The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-04
GOSSIP or THE RACETRACK.
ANGLER SURPRISES HIS OWNER
AND THE WISE SPECTATORS.
Hihdoo Horse Passed UP Only TO win
Unbacked by Eis Stable Connections
johnny CarrS Lost Opportunity
Several Lucky Turns for the I

Johnny Carry LOst Opportunity
Several Lucky Turns for the Ring.
The men who have been backing Angler In
nearly all Of his successful races recently iost
confidence In the Hindoo horse yesterday.
Jack Odom, his owner, said that he did not
believe Angler could pick mp 100 pounds and
win, and, furthermore. he did not think the
horse could run In the heavy going. AZ q
result, Bob Roee, Matte Corbett, Dave Gideon.
John A. Drake, A. b. Hudson and other skilled
operators In the clubhouse either passed up
the race entirely or bet on II. Z. Rowells
Corrlgan. Odom watched Ills horse carefully
from start to finish. When three-quarters OF
q mile had been completed he said.
Sailor Boy Ia going easily and my horse
cannot get to him.
Then Angler began to run in earnest, ana
as he gradually wore sailor boy GOWN ouo''
threw up his hands.
Il did not bet a penny on him" heremarked,
sadly. He fooled me sure. He Is a great
little horse"
Angler has now won six straight races. or
seven out Of his last eight starts. he woud
have probably won all OF these events but ior
Door racing luck in the affair which brought
about his defeat. His earnings in overnight
purses in these seven successful races loot
I'D "a. $40, Angler is a little horse who has
been hard to beat with light weights. but his
performance with a comparatively heaVy
burden on his back yesterday raised him high
in the estimation OF the turf sharps. ~ 10
doubtful II Odom would sell him at any prloe'
Angler was originally brought East by Wood
ford Clay, but he did not develop his real
merit until Odom took hold Of him. To his
young owner, therefore,. belongs all tho creoit
Of his present remarkable form.
There was a time when John II. Carr. the
owner Of Alta Farola. who won the Last rae"
at 40 to /, was the possesser Of a shifty stable
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him and he lost much Of his belongings. or
late Carr has not cut much Of a figure inturf
affairs, chiefly because he had a poor lot OF
horses and did not do much betting. Inc
last time Alta Farola started. Mickey GRIM
Minis. who rode the Faraday FLY. told Carr
that she had been shut on repeatedly, ana
that she was worth n bet in her next start X
the track was heavy. Carr either forgot all
about the tip or did not care to follow II, Tor
he failed to bet on the FLY at the long. juicy
odds on tap. Crimmins was the personihca-
ton OF confidence in the paddock before the
race. but Carr, who gave him minute instruc-
tions, was not 30 sanguine. When Crimmins
came home in all his glory. therefore,. Carr
realized that the boy had given him a tip
which. if he had accepted 1t. would have
netted him a new bank roll.
win Joaquin VIM" the plum gers In the
paddock asked Dave johnson.
He'll roll home" replied the big specula-
ter. Put | do not care to bet on him at odds
on"
JOAQUIN was in a soft spot and before he
Got TO the post johnson, hurried to the ring
and gobbled up 0 to 10 in hungry style. SO
did The other ext bettors. who believed
az Investment of this kind was as good as
buying Government bonds. Joaquin. who
ran in Johnson's colors last year. was entered
in the name of l.. o. Appleby. He was saddled
by ". G. Mclaughlin. who Ia Frank Weir's
fnrop,nn Hig victory WAS so impressive
that the hookmakers were sorry they did not
make him Il to 10 shot.
BRIGHTON seems to produce more accidents
than any of the other tracks. No sooner
had the last race been started. with seven
teen horses leaving the barrier. than there
was a lot of crowding and rough riding.
Suddenly John Z. Madden's Sally X. well
played at 5. and j. $. Hoy's Thomas Hoy
fell In the mad scramble. Sewell. who rode
Madden's flly. escaped unhurt. but D.. ..
~rlsh. who rode the other horse. had his
t.larbone broken and was carried of in an
ambulance.
After making a thorough examination Of
her broken shoulder yesterday. a veterinary
decided that it would be impossible to save the
twc-year-old FLY Jaunty v. who fell in a race at
the Beach on Thursday. so, a bullet put tho
Ingoldsby FLY out of her misery. Her loss
was a hard blow to Hops Laudeman. her
owner, who wanted to send her to the stud.
LUCKY UdC ShNoihhi5 uho ~
chaser Yesterday for his two-year-old colt
Jim Leonard, by st. Leonards-Indld erence.
who ran second in a race on Thursday at long
odds. F. w. Seeley put UP $1,000 cash and
got the colt without further parley.
The bookmakers enjoyed a shade In their
argument with the talent yesterday. The
ring lost a bunch on Joaquin in the opening
event, but kept a lot OF show wagers on Belle
of Portland. They cleaned up pretty well on
the second, though the defeat Of both Tour
enne and Fantastic although there was
something Of a play on Botanist. straight and
place, and Laura A, across the board.
When Sonoma Belle won the third race at
Is to the layers were in high feather. Only
the pikers bet on the mare, while the public
plunged on Tyron, the f%avorite. and q bunch
Of wise men took Col. White. whose price
dropped from 10 to 1 to o to 2. There was
also good backing of Little Scout. Azellna
and Sir Russell. so that the ring had money
TO burn.
The crowd at large bet on Angler In the
fifth, but the wise money went on Corrigsn In
chunks. Garnish was also well fancied, while
the long shot players took Sailor Boy as q
matter Of course. In the fifth event the
smart fellows went to Belle of Pequest. with
the form players following suit. The Clown
was played heavily both ways. and 30 was
Annstta Lady. The books los to this event.
but they got 1t all back and more when the
last race was run. In that event there was
q Wild plunge on Sam Doggett's Dominator,
whose warmup was particularly impressive
and whose price fell from S to 2 to l.. Then
Thomas Monahan's Lally. a colt by Golden
Garter. named for Brooklyn's deputy fire
chief. was a supposed good thing well liked
at 4. Sally X. and Suada were also much in
d, mand, But Suada was the only one to get
a part Of the money. Kestrel. who ran third
in II. j. Morris's colors. Is a FLY by Peep
O'Day-Hot Bird.