The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-15
GOSSIP OF THE RACETRACK.
STRAIGHTAWAY EVENTS AT BEL
MONT STILL ~. DISFAVOR.
Reyerse English Of Running Also Con-
demned by the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
That Have Won $4,000 or More This
Hena6n Stakes for the Week -E1nt rlCS.

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an kinds Of fouls and humping matches which
helped TO upset the calculations OF the fo' u
pIa yers and incidentally served to enrich I
bookmakers. H. was frequently the case
that horses that had the inner rail positions
at the post bolted across the track In the
mad rush down the long chute and finished
near the outer fence within arms length OF
the jud ges. In spite of heroic attempts on
the part OF the jockeys 20 keep their horses
straight, many well backed choices were
beaten through interference or swerving.
In one instance the stewards felt called upon
TO disqualify Guiding Star. n hot second
favorits, because he persistently bore out and
crowded Sailor Boy. a long shot. 20 the rails.
Yet this piece Of foul work was no more
fla grant than countless other instances which
married race after race over the straight
course.
Just why the management OF the track
decided to put all races of six and a half
furlonRs or lees on the chute nobody seems
able TO explain, unless il was because oil a
demand form trainers and owners who be-
lieved that straiGhtaway events would pro-
vide more truly run races. But the public.
which pays the freight. has condemned
this arrangement in an emphatic manner.
The attendance at Belmont Park, after last
Monday and barring Saturday. was far below
expectations. The cold weather may have
had something 10 do with it. but cumming
up the situation. several good Judges de-
clared that the lack of general interest was
chiefly due 70 the method of running races
straightaway, and also the reverse way of
the track. Somebody evidently committed
a serious blunder when II was decided to lay
out the Belmont track on English lines. With
horses and tjockeys, accustomed to racing
with the inner rail at the left on all of the
other tracks. the change to Belmont with races
run in directly the opposite way, has always
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the study of public form "A delusion and a
snare. The whole arrangement at Belmont
Park, for that matter, is decidedly English,
you know. and to say that racegOers have not
stamped IL with their approval ia not stretch
ing the point a particle.
Horses that have been easily ridden on
the other tracks. said a veteaan Jockey on
Saturday. are unmanageabIe at Belmont
They naturally want to run with the inner
rail at the left. and that makesthem bolt at the
head OF the stretch as they come out of the far
turn and also swerve across the track toward
the fence nearest the lawn in the run down
the chute. IL IL impossible TO keep a horse
straight under such circumstances and fouls
frequently result. II is a wonder that there
have not been some fatal accidents due to
this wholesale crowding and rough riding"
1t would require a large expenditure TO
run the races the usual way-that is. with the
inner rail to the left. The clubhouse would
have to he moved up where the field stand
Is now, while the latter STRUCTURE would have
10 be rebuilt at the paddock gate. The
lower turn would also have to be widened
In the remodelling Of the course, consuming
both time and expense. But should such
changes be made. il is safe to say that the
racing al Belmont would he far more salts
factory than in the past.
Big money has been distributed this year
among the owners of two-year-olds In
nearly two dozen races the winners have
received S8.oOO or more out OF the stakes.
These successful horses, with the amounts
won and the stakes in which they ran, are as
follows:
National Stallion sydney Pagct's Charles Ed
ward, tI.ls7.5O.
~EclIpse-Sydney Paget's Water Pearl. s., lO.
Great American-Sydney Paget's Water Pearl
Oil, LOO.
sydney Paget's Water Pearl. $1,000.
Astoria-oncck Stables Hyperbole. s6,l25.
Double Event FIRST paru-James r. Keene's
Ballot. 81, 200.
Great Trlal-ormondale stables oran, 1850.
Double Event' second paru- sydney Paget's
Water Pearl, S,7OO.
Brighton Junior-T. Hitchcock, Jr.'s, Salvlderc.
til.75O.
SplnawAy--James n. Kccne's Court Dress, 1880.
Saratoga Special-T. Hitchcock, Jr.'ss Salvldere,
SlS.OO
Grand Union - Frank o'Nclrs Penarris. $3.50.
Hope ful-Jamcs Il. Rocne's Peter Pan, S5,1to.
United States-P. J. Raincy's dc Mund, $500.
Futurity-Wllliam Lakcland's Electloneer.S A,270.
Great FIly-H. p. Whltney's Klllaloe, $500.
Flatbush-P. ]. Ralney's de MuDd, $3.50.
Junior Champlon-T. Hitchcock. Jr!s, Salvidere.
siS.t75.
Produce. for colts. c. Van Ness's Electloneer.
Oh. 30. 90.
Produce, for hllicS-Jamcs II. kcene's Court
Dress. siO.7 77.0O.
Trlumph-Jamcs n. Brady's Fountainblue. $3.50
Matron, for colts-Jamcs H.. keenc's Ballot.
siO.S65.
Matron. for nnies-R. T. Wilson, Jr's, Alteration,
Ss,slS.
Nursery E. s. Burke. Jr.'s, W. II. Daniel. $1,000.
The Belmont meeting will wind up on
Saturday. Numerous interesting stakes will
be decided at the big this week,
concluding what is known as real racing
in the East. Tomorrow the Rancho del
Paso Stakes. for two-year-olds, six fur!onSs.
will be run. the best eligibles being Sewell,
Pope Joan, Tourenne. Kentucky Beau. Ethon.
ROsemount. Fantastic. Dinna Ken and
Aletheuo. The rich Champagne Stakes, for
two-year-olds, seven furlonGs. will be de-
cided on Wednesday. the probable start
ers being Fountainblue. kentucky Beau
Tourenne. Altuda, KPnnyctto, RosemOunt,
W. II. Daniel. Peter Pan. Ballot. Geo. $. Davis
and others. On the same day the New
Rochelle Selling Stakes, at q mile. may bring
JOgeIItT bloIlllcIs Ia Ddis "NH 'Ahppic
Ginette. Guiding Star. Hot To-day. Far West,
Nealon, JacObite and other good milers.
The Harbor Hill Steeplechase, for three
year-olds, about two miles, will provide an
interesting race on Thursday with st. Kelvin,
Sanctus, L. s. Martin. Mr.. Mccain. Realm
SouviRny, Commodore FOntaine, Dick Shaw
and Vendor facing the starter. The RamapC
Handicap. az a mile and a %furlong. to b.
run on the same day. will probably attract
Ironsides, DR.. Gardner. Nealon, Hot To-day,
Tiptoe, Jacobite, Security and Running
Water. Roseben will probably be asked "a
carry q ton Of weight in the Fordham Handi
cap, seven furlong n, on Friday. with Okenite
Dishabille. Hen Ban. PantOuie. Ginette
Aeronaut, Hot To-day. oxford. Sanfara, DIR
Gardner. Lady Amelia. Handzarra, Brook
dale Nymph and Dolly Spanker also eligible
Saturdays card includes three stakes. Thu
10000 Champion Steeplechase. about thre'
and a half miles. will have a great field. in
Guiding probably John VI. p. Altar. Hylas
Desert Chief. Jimmie Lane. Grandpa anC
ColIgny. The White Plains Handicap. f0
tvo-year-olds. six furlongs. will also provide
agood race, AZ all OF the best colts and fllliei
can start. The Belmont Park Autumn
Weight for Age race. two miles and a quarter
will doubtless bring TO the post Logistilla
Running Water. Content. Cairngorm. Nealon
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