The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-14
GOSSIP OF THE RACETUACE.
DAVE JOHNSON WAGERS 10000
I. ON ROSEBEN AT I TO 3.

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~ Good Bet on C%OttOntOwn the Book
81 makers Lose Bis Money on the Day.
Gave johnson ia in his stride these days.
He 10 betting more heavily than at any time
this year and he Is we'll ahead OF the game.
Whsn Roseben had warmed up for the Flight
Stakes yesterday johnson decided to back
che champion Splinter for as much a. he
could get down, regardless OF price. He
began by instructinR several clubhouse
bommissioners TO bet about $4,000 FOR MIN
and then Gent into the ring himself. He
placed o. 5000 with Bill Cowen at l TO . and
losded up other layers until he had waGered
an Of go, 900. 1t was like finding $4,000 on
ths sidewalk, and johnson. after the race.
paA evidently sorry that he had not waRered
enore. Not satisfied with this winning.
Sohnson out loose the bank roll on Outcome
the Last race. Frank Tyler said that john
bon must have placed at least $4,000 on the
Sir Dixon mare at ? to S. The plunger nad
D good thing up his sleeve In Newton Ben
Lningtonfs Merrill, a starter in the nrst race
ewho was backed from 20 down to =. but ths
Suungster finished Just out OF the money
Sohnson took CottontowD in the second for
> solid bet and cashed. Altogether ne nad .
Ssry profitable day.
Ehe ring lost a fortune. After the seventh
i&Aps the layers sat on their stools, looking
kupoUnsolate. Few OF them escaped tne
pnslaughs OF the public form bettors. The
6sst race was a sockdologer for them, az
Hnuuero. FL Dorado and GsrgantuA. equal
6morttes at o to 1. and taken three ways.
nan one, two, three respectively. As q matter
n fact there we're four equal favorttss In
fnfa race, as R~appahannock closed at Q also.
Prank Farrell had a small bet on Sandy
Axeeker, who ran in his name and oolors Tor
5ehs ffrst time. Tho colt warmed up we'll and
bras played down from 20 to IL. Gargantua
$40 IOmarad from ~ tO a with IAlIv. COlt-
ness and Mitre also supported at liberal
odds.
b ring lost big money on the second
9raoe. as the plunHers played either Cotton
Down 10 win at l to s or Fish Hawk q place at
20 10. The result Of the third race was
Aumewhat better for the ring. as the chalkers
hAid against Sonoma Belle and Ebony for all
HhS money they could take in. A clubhouse
Dommission served to back Jennie McCabS
down to s, and as our Sister was backed both
fways the ring did not clean up 30 much
after all.
Il was a slaughter for the books In the
Wright Stakes. with thousands wagered on
Roseben at prohibitive odds. There was alsoa
heavy play on Sanfara q place at even money.
Eddie Burke went the rounds Of the ring
betting $500 az a clip on this proposition. while
M of the clubhouse players followed suit.
Incidentally, Deutschland was also in great
adsmand in the show books. which completed
ibhs general disaster.
There was another knockdown for the ring
An the steeplechase when Phantom won. He
aWent up from 4 to S TO even money. the public
and many heavy operators going to him with
confidence. But the books we're enabled to
keep q lot OF backing on Allegiance and Caller
both ways. Several clubhouse spectators
had $500 three ways on Pete Daley. at 80. 10
and Q.
Charley Ellison took a load Of wealth away
from the books when his colt Knight Of Ivan
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on at u to 1 and kept betting when the price
had dropped to 8. James Crawford was
played straight and place. while Gid. who
opened at Q, was taken three ways. III
public lost a bunch on Cttrona. who seemed
che natural fsvorltc. but receded to 10 to S.
Then came Outcome's victory and the climax.
A lot OF money was lost. however. on Entrae
and Sailor Boy. who were taken everywhere
for the place.
A story was In circulation yesterday that
next year the walkup system Of starting
would be adopted. When asked about the
matter several persons in authority declared
that the yarn was absurd. especially In view
Of the fact that Starter Dade at the recent
Brighton Beach meeting had shown con- !
rIusiv ely that the standing, or rather the
nat footed, system OF sending h ehorses away
from the post was in every way practicable
and satisfactory. The idea OF changing a
popular method OF starting. which has the
support and Endorsement OF the public. to
huit the whims OF a single individual IL not
credited to the wise men who control the
destiny Of the turf in the East.
' The Jockey Club held its regular monthly
eneeting at the track yesterday. J. H. Alex
andre. J. II. Bradford. F.. Gray Griswold.
+. r. Hitchcock. II. X. Knapp. II. T.. Oxnard.
%. 8. Parsons and DIR. J. q. Green were present.
rAs already outlined in The Sun. the Brighton
Beach Racing Association was formally ad-
united to recognized membership enjoy
Ing an equal footing with the Westchester
Racing Association. the Brooklyn Jockey |
Elub and the Coney Island Jockey Club in the
houncils Of the turf's governing body.
Y Next winter the Coney Island Jockey Club
,hwfll open a schOolhouse at Sheepshead Bay
m an old church. whore 100 stable boys will be
Advocated free OF charge.
4 Handicapped W. s.. NOsburgh evidently
considers Water Pearl the best of the two
,kear-olds, "a he has allotted top weight in
khs Great Eastern Handicap 10 be run on
Saturday to the noted Watercress colt.
: Roseben's share of the Flight Stakes was
IAsi7o. Trainer Weir sent him to the post
10 TO run for a kings ransom. Toe big fellow
handled I22 pounds "a if it, was a feather.
Previous winners of this c-ent were Stuyve-
eant. Carroll, Bsitlnnlc. Kingston ttyiceI.
tTenny. DR.. IIasbrouck, Clifford uwice).
Dorian. ReIuital, Toe Friar. b endoran,
Heliobas. Voter, smoke. Leonora Loring.
Hamburg Belle twice.
! The Russet Handicap Melted 81. los for
Woodford Clay. owner Of Outcome. This
race was run for the first time In 1895. with
these winners: Bathampton, Deersla yer, Joe
n6iller. Thomas Cat. Prince McClurg, Maid Of
Harlem. WateTcuTe. The Rival. Caughnawaga,
8horthose and Joaquin.
= During the running Of the second race a
lcorpulent woman who had placed a lone dollar
On Fish Hawk became so excited when she
eaw the two-year-old leading at the far turn
that aha cauaed WidpsDread mprrimenk hv