The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-16
GOSSIP OF THE RACETRACK.
BETTING WILL ne UNDER re-
STRICTIONS AT BENNINGS.
Layers Cannot Use stools and States. n
WILL Accept waEers Just the same
Al Dryer, winds Up q Lucky Year
Jim yiIlepisne Picks siN Inner

htuliHGE oNNl NAp ANhh'e NthA"H ~
$50 o'clock last night carried nearly 1000
regulars. including layers. owners. trainers.
Jockeys aud han gers on. who Will be on the
lob nc the WaslIin gtOn track this afternoon.
From present Indications there will he plenty
OF chances 10 make bets on the horses. but a
new system will I've inaugurated, IL is said.
owing TO the recent court decisiop In the case
or bookmaker William Davis. Pending an
appeal of the case to the United States SUI
pTeme Court, the prosecuting attorney OF the
District OF Columbia IL said TO ha We expressed
q willingness TO permit speculation. provided
that the LAYERS dispense with stools and
states in the betting ring. Ii is said that the
bettiug will be conducted under a sort OF COM
bination OF the American and En- glish systems.
Layers will not have any fixed station In the
ring, but will move about among the patrons
OF the track, making records OF vagers in
their notebooks. Just how layers and players
VIII be secured against possible losses re-
mains 10 ue seen. II money can pass between
them there will be no trouble. II not. all
wagers will be made on credit, with players
probably depositing q certain sum with the
layers before the races each day. all settle
ments to he made away from the track.
Under the assurance that the gton
Jockey Club will meet all OF its obligations to
horsemen, no matter what the result OF the
betting complications may be, there will be
no lack of racing material. Nearly all OF the
leading layers will be on the ground to-day.
ready TO begin business under new conditions.
Robert Pinkerton was in Washington ycster-
day comforting with the track officials and
. the officers of the law. IL was said that there
would be no further trouble. as both sides
had reached an amicabls understanding.
One Of the most successful horse players
Of the season just closed was Al Dryer, a
close friend Of John A. Drake and John W.
Gates. With keen Judgment and aided by
excellent information Mr.. Dryer was a con-
slant terror to the layers. He cashed on
horses at all sorts OF prices and finished with
a big bankroll. Mr. Dryer went down to
Aqueduct yesterday with A. b. Hudson and
Matte Corbett just to be in at the windup.
He did not intend to wager much. he said,
aud began with a $40 bet on King Henry a
place at 5 TO 1 In the opening event. With
$500 in hand he bet this amount and some
more on Yorkist at s to in the second event
and csshed, Then he put a fat commission on
Athlete in the third, followingl II up with a good
bet on Bon Mot in the fourth. At that stage
Of the proceedings his original $40 wager
had been swelled into 81, 500. OF this amount
he dropped $500 on Go Between in the ffth.
hut in the last race he took Troublemaker
three ways and Lee Harrison II. straight.
When be figured II all up he was more than
5000 winner on the day, which concluded
his operations for this year.
Jim Villepigue, the we'll known caterer.
played the winners Of the first Ave races.
He had $500 three ways on Yorkist and when
the horses went 70 the post for the last event
vlllepigue was A 5000 to the good. Then
ne decided to put a small bet on Hancock.
who rolled home
Twenty layers who came to the track de
cided at the last moment not to do business
because Of the lack Of biz money. But they
lost a chance TO clean up a little expense
money, as the crowd backed four losing favor
ties with confidence. The prodigal form
players took 7 to 20 against Leonard Joe Hay
man in the first event, because any price
seemed sure profit. In fact, many expected
70 see Haymau quoted at / to 10. The books
broke better than even at that. as there was a
wealth of support for both Suffice and Dekaber
q place, both losing
Those who played Yorkist for a good thing
in the second race waited until the odds went
UP to 10 to | before they bet. Then they forced
che price down tos. Tully Coulter. the owner.
put UP a stable boy to get these liberal odds
and then proceeded to bet enough to keep
him in coal all winter. The really smart money
vent on Matt ByTnes's Glenham. a stable mate
OF Stray. who was played from q down to 2.
hut got nothing. Purslane was also well
supported both ways, while Oraculum, after
receding from 9 to 5 TO ?, was pounded down
10 7 to 5 at the last moment, the general result
providing overlooking cash boxes for the
chalkers.
The books broke even or perhaps better on
bC - u Nv @pI ~"
lete and Orilene. both good mudders. opened
A. Z 10 5. with ? to | against Ben Ban. Because
Miller had the mount Orilenc was pounded
Town TO 10 to 10 ~favorite, while Athlete re-
NAMED steady at ! to 5. with Ben Ban going up
to = and well taken for the place. Andy
Williams, Gaviota, Orthodox and Santa Cata-
lins were the previous winners of the Nassau.
Although John Lowe was sure that his mare
Luretta would win the fourth event. she
went up from 4 10 TO evens. Bon Mot carried
most Of the educated money, with the public
taking the favorite as usual, Because OF the
fact that Asterisk was supposed to be ready
for a killing, he was played from 20 down to
~, but Beckman, who rode him. could not
get the son OF St. Gatien 70 run at all. New
York, also reduced from 20 TO ~, could do no
better than land third place. his hackers
saving their investment. Bowling Bridge
was backed down TO 10 and fattered his sup
porters for about half a mile A bunch of
show wagers was burned up by BattleaXe,
the ring quitting a good winner to the race.
Aleck Shields sent Go Between after the
money in the fifth race. The Meddler horse
had received a special preparation and was
keyed up TO the proper pitch. The %plungers
got the tip and a. they expected to see him win
IN a gallop they loaded up the layers with
heavy wagers. forcing the odds from 4 to s
Town TO 3 to 5. Martin Doyle, however. was
not wholly overlooked by those who recalled
his recent races and also remembered that
Go Between had not been Of much account
since his victory In the Suburban, 40 Doyle
was literally taken at . to ). Miller was
never able to get Go Between near Doyle,
who made hum look like a cheap platter.
In the last wild scramble TO land winter oats
the trainers who sent horses TO the post In the
concluding event provided more than half a
dozen hot tips. John Hynes got q pOcketful
Of long green when Hancock came home. aud
approaching Miller's efforts he handed the
midget Jockey a yellow bill as the latter left
the scales, f. X. Bradley played his Cesarine
colt. T~roublemakeT. across the states. the
price dropping from Is to 10. and quit q win
ner. Work and Play. running in the colors of
the oneck Stable, WIS taken three ways. with
a bunch OF show wagers that were oashed.
The Haymans had a solid wager Oh Senator
McCarren's Lee Harrison II, who was reduced
from a To 8. W. ". Darden's Ida Reck was
played from 10 TO :. Larry Waterbury,
Hiram cangh support AZ Is. Then II. b.
Duryeai 5 Irvine. VINO was practically left AZ tho
post. was supported three ways at 8, : and
even. Fire Opal, Sandy Crecker and PierrOt
were also rubbed out.
Miller rode a winner and two SECONDS, W hilc
Mcdaniel handled two nTsta, Miller headed
the HAT with T~oOrtacn winners for the Meeting