The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-31
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The betting fever was ~ white heat. The
excitement was enough to cure an invalid
Of any old ~ n was a day filed with
Incidents Indicative 81 the wonderful popu-
larity Of the turf
But while this remarkable crowd. which
was pronounced the largest that ever paid
admission To q racetrack in this country,
was u comparatively orderly gathering
while the races were being rum, there
was an entirely different state 81 affairs IN
the two immense betting rings, where
nearly SOO booktnakers tried to handle the
enormous volume 81 business with which
they we're constantly flooded. The main
betting pavilion mt the track is the largest
In this country, II could swallow up the
rings at Aqueduct and Gravesend COM
bined. Yet this crowd made IL "A place
where only men OF muscle and avoirdupois
had O chance to do business. In many
instances the boohmakers were Knocked
OF their stools and some Of them rather
than face bodily harm rubbed the prices
from their states until the struggling mob
Of frenzied spectators in front OF them
passed on.
So completely overta xed were the Long
Island Railroad trains from both East
Thirt y-fourth street and Flatbush avenue
hat the track managers post poned the
running of the first race fifteen minutes.
There was a breakdown at the grade just
this side of Bushwick Junction shortly
after noon and all Of the race trains that
were sent out of Long Island City were held
UP in the yards. Az a result II took an hour
and a half to reach he track, and thousands
did not arrive until after two races had been
run. The railroad people had all OF their
extra cars in use.
To control the crowd on the trip back
to tow the Pnkertons got ropes and at
periods of Ave minutes they shut off the tide
OF humanity from flooding the subway to a
point vergfng on panic. o Otherwise there
might have been a series OF accidents oil a
fatal natures.
The public got the money. There was
no doubt about that. for a summing up
OF the situation in the ring after the day
was lone showed that scarcely a book
maker escaped without suffering a loss OF
from 81 900 to IS 900 on the result OF the
races. The big plungers did nothing.
tics in the ring and stayed up in the grand
stand, W herethey watchedth he crowd and I he
horses with perfect composure. But the
mob was there to get the money and no,
body Of an ayarloio1s turn OF mlna eafe ea
wrestling, the elbowing and the crushing
of pet oorns that went on all the afternoon
THE public showed It's usual wisdom by
hopping on to the good things with both
feet. Bets of IS. $40 and $50 predomfnated'
and when, for instance, Tommy Waddell'
the favorite. won the last race, the lines
behind the books were 50 long that Kim
Master Ca vanagh ordered the layersto mo We
nearer the centre of the pavalion in order 10
provide plenty of room for the lucky bet
tors, -,
on the six races. Yet there was no WEIGH
ing, no disorder, no thefts and no trouble
of any kind, all Of which goes to show the
kind of sporting blood that flows through
the veins Of the American people. The
books paid out a barrel Of money on the
, success of Monfort in the first race. There
ives a play on Athens, Fay Rosalie and
Greene, but not enough to Offset the losses
on the favorite.
l Although the public dropped a bundle
on Halifax in the second race, the books
=, for the most part quit losers to the race,
, as Aeronaut was well played. at 7, with
! Tiptoe and Oxford backed three ways,
!, There was a clean up with The eric ket in
, the Amateur Cup, the books losing to this
: race, too. 1t was an even break On the
= steeplechass, the public betting on Good
+, and Plenty, while the wise coin went down
, on Balzac and Delcanta in Jumps. There
, was very little betting on Burgomaster, on
. . account of the odds: but The Quail. Bohe,
: milan and Accountant were heavily baokeG
: by the entire form brigade, while Ceder,
!, strome. who ran second, was supported
. three WAYS. The success of the public
; therefore, wal 20 marked that the books
: were putting up a wall OF distress b