The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-18
Gossip OF The RACETRACK.
uoW BALLOT BOX,A SURE THING,
CAVE TO GRIEF.
u.aten by CHINA, Who Was unbacked by
newton Bennlngton-Jack Bennett Is
Auer John 4. brakes Horses In Selling
r,ents-Fay n Real Good Thing.

a. ,ot want to train another horseI IL was
e a Jones, trainer for Thomas Lloyd OF
G,r;eyn. .ho iaade this remark just before
n. isst race at Aqueduct yesterday. Jones
VA .sen Ba lIot Box work a fast three-auarters.
IA regarding the other maldeps who were
- ,his syent as 90 much cattle, no felt secure
Making so positive a statement. Ballot
NJ, ia a three-year-old gelding by Voter
Ill of Navwood, hence n half brother to
fanny OlynIpian and Robin Hood. He was
"a bv lanes R. Keene, who sold him last
u,.r IN lloyd, az the racer did not appear to
Ia NJ much account. Jones's tip was dir
culstcd among the smart people In the pad
dock and there was a concerted rush Tor the
,i,g whore J to 5 was on tap. This price
nSs oui,kly hammered down to ii TO 10. and
han the horses were on their way 10 the post
Ion money was displayed. Radtke had
60 Isa up on Ballot Box. and when he rode
m IN the barrier Trainer Jones was bubbling
over with enthusiasts m.
Ne will come home alone!' he cried jubi-
,.r,lv There's nothing in there that can
NAVE him stretch his neck" But no sooner
hod the race begun than Jones's face was
cIordod with a scowl. Ballot Box did not
leaye the others. but on the contrary he
eonrderad around In the middle Of the
hunch. while several horses that had been
nas.ed up took turns at making the pace.
in ,he middle Of the homestretch. however.
usuot BoX came to the front with a rush
,rd ,Ionas vas so excited that he dropped
hs glasses and rooted as II for his life. Close
hside him stood a tall man who eyed the
t.cars with lev GOODNESS. Newton Benning-
Inn was hIs name, and he had a horse in the
race named CHINA, a son of Marius H.. who
had gone up in the betting to 8 TO I. When
Cinna finally collared Ballot Box. Jones
turned away sick at heart. for he knew that
IN ,,t,r lint anninutnn'a Iann ra-
manned ilnpassive even when CHINA passed
the Judges a winner.
4 didn't bet a cent on him" said Bennlng-
ton when several of the smart people who had
lost on Ballot Box met him, for [ thought
that Ballot Box WAS a cinch." At last &C
commits Jones had not decided whether to
train another horse or not. Sahara. who
ran third in this event in the keene o%olors. Is
sAlly by Commando-Neva, hence a half sister
TO Delhi. Little Wishard had the leg up and
rode a good race. The followers of Jockey
Miller, who passed another day without a
winning mount. bet on Billy Banastar in the
same race, but he was not up to concert pitch.
What is the cause Of Jack Bennet's feeling
toward John A.. Drake? Turfmen we're try
lns to find an answer to this question when
Rpnnet ranged alongside of the stewards
stand after brakes Yves had won the Union
stakes and proceeded TO bid up the Inverness
Celdtng from $500 to 81, 400. Enooh Wishard
then kee ping Wes with a Is advance. On
Monday Bennett ted brakes Broad
cloth after the latter had won the fifth race.
Mutual friends said there was no i'll feeling
between the two horsemen, declaring that
they were apparently friends. Last year
Bennett claimed Jocund from Drake out of a
selling race, after which Wishard bid up Ben
nets Pretension in retaliation. When Ben
net wins a selling race one of these days.
he may find that Drake has not forgotten the
Broadcloth and Yves incidents.
Halter Tommy Grimm also got into the
bidding up game after the first race. He
ran second to Fay with Clements and when
the former was put up at auction for $500
Grnin raised the figures to Si,4oo, Trainer
Ksrrick keeping Fay for the Oneck Stable.
Under the rules governing selling races
GHthn received half the runup, or $500. Fay
was q hot tip among the stable hands. Bob
May, who manages Jockey Radtke, told sew
sl friends Monday night that the boys
mount in the first race WAS a cinch, Bud
Meyer, rotund and ever on the alert. card
the tip and put down q chunk at 3 to |. Others
Who get tips from Meyer now and then could
not stand for the good thing. however, and
vent 10 Isidore Hirsch. but when Fay came
home in triumph Meyer laughed until his
weight was reduced by several po nds.
Mexican Silver. who ran third. in Sydney
Psget's colors, Ia by Indio-Silver. He was
we'll played across the board. Another
supposed good thing was sslvisa, a Ally by
told Spinner-Sadness, ow ned by F.. A.
CHM.
Somebody in the betting ring in league with
the bookmakers, who are jealous OF the club
house agents. tried to work of a slick game on
the latter in the steeplechase. When the first
Odds were phoned TO the clubhouse the price
against Kassil was quoted at 4 TO !. The club
house players loaded the commissioners down
win Nsgers, but when the latter tried to lay
them on in the ring they learned that there
Nss nothing better than 2 to / on tap, and that
ito had been only a bunch price. Kassil
ttl, however, and the commissioners breathed
4 with freedom again.
The steeplechase course was pronounced
superior 10 the one at Gravesend. II Ia a mile
10 circumference and several long stretches
five the horses and riders a breathing spell
after taking the jumps. Ben Crockett ran as
The would take a lot of beating In steeple-
thases this year.
Dave Johnson said Yesterday that the re-
port that he had won So. 900 on Roseben was
r~onsense. I bet 81 900 on him and that was
tL he said. I'VE have been asked by the
iurf authorities to keep our bets down and we
intend tn obey" Roseben. according TO
Johnson, came out Of the Carter Handicap in
me shape, The big horse viii De sent along
easily with the idea of fitting him for the
Metropolitan. II he goes well in that event
VIII be pointed for the Brooklyn and the
suburban, az trainer Weir believes he can
make a distance performer out Of him.
b. r. Thomas's colors were seen for the
mt time this year when Toddles ran second
10 the third race. This Ally was sent to the
pst by Jack Joyner, and she ran a race in
creative Of much class. Her sire. Todding-
nn, was purchased at the Haggin sale last
!Sl by Thomas for 5000. James r. Keene's
,nhreiia, who was unplaced In this event.
VI hly by Ben Brush-Gingham. She was
Tteh and not ready for q race.
senator McCarren's Bellsnlcker was
Ftatched from the Union Stakes because
As eWas suffering from fever.
BY a peculiar ooinoident T. D. %Sullivan's
workman burned up a lot OF money for the
ooWery clan in the NTH race. while Robador.
we winner, ran in the colors Of Morris Kraus,
relative OF Big Tins partner In the Dewey
,heatre, The clubhouse people bet eX-
nhVely on Colossal, who dropped o point
b3 to
Inc PinSertons issued orders in the after
ICON that hereafter the bookmakers' runners.
no are in the habit Of collecting in front OF
sI Lichtensteln's stool to oop the prices
store each race. must operate from a point
uuho this we'll known layer In future. The
tuners have been doing such a rough house
M w mat the track DoIica docIded that II was