furongs. the
| Daisy. 81 500 added, i've furlonSs on turf
| the Pansy 81 500 added six furlonEs on turf.
/ SteepIechases. The Rockaway cup, o. 800
| added and $500 in plate, full course the Bea-
con, 50 900 added, iuil eonrSe. aud the In
OIdneld Looking for Mood.
Barney OldAeld has sent word 10 New
/ york that he would like 10 have a match
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