The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18
DRAKE LOSES A PLUNGE BIT.
RUNNELS BURNS UP $4,000 FOR
THE CHICAGO THURMAN.
Victory OF Monsieur Beaucaire Takes
$40 900 From B0Okmakers-Th o on.
sands Placed on BroOmstick and Sy.
sonb, Track Owners Still Deiibcrating

race Yesterday. Trainer Enoch Wishard had
prepared Runnels for what was e 1pected to be
a sure victory and the Charade horse on his
work alone looked TO be a moral" Drake has
not been doig much heavy betting this year.
and In fact has not been cutting big swath
In turf affairs. for the reason that last fall.
when he sold his horses. he declared that he
would net have 80 much time to devote to
the game. But when such q good thing as
Runnels appeared 10 be had chance to win
a race and some big bets Drake could not
resist tho temptation to indulge In one OF his
old time plunges The Chicago turfmsn
and his associates did not do much In the
betting line as far as the ring IL concerned
on any Of the races until the speculation on
the last event began. Then there was action.
and plenty OF II.
Runnels opened at s to 2 and the money
fairly poured into the ring before the books
had an inkling Of what was coming of Drake
had several commissioners at work as soon
as the odds frst appeared. One OF them
offered $4,000 to Bill Cowan. who was un-
willing to accept more than 1000 OF II Sol
1ichtenstein. Leo Mayer. Louis Smell and
other big layers were approached with the
Drake money until 1t Is said Sis. 900 was wag-
cred for the owner OF Runnel Max Blumen-
thai and Sol then tn ned and bet 1000 each
on the Drake horse, while nearly all OF the
best known operators followed suit
Runnels was pounded down to to 10 by
the time the horses came out OF the paddock.
but within the next i've minutes. while the
field was on the way to the post. the clubhouse
commissioners hurried about the ring taking
Monsieur Beaucaire There was plenty OF
4 to / against this horse. who was quickly
backed down to threes. while Runnes went
back to II to TO- A man whose identity was
unknown to the layers went up and down
the line betting $500 at a clip on Beaucalre.
whose victory must have cost the ring at
least 10000 Woodsaw was also heavily
backed by the Paget-Deimeel combination.
Drake saw the race from the clubhouse.
When Runnels fell back. beaten. the Chicago
man turned away and hurried with his friends
to a new automobile that had brought them
to the track.
Broomstick was the goods In the first race
and was tremendously backed. There was
one clubhouse commission OF 5000. with
Jesse Lewisoh and George Wheelock betting
-, 500 each Those who placed 81 900 or more
on the Ben Brush colt were Bob Tucker. II.
Graham. Joby Coleman. Eddie Burke. AL eek
Shields. the Lichtensteins. Bill Jackm an.
Frank Tyler and Smith Keime. Mo iris
Hayman took Regal. Jim Beattie pIa yed
Bank and Joe Hayman and Eole Pearsall
went to Zeala.
f. f.. Smathers won close to 5000 on Ge
ranmm In the second race. Wheelock had
81, 500 on this horse. who WAS also heavily
played by the clubhouse patrons Charles
Dave johnson and Eddie Burke played Witch
Hazel. Eddie Mcdonald and 7. d. sullivan
took 1ld gland, Isaac Frank lost 81 . oo9
Tom Costigan fancicd Neptunus.
La Sorcere burned up all kinds Of money
in the stpke aTs
and the Western crowd. including otto Stifel
Of St Louis, who yasered i is said. about
} Pssst and Sim Ple%el Wheeoek and Foe
Pearsall dropped solId waeers on ln9usitor.
agents bud Meye- bet s2,5oo on the Keene
Sol r.ss a tx snd Abs1 s Ana
J Joe fiayman and John Moran were among
.bHs who ,h hsd nsy nor osd NOT
Agile =, ,.o A., o
w whom fbs Bet on U Fops.te"t and Phys Con.
s snd The 'fTrss ss %o"s 'f Foe
and and T. b. Sullivan put liberal bets on Phyllis
A. jim Davey lost $500 on Sir Russell,
On the whole the ring had shade the better
There was no change in the &, strained reIa-
G ssSss n METZ and hs GSnsx
day, seventy Nets to ten outsiders in the
from, line The trek we, r. not .nd In
was, Impossible to learn whether there was
really any intention on their part to disclpltns
rule rns bresEns and strike in The rins on sub
urban Day. The matter was still under
discussion i ssd but nGIaS3 I'd
tSe snH mp Sasi prevailed that the track
Ss sGud q eT the : to get
lot
some sort OF action. Some OF them said
yesterday that as soon as the track owners
serious nature That the Nets are simply
resting on their oars seems 70 be TIE In
ference to BE- drawn by the lnli in the ring
of IL conss JOCKEY cu
Of dsodsa wn wi" s tutSre
But Pinkerton wi have, to receive orders
from somebody before he can deal sum
possession posse OF the ring on thursday and de-
Ned the managers OF the track.
syson ad had d been Ssrs starter Il he ss
INK ina. ONE mss after sy.snbys sreet per
s JAMES az Ro%e
believed that Delhi was more on edge for
such hard race. But when sysonby rolled
fast time it is Just possible that Rowe was
filled with regret that he had not taken a
chance with the Melton colt. while SysOnby
is undoubtedly a phenomenal three-year-
old, there are many turf sharps who will
not be ready to hand him a crown until he
dillon. In TIE estimation Of several good
su mare a. bsdsme: II tradition hsd s,s5.sd
10 break the worlds record for the distance.
no doubt. to take the measure OF the Keene
The Tidal was worth Sl5. 900 to the winner,
with $500 to the second and $500 to the
third 1t was first run In 1850 when the
DIVERS won it four years In succession with
Luke Blackburn. Hindoo. Runnymede and
Barnes In 1894 Pierre Iorillard's Young
Duke won. while pardee,, and Joe Cotton
raa dead heat in 1895. The Dryers s,ored
again in 1888 and 1887, with Inspector b and
HEnover. resprctivslv. after which the
Portchester. Charade, sir Walter. Dobbins,
Go M'asEEssys bn &nsicoda SsD
Dainserdcld. shorthose and Ort Wells. Mr..
keene has never owned a Tidal winner before
Previous winners OF the Foam Stakes were
Spinaway. Gerald, Farthenia. Burton. Florio,
Quito, fremont, Omaha. Buddhist, st Carlo,
Ambulance, Merry Monarch. Lady Violet
Dobbins, The Coon. Handspring. Kitefoot,
Ahom, Mesmeriet, Dublin, francesca, sir
Voorhees,. Inde yible and FiybAck who holds
the record for the race, 0:so t-i.
The trainer OF Pronta. the mare ~ -sed
with form reversal on Friday. said testcr.
day that she had worked . mile ihlH0h
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