The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-14
GOSSIP OF The RACETRACK.
PRANK GILL RATED NOW AMONG
THE STAR TWO-YEAR-OLDS.
Form Players Put Il All Over the Book.
makers I'm Five out Of SIX Events
-nrmonde's Right In winning shape
Axain-wOe FOR the Cassidys OF queens.

-nrmonde's Right In winning shape
gain Woe for the Cassidys OF Queens.
Form players went to Aoueduct yesterday
confident that they would make a clean sweep
Of the card. and barring the first race they
were highly successful. Prom a speculative
point OF view the second race was q problem
that puzzled both layers and players. To
many II looked like a sure thing for Jack
McGiRnisis useful colt, Frank Gill. but as the
distance was six furlongs and this youngster
had raced the mare Running Water to Q
nose in the Edgemere at a mile and a turlong
on Saturday the impression prevailed Ina
= the latter event might have taken some OF the
edge OF his usual speed. For that reason
there was a strong play on George Odom's
Oraculum. who had Miller up and who opened
. On equal favorite with Frank GIL at , 70 :.
OH closed the choice Mt s TO S. while Oraculum
went back TO q to 5, but meanwhile j. z. Sea-
grams Purslaue carried so much backing
that he was reduced from 3 TO 6 to 2. All
Of the others. barring Waterspeed. we're
nibbled at. August pelmont's Smiling Tom
catching support three ways because or his
well known foniness for the mud. Shaw.
who had the leg up on Gin. was assigned TO an
outside position at the poet. The veteran
Jockey seized this opportunity to keep the
imported colt In comparatively dry going.
but In so doing he compelled Gill to travel
further than any Of the others. When Gill
won in a gailop therefore his real quality was
lnsta ntly recognized. He was pounds the
best and when he pulled up as sound as q
goli dollar horsemen we're ready to place
him near the top Of the two-year-old class.
eMcGinnis, Dave Johnson, Frank Farrell.
Eddie Mcdonald and others bet heavily on
Gil, who gave scale weight to everything Ia
the race. The colt will probably be raced In
California this winter and II too much is not
asked Of him he should come East next year
in shape to give some OF the best three-year-
Odds a stif argument. As the race was run
the books broke, in some instances about
even, but a majority OF them who handled
big money on the winner footed up losses in
their sheets.
Before hotter went before the stewards with
9 protest of foul after the running or the
Stonybrook Stakes hundreds focked about
the judges stand TO await the result. So
confident were the players that a foul had
been committed and that California King
would he disqualified that odds of = to 1 we're
offered on this proposition. with few takers.
california King. recently sold TO 7. Hitchcock,
.r by Enoch WishaTd. has shown a tendency
10 run out in nearly all of his races q. Ross
did his bcsi. 10 keep him straight, but the son
Of soil, afro II. ~pslpably interfered with
Ormonde's Right in such n manner that the
stewards. who saw The incident. waved hotter
away as an indication that the protest was
unnecessary O~rmonde's Right. vastly i'm
proved ia the hands OF jamie Boden, was
leaNllN DhNkpu ny Tue pluilktIS a. D y " oiAN
II he bad not been placed on top there would
have been a long, reveTberatlng roar OF dis
approval. No doubt Ormonde's Right, whs
still wears a muzzk because. OF his habit OF
eavaging other horses. was gelded last June.
lie has come 10 hand slowly but surely and in
Eelling stakes a. Los Angeles this winter he
should prove an important factor. The
disqualification of California King burned up
q lot of good money placed upon him both
WAYS. Yves, who was moved up into the place,
rpceded in the betting from 3 10 o. Sir Ralph.
@ disappointment 40 far. was played sum-
ciently TO lower his price from 10 to :. Lost
knight, Namtor, Go Between and Sidney,C,
Love were the former winners Of the Stony
brook.
Strange to say. the smart players evidently
overlooked the fact that Zienap never could
run in heavy going. Near the inner rail
there was a twenty foot belt of mud, but as
Miller had the leg up on Zienap and was ex-
pected TO keep her in the dry spots .he wise
men pounded her down from even money to
4 to 5. a false favOrite. Sister Frances, who
looked TO be the logical choice. did not find
much favor. so she receded in the prices to 5
TO /. probably because Mcdaniel had the
mount. But Puddin' rode the Ben Strome
mare in f~aultless style. and when she breezed
home the shrew people looked on in amaze
ynsnt. Consistent. who found her speed all
II a sudden, was well supported across the
boards, with wateTgrass taken chiefly place
snd show. Sister Frances gave ten pounds
TO Consistent and eleven TO Zienap, who could
not extend herself at all rs Miller kept her in
the sticky-psrt OF the track until he hit the
head Of the stretch The books may have
won something Oh the result. but It wasn't
a great deal. as sister Frances carried a wagon
load Of place wagers. with many small bets
that went on her to win.
The plungers did not hesitate about putting
their checks on Martin Doyle in the fourth
wa0a Tho bnrop with Miller in the saddle.
looked in fine condition " hen he stepped out
Of the paddock for the usual parade. Though
ne was an odds on fayorite the biz fellows
bet chunks OF wealth on him-as much as
some OF them could get down. and their judg-
mem was readily rewarded by an easy VIC
tory. Those who preferred to take the
troublesome Tommy Waddeil a place at even
money kicked themselves mentally. for the
rea son that this in and outer ran one Of his
bad races, with Mike Clancy in the grand stand
looking on complacently. Frank Brown has
been trying TO freshen up Agile for a killing
recently. and the Sir Dixon colt was believed
to be ready when he went to the post for this
race. lie remained steady in the prices at
8. with a bunch bet on him at place at = to s.
No stable commission was placed on Angler.
who ran third, after going NJ from ! to , to 5.
Cederstrome was reduced from II to 10.
The Cassidy family of Queens received q
severe Jolt when Merlingo ran last in the NTH
event. Tbs colt is owned by 7. VI. Cassidy.
a brother Of the former President OF the
Borough. who engaged Miller to ride and then
headed a play In the ring that reduced Mer-
ingo from 4 TO is TO 8. This speculation
caused Leonard Joe Hayman, an underrated
horse, to go up from 2 to 5 to even money. a
move that the wise fellows we're waiting for
with much patience. a. they sent their gold
in a Hood to the books at that stage. backing
Hayman down TO ! to 10. Hayman had been
carrying feathers in previous races. so that
liz pounds was thought by the Cassidy family
to be too much for him. but the son OF Linden
won in a rOmp. while MerllngO ran Ike an
overfed COW Woolwich. from the way he
ran and who went up In the betting. was not
quite ready for a race. but Battlea xe. played
well for the place and TO show. surprised many
by hanging on bcttdr than usual. Nellie
burn, "A lightly played long shot. came to life
with a form reversal that put her in the place.
Nnny who went to the track prepared TO
play Deuce. IN the last race. we're compelled 10
pass him up because Of the prOhibitlve odds.
hut Dave johnson took him at , TO 10 for a
characteristic wager. and also put n good
place bet on L. y. Appleby' q SadleT. who ran
second. Coined ian, second choice, burned