The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
gossip OF THE RACETRACK.
chi, HIGGINSS VETO DISCUSSED
~ 7URFMEN.
locke, club Declines to Make Comment.
Howeycr-More Obstacles for the POOL
rooms -~JOyncr's Fear or BertmOnt
: Mike Clancy Again In Evidence.

Jockey Club Declines 10 Mako comment
Howeyer-More Obstacles for the POOL
rooms -JOyncr's Fear OF BertmOnt
; --ui,c Clancy Again In Evidence.
cov Uiggins's veto of the bill increasing
.,\a STATE racing tax was widely discussed
Wv wy mr(men Yesterday. Members Of the
"y.otev club who were asked for an opinion,
.ousyer. declined to make any comment
abstsoeyer. 1t was the general opinion
.mong politicians that an attempt to revive
,ba cassidy Lansing Anti-Racetrack Betting
nm al Albany. as a sequence OF the Gov
orror's attitude toward racing, would not
meet with success. 1t was pointed out that
The Jockey Club had made good its promises
N the Rev. DR.. Thomas r. Slicer in the sup
nrs.sion Of poolroom information, and that
the Cassidy Lansing bill. as a result, could
rt receive the support of the State Con-
,.rance on Religions. The fact that Gov.
Higgins has promised to appoint a new State
pscinS Commission before the adjournment
n The LEGISLATURE has excited unusual inter-
ct 1t has been maintained all along that
,nrust Belmont would be reappointed. and
hat the other members would be Congress-
man James Wads worth and +. d. Morgan.
That these men will be selected by the Gov
rrnor is regarded by well posted authorities
r a ~forcgone conclusion, but. then. 1t Is just
possible that the Governor may change his
Mans at the last moment.
another step was taken by the Jooky Club
Yesterday to further handicap the poolrooms
IN their attempt to Sc cure advance informa-
,ion as 10 scratches ana jockeys. On Mouda y
I'M Sun showed that the rooms had been
receiving a list of sc -atches and jockeys
bsfore ! o'clock each day. this information
bAlng gathered from trainers early in the
day by an agent of a we'll known Brooklyn
npA nAA1HDnun lorlyar Win
the data in hand, the rooms were making
their own prices. regardless of the fluctua-
lions in the betting ring. The Plnkertons
promptly investigated The SUN's story
with the result that no scratches were made
public officially before 2 o'clock. while trainers
we're notified that it would be advisable to
keep such informationt to themselves in future.
Incidentally, the Brooklyn bookmaker and
poolroom hacker was placed under sur
y%cillance, so that he was unable to move hand
or foot. The Pinkerton men planted in
the poolrooms, soon notified the track officials
that there was little or nothing doing in the
way OF business: that the rooms could get
neither the scratches nor the jockeys in time
10 make their own prices with any degree Of
safety, while the delay in posting this infor-
nation at the track before each race had
tied them up completely. In spite of a clamor
in favor OF the rooms from Ger tain quarters.
II may De SAID that the Jockey CluD VIII HOt
recede from its present position.
1t is either the Jockey Club or the pool
rooms that must go cut of business" said
a prominent official. and it is a sure thing
that II will not be the Jockey Club.
There is some talk on the part of several
room keepers to retain the services of former
Governor Black to begin legal proceedings
against the Jockey Club, but these individuals.
1t IS said, will be in receipt of a tip soon to
keep quiet or take the consequences OF a
frown from noted political hackers.
Bertmont. by Albert Montvale, the winner
otthe Woodhaven Stakes. was so we'll thought
Of before the race by 4. j. Joyner. the trainer
Of Sydney Paget's Athens. that he made an
offer TO buy the colt of W. II. Snyder. Joyner
feared that Athens could not beat Bertmont.
and for that reason hs wanted to cinch the
race by means of a purchase. But Snyder's
reply was:
You can't buy him before the race. Joyner.
but | will sell him to YOU after he has won!"
Joyner finally concluded that Athens would
win any. way, so the big money flooded the
ring on the chances of the Paget two-year-
old, a son Of The Greek-Ruralia. Joyner put
Up Horner, his apprentice. who was no match
for Harry Baird, the rider of Bertmont. and
the coup was spoiled. Bertmont won like a
rood colt. He was entered to be sold for
1880, but he was not boosted, even by Joyner.
Previous winners of the Woodhaven were
Vertigo, Frelinghuysen, Scurry, Elsie L..
Hedge. Agnes Brennan, Niblick and Leonard
Toe Hayman.
The breeding bureau recently created
BY the Jockey Club IL steadily going on
with its work to improve the breed of horses
In the State OF New York. Already August
Belmont has donated Margrave from his
nursery stud, ]. A. Bennett has given Juve-
nile Maxim, H.. 7. Oxnard, DeReszke. and
Glenwood comes from a Westerner inter-
ested in this work.
After the last race on Monday Jockey
Radtke was notified that he had been sus-
pended for the rest of the meeting. which
winds up tomorrow. The penalty was
inflicted by Starter Cassidy for disobedience
at the post. This will probably prevent
Radtke from heading the list of winning
Jockeys at Aqueduct. He had handled
eight winners, while Miller. his nearest rival.
has six hrsts to his credit. including one
Yesterday.
Kansas Price and many of the handicappers
won handsomely on the victory of Calabash
IN the first event. Calabash was backed
from 10 down to . and there was a great
ultery when he scored. Christie Sullivan.
one Of the clan. had q good thing bottled
Up in Rye in this event, and the Bowery got
aboard at to l.. This horse ran Il sensational
race last year at Belmont Park, and it was
confidently believed that he would repeat,
Johnny Hynes, his trainer, said it was the
biggest cinch he had ever seen. but Rye.
after being prominent for half a mile, blew
up and the Sullivans groaned audibly.
Green Room, who ran in the Bennington
colors in this race and was also we'll backed
al 3 to /, does not like the whip. He was
out in front swim ging when O'Neill concluded
70 touch him up with the bat. The moment
Green Room felt the singing blows on his
tanks, however. he kicked up his heels and
absolutely refused to go on, finishing last.
he ran a similar race under similar circum-
stances a few days ago. Mike Clancy. he Of
The leather lungs and the rich brogue, was
somewhat in evidence during the afternoon.
When Calabash won Clancy bid the High
Order colt up to 81, 200 from 81 200, Price re-
tAlnlng his property with the usual increase.
The Oneck Steble received $500, as Benevolent
had run second. Clancy's Tom Waddell
later burned up a heap of wealth when Chims
ney sweep defeated him in the mile handicap.
It's an odd thing about Waidell that he wins
generally at a low prize and meets defeat
When a hot public choice, In this instance
every wise man at the track bet on him. but