The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-08
GOSSIP OF THE RACVTUACK.
,,rrsT TURF SENSATION ~
c.IIED THE "RADTKE BUG"
s,.cul.,ors mig and Small Possessed win
a Mania to Back the Crack Jockey,
No Matter what Horses He Rides
,obabIs Field for Metropolitan

pss,uct inst now. No matter what horse
a.osev Radtko rides there seems 70 DC M
49,, ,olla hie mania TO bet or the oomblna-
u - The Ralneys OF Cleveland, who holn
a., call on this remarkable race rlder' are
"toa IN each Of his mounts, regardless oil
,S.way tho horses figure on form. whhe otner
- sne %culatCrs arc following suit, Z
.nh., does Radtke ride in this racer Ia a
.,o.,ton heard on all sides as the STARTERS arc
sosted on the Jockeys board.
pV.TgI hot YOU a hundred on Radtkel" Ia the
,ho yngers are made, the name OF the
soIdom being mentioned by the players
Thsn they confront the layers.
sCive ia a tin, mister2" asks the piker OF the
oaor In the paddock, which usually draws
the curt reply: ,
sWhy. play Radtke."
And II seems 10 be q money Retter. too.
mia Radtke system, for the followers OF IL
ave- oashing moro times than they lose. ana
"rh GOOD prices, too. Radtke had six
roonrts Yesterday, handling three winners
ND a second. Any other boy would probably
S"ve been beaten on Go Between In the handi.
40 a, n mile and a sixteenth. but Radtke
,oor one chance in a hundred and succeeded.
o,o NJ the few local racetraok men who came
North from New Orleans predicting that
Radtke would prove a star in the saddle is
Iscr Adler the man with the big voice who
.unounces the results In the betting ring.
when Adler met Arthur Redfern at Bennings
Inst March he said:
arthur. there Is another Redfern coming
North this year. His name is Radtke. Keep
your eye on him.
and did so poorly that Redfern n others
rlyed Adler numerically. But just o
Adler Is throwing out his chest every time
Radtke wins, for he Is possessed with the
nreyalent mania and Is cashing right alon 9.
How will | ride this horsef" asked little
Mott er Of Jack McGinnis, the owner Of Masa-
piello. who ran third to Go Between.
Ride him as II you were Radtke." replied
McGinnls, who tried in vain to get . to 1 10
show against his horse. Since the opening Of
Aoueduct, in fourteen days. Radtke has
ridden Just twenty winners. and has spent
Ave days under suspension, too. Among the
owners and trainers there Is a wild scramble
each day for the boys services. Radtke is 10
years old and stands a good chance to earp
$4,000 this year.
According to the opinion Of several well
known horsemen at Jamaica yesterday the
field for the Metropolitan Handicap. one mile.
10 be run at Belmont Park on Thursday, will
be made up of Roseben. Hamburg Belle.
Tanya, Timber. Ormonde's Right. Rapid
Water, Guiding Star, First Premium. ISRAELI,
The Clown, Tokalon. Colonial Girl, Oxford.
Red Knight and Grapple. The main steeple-
chase course at Belmont Park. by the way.
was opened for schooling purposes yesterday
morning and some of the best jumpers in
training were taken to the big track from
sheepshead Bay. The stables of j. W. Colt,
J. E. Widener and L. Hitchcock. Jr., were
conspicuous. Good and Plenty and Hylas
we're sent over the circuit twice In fine style,
while Willie Shields's Balzao ave a pretty
exhibition over the obstacles. 1t looks as IL
there would be some great cross-country
sport at this course during the coming meet
ines.
1t was reported yesterday that John W.
Rogers, trainer OF H. P. Whitney's horses,
hsd been taken seriously Ill with his old all
ment, stomach trouble. The Whitney horses
two carloads Of them-arrived at Belmont
Park yesterday morning from Brookdale.
where they ave been put on edge for an
early campaign. Hildebrand came up
from the Jersey farm with the stable and
Will begin riding regularly the latter part
Of the week.
Alex Shields won two races with 10 Be-
tween and Halifax, Shields put the checks
down In a bundle on Go Between. but like
other smart players he did not think much
Of Halifax's chances In the Williamsburg
Handicap. 1t was believed that Halifax
could not run in the mud and give weight
and q beating to the rather ordinary field
Of ~sprinters which went to the post with
him. Halifax conceded seven pounds TO
First Premium and Bill Phillips, six to Zienap
and seventeen to Benevolent. He opened
ueto5, but as the wise money did not appear
be went up to S to 2 and even money a place.
The smart fellows meanwhile plunged OF
Zienap, who was played from s to l down
TO 10 TO S. with Benevolent also lowered two
points to four. while First Premium received
steady backing straight and place at 8 and
even. But for Shaw's head work Halifax
might have been defeated at that. With a
lead OF six lengths Shaw took Halifax wide
ct the head of the stretch in order to avoid
the sloppy path next to the rail, and In that
way he found comparatively dry going in
the middle Of the track. 1t was excellent
judgment and landed the race.
Go Between. who it will be remembered
was bought out OF a selling race last year for
1900. made his first bow Of the season. He
appeared to be in great trim and his warm up
was so impressive that the crowd felt sure
mat there was nothing to it. Go Between
gave fourteen pounds to Bats, whom he
neat a head, and twelve to Masaniello. who
was two heads behind him. The race did the
crack Meddler gelding a world OF good, and
U Is lair to assume that he will be hard to
Nat w tHe near future.
Wally F~essenden, the former baseball
umpire. had his Wall Street fr out In
force to bet on Joe Fallert. the winner Of the
INST race. The Bassetlaw colt was backed
heavily at 7 to 2. and ~Fessenden's roar could
oe heard all over the track when the numbers
went up. But Fessenden did not relish q bid
up oy A. Molinelli. who raised the figures
from $500 10 $1,000 after the race, Fessenden
maly bidding IS and sending his colt back
70 the stall.
need all the coin / can get. walled Fes-
,ehden. and $500 Is a whole lot Of dough to
loee!"
Plausible, who ran second In the colors OF
,e oneck Stable, Is a gelding by Plaudit-
Ius flcKWick. who got q clean ride from the
eaoie's apprentice. Lowe. No Marks-a fun
yio.her TO Optician-Idle Fancy. Little Ruth,
bAchesis. Communipaw and Lord Stanhope
nere all hot tips in this race. the books TAX
ing In plenty OF money on each OF them.
sam Hldreth started Security, O half
orother to Dick Wells and ort Wells, ia the
ssooho race and the coin vent on al to s.
e, ~ was beaten by the start, but was coming
aAe d Whrlwind in the stretch. Those who
Su not overlook the mud running quality of
Tuscan by Hastings. oashed some profitable
ets az big odds when this horse ran second.
ny Ast lime Preen started he was ridden by
SsaN ana was an odds on favorite. He was
SAsIacefuly beaten. too, on a fast track.
1u1 me track conditions were different yester-
sey, ana Preen. q renowned mudder, was
perfectly at home.