The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-26
GOSSIP OR THE RACETRACK.
RACE KING CHOICE FORBENNINGS
HANDICAP TO-DAY.
Cayanagh Special Carries Away . Happy
crowd with Prospeots-Open Ring .
Real BENEFIT to the SpOrt-HOw Exag-
rerated Reports OF wager n Play Havoc

Real BeneHt 10 inc SpOrt-hON tNuBs
serated Reports Of Wag ers Play Havoc
Uhsn turf followers gather at Washington
t,-day for the opening OF the Eastern racing
,ssson they will be prepared to see the sport
thrive under unusual weather and track con-
dtons. Instead Of warm temperature and
dry, fat going 1t will be a surprise to horse
nsn. particularly those from the South. to
End that the track Is still frozen, with snow
IN evidence on the side. while the cold, pene-
,rst,rc winds will make overcoats desirable.
\o- in many years has the spring meeting
NJ fhe WASHINGTON Jockey Club been opened
under such unfavorable conditions as to the
weather and track. but a sudden shift OF the
barometer with a few days of warm sunshine
vii mako everything all right in short order.
RI, regardless of such obstacles there are
indications that the meeting at Bennings
Nul be "A hummer. Yesterday afternoon the
advance guard Of turfmen who have win
,erod here took tho Cavanagh special train
o,sr the Pcnnylvania Railroad for Washing
tor. some Of the best known layers were
aboard me cars, in which all OF the seats had
becr disposed of long before the time for
milling out Of the big station in Jersey City.
There we're trainers and jockeys on hand too,
10 saw nothing Of many persons whose faces
have hnen familiar at the racetracks for a
decade. tll Of The party seemed happy and
.rfhuslastic. They held. q sort of reunion
outside ~ tho train and a merry time resulted.
Where did Won spend the winter, Bill?'
,llp,o. Iack' Are you still broke?"
10 vou think YOU can beat EN- this year,
jim.
Have Won got any good two-year-olds,
FRANKIE"
What about that bill al Albany"
What Is Tommy Burns going TO ride in
the nrst r0re Tomorrow"
Must have been pretty soft for you in
California, George.
'Drd Won sec where Corrigan has quit?"
John Cayana gh looks like a racehorse
after his recent illness, doesn't he?"
sol doesn't seem to be worried about any
thing. a. usual
What d'ye think about Durnell and McCaf-
ferty.
shaw and Shields ought to make a warm
combination this year"
TIL give you the winner OF the Bennings
Hapdcap-RaCe King in a gallop."
Nav. not fer mine. Days colt, Vero-
How did Jakey get his diamond pin out
Of hock?"
Heard you won $1,000 on Deu1 Temps
from Bob Davis"
Here come four member of the Nets.
III bet they've got new bankrolls."
see that duck over there with the paper
bundle under his arm? He's a Pinkerton
looking the gang over"
viii Orlando Jones be the fashion plate
for the hookmakers gain"
md YOU ever see Billy Cowan get excited?"
He could put the North Pole on the bum,
even wearing a linen duster!"
Where's Col. Abe Daniels?"
They tell me Whitley Langdon's won a
million this winter!"
Wonder if John Gates will try to have
Durnell reinstated?"
There she moves, boys; get aboard"
These we're a few of the rapid fire comments
that passed through the crowd, and when
the locomotive began to snort the cars were
soon filled with tobacco smoke, innocent
card games. racehorse gossip and prospects.
There was plenty Of nerve. a wealth OF hope
and quite some money.
In all probability Race King. who has been
pointed for the Bennings Handicap, six
hTrlongs which is to-day's feature, will be
made a ~favorite. He will pick up III pounds.
and Redfern. who is fresh from New Orleans.
will probably have the mount. The Tenny
horse has run some excellent races over
the Washington track and in his recent work
al Gravesend he showed that he was ready
for early racing, Last year Race King was
IN good that he ran a dead heat with the great
Svsonby in the Metropolitan Hand leap at
Belmont Park, an aChievem ent wholly due
10 physical condition. August Belmont's
Mount Henry. who has never run in this
country before. is also a hot tip. prob ably
because his stable mate. Lord of the Vale,
wth TOP impost. will not start. Mount
Henry will be ridden by J. Jones. a high class
Jockey. who will do a great deal of work for
Trainer loyner this year. Other horses
that appeared to be in some favor Yesterday
among the wise men were The Cure. who
brings a good reputation from the Crescent
't', and Father Bill Days Veronese. a
IlntEsa 81 u..ar-- .t--A ,...- IL t.
right on edge for a hot race at this distance. 9
From what was said last night Willie Shaw
VIII ride Bobbie kean. Bell will have the
Noini on The Cure, rimmins will handle
Right and True. Jack Martin will pilot Bell
s'.eEer. Il. O'Connor will have the leg up On
N%"ron"s", Romaneli will ride Brush Up
ard W M" Miller will sit astride Of Flinders.
tr all probability there will be more LAYERS
N Inc At Reunin gs than the business will war
ra1'. Bur The pencillers who have spent the
winter here in ldleueSs are hun cry for a
chance ~ the old game and ha We decided 20
'AEH a chance anvwa!. although the real jam
VII be l'"kci for on the metropolitan circuit.
ne eX's'"nc" Of an open betting ring has
demonstrated quite clearly that I is not al
way tho organization bookmsker that shows
IN" greatest amount of CUISINE ss acumen
When the charmed circle occupied for a mum
pore roars by the Nets was suddenly broken
other layers, lacking notOrietv but possessing
money. brains and nerve, stepped into the
front Inc 10 vie with the syndicate for public
patronage. These newcomers were an
IMMEDIATE benefit 70 racing too, for they
o'so"uraEet plunging and heavy bets by re-
ll'inR 10 handle such business. preferring to
Ga'"r exclusively 10 the public with its COM
p~aratjvely small wagers, Yet all of them
ehI''e7 success financially and went into
Nn''r quarters comfortably nxei. Begin
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