The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09

by Frank Farrell. running seven furiouRss
IN lbs. w, VI. Daniel, that day, madeehh
the pace in the Nursery Handicap, ss'ssv'
beating Tourenne and a good neid N -.
For six furlongs. straight, with in pounvs
OF his back.
nosRREN A WORLDS RECORD.
The French mare Ginette, who had wen
ten consecutive races since the mann OF
1906, ran a mile on October 10 IN 1:sS, peat
ing Dolly Spanker by three parts OF enSth
in a hard drive. Tourenne. sold recently,
byF A. Forsythe. TO the Mckenzie Brothers
OF Canada, for $40, 900, surprised the talent
by winning the Rancho del Paso Stskss,
5000, on October 10, beating such young
stsrs as Philander, Sewell, Marathon, Fan
tastic and Vox Populi. BY far the most
feat when he broke the orld' record for
seven furlongs. 1t happened in h NTH
race, In which Beauolere, q two-yeer-om,
was tine only other starter. Boseben with
1875 pounds, and quoted at / to 80, ran the
distance, ridden out by Shaw, in 1aa, hts
owner betting go go even money that the
big sprinter would beat 12S l-5. This
prompted the track managers 70 hang UP
5000 and a gold cup for Roseben 70 malaas
an attsmpt to break the great Salvator's
record for one mile, 1851. ssraightaway.
but when the time came for the trial ~
pained heavily and the affair was called 90.
kentucky Beau was the winner OF che
Champagne Stakes, seven ~furlonss. beating
w u. III ahtNA PtOhAAAS NP SCI~
Woodford Clay. The winner, by the way
turned a form somersault and was backed
quietly at ~ to l by those who were IN tne
know. This race was run on Octoper ~.
the books winning all kinds OF money on
the result of the next race when IVES, 30 toL
peat Grapple, backed down to 10 TO 10. m
the New Rochelle Stakes. Dave Johpeon,
Frank Farrell, Tim Sullivan and others
lost, it is believed, nearly S50.o0o onGrappte,
who, ridden under orders, might have won
il h had been allowed to go to the front.
Even the owner of IVES bet. bunch ON
Grapple, SO great a cinch was the latter
believed to be. go.
T. s. Martin. a promising t~hree-yesr-old
! Jumper, recently bought by Roy Rainey for
81, 600, won the Harbor Hill Cup Steeple-
chase in easy style on October ls, his share
being s. ,450. Then Running Water beat
Hot Teddy and Nealon in the Ramapo
Handicap, a success she followed up with
a hard earned victory in the Belmon Purk
weigh for age race. two and a fourth miles,
when she beat Nealon a head in s0l 2-s In
the mud. That race was run on October ~,
the day that +. Hitchcock, Jr. 3, Hylas, In
one of the closest finishes ever seen IN a
steeplechase, won the Champion Stakes.
~, O25, from J. f.. Widener's COli1ny, by a
head The White Plains Handicap. the
last Of the important ~two-year-old stakes,
went to Mr.. Belmontis Okenite, whose
share of the stakes was APO.
II was during the Jamaica meeting that
Jockey Radtke got into trouble. Already
in disfavor with the hecne stat Ie lora queer
| ride on Ballot at Belmont Park. Radtke was
suspended by the Jamaica stewards on
October 2s for a bad ride on Tommy Wad-
dell. The boy is still under suspension
and his case will probably be settled about
the middle of this month. At Jamaica
and Auueduct there was some excellent
racing. Lotus, Frank Gill, Roseben, Coy
Maid. Rye. Hot Toddy, Cressina, Phflander.
who won the Election Day Handicapi Veil,
Running Water. who captured the Edge
mere: Maintenance, Purslane, Ormonde's
Right, Handzarra. Leonard Joe Hsyman
and Martin Doyle all winning notable
races.
With the windup here on November IL
came the IA II meeting at Washington, where.
because of an adverse court decision, a new
arrangement in regard TO the layers went
into effect. Yet In spite OF inconvenience
in the letting line. the racing at Bennings
was / efter than usual and the season there
closed in q way TO Indicate that the turf
still has an army OF supporters in the ma
tional capital. IL was y heavy betting
wear, and the general public, judging from
the financial standing of nearly all OF the
Lookmakers, broke better b even. With
a daily patronage OF 10 200 very wise regu-
lars. the bookmakers soon discovered
that il was no easy game to get the bulk of
the money. Racing is on a high plane.
AZ the Loyalty of the public at large proves
beyond peradventure Farewell. campaign
of Ip06i