The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-01
GOSSIP OF THE RACETRACK.
BRIGHTON PROMISES ONE WEEK
OF EXCELLENT SPORT.
rup race Next saturday. with Triumph
stakes an interesting Event on Thurs
daS-FacGs to DisprOye the Assertion
mat Trhere IL No Heavy Betting.

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taI sesar pou,an. pat iast,rs ,uo wooLs
sAuUn = /, - n,anaasns,t has al sxcslIsnt
= ...Lss 20 oner IN the nubIic between
~t" ~ wiDd,n ~ Tho reach horscmen
- "I Imh "a noor having liheraIlv subscribed
a.o.asting avants A n Dads will
sho starttrS which viii he w elcome
sEam 49, raciny nuhIic IN view ~ tbs ragged
noNs - Cassidv AZ Craveaend Christo-
Ei,.ncraLd will no the nresidin0 stew-
" Lit ,naars that the snort will he under
Hi-, s,-stny A. nrIrhenr /. nov one ~
~ ,o,r "recoOnized" Jockey Club tracks
- 10 Ia much inheritance attached to the
' ,horo "a * the nroceedings at Graves
Shaarsbsad Raw and Relmont PARK
80 h.an bv the way has made a not Of
-, ME yaar rhe track has beep spIen-
,i,Iiy managed no expenee has been spared
:. h,,nr about necessary improvements and
~. snJsavor Of the owners of the property
:. .a,sr 70 the public in numerous WAYS has
.crved IN increase the popularity Of thi
S,r,ors racinp plant to what might be called
ht,h water mari.
Probably the most important event to be
L..tdcd This week ia the SIC. 900 Brighton Gun.
roi,h, for age. two miles an d a quarter.
rbicb 4. on SATURDAYS card. The Gun Pre-
I,rirarv one mile and a half. for horses
,hs, are eligible for Saturdays event, will
no run to-morrow. II Ia probable that A
GOOD Neld az to numbers will go to the post,
sItbouoh borseS Of real class are sadly lacking
,his year. W. q. JenninRs's Proper. who is
Iust now at his best, will be a starter-and
10 vil receive plenty Of support. r.. T..
Wi.on Jr.'s. Dolly Spanker il also sure to
90 ,oret her with James McLauRhlin's OK
I'D who won the Oriental Handicap on
saturday. George w. Lanrdon'. Fin Flap.
opa NJ the best long distance race mares in
,,oininS il eligible. hut whether il will be
nossible 70 get her to the post or not to-mor-
VOW romans to be seen. Film Flap has not
raced aimee the July meeting at the Beach
and there has been a rumor TO the effect that
nc won't wrong lust before the Saratoga
mesting. But Owner Langdon denies this
and saws that the Handspring mare ia doing
nicely. thank YOU. George J. Longs Sir
uuon. winner of the Common wealth Handi-
ran AZ the Bav in June. who has since been
.uTerin9 from lameness. may also be a starter
,ogether with Il. r. Manni1's Disobedient,
a disapnointing three-year-old John san
ford's Mohawk H.. an exploded phenomenon;
n p. Whitney's very ordinary Pegasus.
lanes r, Keene's Kuroki, an overrated colt,
and sydney Pa gets Cairngorm. II all those
,Iiaible should go to the post the hest Of them
would start for the Gun on Saturday. The
public generally enthuses over long distance
races. and AZ no particular horse appears to
have a mort gage on this race the interest in
e.. ou,coms IL Increasing AZ time passes
The Mercury Uandicap, for twO-year-olds
and inward. six furIon g, will be run on
Wednesday. Lady Amelia is a probable
starter. together with August Belmont
Tiptoe. Fred Johnson's Aeronaut. the Or
mondale Stables Ormondale, Paul J. Rainey's
tyo-year-old De Mund, +. y. Van Meters
Usndzarra. r. T. Wilson, Jr. 5. two-year-old
Rod River and others. who should prov ide
. cracking good race.
Another interesting event, on that all
horsemen look forward to, il the Triumph
Stakes. for two-ycar-olds. one mile. which
will be decided on Thursday. This race
carries o.. OOO in added money and the his
torio Pharsalia plate, valued at 81. 600. which
must he won twice TO become permanent
nropcrtv. Colts carry ii2 pounds. with
ta for hllirS and geldin IS. there being also
p%pnaIties and allowances. Some of the best
tvo-ypar-olds are eligible to face the starter.
the list includinG Peter Pan. De Mund, Jack
Akin. Dinna Ken, Charles Edward, Conville.
AIathcno. Golf Ball. Prince Hampton. The
Wrcstler Fountainblue. Paumonok, Rose
mount and Don Enrique.
In addition to the Brighton Cup on Sat
urday tho Chantilly Steeplecha se Handicap.
oyrr the short course. will be an attraction.
With a field possibly made up Of Jimmy Lane,
Uc.ert chief GRANDMA Paul Jones. ORC,
Eypap-iooist Ralzas Caller and Others.
Tho Brighton track is lightning fast just at
p,,.rrt. md il. iii not be surpris in z il some
nov rcrords are hung up. Pres ident FitZ-
rcrald ,ays that with favorable weather
This meeting will draw larger crowds than
,ycr before. As a matter Of fact the weather
may can a very small figure, inasmuch as the
cauo mt the Beach this year has been COM
rararIvely easy to beat. During the IN i'd
auumcr meeting there the books got an
svrnI trimming from which they did not
recover Tor some time. The public met with
SO many reverses at the recent Gravesend
meeting that when the last race was run on
SATURDAY there was general satisfaction on the
part Of the PLAYERS. who will be out in force
A. The Beach to-day. prepared to win back
some OF the coin dropped at the Dryer track.
In spite of ridiculous attempts on the part
Of certain persons to create the impression
that Tue suns stories Of betting operations
a. the track are exaggerated. there is not a
veil POSTED man who visits the races from
d,v 10 day who will deny the assertion that
thcrc has been more heavy betting this year
than over before. The facts exist and they
cannot he contradicted with proof. Take.
for instance. the operations OF David c. john
son during the last week or so. One week
ago Saturday this daring ~plunGer beat six
ont of seven races and cleaned up just $40 o
IN the day, $50, 900 Of which was taken from
the clubhouse layers. After that johnson
had r,ir s,,ccaa. until m Thuraday he aCcu-