The Washington times., 1906-07-29
SARATOGA WIDE OPEN"
Is TIP TO GAMESTERS
Canfleds and Other Clubs Expect to Be in Full Blast
Next Saturday Night-Accountant Best
in Brighton Derby
By ]. S. A. MACDONALD.

Accountant for the Realization at
Sheepshead Bay Trainer Willie"
Shields played a practical joke on the
esthedc horseman. IT'S nice day
and l hope you feel as fine and that
you win the race" said Shields as he
extended a hand 10 Matt" Allen ca
gerly grasDed the prefer OF good
friendship. Allen started as he found
his glOved hand glued into the palm OF
that Of Shields. Looking down he saw
himself grasping a handful OF axle
grease. The men do not pass the time
Of day now.
But 70 get back 10 the coming Derby.
Belmerc. the colt which won the Buff
falo Derby aad the Brooklyn Derby is
IN here, his connections being deter
mined to knock down Accountant.
Both pack I26 pounds and horse race
IL viii be sure enough. John +. Mad
denis colt. The Quai:. is in light and is
dangerous. while Harry Payne Whit
ney is sure 10 start Perverse. and
James r. Keene has q good one In
Kuroki the Jap" as the b0olImallers
term him. This Brighton Derby is The
next big race on the calendar. Il Is
worth $1,000 20 the owners Of the first
three horses past the post AT this
time II looks like Accountant, Tor he
is the class and the form Of the small
but select field. Even money against
him would be a liberal price.
Plungers Beating Books.
Tho closing days here al Brighton are
seeing the big Individual operators III
the betting ring having a shade the
better Of the bookmakers. II has been
a wonderful siege OF betting from the
very first day One very strong op-
orator was forced 20 lay of and seek
the cooling atmosphere OF Saratoga
This is George A WheelOck. one Of the
greatest judges Of form and price on
the turf. Wheelock lost over So 90 IN
the first two weeks here. and then con-
cluded his tagged faculties needed a
rest. WheelOcks Eeverest reverse came
with the running Of the overnight sell
ing race where Tom Mcdowell started
Lady Anne and she was beaten. Wheel
Ock dropped a little over $1,000 here.
The two best winning plungers II the
meeting are Whitley LauRdOn. the IA
nous Wilmington. Del. reporter. and
Charles Ellison. the blond plunger-' of
the West. Ellison and George Hamilton.
one OF the best checkers and handicap
pers 10 be found anywhere in he world.
are stringing bets these days. Ellison
simply murdered FlaXman the day this
horse won at 60 TO !. with old Bryan
standing al a 11-10 first choice Ellison
and Hamilton grabbed az the IG-I 10
show in sight. and must have sailed
away SIS, 900 or $50 900 on the play. Ham
nton was a few years ago one OF the
very best lightweight puRiIists in Aus
tralia, but he relinQuished fame and
fortune OF the padded ring 20 get =
easier on the turf. He is one Of the
new generation Of plungers and q sure
conner Ellison is a big winner on the
season and will make the hair Ay al
Saratoga.
PikeTs Are Losing.
Old Sam Hildreth won his first good
bet IN many. many months or last Mon
day Sam saddled the two-ysar-old fl1y
Belle Of Iroquis. She opened At 5 20 ].
and sam got on about $500 at an aver
age OF 10 !. He COPIED. for the Belle
just two-roped her field. and " u hands
down HildTeth IS getting his second
breath and is now once more in stride.
San Is growing-or. rather, his hair
as white as snow. Neither he nor MS
friends can account for It, as Old Nc
Chcsney. as young Harry Payne Whit
new calls him, never robbed a bank 10
worry over.
LanEdOn won a fortune on Ora1 when
that colt beat Water Pearl in the Great
Trial. He also beat one or two good
choices here. Among the bOokmakers
Henry Hanh and Sol Lichenstein are
the only ones b0asting OF a clear deck.
It wouldn't be covering the field 70 pass
over Bob Tucker, the Brown. trainer.
He is as quiet as ever. but just as great
a gambler. Bob is about even up right
now. His last two weeks have been
! profitable. He and Billy Porter, the Can
adian, hit the ring when they backed
| Estimate from 10 10 1 10 8 20 !, the colt
winning nicely. As usual, the public has
/ lost its FIFE the books gathering in thou
sands of dollars every day from the
| easuals, 5ust 70 hand II right ov=- again
70 the insiders. Ike Ellison. Langdou.
Hamilton. and Tucker.
Copyright 1906, by Hearst News Seryfceo