The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-12
GOSSIP OF THE RACETRACK.
METROPOLITAN CAMPAIGN CONES
TO AN END on THURSDAY.
season Remarkable In Many Respects The
status Of Jockey Radtke Trainer
Enoch wishard Quits the Turf-
Ichtenstein still Up I o SMUT.

LIchtenstein stin Up TO snuf.
The metropolitan racing season will end
At Adueduct on Thursday. Immediately
after the last race there will be a great hustle
for the CavanaRI special train. which will
leave for gton over the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Z p. NJ. The fall meeting at Ben
nIngs will be inaugurated on Friday and will
continue until December I. when the Eastern
turf campai ign OF 1905 will be concluded. Then
will follow the operations on the winter tracks
Of california and Louisiana until the Jockey
Club's schedule at Washington opens again
next March. The season drawing to q close
has been remarkable in many respects. The
various racing associations have all made
big money. The attendance figures have
reached high water mark in many Instances.
The racing has been for the most part clean
aud free from scandal. although there have
been Indications Of queer methods at times
that have warranted inves, igation. Specula-
ton has been heavy at all stages. Many
bookmakers and numerous big operators will
agif losers on the year. while others IN the
.sme class will go into winter quarters with
at bankrolls. James X. Keenes horses
have won more money in stakes and purses
Than those Of any other owner, while 7.
HltchcOck. Jr. coupling his winnings in
stcrplechsses and on the fat. stands second
IN the list. Walter Miller is the champion
jockey, having already established new
UEllNH " u AOhbNNs tiliN NONNt
:. !. Joyner. John W. Rogers and John l..
Madden have trained the greatest money
pIupeTs Of the year.
The Jockey Club has lived up to its agree
nent made with the Rev. DIR. r. X. Slicsr
last spring to hamper the poolrooms in the
way of information. The. establishment OF
a breeding bureau. which has placed numer-
Gus stations in various parts Of New York
state 10 he bred to mares in the interest OF
the breeding industry. has done much to
sOlidify the foundations upon which the
sport has been built up. The conduct Of the
iacegoinG crowds has at all times been above
r,proach. while the general management
81 Affairs has been without a flaw. Disci-
pline on the racetracks is the secret of uni
vrrsal dcCOTum. The Jockey Club rules
with q rod of iron, a policy that is necessary
when the different lements that go to make
ny the racing game are taken under con-
alteration. The popularity Of the turf was
never more self-evident than now. The
patronage Of the public is widespread and
loyal, which means that the confidence placed
in the stewards of the Jockey Club remains
mistaken. When another campaign rolls
around. therefore,. the turf will he even better
patrouized. no doubt, particularly II indi-
viduals who have excited suspicion this year
are either Curbed or suppressed in the mean
time.
There appears to he u general misunder-
standing a. to the status Of Jockey Herman
Radtke. who Was suspended At Jamaica for
n queer ride on Tommy Waddell and whose
rase was referred to the stewards of the
Jockey Club for further action. Some per-
sons insist that as the Jockey Club has taken
no action as yet Radtke's suspension ended
when the jamaica meeting was concluded.
and that the boy can ride at any of the future
meetings this winter. Others insist that "a
the matter stands Radtke cannot ride again
until the Jockey Club has disposed OF his case
one way or the other. As his case was re-
Serred to the Jockey Club. it il but natural
that A decision OF some sort from the turf
authorities should be looked for. II is under
TODD. however. that after a thorough in
vrstigstion ~ has been found impossible
% fx any criminal blame upon Radtke for
several rides that excited a world Of adverse
m in which case the jockey will re-
ceive another license next spring whsn ne
makes the usual application. But as a sort
Of punishment IL il: asserted on good au-
thority that R~adtkeewill be notified that a
temporary retirement: from racing dur ing
the winter months will not prove injurious.
Enoch Wishard, one OF the best known
trainers on the American turf. has practically
1uit the game for good because of poor health.
Wishard handled the horses OF John A. Drake
both in En- gland and in this country and scored
many notable successes. But a year ago he
became the victim OF nervous troubles and
soon lost his grip. When Mr.. Drake decided
to quit racing some time ago he tried to induce
Wishard TO retire. promising him a comfort
able homestead in the country. But the
Npterantrainer. alwaysener getic and a hustler.
could not bear to think Of leaving the race
track. and 80, purchasing Royal Lady. Big
Store. Neptunus. Penrhyn and other horses
nj the Drake sale, he decided to go ahead on
has own hook. But luck did not come Wish
ards way. His horses were defeated with a
persistence that completely discouraged him
- 49, - t,-la ~ aAII ant hfa avail
stable and announced to his friends that he
was through with the turf for the present at
l~east--if not for all time.
Mr.. Drake recently denied the report that
he Intended to join hands in a new racing
stable with John W. Cats. which will be
trained by G.. Z. Durnell. But Mr.. brakes
friends say that the temptation will prove too
much for him. Mr.. Drake ia a good sports
man. an enthusiastic lover of the thorough
bred and a credit TO racing. lie likes to bet
his money on his own judgment and though
a big loser AZ times he has never been known
to complain. The only fault he has ever
found has been with the stingy bookmakers
who have consistently refused to lay liberal
prices against the Drake horSes-a fact that
il conclusive evidence that the Chicago man
has tried to win at all times. If Mr.. Drake
decides to come back TO racing next year II ia
probable that he will do so indepsnde ntly.
nurnell will train for Mr.. Gates and It is pos
Elble thar he will also handle Inc horses oil MI
Drake. But whether he does or not Mr..
Drake will always have a warm spot in his
heart for Wishsrd. who. according 10 the
owner OF ort Wells. never broke his word.
always did his best and ranked with the best
hsndlers Of racehorses in the world.
Sol Lichtenstein has been up TO his old
tricks at launching prices in the betting ring.
lie put UP . to 1 against Herodotus In the
last race on Friday. opening the market.
F-ir declined to take = dollar At that figure.
But the other layers were wary and quoted
TO prices At all until Sol and a few others
'hslked up the short quotation Of 7 10 5. ON
saturday. when the betting on the third
race opened, Lichtenstein. in spite Of the
fact that practically every book in the ring
quoted Veil AZ 7 10 10. chalked M even money
In an attempt to boost the prices among
his follow layers 10 that he might get on n
large commission for himself. Vet with
even money on his own slate, which was
not rubbed in spite Of a mob that wanted
To Der, Licbtcnstein positively refused To
10 bushes on Veil under any circumstances
In fact. nc wsxed hot under the collar when
dressed TO accept Usgers on Veil IT. the price