The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-03
GOSSIP OF THE RACETRACK.
WEtRY TCRFNEN GLAD TO GET
BiCK FROM BENNINGS.
LAYERS BsnkroIls Well Flattened Because
ar the craze TO Back MiIIer's Mounts
ND Jockey ON HIs Way to Oak
land. where Equine stars VIII winter.

land. where Equine stars VIII whit er.
h. Immediately after the last race at Ben
r,nys on saturday there was a rush for the
Sayanagh special train. which bore the New
york delegation back to this city by easy
,n.sas I seemed, for the weary turfmen
IA not reach Jersey City until an early hour
r..,e,dav morning. To say that they were
iii ulad 10 get back would be putting II mildly.
Tbsv we're a unit in the declaration that the
msstinr lust ended, from a spec ulauve
stsndpoint. was below the average because OF
,be walk around" betting methods. but that
The sttenda nee right up to the last day showed
remarkable interest on the, part OF the Wash
,ngton public. Those who made book said
Yesterday that they had. In most instances.
been heavy losers. The bettors played
Jockey Miller's mounts with a persistency
that made the layers throw up their hands.
particularly as Miller rod thirty winners in
,vsnty-three days. in addition to getting
many other horses into the money at all sorts
NJ prices. Oddly enough. some Of the best
Known operators who had been playing
form all the yes- with varied success sud
d.ulv caught the MilleG fever and backed the
marvellous riders horses during a greater
rsrr Of the meeting with excellent results.
The horsemen had a profitable session in
the way Of cutting up the prize money offered
nv the Washington Jockey Club. while the
stockholders in the track, IL IL said. were able
10 slice s2s, 900 in profits. even though the
mana cement received no revenue from the
bookmakers. Sol Lichtenstein, who made
the biggest book at the meeting, quit a loser.
although he tried hard to get out on Saturday.
Ne IS 30 we'll known to the public that he
naturally had all the business he could attend
10 A. Bennings under the new method Of
making wa gers, and therefore got the patron
age Of ell the leading cash bettors. Stimuli
taneousiv with the hurried departure OF the
New Workers from Washington there was a
rush for southern and Western trains by
those who will spend the winter at New Or
leans and in California. Jockey Miller, with
his valet. started Immediately for Oakland,
where he will ride for Thomas II. Williams,
president OF the New California Jockey Club.
Horner will also go to the Coast, where Knapp.
l.. Williams and other good jockeys are al
ready at work. Mcdaniel. Garner. l.. Smith,
Nicol. j. Hennessy, 4. Morris and Hefernan,
who were also prominent on the Eastern
: tracks this year. will shine on the two Crescent
City tracks. Radtke, whose case will be
settled by the Jockey Club in a week or two,
il anxious to ride at Los Angeles, where Ascot
Park, according to the latest returns. will
run according to schedule, without interrupt
ton from the authorities.
The harmonious relations bet the rival
tracks in New Orleans mean that there will be
q great turf boom in that city. Owners and
trainers who have never cared for winter
racing before will take a crack at the liberal
stakes and purses to be hung up at the Fair
Grounds and City Park. Already the Burlew-
O'Neill combination. which was formed here
last summer, has caused a sensation at the
Fair Grounds. where the partners won three
races in one afternoon recently and Jared
The bookmakers from head to foot. They
have not lost faith in J. Hennessy. who is
riding in splendid form for them, and they
have already begun to develop the boys
Younger brother. who gives much promise.
Willie Shields. with his cup winning Holscher
and other racers. will 60 after the cherries at
the Crescent City and so will the Hayman-
lMcCarren stable. under the direction of John
Lowe, who will endeavor to develop the
apprentice Highlander. William Cahm will
also be on hand with Yada. Yoladay. Andrew
Mack and other serviceable platers. with
young Beckman to occupy the saddle. Beck
man, by the way. is a pupil of Frank Weir.
the trainer Of the powerful Joh~nson-Sullivan-
Farrell stable, which will operate next season
on a large scale. Weir discovered Beckman
last summer and the youngster showed 30
much natural ~horsemanship that the trainer
turned him over to Cahill for a winters eX-
p~erience. Already Beckman has ridden some
very clever races at Washin gton, and Weir
received word from Cahill several days ago
TO the effect that the young jockey would be a
sensation before the flowers bloom in the
spring.
Many well known trainers will place their
horses into winter quarters at the Long
Island tracks or at places in neighboring
States. Go Between will probably q to
Aleck Shields's farm in Bound Brook, to-
gether with some of f.. II. horses.
But Lady Amelia will go to Holmde Stud.
also in New Jersey, to be bred probably to
the mighty Hermis or Stalwart, both now
owned by Mr.. Thomas. Little Rye. Christie
sullivan's clever breadwinner. will winter
in Connecticut, at John Hynes's Hartford
farm, where Tommy Wadde ell and other racers
In Hynes's string will also rest up for the next
four months. Some of the Keene and Whit
ney horses, together with those OF Sydney
Paget and the Newcastle Stable, will be
housed at Sheepshead Bay, while others in
The Keene, Whitney and Belmont stables
will be taken South or to Kentucky. John
T. Madden has sent r. Hitchcock. Jr.s Salvi-
dere, the champion two-year-old. to Little
Rock. Ark, where the ~youngster will take
life easy until the bugle calls him to the post
Tor one Of the rich three-year-old specials
10 he run at Belmont Park next May.
Robert Tucker, who severed his relations
with W. n. Brown, will race on his own hook
next season, after putting in a campaign
At New Orleans with a small but useful string.
a. the same tin e,providing the bankroll for
one of the leading books. When Tucker
was training for the late s. s. Brown, whose
horses were ridden by Jack Martin. he was
regarded as one of the biggest plungers on
the turf. Usually a trainer bets as much
as 500 or perhaps 500. which Is his limit.
hut Tucker often wagered 5000. his own
money. on a horse which had been saddled
by him for some important race. Always
considered a shrewd. close student OF racing.
Tucker surprised many turfmen last summer
when he allowed Salvidere and Frank On
TO he sold at auction to Madden and Jack
'McGinnis respectively. When the Brown
stable was offered for sale II was generally
accepted that Tucker. who had siRniied his
Intention to race a stable OF his own, would
buy in some Of these excellent thorough
breds. But Tucker did not make so much az
a single bid for either Salvidere or GIL. and
when these youngsters developed sterling
Qualities later, horsemen came TO the CON
illusion that for once the astute Tucker had
made an error.
Rumor has it that when the metropolit an
season opens next April several prominent
Jockeys will suddenly take q notion that rid
ing on the European tracks IL more pro-
lductive OF wealth than further proceedings
IN America. For a week past there has been
q story in circulation that at least three