The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-05
GOSSIP OF THE ~RACETRACK.
.wnMCCESS or FOUNTAINBLUE
oaUSES MORE DISCUSSION.


the COlt II > SCCNAhu Neh~ .
with Madden's sayIOr just Fails.
-. .pecess OF Fountainblue In the Triumph
.,sSsa Yesterday placed Jockey Martin In
= n~sculiar light in the estimation Of some
.s~ons. while others were still inclined to
Siscs the $4,000 colt among the second
.s,srs. IL will be recalled that when FOun-
.snbl,s was defeated In theF latbush Stakes
:, tha Ray there was q great deal OF adverse
Samsnt' Trainer Matt Allen. IL will be
.Smsmberd. said that he could not account
a. Ina defeat and the next day showed
~. tUo-year-old in q phenomenal time trial.
"Sch practically convinced owner Brady
,hst somethinR was radically wrong. At
S-.t there was an inclination 70 blame Martin.
hut there was soon . sudden shift In the
tockev's favor, 80 that when F0untaEnbluO
started In the Prospect Handicap last Satur-
day at Gravesend Martin was again per-
wtted 10 ride. On that occasion Brady and
n. friends bet heavily. a. the colt had shown
,smarkable condition In his preparation for
~. race. but once more Martin came home
~th rim In the ruck. After that race Martin
/. said 20 have declared TO Trainer Allen that
the colt was OF no account. an opinion whtch
many other good judges held. Before the
,acea Yesterday, however. Brady called
Martin aside and told him that he had de-
rd.d 10 give the mount to Shaw.
4 do not make this change to reflect upon
vou : said Brady to the Jockey. but simply
because l want to see how the colt will run
for another rider. I do not intend to bet on
him. but will let him run for the stakes
Martin pleaded with Brady TO be allowed
20 ride Fountsinblue again. but IL was no
uAe. and shaw put on the red, white and bfue
Jacket. Brady kept his word. He did not
bet. but Dave Johnson. Frank Farrell and
others who back Sha W g mounts placed heavy
commissions on the colt at the last moment.
Shaw took no chances. He rushed Fountain
blue TO the front and then took him up until
he reached the far turn, where he let him
down for an lnvincible rush 70 the wire.
Martin looks like thirty cents" said many
hut the critics, who look into all races with
~rcrutiny, declared that Fountainblue's per-
tormance was not so very wonderful for the
reason that he beat practically nothing. IL
De Mund or Water Pearl had been a starter.
under the existing weight conditions. declared
these experts, Fountainblue would have re-
c.ived the same kind Of q defeat he sustained
in the Fatbush and the Prospect. To say hat
Diamond Jim was delighted would be putting
II mildly. The big man stood up in a private
box and roared in approval as the colt breezed
home.
He's a bad racehorse. eh?- he cried Well.
think he is q good one and I've never lost
faith in him. But afterward brs dy declined
10 say n NUIu ADo0b NAIIAh anu bAN phUNbSNn
defeats Of his s3S,OOO racer. The Triumph
vas worth 81. aSO - the winner The 1900
pArsaliA Plate, won by the Barbsrlty Stables
kotus last year in l:4O, therefore becomes
Ee temporary property Of Brady. who must
win II again before he can call 1t all his own,
All the year tho hookmakers and the track
sharps have been keeping their eyes open
for John z Madden's annual hog killing.
Madden has started many horses. but with
no great success. at Iona odds. with the checks
down Last spring it was widely tipped
that be int ended 70 cut a melon with Saylor,
amaiden, but on several occasions this three
year-old son Of Ogden amounted to nothing
more than a trailer. In the sixth race yester-
day Madden's col0rs were carried BY East
End, a 50 10 l shot, who finished owhere
There was no attention paid o'this fellow,
90 that when Saylor was posted as a starter
in the last race the bookmakers believed
that it was only another lemon from the Mad
den barn. But when the chalkers put up so to I
against SEylOr they quickly learned that
there was something doing. Billy Mackiu,
q partner in the Saratoga estAblishm ent run
by Joe JllmAn and Max Blum enthal, hurried
around the ring taking Saylor across the
boards. The price dropped steadily until
10 to l was the best odds obtainAble. Mackin
stood to pick up 1000 II Saylor won and for
time it looked a. II the trick would go
through Dull Oily bcus Carrying . buuNtSp
cane along In the strecth and spoiled the
coup just when the hackers Of Say Tor were
up In the clouds. At that there was an enec-
tive cleanup for Madden. Mackin and others
in the know, but IL is safe to say thai in future
the Madden good things will be narrowly
watched.
Following the example Of Frank O'Neill
and other former riders. George Odom says
he will train a public stable next year. In the
saddle there was no more popular rider than
0dom. He bore an excellent reputation
and was never asked q question by the
stewards "a to his rider. He quit riding last
year and bought several horses. including
Cassandra, Orsculum and a few others.
winning several races. But he says now
that he believer he can make q success on q
large scale and has received promises from
several we'll known turfmen that they will
turn over their horses to him this fall. Former
Jockey Lyme ia also expected to become q
trainer, 80 that O'NeiI ami Odom will not be
Alone in the field.
Before he sent FL Dorado TO the post for the
first race Trainer Joyner notified Starter
Dade that II Homer did not get away from
the POST he wanted to have him suspended.
The boy was on the alert after that and broke
his N ount away from the gate in true Miller
esQue fashion.
The ring was hard hit all day. The public
anu the org payers caSne0 heavily on FL DO
rado in the hrst race. while Jack McGinnis
and his friends played Dan Buhre across the
boards. Yankee Girl. the third horse. was
also well backed three ways. Then came an
other severe knock for the layers in the steeple-
chase. when the first three horses ran As they
we're supported. Bound Brook carrying a
large amount.
The clubhouse players. including Jack
Bennet, Al Dryer, Whitley Lanedon, John W
Gates, Matte Corbett and others. were the
ones whose money backed Ed Ball from 3
down 20 II 20 S in the third race. Oarsman
carried a pile Of place waeers. but the public
vas made 20 suffer through the defeat Of
Deutschland.
While a heap Of smart money was lost on
Dinna Ken. in the Triumph. Fountainblue was
supported well. with Montgomery and Prince
Hampton both taken three ways. The club
mouse went TO Angler in the NTH. with the
public and many heavy bettors in the ring
"klng Miss Crawford. McKittredge. who
split them, was backed from 10 TO 4. The
sure thing men grabbed 1 20 S against Jaoobite
With evident greed. IL was like finding IL,
20, but the ring won a bundle Of place bets on
Fish Hawk.
Inc Haymans cleaned up with Sly Ben in
me last, 3 to ! being pounded down to S. As
Saylor was taken three ways the ring lost. in
1p'te OF the play on Slickaway and Prince
Frederick