The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-25
MARTIN PULLS up DEYOU7,
BUNGLE At THE START CAUSES
A PCBLIC GROWL.

Dave johnson Loses $40 900 on the Colt.
while the Crowd Calls for Another
Race T.. smathcrs 10 Sell Al Ills
Horses nj Auction Operations.
Because OF mixmp at the post In the hfth
race at Brighton yesterday, thousands OF
dollars, including a $4,000 wager made by
Dave johnson. were lost on Pat DUNES
Devout. Jack Martin. who has como In Tor
some severe criticism for hs, handling or
certain favorites recently. had tho mount.
Devout, who was in receipt Of fourteen pounds
from Bad News. was literally backed on the
boards. opening at to ana closing faVorlte
and twos and even less.
When Starter Cassidy caught the field In
line he ordered then, to come OH. at the same
time releasing the barrier. Devout broke with
the others but In a jify Martin pulled him up
short and let the others race In. In front OF
him waved the emergency recall flag handled
by John Dowdell. formerly referee OF boxing
contests. whose decisions at various times
caused riots and disorder at the old Coney
Island A. Z. This flag is never used except
when the starter has first waved his red
nag as q signal that no start has been made.
and In this instance IT may be said that MIR.
Cassidy did not use his flag. When the crowd
In the field enclosure and also on the lawn
opposite tho barrier saw Martin pull his
horse up cry went up
mo startl No start"
This outburst may have caused Dowdell to
use his flag and 1t may have induced Miller
70 hesitate with Marmee. But the fact re-
mains that Martin made no effort whatever
TO 60 after his field with Devout and when
he reached the beginning Of the backstretch
he pulled DUNES colt to walk.
mo race!" yelled hundreds all over the
stands. while a regiment OF faulthnders
hurried to the stewards stand expecting to
find that the race would be run over. But
when the other horses had finished and the
numbers were hosted, the red board. lndicat-
Ing that everything was all right. was ad-
justed and bets were paid on the result.
Mr.. Cassidy went before the stewards
with the statement that he had released the
barrier to q fair start and that he could not
account for the action OF either Martin or
Dowdell incidentally. the starter on his
way back from the post had questioned Dow
dell. who declared that he had not waved
the recall flag after all. although there were
plenty of eyewitnesses who saw his act.
When Martin was questioned BY the stewards
he said that he thought he heard Mr.. Cas-
sidy cry Pull up" an assertion that was
vigorously denied by the starter. c. j.
Fitzgerald was not In the stand when the
incident occurred. but the other stewards
after further inquiry decided that the affair
was duo to an accident, Meanwhile the
baokers Of Devout scored Martin unmerci-
fully and went home convinced that they
had received the toughest kind Of deal.
E. E. Smathers has decided to sell all OF
his racehorses next Saturday at public auo.
ton and will quit the turf 1t 10 said that
recent rsverses have discouraged this well
known horseman to such an extent that he
does not care to continue with a venture
that has air eady cost him fortune. Smathers
has a big stable including McChesney. Rapid
Water, Burleigh. Ala Russell. Security. Sly
Ben. Witrul and others OF lesser import. all
of whom will be placed under the hammer
8. c. Hildreth. who has been training the
Sma hers horses. will probably buy some Of
the racers and will conduct large stable
on his own hook. Smathers went into the
By he made eshsy
purchases and engaged Hildreth 70 traln
FOR him, but it was not until this year that
Club. When Hildreth took charge Of the
Smathers hor ses on the local tracks the
TO Pet bs seS uo out n he did
avail , The sale bids fair to be one OF the
w When Seventh Ward fell at one of the back
stretch jumps in the steepleohase. one OF the he
Pinkertons. named John Mccarthy. ran to to
had received bad fall. The mex, momeni
Bacc hanal SPRAYED over the jump an, and
knocked Mccarthy down tbs hf aGs
were untangied It was found that Mccarthy 5
leg had been broken. He was taken to the
Jesse Lewisohn cleaned up s25. 600. II was
generally estimated, on the victory Of Walter
Ceary il the steeperhessss The IN old h a!pdy
stand. was backed from 10 to down to hyes.
Bayles, Ray and the entire clubhouse eo6 being ns
f knlsha Of MA sem ~th Jim pavsy taxing
M Nj Dora H and Eddie Mcdonald, Al smith.
MAJ Max Blumenihai took in $4,000 in his book
The Sea 1u sae
| Dick Doggett each wagered 200 on Sohn-
smte who caught ne support S 81 soe K%se
aI eI. joe frnnfett. Fred Esbner Sol Liohten-
| stein. Chicago O'Brien and George Wheelock.
got down 0 g. ass a1t Of
! 81 900 John Walters had big commission
on Rose Of Dawn. who went up to even money ey
the weight Of Schulamte's support. which
| forced the latters price down to OTTO 10,
IN addition % Dave ,I Iosnson DeyoS MoN was
F +; Hdi and oshsTs fSsnS Mepossall Morris
Gss ps sT BAD s ssS I'd Paas
"I Blument nth won close to 10000 on King Cole
Rdde Bu nA Sol Loht ens,en Ike THOMPSON.
Frank Tyler ana Tony h6te Det on l1ippOcrates.
| Dick Brown and Mark Riordan took Jetsam,
| Julius Frank went to Ismailian, Bill Jackman
| played Champlain. John Coleman put wager
on Capt. Forsee and Frank Moro liked Port
| Royal
! Wheelook lost 5000 on Whimsical In the
! third race, this lilly being backed by Dick
| Doggett. Dick Brown. Sol Iichtenatein and
Chicago o 'Bricn. who put down a 81. 800 place
wager, Alex Shields, pave johnson, Frank
| on Kinleydae. Phidlas, the winner. was
| backed by Joe Rose. Bill Beverly and others.
| although he went back in the betting.
| Ballotta caught the bulk Of the wise money
| In the last race. the Voter flllS receiving the
! support of George Boles. Gull Holland, J.
Folger Joe Hayman and the combined club.
| house. the Anal quotation being to o.. Bill
| Porter and Fred Eshner took Blvouac. Eddie
| Burke bet on Golden Fern. who was lowered
from 10 to to twelves and Isaac Frank lost
Al. 200 on FlaviEny.
There was n meeting OF the track owners at
| August Belmont's ONCE Yesterday morning
| as outlined in THE SuN. The topic discussed
| was the question of reducing the overnight,
purses and a general cutting Of expenses. In
| addition to the maintenance Of the - tariff
The bookmaker revenue was not discussed
as that matter was finally disposed OF some
time nQo.
Gold Braid. who ran SECOND IN the first
Alien, owner Of Rancocas stud. She waf
not at tho track and only the pikers bet or
| tho nldcrnat mi