The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-08
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cam for the sailor, who t]orniucd IIa confidence
and slapped tjOO on luliut 'ho winner pi 'h'
sixth. picking NJ 81 uUn NOR" lhor Nr '"'
the tin on kcntuckr Rcau M the Inst event
end dropped $500. Mullins was 81. $40 to tho
good. however, aud luEged his 'umpnniona
70 Coney leland for u rnyal blowout IN"
lucky tar said that he we once u s'nble boy
and tina, he knew enough about horses 10
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he rot shore leave He was followcd through
che betting ring all tho afternoon hy q crowd
Of admirers and pikors, who wanted 10 hAv"
hlghballs and cigars ht his expense, In addition
20 n desire TO borrow his money. But Jack
would not stand for con games and waved
everybody but his shipmAt"S on.
What was probably tho biggest killing
Of the year went through successfully In the
last race when George Odom's Oraculum
wr0n aaany This colt unpppH nj m 10 4. nnt
every bookmaker found mon about him
ready to bet all kinds of money at any old
price. The odds were dropped quickly
until at the cry of They're on" it was i'm
possible to secure better than 4 to !. Jesse
Lewisohn, Dave Gideon and others We're big
winners. Odom had "A good bet down and
% did many of the trainers. Bookmaker
william Cowen, alone. dropped $500 on the
rood thing, while it was estimated that the
ring, as a whole, must have been hit for
nearly sioO, 900. The books we're enabled
70 stand this Earring. however. for thousands
we're waRered on Woodford Clay's Ken
lucky Beau, who was backed from I down
20 10 to 5, while more big money was placed
on Newton Bennington's Sir roddington and
w. H. Browns Eltall.
There are only a dozen bookmakers. by
the way. that are ahead on the season to
date. Tyler. up to Yesterday. was 2 1000
to the good and he is making the biggest
book in the ring. sol Lichtens,ein is a win
ner, too. But Cowen, who operates on a
tremendous scale, was sl2j,U 600 loser when
the recent Belmont Park meeting Was about
half over.
THE open ring has worked wonders for
the public, " said Tyler yesterday. Men
who we're betting SO aud so TO Il race Il year
ago are now bett ing 500. The public has
plenty of money, and the game was never in
q healthier condition. When the Nets con-
troHed the ring. nearly all the b~ooklnakors
were rolling in wealth, brM that is all changed
now. Why, some of the Nets have actually
copied my prices recently. | said to them.
Gentlemen. you blackballcd mo three times
and tried TO ha We me thrown out OF the track.
Now. please do not try to Injure my business
by cop wing my odds and BLOCKING NJ the
passa geway in front oil my stool! Since
this hint from me. they have seen fit TO keep
aloof, which is 4 source OF much satisfaction
to me-"
Instead Of enabling his horde of followers
to pick up more good money Jockey Miller
a real good thing for the books all day.
his victory on Lady Amelia. whose
price kept the small bettors of.
Miller rode Alteration in the Criterion Stakes
and the FLY was loaded down with wealth.
2 to 1 dropping quickly to ; to ). But Miller
could not land her betterl than third. The
boy did not show his usual skill on CairngorIn.
the favorite in the Westminster. and the
ring won a fortune through the defeat of the
Ruby colt. When Miller was put up
Jack Odom's Angler. in the nth race.
there was such a plunge thai 3 to / was re-
duced to II to 3. yet Angler did not get inside
Of the money. A killing was attempted
with r. 7. Wilson. Jr.'s. Red River. a colt by
Fatherless-LiZZie H.. who opened at - and
played down TO s, Miller had the leg up,
and for half a mile or so it looked AZ If he
turn the trick, but Ballot. "A fine Voter
colt, beat him easily Miller's final throw
down came in the seventh race. when he failed
10 make good on Kentucky Beau. who carried
$50, 900 in waEers. 1t waS'another
Tough day for the Milleritcs. sure enough.
David Nicol, who rode Sysonby in all of
his races last year, made his first appearance
Of the season here on Ballot. He came dow
from Buffalo to ride several races for Mr..
Keene, but will go back to the meeting al
Kenilw orth after Saturday. Nicol rode Bal
lot with perfect Judgment and got a round Of
applause from the crowd.
James B. Brady was doomed to an afternoon
OF disappointment. There seemed to be a
hoodoo after him from the time he left the
in his big auto, which was held up in
Brooklyn by the Sunday school parade, until
saw his two-year-old Ellisdale. a splendid
colt by Watercress-La Primera. beaten
In the sixth event. The Brady checks were
down and the colt was backed from 20 down
10 10. But on the way to the post the young
yter acted In a crazy mapner after which he
ran green in the race. This race was filled
with supposed good things, including Alpen-
marchen, Bentinck, Moyea. Yankee Gun and
Star Of R~unnymede.
Court Dress has won three staies-the
Fashion, the Gaiety and the Criterion-for Mr.,
Keene. Previous winners of this race were
Virginia Earle. Cap and Bells. Grail. Mamari,
HAMBURG Belle. Schulamite and Flip Flap.
II EuRenia Burch had won the Westminster
Il would have been a windfall for the mares
owner. Mrs. L, Curtis, who had a small wager
across the boards at 40. Is and O.. The handi-
cap was worth So 900 to the winner, Go Be-
tween. whose owner, Aleck Shields. took a
&c amount from the books. Crimmins might
won with EuRenia Burch If he had not
made his run too soon. for when Shaw chal-
Ien ged with Go Between the mare had nothing
with which TO stand off the winners
gallant rush. Dainty got a poor ride from
L. Williams, who seemed unable to get out
Of pockets. This mare went to the post In
splendid condition and was heavily played
place and show.
With anything like n good start Red Friar
could not have lost the fifth race. The barrier
up when he was half turned and the colt
30 much ground that. in spite of the
kind Of a race. he could not get up.