The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-13
IN The SPORTING WORLD.
TRAINERS WHO MAKE HEAVY
WAGERS LED BY BOB TUCKER.

The Late g. g. Browns Horses Busy at the
Bay-JOekeys' Managers TO BE He
stricted-Work nj The Local Tracks
-FItzsImmOns and O'Brien Talk Fight
The big racing stable of the Int 8. S. Brown
which will run in the name and colors OF W.
Harry Brown this year, Is quartered atSneeps-
head Bay, having Just arrived from Ken
lucky In the care Of Trainer Robert tucker
Jack Martin, who will be the regular stable
| Jockey, Ls on the ground exercising the horses.
which, for the most part. will not race uhtl
the Belmont Park meeting. Broomstlck'
the little Ben Brush horse who won tne
Brighton Handicap two years ago In woriaS
| record time, has been retired. chiefly De-
cause OF an affection of the wind, so that the
best horses of the older division in the string
arc Agile, Glenecho, Accountant, King Henry
Sue Smith, Valencia and Eltopia. Al the
Bay yesterday Accountant, VINO mas oe,
veloped into q fine three-year-oid, preeseu
half a mile In impressive style. lheh mug
Henry, a maiden three-year-old ny oT DiAo"
Sallie of Navarro, also breezed over this en-
lance, we'll in hand. while Glenecho anu oue
Smith, the latter a high class mare, "en'
along about their business in a way that made
the track sharps tab them In their DOCKS.
Trainer Tucker also displayed Ave two-year-
olds OF whom he has a high opinion lno9
were Ace High, a colt by Troubadour-hun
of Luck; Phi Igoe. q colt ny sir DiAon
Alpena; Prolific, a colt by
Estimate, a nlly by Sir Dixon-Reckon, anu
j, r. Laughery, a colt by Sir D~ixon-Daisy
Rose. Tucker Ia a capable trainer. but he Is
also a plunger who has attracted attehlioh
on. the local tracks for a number oil years
1t Is not often that n trainer OF racehorses
can bet anywhere from 1000 TO slovVo
on a race, so that when Tucker gets into the
game with such wagers the wise people
generally are compelled 10 sit UP ana 'ahe
notice. The late 8. s. Brown was not a heaVS
bettor, but Tucker made up FOR that Dy JAN
ing the stables repres entatives in many III.
stances with a lavish hand. Tucker ana
Jack Martin make a pretty hot combination
and the men of wisdom who follow the races
usually keep an eye on the Brown s'aore,
with a desire to be UP to snufi. ii tine oooAey
Club should suddenly conclude TO restricV
betting by trainers the way speculation
by Jockeys is prohibited many persons oe-
lieye that the turf would be materially behe-
fted. But there are few betting trainers
who can travel In the same class with tucker
It is understood that the Jockey Cluo,
having compelled the Wallets OF riders 10 "taf
uniforms, that they can be easily lueh-
fed will soon begin a crusade against the
eo-calIed managers of jockeys. These In
dividuals have become important factors In
a way and many peculiar proceedings nave
heen attributed to them. 1t Is q TACT thal
some OF these managers live on the earu'hse
Of the boys under their control and at the
same time compel these youngsters 10 rue
in accordance with Instructions. Inc man
ayers have access to the paddock. where
they can hold confabs with the jockeys ana
in many ways are able to give the Vaiets
cards and spades. 1t is believed. therefore,,
that in future the Jockeys managers VIII
find that they must live up TO certain new
rules and restrictions which will make thelr
former practices decidedly dilhcuH' ing
plan 10 isolate the jockeys from all sorts oi
outside Influences during each afternoon at
the track will be carried to extremes IL is
said. by the turf governors on the me'ro-
politan circuit.
Perfect weather and track conditions
enabled the trainers at Gravesenu ana ths
Raw 70 send their horses along at a good
coit Yesterday morning. Al Gravescnd the
hes, moves were made by w. b. Jennings
mare DAINTY: by Tom Welsh's string IN.
Guiding Duenna, Merry Lark, Subtle ana
Ormondale, while Coy Maid. Ostrich, IRE
tension. Red Friar- Jennie McCabe, Isolation,
Mary F., Edna Jackson. CHINA ana fahhS
Woddell also showed indications OF Illness
for racing in the near future. At the BAY
tho most notable performances were by
Frederick H., Sagapanaka. Ohcer' herod-
otus. Hickory, Prince Hampltn, Cross
Grafton. Gas jet, Sulla and The Knight.
Fitzsimmons and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
may meet again. They have been trying to
arrange matters with that end in view ior
several days. O'Brien is willing TO take the
Cornishman on, but stipulates that ne must
get the big end of the purse. win or lose
This is the way O'Brien generally does pnsi-
ness. vet it Is not in accordance with FORMER
nrize ring customs. Il an champion. de-
clares O'Brien, forgetting that JehrlcS may
soon reenter the ring, and for that reason l
can dictate terms. | must have the oulk OF
the money!" If 0'Brien was like some oil the
big pugilists Of days gone by he, as an al
legged champion, would offer to defend MS
title. winner take all. That would convince
many sceptlcs that O'Brien is strictly on the
level and that he has real confidence IN MS
own ability as a ring artist. just why he
should want the bulk of the money resulting
from a mill with FitZ is something OF a puzzle
in view Of the way he trimmed the CORNISH
man not long ago in California. But was
that mill actually on the square? There are
some sporting men. who would IKE 10 see
O'Brien and Fitz mill it again If only 10 pro-
vide an answer 10 this oft repeated query,
FOR A BREEDING BUREAU.
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