The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22
GOSSIP OF THE .RAGEIRkGk,
MORE STRUCTURES PLACED ON
POOLROOM INFORMATION.
Rumors OF Warrants for BOOkmakers Stir
Up the Track O1icIais, but They Prove
False-Ram's Horn Sought by Would
he Purchasers-kllllng With Ava,

Learning that the poolrooms received
formation on tho races more promptly
than usual on Friday, the Pinkertons re-
doubled their efforts to shut OF he neces-
sary details at Aqucduot yesterday, Hitherto
the names oil starters and Jockeys for each
race had been hung up thirty minutes be-
.ore post time. but this arrangement was done
way with and the posting OF details did not
take place until twenty minutes before the
.,Esdulod time Of each event. Then the
main entrance to the track vas closed all
the afternoon. so that persons who desired
tu leave for the purpose OF reaching tele-
rnoues near by were compelled to so to a
Ilule gate behind the paddock. about an
eighth Of a mile from the betting ring. And
Iuiody going toward this outlet was per-
uttcd to run either, for the Pr kertons stood
IN front. behind and under the grand stand
ard stoned ell who were in q hurry TO get
cut. Furthermore, two men, said to be
former telegraph operators at the track,
were held up because Of an attempt to pass
b. formation To the outside, the Piukertors
,rrrscntimg their badges ard ]eiccting them
bodily from the track. This vigilance re-
.nl',d IN a report from detectives planted in
certain big rooms in the city that no business
was transacted becOrHSof the delay.
Tho whole Tlnn vas arranged on a time
:, hcduled. Counting ten minutes delay
,u posting the starters after each race. ten
minutes more consumed in reaching t le-
rhonrs and at least five minutes in sen ing
the cocs, r. details over tn wires, it was
fcured that the rooms had about five minutes
"iOrc each race in wiu.l to transact bust
r.-S on periug odds. in W iCh case no
-hrcwl room X . ers we're willing to take
blind chances with smart mo ey. 1t was
said that II the rooms tan get
successfully under tits new handicap the
track authorities will delay matters even
IL. ..l.I 10. 4at zVatnA 20
Kill of the room at any cost. 1t Is only a
slight inconvenience to spectators to wait
ut t . Iract for data. but q serious obstacle
10 tn sucC ssful conduct of the rooms.
Before the first race yesterday there was a
we'll defined rumor to the effect that four
warrants for either hookmliers or clubhouse
commissioners had been issued at Long Island
Clrv and would be served In the after
noon. At FIRST it was believed that this was
tho result Of the threatened raid on the bet
ting rinG at the instance of certain leading
poolroom men. but THE SuN reporter was
reliably Informed that the poolroom men. in
GLIDING Peter De Lacy and Robert Davis,
had concluded to let the matter rest for a
While and that IL such warrants had been q.
issued they had been asked for by other persona
antaponlstic to the Jockey Club. In fact. a
we'll known politician who is familiar with the
poolroom situation said that II such a raid
1Oth IlHtt ~ Moulu VI ElllllIN "llhN 10 hiioN'i
as a "shakedown.' Robert Pinkerton had the
Tip and he held several long conferences with
the turf authorities with the result that prep
~arations were made TO Offset any arrests.
But though Pinkerton was on the watch for
warrants all the afternoon, they did not
show up, and the whole AFFAIR was finally
pronounced a false alarm,
The clubhouse at .Shcepshead Pay on
Suburban Day seldom held a more representa-
H. ---.ul "a &c. 40, .I,n th,t Nplt,h t,.rnn1
out yesterday. John W, Gates, Charley
Gates, John A. Drake. A, 3. Hudson and Al
Dryer, always together. came to the track
early. Then August Belmont arrived to
see his two-year-olds Curriculum and okenite
carry off the honors in the Canarsie Stakes.
Andrew Miller. Blair Painter, Frank Bishop.
Paul RainaY, .Jesse Le%iSohn,. Sydney Paget.
f.. r. Thomas, James b. Brady. D.. I.
Eugene Wood. Smith Kelme.
p. H. MoCarren, W. II. Reynolds. T. p.
sullivan, Patrick Keenan,, Joseph Cassidy.
Joe Ullman, Abe Hummel, Ort Wells. p.
! -Dwyer, J. H.. Bradford. +. Il. Hitch
cock, I. Hitchcock, Or. Pierre Lorillard.
Il. y. Wilson. Jr,. H, T. oxnard. J.. R, Worth.
Frank Mckee and many other potables we're
in the clubhouse during the afternoon-a
tribute to the popularity of racing and the
enterprislng management OF the queens
County Jockey Club.
We. W llldTlS was supremacy Spll''t'ilN 'i'oN
RAMS Horn would win the Queens County
Handicap. He told lis friends that the Butte
horse was in superb condition and the tip
became universal. Alex Shields scratched
Ormonde's Right in order to bet on Williams's
horse and when the books quoted 3 to |, there
was q frantic rush 10 get aboard. The whole
clubhouse took Rams Horn az II 10 was like
picking mp gold in the streets. The show oil
money in the ring caused the crowd at large
10 turn away from the other things In the
race and back Rams Horn of the boards.
He went down TO & to : in many books and the
ring lost n fortune. No sooner than the
horse reached the paddock than Williams
received several offers for him, one made
Bub May in behalf OF Paul Rainey' but
the New Orleans horseman said he would
not sell at any price as he expected TO win
some big stakes with the Butte horse this year.
The way Rams Horn performed. by the way.
many turf sharps that on a dry
track he will be a dangerous factor IN the
Brooklyn or Suburban Handicaps In whlch
he must carry a comparatively llght Durden.
Ne is a we'll built, racy looking animal and
lie received a royal greeting when he trotted
back to the scales. This race was first run
In 1902, the winners being MargraVate,i euow
Tail, Rosetiot and st. Valentine. The record
Tor the event is 1879 lis, which could have
been beaten. undoubtedly. If Rams Horn had
been extended.
Willie Shields cleaned up neatly on varieties,
the winner OF the first race. Horsemen
who participated in winter racing ala not
let this good thing get away from them and
at the last moment the books we're chokeo
with bets all three ways. The big plungers
did not do much on this event. but they put
1t all over the ring when Copper took the
steeplechase. Copper, Incidentally, showed
form that may make him worthy OF support
In future jumping events, He fenced beauti-
fully and won in majestic style.
Again the big spectators made the books
" lace when the Belmont pair ran first and
S. ond IN the Canarsle Stakes. The club
house agents were all over the ring with solid
commissions which were placed at 0 to 10
and 4 to s. The Canarsie was inaugurated
In lSaS. the previous winners being Caout-
'hoIc, Modrine, Kenilworth. Golden Cottage.
Brosonhurst, Palmbearer. Augur and Oak
A striking illustration Of how the wise
mon sometimes err occurred In the fifth
eYent. On last years form Sue Smith, a
sii,fe nlly, looked much the best. She
opened at Q to S, but even with Radtke up.
lac smart men let her pass. presumably be-
{ aUse Trainer Bob Tucker, a plunger. did
mt hot with his uslnI confidence. Water