The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-26
GOSSIP or THE RACETRGCK.
SYSONBY rs DECLARED FROM THE
SPRING HANDBAGS.
James H. Keene'S Horse 10 Suffering From
q Skin Digease-Dave johnson Beta
Heavily On ROseben, VINO VIII Start in
the Excelsior HandiSap On Saturday.

O@uies ~ Aoeheo HOfoo 70 sun eFinE From
q Skin Digease-Dave johnson Bets
Heavily On ROseben, VIM VIII Start in
The Excelsior Handicap on Saturday.
FLAMES r. Keene's incompatible sysonby,
o. Melton-optime. has bean declared out Of
MS early stake engagements, including the
metropolitan, Brooklyn and Suburban handl-
caps. Sysonby received top weight In each of
these events and was recently installed ~favorite
In D. j. Weller's future book. 1t appears that
Tor several weeks the great racehorse has
been suffering from a skin disease which has
caused him intense pain. As II was impossible
% train him Mr.. Keene and James Rowe
decided yesterday TO let him have a long rest,
so that he was declared from his engage
ments, 1t Is barely possible that he may go
70 the post for the first time In tho Brighton
Handicap or In several Of the rich events at
Saratoga, but as far as the spring handicaps
are concerned he cannot be made ready.
by taking this action the Keene stable will
protect many persons who intended to back
sysonby In the future books. but the money
already wagered on him with Weller and
others cannot be recovered,
Sysonby was regarded as the champion
thoroughbred last year. He won nearly all
the three-year-old specials In such easy fashion
that he was never extended. He began by
running a dead heat In the Metropolitan
Handicap with Race King. After that he
was victorious In the Tidal Stakes, the COM
monwealth Handicap. the Lawrence Realiza-
tion, the lroquois Stakes, the Brighton Derby
the Great Republic Stakes, the Century stakes
and the Annual Champion Stakes, his total
winnings for the year being sl42, $50. In
oidentally Sysonby placed MIR. Keene at the
head Of the list of W winning owners with S22s, 724.
If he does not race again the Melton colt
will be retired to Mr.. Keene's Castleton Stud,
The news that Sysonby had been withdrawn
from the spring handioaps was not generally
known at the track yesterday. but several
persons who had the tip proceeded to take
the odds quoted against Roseben In the Brook
Ign and the Suburban.
Roseben q victory in the Sterling Stakes
was universally popular, The big horse
showed that he could go a mile in a way that
. makes him look formidable for the Metro
politan Handicap at this distance. But Rose
hen will be r starter In the $1,000 Excelsior
Handicap. one mile and a sixteenth, to be
run at Jamaica next Saturday.
He will be Q starter in the Excelsior"
said Dave johnson after the Sterling had
been run yesterday. and hell win II, tool"
Roseben is asked to pick up 100 pounds
In the Excelsior. The distance 8 the longest
that he hes been asked to cover. but Trainer
Frank Weir, who has put the horse in superb
condition, is confident that he can go this
route successfully. Weir has handled Rose
bcu WIN COHSuihTthte Ball, anu 70 MIN De-
longs all the credit for the son OF Ben Strome's
sucoesses. Before the Sterling yesterday
Weir said the horse would breeze out In front
all the way and, that barring accidents
he would come home on the bit. Rosebep's
performance showed that Weir knew what
he was talking about, and after the victory
both trainer and owner were showered with
con CALCULATIONS.
And perhaps pavy johnson didn't bet
on Rosebenl The plunger. Needless OF the
reports that Rams Horn would do Roseben
10 q turn, went into the betting ring with
several friends. including Eddie Mcdonald,
and fairly piastered the books with heavy
wagers. Some OF the layers put up sven
money as a starter, but the food Of money
vas so ~stupendous that the odds tumbled
n ~ to 20 In a short time. Toward the close
Z the speculation the books were so COM
bletely ohoked up with Roseben money that
hey refused to take another dollar. Mean
lille there was a steady play on the Williams
ntry, Rams Horn and Phil Finch. Owner
iniams said that Rams Horn was a moral
inch and told all of his friends to play him,
he Westerners, who did not believe that
Splinter OF Roseben's calibre could be de-
eloped into a distance performer, regarded
BITS On Rams Horn like taking a crutch.
fom Q cripple. and they ven to the Butte
:. Prise in a solid phalanx.
johnson has bet his life on Rosebenl"
To- ais was INC slogan al over Tue tTdCk ana IL
90 practically true, for the ring showed
tremendous plunge on the part Of the plueky
hrfman, who smiled broadly when Roseben
anne home.
Somebody told me that Rams Horn was
racehorse." said Charley Henshall after the
ACE, II bet on him for a chunk, but Roseben
made him look like q cheap selling platter.
n future 1t will be pothing but Roseben for
ne!"
The band played Hail to the Chief" when
5 Roseben, with no signs of oyerexertion.
lretted back to the scales with the clever Lyme
n receipt of an ovation. johnson gave a
f~ubstantial present to the Jockey after the
ace in appreciation of his horsemanship.
The Pinkertons kept the lid down tight
! II the afternoon rs far as poolFoem informa.
ion was concerned, and they received au-
bentie information from the eity that the
rooms we're still helpless in this respect,
They also investigated a yarn to the effect
hat poolroom agents increasing Q Telegraph
N the top of aAmall house 1t the head of the
stretch in order TO fash news to telegraph
operators near ct. hand. but they discovered
that a gilt weathervane was the real cause
of the flashes that were the basis for the story,
Frank j. Farrell. who was injured in an
automobile accident while on the way home
from the track on Tuesday, was moved
from st.. Johns Hospital yesterday 20 his
home. where he was resting, quietly last
night. Mr.. Farrell has two broken ribs,
his ankle is sprained and he Is suffering from
a number of eontusions. IL will he some
time before he can get out again, but he viii
surely recover his usual good health. Many
turfmen sent messages Of sympathy to him
from Aqueduet during the afternoon,
W. Robbins rode two winners. Campaigner
and Jack McKeoB, both of whom are trained
by James MoLaughlin, Miller handled a
winner and two thirds. The latter must
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