The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-16
GOSSIP OF THE RACETRACk,
hooks LOSE HEAVILY on CLARK
GRIFFITH AND ROSEBEN.
Unusually Heavy Speculation in the Ring
At Belmont Park where Only Sixty.siN
Layers SIT In tho Front Lne-stAlwart
Works Fast Mile al Jamaica.

~ hctNuUul why tS's .bth
Layers SIT In tho Front Nne-stslwart
/ Works Fast Mile AT Jamaica.
Owing to the railroad wreck at Wood
| haven Junction. in which one bookmaker.
James Ducas. was severely injured many
/ layers and their clerks arrived at Belmont
| Park yesterday so late that they concluded
! not to proceed with their usual business.
! As a result there were only sixty-six books.
| including the usual Ave on-members OF the
| Nets in the front line in the big ring, but
| they we're kept unusually busy all the after
! noon. as the speculation on all Of the races
/ was brisk and heavy.
| The books kept pile of sure money wagered
on H. J. Whitney- Tanya In the first race.
together with several large commissions
placed on Big Rem but when Frank Farrells
colt. Clark Griffith. won the second race.
| thousands Of dollars were paid out to lucky
! spectators. Farrell had heavy bet down
| and so did Dave johnson. Fred Walbaum,
the Tammany crowd including the Suli-
vans, George Wheelock. Sol I.ichtenstein.
| Charley CASH and in fact nearly every
! plunger at the track The kinley Mack
colt opened at to s. In a ji1y the money
was pressed into the hands Of the layers.
81. 900 at a crack. until even money was the
prevailing quotation when the horses came
| out OF the paddock The financial Nood.
| however. did not stop until Starter Cassidy
| sent the small field away. when Clark Grlt1ith
was at odds on.
SO well pleased were Farrell and his trainer.
| Frank Weir, with the colts impressive per-
! Torrance. that they decided to start him
| in the sl5, 900 National Stallion Stakes. to
| be run next Saturday in which event this
! splendid son OF Kinley Mack will meet First
Water and some of the best two-year -olds
in training Before yesterdays race Peter
| WINNER. who trained Knley Mack when he
won the Brooklyn and suburban handcaps
| In the same year. inspected Clark Grinith in
| the paddock with much interest.
He is the exact counterpart in every way
Of his famous daddy" said WINNER. and
he looks to me as il he would develop into
| great racehorse."
| Farrell bought the colt as yearlirR for
81. 100 and is said 10 have already refused
ten times that sum for him.
While the crowd at large lost on Onatas
in the third race some Of the sharpest specu
lators backed r. II. McCarter Potter's Chin
| ney Sweep, a black colt by Buck Massie.
who is standing at Mr.. Potter's Pequest Stud,
| They pounded the odds down point to threes,
the books receiving a hard Jolt when tho
| colt came home on tho bit. But this coup
was not marker to that pulled on by Dave
johnson and his friends with Roseben in
| the Claremont Handicap. Johnson added
Joaquin. and with Burns and o'Nell to ride
| for him he went down the line at the last
moment putting the money down in all sorts
OF amounts. His NAV was followed by the
me men who plunged on Clark Griffith.
! with the exception Of Joe ieager, who went
%as s e osord and @ e H We're Heavily
supported to show. while r. T, Wilson. Jr's.
Gamara was backed down couple OF points
the success OF Roscben that he hunted up
! Burns in, the paddock after, the race and
/ presented TO him $3.50 in cash. He did not
| forget O'Neill. who rode Joaquin, either. for
the latter got a similar present few moments
". NJ sheftel and Jesse Lewisohn. who have
formed some sort Of betting partnership.
sent Their. commissioning to the ring to bet the
! said that the Joint wager was close to $40 900
Materbok was only recently purchased by
s's rs N stake bSr. f. and al
mute by st, George oyeapa, allowed her
Hos srs ' both bred by John T. Madden l
/ burned up a bale Of greenbaoks
ssG Rs in hs
race. They could see nothing else in r. sight
Red knight proved TO- be wild horse. for he
won all the way The ring. however; won
Stab 'eS r par o.trch and Ssw York and
| Adbcll were all heavily supported
rs Mqsop hay G PLAYED q, by Ss sfys sTcv Wise b
these individuals Gasp"d for breath when they
saw the ride he received, Ostrich was ridden
made, M his ars, appesralice here this Year and
created decidedly favorable impression,
Ts MNSo ne by the to T Rd Elk 'S Wbc Na
also ia receipt OF scnle weight from every
thinR else.
T. r.. Thomas's S;alwart. who was scra tched
from the first race, worked mil" over the
jamaica track yesterday morning In 10 fiat.
immediately after which his trainer dis
covered that he was covered with rash TINT
Looked like the hives. II WAS nothing serious.
howeNcr and stalwar! win be a. sur" starter.
Is sad hs w e rH%k Brd @ho IS s in the
back line had AN army behind his book after
Ro.abnn had won. While the members OF
B,r S,-ome Gelding and refusing bets AZ that.
IN so,un instances. Tyl"r pcIststcftiy dis
played TO and took a., al IT, H. money III could
p'nking a bigger book these days lnan /,
ms jor,y of the Nets. and is also a heavy
winner OF the season so far
i. tirnn, Lyman has bought the iwo-year-
old Gold SITTER. who ran second 10 Merry Boy
last Friday, his lirs' TIM" out I'll" price
Word was received here Yesterday that the
r.ce mare Columbia, who wa. the Beldam
the Wv we'll known ,raine'. who is operating
on the Other side claimed the mare for ". L.
vanderbilt, on, Of selling race ace, and nd Won
ward. She s,iccumbed 10 an attack OF
pneumonia
Carrie Jones. who ran second TO Chimney
Sweep is three wear old hly by Rsautal
Irt~rniisson, who was raced las, year by
| John L.. Mcdonald. but was passed up as
| no account after n killing had been effected
with her one day in the spring over muddy
track She carried the colors of Tom Mannix
| Yesterday and surprised him ms much a she
did her former owner and his friends.
Orthodox showed in this event that he is
surely an exploded phenomenon When
! NJ. L., llayman bought him last year it was
believed that he would be n star performer
mp to expectations and was shipped North
carly this year TO- have rest, Trainer Wat
kim. has started him several times here;
nchev. something. but in each instance tn.
! money bet on him went up in smoke SO
! little was thought OF Orthodox YESTERDAY
! that in spit" Of the fact that he was meet ing
| n lot Of second class platcrs he wasnot backed
at all and he ran race that convinced many
! Of his general WORTH essness
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