The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-17
BENNINGS BETTING GOES ON.
LAYERS OPERATE WITH OUT
THEIR STOOLS AND STATES.
English System % Credit Speculation Tried
FOR the First Time, with Some Success
oxford wins Columbia HandIcap
Five FayOrites fake Down the Purses

WASHINGTON. Nov. ls.-Betting on the races
~ bennings here to-day was conducted under
modified circumstances because OF the recent
adverse decision In the case of a bookmaker
who was forced to plead guilty OF violating
the law. When the fall meeting Of the Wash
ington Jockey Club opened this afternoon q
good sized crowd turned out to see what the
result OF the present attitude OF the authori-
ties would be. In the betting ring we're prob
ably seventy-ive layers, who came down
from New York and elsewhere last night, pre-
pared to do business az usual. But they we're
informed by Robert Pinkerton that no stools
or states could be used and that whatever
betting they might indulge in would have to
be strictly confidential. As a result Of this
plan the layers did not stand In any nxed
place. They moved around the big pavilion
all the afternoon. min Cling with the players.
They displayed the prices on the margins Of
programmes. and their clerks, who stood near,
recorded badge numbers and wagers in small
notebooks. Money was passed between ZONE
OF the layers and the players. but in many in
stances speculation was confined exclusively
to the credit system chiefly in vogue on the
nglish racetracks. The big operators who
have been betting all the year on the metro
politan tracks by holding up a finger and set
Ting next day. experienced no trouble in sup
porting horses in favor. But the crowd at
large found some difficulty in establis hing
NiON1 ohNI hro III Hnunk layers WIN WuOn
they had made successful wagers. II Ii ex-
pected. however. that the new system will be
In smooth working order in a few days. The
District police force was well represented at
the track. but no attempt, beyond lmaking
notes OF the proceedings. was made to inter-
fere with the business in the ring.
1t was an ideal day for the sport. but the
track was heavy, because OF recent bad
weather. The feature was the Columbia
Handicap at sevenp furlongs. James Nc
Laughlin's Oxford. the top weight and a
iayorite at 70 :, made a clean runaway, Of
gallop by four lengths 10 i:2s is. Melbourne.
TO ?, was carefully handled and stood .
long drive to beat Pater. s to /, a head for
Miller rode two, other winners and a third.
The midget had the leg ND on Niblick. 8 to 5
six and a half fuTionss. the st. Gstlenn Eeidlnass
N %lnn H al s yo9s. after making sGd al the pace:
took the place from Toscan, backed down
to II. by a head.
The ,steeplechase for maiden tbree-yesr-
Gorth,s soqyiSnyi pounded down to I tbs,
piSlSnel' k 4 sS 3; s 3 70 i. FAD E %S g ssi e on tSs
third money as Judge Parker. 5 to /. fell
had Ge never l" staSte cd be Z sen c al f.tis f5s :o r@s
Of the Barbsrity stable to victory in the
furlongs' Notter made ali the running with
him. taking the race in a drive by three parts
Of a length from Theodosia, 10 to 1. Speed
Queen. Is to 1. two len gths back. beat June
Time. 8 to I. by a head. The former came
from nowhere in the run home. Arlington.
the favorite. was never prominent.
The Albemarle Stables AdeIinette, odds on
favorite. was much the best In the nth event,
for two-year-olds, six and a half furlongs.
She had a world OF speed and came home on
the bit two len gths in front OF Thomas Clyde's
Brittanby. s to I. The latter made The bulk
OF the pace. but tired at the end. just nosing
Narelle, Z to /. ridden by Miller. out of third
place.
Miller's third successful mount was in the
last race. for platers, at one mile, when he took
j. ID. Odom's Woolwich, 5 to 2. to the front at
the head Of the stretch, winning easily by a
length and a half in l343 As. Ivanhoe, an
equal favorite with the winner, ran into the
place, with a similar margin over Weirdsome.
played down to 3. Five favorites won.
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