The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-16
OF THE RGCETRACK.
UI\j 10 NOR BiCK ACCOUNTANT
RECiT 81 or RECEDING ODDS.


Did Not know whether the COla mas
ShOrt Of work ar Not BRADY DeSs At
last Moment "A KllIAng Wlth sewell.
hundreds Of racegoers did not bet on
,ccountspt 10 win the Annual Champion
s,.kes yo-, eriay because q the queer way
he odds HuCtuated. In perfect form, Ac-
,ouriant. according to the turf eharps, had
ro,b,pg 20 beat, and the race was practically
~ Rgt no sooner did the cbalkers put up
10 3 than there was a surprising scarcity
of smart money. None OF the plungeFs
.semcd 10 want Accountant at any price, so
abs puhlic at large, or rather the ring patrons
-, va,,h for the educated coin. sta ed OF
tao There was no sign OF the usual stable
commission, which IL a big one when Diamond
Inn Brady bets with confidence. and soon the
yumor was In circulation that something was
wrong with Accountant. In the paddock
Trainer Matt Allen told people that be did
not know whether the colt was short OF work
a, not He said that he had worked the son
of FIligrane Two miles last Monday and later
sen, him a mile and three-duarters. He
,,4ocla red that Accountant needed lots OF work
N be NJ and ready. but he did not feel con-
Adsr, OF the result This discouragin infor-
ma, ION kopt nearly all the plungers on. The
nri,p went az to even money, then finally ia
TO =. TYLER, who made a big book on the
race. laid to . right up to the close and took
in o raft Of money. When the horses had
been saddled and Owner Brady had closely
Inspected Accountant he decided to bet on
HIM. HIS oonnn ission was about 5000, II
was said, AID no sooner did il make its appear
snce in the ring than there was a general
rush to Set aboard. As a result. Accountant
WAS quickly backed down to o 10 S. When
he ,ame home in triumph. therefore, there
was A verbal kick from those who had bern
scared III, for on 1he result a bet at any old
Irice was like stealing it,
brady saw the race from n private box
and went through the usual Wild demonstra-
ZION Of 10y. His friends crowded around him
after the race and kept him busy shaking
hands FOR some time, The race was worth
s2o,nno 10 the winner. 1t Nas run in 1900
for the arsl time. HheR Risrss LariIlard's
David Garrick VAS victorious. Then the
Osccola stables Maid Of Harlem won IN 1901.
with + G. MCLevee Il 60. = Major danger
field successful in 1872. AFTER that 4 Feather
stones lgniter took down the prize In 1909.
with J. 4. ThomAS's Stalwart in 1904 aud
James Il. Keene's Sysonby last year.
= Brady. however, suffered keen ~disappoint-
ment when he saw his SIS, 900 two-veAr- old
Founta inblue. beaten to a standstill In the
Great Eastern. II will be recalled that THIS
colt was badly beaten in the Flatbush Stakes
a week ago and that Trainer Alien. dissatisfied
with his showing, worked the colt right over
E'
again thp next day in remarkable m
FOuntainblue vas withdrawn from the Autumn
stakes last Tuesday AZ the last moment.
but Yesterdays race was a test which was
awaited With interest. As many turfmen
predicted, FouUtainblue sulked and actually
quit When he got up against horses Of class.
He showed no disposition to run a yard and
: Martin had him under the hat nearly all the
way. In fact Martin could not have tried
any harder to show that he was on the level.
On the showdown, therefore. II looks as II
Brady had received the worst Of the bar gain.
HGt De Mund? what WAS the matter with
the winner Of the FIatbush? Some said that
he had up TOO much weight. lie packed l27
pounds. giving all the way from four to thirty
seven pounds 20 his rivals. R0dtkc. who is
under suspension, could not ride him, 80 Joe
Jones had the leg up instead. Jones let he
Mund 20 - the front as uSual. the Goldinch
colt making a hot pace until he blew up, Ills
defeat perpleved the experts, who only the
other day were declaring that De Nund,
SGlvidere and Water Pearl were the beat two
ytar-olds in training.
4. +. HOVE won sao,O It is said. On tho
victory Of Sewell, his Cesarion colt. in this
race. Sen I'll worked thTee-duarteTs at Graves
end several days ago in l:t2 3-S. 30 the railbirds
ssd. and he tip vas prevalent in the pad
dock before the race. The colt opened at
: - . - 81 - H.
"I , ~ u re'ntx 80 -
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=" : ann scor'HTu . lot OF II "H laSeas' ~
puun!K toNrh. hniSo" N0n AZ Ieast eLS.oV"'
w. ~ uIoppeu a par OF u on tIraNlano IN
. .ael event. me Pup"c Ioss .housaI'us on
~. Munu, even mo"sy a prnce DenK lag
". ma lew coulu se' away rom, Jun
hNNas oa'N~1 ny tne cIunhouse. N'eI
rS'erh vas worth $3.50" 10 the winner u
va run W ~ I"t the h,et ,lne, ,ns sue
""Ssa ceSf JUN ho"1h- Seo"
De" DROP. hang FoS. Raceland, Dianio' louf-
aIe"'' Ha'"e Mct,eHdnu' LuuMIH' LSuy
:. Sach Of paaer' "u.'s retena' ohe
! H'e' usp+h, hamourE' BLACK 'eh"S: MIS-
misv neHd ualan'' rhuuIAnce Dy h'Hnt,
Ooluen NaNHn' Lacy Amehe' lrauNloh ana
~, S"InaSleI.
org I'm sullivan. MS Iohowers ana tns
plpnC w genefat groa nea anoloIy Wheh
youn NJ = ieh IN the Westoury steepieenase'
II was ths-gcneral belief that this splendid
yum9sI Coull nos islh so tnat "heh ne wehC
HoNn mere was mHcn surprise me snteins
amy d" not Dat on Da'SAc' ekcept poss'oey
WsnoN' ana therefore lost a ohahCe 10 cieah
W. a nay "aRohioau OF sreehoacKs' me
"0.o4Fys previous winners were hoya'
-. S Sm lnNerAon Ut Catlett' Flato, Aln.ioet;
nv rrote'uon' Eand OF sloVer' "ood anu
'"ny 'pu 'lmny"Lane. e..
lW'N Johnson pnt apother levlathan wager