The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-26
GOSSIP OF HHV UACVHRACK.
GRENADE roofs THE WISE WEN
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aelved Tho problem Won tfomp wa 'hs
ehlsf magnet fnf thN educated ooin, with snch
players ~ fave Oklron, Lease 1ewlsnhn and
others In tho clunhonse hriiiha ~ the kcnhe
hntaa extensively iphh \ brake put a fAi
vngst m worIfprl Clnt's TURNING water with
the fAiomnnr crowd supporting Tommy WRd'
dell Fred johnson and other ahfewd HpectllH.
%iotAtooh Melbourne, while tho western bunch
piaved Dainty three wnra Nobody NJ any 80.
oount showed y preference for Jimmy
Mccormick Grenade, one ~ tho most consist
ont horscs In training iuat nov, who vent upto
in'ot I. and won Looking nvsr UfcnAd"'a past
performances wns sufficient proof that 'he wlse
follows either did not have confidence In him.
or did not Rivr him serious consideration
The last time Grenade started he was n I 10 ,
favorlte and won In clever style, running u
milo and A sixteenth over n slow track In
$50 5-5. II Ia true that he beat a poor lot, but
10 was In rare form az tho time, In II previous
rnCr he was beaten by the light weighted
Mandarin In sloppy going. but on June II.
entirely overlooked IN the betting. he won a
handicap NJ a mile and n furlonR from a good
field In 1853 is. Prior TO that he also won at a
mile and n sixteenth from a lot OF fair platerss
Having won three out Of his last four races,
Grenade was worth looking up. hut the smart
people could not sec him in any light. Even
when he warmed w like n wild horse. they did
not care for hun. although Mccormick, his
owner, believed the st. Gatien geldinR would
win. But that is horse racing the world over.
When Grenade won there was a bit Of humor
70 be enjoyed in scanning the faces of the men
Of wisdom, who looked on from the clubhouse
porch in dumb astonishmept.
Fooled again by Grenade" was the way
- go. II. - .-.-l 900, 30 I.tpt Tor
the winner Of the last race Drake soon be-
came convinced that Logistilla was the real
thing, and he put a bet down Then he tried
to convince his friends that the Looohatchee
mare was a cinch. Some OF them had a strong
tip on Mandarin. but brakes stereotypcd
reply was,
'Logistilla will beat the life out OF Man
darln!" Logistilla was soon backed on the
boards, and she made good in the most grail
flying manner.
The steeplechase was a hard blow for the
books. Knight OF Elway. the winner. was
heavily played by p%lungers and public, but
Jesse Lewisohn and many OF the clubhouse
players went to Dromedary. Tom Cogan. the
second horse, was widely backed place and
show. A killing was on the carpet with the
Brownleigh Park Stables Little Casino. a
con Of Deuce of Clubs-Rat a Tat. He was
backed from 40 dow to IL, and while he was
out In front. going gracefully over the jumps.
one after another. his hackers had all sorts OF
visions Of wealth. But suddenly Little Casino
fell In a heap, after taking a jump on the back
stretch, and II was all of.
The disqualification of Alteration after she
had run second in the Rosebuds was a piece
OF good fortune for a man who saw the race
near the press stand. He wore a gray suit
and hat and had played Barlngo across the
boards for 81 a crack, getting 200 to 2. 40
to 2 and 8 to 2 for his money. He smiled
with satisfaction when Baringo was placed
third by the Judges, but when Alteration
was disqualified he let out a wild yell. also
dancing a jig in front Of the grand stand.
Then he waited a moment before starting Tor
the ring, for. as he said:
They may disqualify Clare Russell. tool"
Clare Russell. by the way, was the choice
Of the paddock players. who figured that she
was much more consistent than Alteration.
who was badly beaten the last time out over
a muddy track. There was also q warm
tip on Loyal. a flly by Loyalist-Enamel, who
was played from 8 down to4. only to finish last.
Previous winners OF the Rosebuds were
onondaea's Pride, Affect. Glennellie, Leonora
Loring, Astarita. Hamburg Belle. Belle sau-
wage and Running Water. Tho race was
worth's2 1875 to the winner.
d. P. whitney's Timber. who beat poor
old Roseben In the second event, has de-
veloped into q Swapping. big three-year-old.
he Q610QG0Q hOb6Deu . 10 easily tudt tuobO
Who bet on the Whitney colt felt ashamed to
eske the money. Timber was under re-
serasnt 90 the end. yet he ran the six and Q
half f~uriongs In 1910. three-ffths Of q second
slower than tho track record. held Jointly
by Mineola and Martinmaa Mr.. Whitney
pav his mare Perverse work q mile betw cen
races In l4oh. evidently getting ready for
some approaching stake engagement.
Horeemen are ready 60 pass UP Roseoen.
M - 49, xAat ,,plaaa ha 1afa n reat until fhA
fall be will not amount to much. He had
every chance to show his true worth yester-
day. He got on well. went to the front with
a lssh OF his old speed but ourled UP In the
stretch. o'Neill. who had the leg up. put
the whip to the old fellow In vain. Dave
johnson has lost a remarkable bread winner
In Roseben by adopting a policy which was
pronounced shortsighted in the first place.
james Rowe could not recommend Peter
Pan as a sure thing In the first race. He told
his friends that he had merely galloped the
Commando colt for a week or so and did not
know how we'll he would run. As a result the
big players stayed of, the odds COINS up. while
the real smart play was about George =.
Davis. Bob Tucker bet on Frank GIL, a colt
nv Charlottesville II. Bennington and his
followers took Paumonok and Waterbury,,
coupled at to 2, both Watercress colts. the
latter a half brother to Old En- gland. There
was also come support for Malacca and Yankee
Girl. There were nineteen starters, OF which
ten were quoted at 100 TO I or better.
l.. Cherry. the Western Jockey. who is
under contract to Louis Celia, was before the
stewards yesterday. 1t was said that tho
bow had made a request to be released from
his contract. Cherry does not care TO ride
IN the East and has been living az Coney
Island, where late snppers and other eX-
cesses have made him take on weight, He
Jaws openly that he would like to break his
contract, or rather would be glad to have
Celia let him go in disgust. He wants to
ride in the West. where he made something OF
q reputation. Celia is backing four books
in the ring and there has been much ugly
comment as q result. Whether the stewards
will cancel Cherry's contract with Celia or not
remains to be seen.
Grover Cleveland Fuller. who has not been
able to ride since he was injured In the Ex-
celsior Handicap at Jamaica last year.
visited the track yesterday and had a chat
with his old friends. Fuller has lost a great
deal of weight and Ia still lame. He does not
exDect to be able to ride again.
Pre- yious winners of the. Grass Selling
Stakes were Central Trust. The kentuckian,
Nones, Swiftmas, Leader. Sheriff Fol and
Mabel Richard son.
The books lost money on the day, some OF
hem being hard hit.