The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-11
GOSSIP OF THg RACgTUACR.
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big epeculatoFs either fought shy oi tho Metro.
politan or made comparatively small waaera.
Dave johnson, who lost sss. 600 on Hoseben In
the Excelsior trlsd 10 ret this amount back
~ placing q commission that was estimated
a. about Si0.oOo. OF this amount s9s. 900 was
handled BY clubhouse commissioners. while
the rest was placed by johnson himself In the
ring. Joe vendig n Louis smell would have
won . email fortune II Dsndeilon had beaten
Gfapple. a. they played the Hamburg colt all
three Ways. william Cowen bet heavily on the
Thomas shields entry. while George r. John
son and Frederick johnson wagered q chunk
on Israeli. Robert Tucker had 5000 on
Accountant who. with Dandelion and lar afel,
was supported by a majority OF the club
house patrons. Frank Farrell had . bet on
Roseben. who was played also by many Tam
many politicians. who we're out In force. The
ring did not clean up on the race. for In addi-
ton to the backing that Grapple received
Dandelion was played three ways and oxford
was In demand In almost every show book in
the ring.
The ring was also well jolted by the victory
OF Cressina In the nrst race. E. r, Thomas.
Sydney Paget. Dave Gideon. Jesse Lewisohn.
and others In the clubhouse betting on
him heavily. Sir Toddington proved q
gold mine for the books. however. In the
second race. Dave johnson Lost q large bet
on him and 80 did nearly every well known
speculator who was present. Sally Preston,
the winner. was backed by the Western bunch,
partly because Sewell had the mount. Hylas,
the winner OF the steepleohase. carried an
ocean Of wise money. with Ben Crockett well
played for the place. bur Douro was q lifesaver
for the layers. who took In q fortune on him
before the speculation was half over.
The most heavily backed horse of the day
was Mandarin in the Nth race. John Madden,
who prepared him for this event, said he
would win b a city block. Everybody who
10 anybody had the tip and probably sl0o. 900
was played on him before he went 70 the post.
While the public and the Sullivans were
trying 10 get out on the day with Rye In the
last race. Charley Henshall and his friends
backed Ginette all over the ring at 7 to 2.
1. r. Thomas. at the very last nom ont tried
TO get on u very big bet, but 1t was refused
by a clubhouse agent. who said he had enough.
Altogether the ~bookmakers had a decidedly
profitable day. There were s7o Of them In.
side Of the enclosure. In tho big ring. John
Cevanaeh generously ma 10 room for eight
OF the Nets SO that their total was
to sixty-eiRht In the front line, where
they operated with thirty non-members.
were seventy layers In the back line.
over the field there were 10? chalkers to
accommodate the jam.
The clubhouse held a notable gathering,
including August Belmont, II p. Whitney,
John 4. Drake, Or. James MoDermott, G. G..
G. X. G.. Billings, II. X. knapp, Will
lam Aston Chanler. Blair Painter. Frank G.
Andrew Miller. f.. +. Smathers,
s. Rowland. Hugh j.. Grant. r. T. Wilson,
Jr.. II. g.. Page. r. Ambrose Clark. Anthony
N. Brady, A. b. Hudson, ". NJ. sheftel. T.
Hitchcock, Jr.. +. r. Hitchcock, j. W. Colt,
r. Thomas. sydney Paget. r. l.. Raincy.
Paul Rainey. Eugene Wood, p. j., Dwyer.
+. johnson. Senator P. H., McCarren, Abe
Hummel. Jesse Lewisohn, David Gideon.
Bennington. S. Deimel, Frank Mckee,
Matty Corbett. ]. @. Follansbee. Timothy D.
Sullivan. Frank J. Farrell. W. Harry Brown.
8. P. Randolph and many others.
During the afternoon Paul Rainey, who is
racehorses with a lavish hand,
the deal by which he becomes the
owner Of Horace E.. by Bannockburn, rur-
chased from Barney Sohrelber for s2j. 900,
The Metropolitan Handicap was run for the
first time in 1901, the winners Of this event
being Tristan. Pessara, Charade. Ramapo.
Counter Tenor. Voter. Bowling Brook. Fnl-
Ethelbert, Banastar, Arsenal, Gun
Are, Irish Lad. and Sysonby and Race King,
who ran n dead heat last year. The race was
worth about $4,000 10 the winner. Grapple
20 pounds by the scale from Rose
ben. who gave 81 to Dandelion and 40 to
Oxford.
nliam shields was considerably out up
over the way Jockey Davis used his whip
On stalwart after the eddler horse had been
left 10 the big race. Shields said
hat Davis had boon instructed not TO punish
3talwart II the horse had no chance. but that
he boy had brutally beaten Stalwart about
he head for apparently no cause.
James Mclaughlin had engaged Miller to
'ide Oxford. but no SURRENDERED him to the
,wner OF Israfel and then secured Robbins,
,ut when Robbins came to the scales he said
ie could not make the weight and. for that
Intended to retire from riding, and
10 for q time Mclaughlin was UP a tree for q
ockey. but fortunately he secured Hide
whose work could not have been I'M
upon. II the track had been fast
believes that Oxford could not
lave been beaten.
The Whitney Stable did not begin it's annual
ampaIen ausploiously. With Old Faithful
'eaten In tho first race. the we'll known colors
we're carried last In the second event by q
nlly named Jersey Lady. by
t~amburg-Lady Agnes; then Pegasus An
she'd far back In the Metropolitan.
j. 0'Brien, the steeplechase Jockey who
ode Miss Hobhouse. arrived from England
n the morning. but in spite OF the fact that
e had not got rid Of his sea legs he insisted
pom taking the mount. A well planned
CUP was framed with Goldfeur in the Jump
ng event. as the gelding was backed from
down to Is. 1t was his first trip over the
and he Shove ed q tendency to bolt on
he turns. Previous winners OF the New
'orls eteeplechase we're Lady Raymond.
luke OF Abercorn, Peoonio, Shillelah, Diver
ion. q dead heat bet Secn Cosmopolitan and
~Ronkonkoma, Fulminate. Lava
Or. Caller and Good and Plenty, who won
or T.. Hitchcock, DR., last year.
noticed that the numbers indicating the
esult Of the concluding race a. this track
asst fall had not been remhvcd. They were
arsaa In tLn Lra, rnnn lniahnl in nnnnraauCa