The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-12
SPORTING TALK OF INTEREST.
Ticfvr C;SSIDI Using FLAT
rOcyI y EREih ar CITY Farm.
,,.Ir,tinr> Th7' s'ys;em VIII Remain a
ft,iurc nv L0CaI Tracks and Tina Two
Men WIN hibernate NJ the Post Next
,par-HluT OnerS for hall Players.

tNAN.N' v W. ~ ~ - ~ "FNA ANAHA = WV
,,rn win alternate NJ the Post Next
,par -HluT OnerS TOr Hall Players.
,.,- ....i, 81, using the standing start A.
d., pt... \rV Orleans. This announce /
..sur ,arl. yp9 prdHy a. a complete surprise
g., man .ur'neu who are wintering here,
Orr ta-a. T.. ur the winter tracks in previous
ssr. ru,r'Nvch the much discussed walkup
STEM which hc tried 70 induce the Jockey
.u5n 20 place ~ effect on tho racecourses
To-, \ca Vow, STATE, Last winter Cassidy.
,rh By. ralkup methods. scored a SUCCESS
,, o., Pa'h. according 10 himself and friends.
and surmg the season recently concluded
4, rho Jas, a. was cont inually set forth that
IN compelling him to use the stationary start
ne 81 reward, OF tho Jocley Club were placing
.,a.f,,lrS IN Cassidy + path. In fact all OF
rsssIty's poor starts were defended by the
statement thst he was doing his best under
he most adverse circumstances. But. in
spite o. frequent agitation in some quarters
for z change. the Jockey Club stewards never
for . moment seriously considered such a
move IN f."t the stewards, having fully
,ssred the Nyslkup system when Cassidy
Srsf IN r0ducsd II here. concluded without
much hestatlon that " would not do, and
.~,ar,pclslv voted that the standing start
wnlcQ pad been the secret of e. J. Fit zgerald's
sftis,actory work with the barrier should be
maze q permanent factor in the conduct of
'V.Ins
When Cassidy was relieved by A. 3. Dade
49, the Brighton Beach summer meeting IL
ID NOT take the latter many DAYS to prove
20 tho racing public that the standing start,
,her properly MAJ ipulAted. was a most
-sti- 'actory method of sending the horses
way from the post. II was Dade's efficient
work thai convinced the Jockey Gu stewards
hat tho success of thesystem depended wholly
Dor the ability of the man on the rail. When
CASSIDY resumed work at Saratoga. therefore.
~ found that Ire standard Of starting had
0ean raised by Dade. and that there was a
ss4egal demand for better work on his part.
Cassidy then proceeded to send the fields
; away vita improved results. and before the
.ocal season ended very little was heard of the
ulan 20 restore the walk up system. In de-
ding 20 continue the Eastern method of start
M at City Park, therefore. Cassidy has Gre
.red the Impression that he intends to perfect
nImself in the fat-footed break. in order. after
an all winters experience, to give better
results on the local tracks in 1907.
AS matter Of fact il is no cinch that Cassidy
vii monopolize the work at the post next
'psr II rs said. on good authority. that
before spring rolls around the Jockey Club
-'evards will decide TO have two starters
snd that Dade stands a good chance to cut
np The Job with Cassidy. Dade ha ndled the
barrier on fhe Jockey Clubs second circuit
ASP wear with excellent results, and as he sue
seeded ia making himself solid with metro
ioolitau crowds, it aooks very much. it is said.
ss II he would receive a more extended chance
o. show what hbcan do.
campaign which lasts twelve months
10 the year is considered too great a task
PR Cassidy. SO that IL is believed the en-
1agement of two starters will afford a relief
for both men, at the same time making
? impossible for the public 10 contend
Nth a run Of inferior work at the post due
20 Hverwork and staleness. Hoffman and
DIVER have divided the work for several
Years on the Westcrn tracks with success,
'ther of them would he welcomed in the
.qst. but IL ia understood that they are tied
up by long term contracts, The starting prob
lom has caused the pu bile and the Jockey
cub much speculation in the past, but from
rresent indications there will be an improve
rent next year, which will be cause for general
rejoicing.
Just AT present il looks as if the new turf
partnership Of Fred Burlew and former
Jockey Frank O'Neillw would prove a decidedly
-rojtable venture at the New Orleans tracks
this winter. During the first meeting of two
weeks al the Fair Grounds Burlew and O'Neil
leaded the list OF winning owners with about
e. uo0 70 their credit. They have started IL
with similar success al City Park and the enc
D.. no. vet. when Burlew induced O'NeiI
% Quit the saddle 20 become an owner he had
IN mind this present campaign in the Crescent
,irv Accordingly they cut out the meetinG
si Washington and took their horses Souti
or the end of the Aqueduct season. Will
RaImere. Juggler. Judge Post, Sir Toddington
Fantastic, ROYAL Breeze, Gid and severa
otherv. the Young partners have a winning
combination which. with a fair measure Of
success. should enable them to come Nortf
10 the spring with a fat baRkroll. lnciden'
plN. they are rapidly developing Jimmy
HeuneSsy. who rode here with fair success
last season. with the prospect of making hin
ono OF the best lightweights in the country.
Jockey Garner. who was discovered by
John 4. Drake. il riding better every day a
the Crescent City. The y~oungster showed
weakness in getting away from the post lHs
summer. but he seems TO have mastered II an'
j. az present catching plenty OF public sup
mort some time ago Drake predicted tina
Garner would develop into a second Mile
and stI,l holds to this belief.
This Is the time of the year when baseball
ragustas make hig cash offers for star play
srs whose services they know are not in tn
market By adopting this policy the mag
rates believe they can throw dust IN the eye
n the loyal supporters of their teams wh'
arc vairlv clamoring for winners. \ clui
ov aer would be safe in Offering barney
preyfuss S25, 900 for Hans Wagner, for In
stance. and upon the receipt OF a pronlp
rundown he could 60 home and say TO
publication,
Well. ! did my best to strengthen m
team by offering SIS, 900 in spot cash fol
Wagner, but Dreyfuss would not have II
Tle other clubs have combined against M
and We will have 10 do the beet we can"
Then ss another angle to the proposition
Dreyfuss could 20 home TO Pittsburg and sa!
N the fans.
L turned down $751; 900 for Wagner becaus
want 70 give YOU a winning team"
I, IL a play that works both ways and III
msgnates have been working II FOR years
Consequently when big offers for star player
IRE made with reckless abandon ~nowaday
they should be taken by the baseball publ
with plenty NJ salt,
When the m lean Lea que meets AT Chi
csgo to-day An effort will be made TO pate
NJ the trouble between Ban johnson and
Charley Comiskey. who have been on I'm
friendly terms for some time past. Comlsk"
'nagines that Johnson treated him unfaiTi
by suspending several Of his players 10
rowdy behavior on the field, but johnson ha
treated all the American League clubs wit
equal fairness and nobody, barring IN