The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-06
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Nv ilr fsts far ifr fhh race tlr Meadow
fr,uh tTunseta' NrHplrrhaar Tn ~ was
arwenty Tines
tnr Nv, teNt nj ONE south had el,pwed
hda way through IN. crowd shd ~ In front
~ a,l tietfenatstn's s0ri nv The le'tiua
ring Ne bfur,sd nnf
'Ulfnnp twenty s,rslgta IN long Run
The tpukmakef had b-rn hard prrsard
Nv tho crowd and didn't hraf.
W lat u " WANT H. asked.
tnsi ~ thla p,ofnsni another alsuth rams
tpnndinR through The bsttina rinE and
veIled -,fnet hing Ia he one hat was irving
10 Ct u lFt down,
Gimme rpom'' roared tho latter a. H.
buw led bettora right and left, and then
getting into tf- orsn hogan n sprint wththn
ufhcr detective that would have Teen q
credit to tho steeplecha~e
A. the two dashed out of tho gambling
enclosure and reached the long asphalt
-trrtch leading to the gate they were
lost In a great rush 81 cops for the
train sheds. With a couple Of captains
In the lead, six sergeanta following, over
n dozen detective sergeants running neck
and neck behind them and u host Of plump
plain clot he's precinct cops back In the rnck
but finishing all extended, II was an Inn
pressive sight.
The handy man Of an uptown police
captain got a very bad start. He was
under an extraordinary penalty. With $50
pounds up and a pair of kidney feet, he
was a bad last. A little darby leading
a selling platter along in front Of the gate
had halted to watch the unusual sight.
Seeing the fat cop laboring to overtake
the leaders, he chuckled and remarked:
We'll, yo' can't tell me he amt a-tryin'.'
News OF the great cop weight for age
race was communicated to the Pinkerton
forces and Capt. Duhan and Sig Beuttler,
Of that force. thinking that some band Of
crooks had been stirred up among the
crowd, also started for the gate at a terrific
pace, with a throng Of uniformed Pinks
following.
They didn't find out for a while the cause
Of the rush, for all Of the cops managed to
get aboard of the first train leaving for
Brooklyn. The fat precinct sleuth who
was last in the chase just nailed the train
on the post by a whisker. The snorts and
puffs that issued from the cars Of that
Brooklyn train made the wheeling of two
Long Island City train engines sound
like a spring zephyr. The conductor got
an awful shook when he started in to collect
fares in the first two cars. So many gold
and silver shields were flashed in his face
that he walked into the third car with the
blind staggers.
What was it ALP Why, a big automobile
had arrived at the track. In was First
Deputy Police Commissioner Rhinelander
Waldo. The Deputy COMMISSIONS wasn't
observed az he rolled into the grounds.
This was due to the fact that he was clad
in a long linen buster with a cap pulled
down over almost half his head and goggles
hiding his ayes.
When he got out Of the auto just outside
OF the betting ring and shed the duster
and cap the "twenty-three' tip went out.
Commissioner Waldo had fooled all hands
by reason Of the fact that he didn't come
in the department automobile. Had he
been in that, with Barney Doyle driving.
the news OF his coming would rave been
spread all over the racecourse before he
had got beyond Long Island City.
There was one member Of the force
who didn't get the hot tip. 1t was Ins pector
Donald Grant. who has charge Of Staten
Island. The inspector bumped squarely
into the Commissioner near the cashier end
of d bookmaking outfit. Commissioner
of Correction Francis j. Lantry. who
had come UP alongside Of Capt. Waldo,
heard what the inspector had to say. 1t
must have zen amusing, for Lantry had
to hold his sides while he laughed until
his face assumed an apoplectio hue. The
first deputy also grinned and showed his
teeth.
Capt. Charley Kemp, once a we'll known
Tenderloin figure and 10Y looking afte r
the residents Of Jamaica, also saw the
deputy commissioner The entrance to
the Belmont track is in Queens county
and comes under Kemp's official jurisdio-
ton. He hurried to the gate and was
busy chasing newsboys and tip merchants
when Mr.. Waldo wheeled out Of the grounds
after the sixth race.
There were two men on the raoetrack
that didn't get excited when the deputy
commissioner showed up. These two were
Eddie Glennon. who was Devery's boss Of
the Tenderloin, and Patsy Kehoe, who was
Capt. Cottrell's wardman during the latter's
reign as Gar of the bonanza precinct,
lneSe Two ulu d norhppo WIEN Ihoy saw
the other cops skiddoo. Glennon and
Kehoe have been retired on pensions and
they really haven't anything to do nova
days but 60 to the raoetraok and lose
money. They both had badges on yester-
day that cost So.
Commissioner Waldo said that he had
merely taken an afternoons outing. A
man who knows what is going on at Police
Headquarters said last night that word
had been received at the office Of Com
missioner Bingham telling OF the host Of
COPS that went to the races each day. At
meetings other than Belmont Park a few
Central Office sleuths are detailed to watch
for crooks, this man said, but there was
no reason for their being at Belmont Park,
as that course is really not under the juris-
diction Of the New York police. Only
one corner, and that a part OF the entrance,
is in Queens county.
1t was said on good authority that the
raoetrack officials had kicked about the num-
her Of members of the force who grated
their way in to the tracks. These men
show up at the gate, fash their badges
| and under ~pretenoe that they are on regu-
lar polioe duty are admitted.