The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-30
GOSSIP OF THE RGCETRACK.
EMPEROR OF INDIA PROVIDES
A $4,000 KILLING.
george WheeIOck Takes Part In Another
Coup With OpticIan Frank Gill En-
ables Talent TO score Dick DOggett
RetIres for the Year = Good winner.

ables Talent 10 score-DICk DOggett
RetIres Tor the Year = Food winner
These are the days Of good things that make
sood. With tho winter drawing near and
Feed bills 70 pay, owners and trainers are
JarivinR hard TO beat the bookmakPrs with
long priced winners. Those who are on the
alert for such cOups stick close 20 the PAD"
dock. where the whispered Information is on
tap generally at the last moment, Other
ahnrp eyed spectators watch Tor the appear
,nce of smart money In the ring. and when
aver liberal prices begin to crumble they lose
40 time in hopping aboard. ". A.. Stanton,
the man who first exploited Jockey Miller and
upon whose services I've still retains first call,
rngineered a coup yesterday that resulted In
one of the heaviest killings OF the year. I've
started his old gelding. Emperor of India, in
the second race and put Miller up. The son
of Prime Minister went to the post Tor the
arst time this year on October 4 At the Beach,
and ran such a had race that nobody gave him
a chance in Yesterdays aYair. The books.
therefore, cIpted him A. the generous price
nf 20 TO I. In n few moments many unknown
hettors were p~lnnking down $50 and 800 bills
all over the ring, this play being followed by
lnrSer waCers sent from the paddock ana the
clubhouse. stanton remained near the stall
while his agents got his money down. while
many Of hia friends tackled the layers per-
Nv NN"lN ~ 49, -F>f
we're soon reduced to = to /. yet the plunge dld
not cease, and wheIr the horses were lined up
IN front of the barrier many Of the books were
refusing wagPrs At , and even II TO .. Em-
peror OF India won on the bit. Tie had all kinds
IF speed, and when he hree2ed home stanton
rushed down out of the Crandstand like a
Wild man, cheering and dancing until the by
ISLANDERS could not help laughing. stanton
won sSS. ON alone. II is said. while the books
maid out a. least s4O. 100 more to those Wit
had tsker the tip and hacked il. Iindale. in
he same race. carried the support of the form
PLAY ers. he was beaten down to 10 to 5 from
2, aud rs he was heavily backed for the place.
while consideration was we'll taken TO show.
the ring lost a small fortune M the race.
although there was plenty OF support Tor
Luckett and Prince Frederick.
Follow ing this killing came another with
OptiCian in the third race. The Deoelver
colt was claimed out of a selling race from
The Oneck Stable the other day and ran In
the name Of Mrs. !, NJ. Cooper. Notter had
the leg up. and when the price had gone up
20 20 to / George Wheelock began to offer
the books as much money as they were Will
ing TO accept. The Western crowd got down
hard, too, and Optician, a moment before the
field was sent away, had been played down
to s. lie won in "A common csnteT. and the
ring paid out fully S45, O0 on his success; yet
the race was q " winner for the layers. Voorhees,.
Coincidence. Patcr and Ben Ban were all
ROYALTY backed. Jack Dolan was playe
aCross the boards, and 80 was S~lickaway.
both Of whom landed inside of the money.
The result of the first race was a killer Tor
the books. Royal Breeze was backed on
the boards. while Ben Strong was taken both
ways, his price dropping from ) to 7 to ,.
There was q strong play on Judge Davey,
lowered from 4 to ., but he stopped DAILY
IN spite Of Miller's efforts.
The layers rceled under another stagger-
ing blow when Frank Gill won the Remsen
Handicap. The p~lungers sent in thousands,
until 3 to was pounded down to II to 10.
Jack McCiinnis. Dave Johnson, Al Dryer.
Frank Farrell, Matte Corbett, George
Wheclock, Sol Lichtenstein, Eugene Wood
aud others bet the limit on Gill. who won
so easily that II was u shame to take the com,
The Newcastle Stables Momentum, how
ever, burned up IA bundle Of place wagers.
the explanation for his crushing defeat being
that he could not carry the weight. George
OdOm's friends played Oraculum three ways
and won to the race. killaloe, Eddie Ware
and Ellicott, the other starters, we're all re-
duCed in the prices.
In spite of a hot tip on Grand Duchess in
the 9th race aud a good play on her' she
went up In the betting from ) TO ? to 10 10 5.
only tn fool the smart people by winning
under Miller'S persuasion. The really wise
money Went on Tipping. backed from = down
20 2 to / f~avorite, who would probably have
won had il not been for the toughest kind or
n tourney. Paniuue. who ran third, backed
from q down to I, experienced similar hard
luck, rs he was almost knocked down on
the lower turn and vas twice shut on In the
run M the haCkstrerCh. Red Light, Rather
Royal and Columbia Girl helped 10 swell the
rings winnings Oh this event. az all three
carried plenty Of support.
RI Ia -a-A Wuna ala a anaRnA nl nFnEY
for the chalkprs. For some reason the big
bettors did not care for Cres~ina, although
she looked a cinch. She opened at . 10 s.,
but went up az high as IL TO = at the last mo-
me1t, while Relic of Pequest, Stamping
Ground, Master OF Craft and Lady Savoy
were all backed in vain to beat her. Jack
.Ioyncr. however. did not lose faith In Cres-
alma for a moment. and when she fairly rolled
home the popular trainor rOared in the good
old southern stvle.
Dick Doggett, the well known clubhouse
commissioner. who is said to be a heavy
winner on the year. closed his book Yesterday
for the season and began TO play them from
the ground in a moderate way. Doggett
won 500. OJ0 in one day at Belmont Park and
has always been a heavy operator. lie IL a
brother of sam DORgett. the former jockey
and at Que time was a rider himself.
Frank Gin is royalty bred. His sire. Collar,
is a full brother to the great English race
mare Sceptrc. The late y. ). Brown bought
his dam Ravello H., oil the other eide when
in loal, the colt, it lis said, being the only
son of Collar in America. Jack McGinnif
purchased him when the Brown horses were
sold at auction last summer and has won
big money with him on several occasions
Cill won the LynbrOok Handicap on Satur'
day with IOc pounds. II the weights fol
the Rcmscn. which he captured yesterday
had been complied after the Lynbrook,
Gill would probably have received tl5 pounds
or even moro from W. =. Vosbur gh. With only
Io7 10 pick IN in the Remsen. including
three pound penalty. therefore. he looked
q copper lined cinCh. Daudelion and Jacobtt'
were the previous winners Of this event.
The over. put up by the poolroom men
behind the backstretch at Jamaica was on
of commission yesterday. II Ia said that tn
Bull ling Department put il out Of business
because il was erected without the necessary
psrmit. IL was also stated that several mel
made an attempt early yesterday morning
to pull the structure down and that a rough
and tumble fight with a couple OF watch
men ensured. in which one Of the cOmbatanti
received a broken head.
Lady Amelia has been retired permanent!
from the turf. She will be sent to u. X
Thomas Holmdrl farm. in New Jersey, ant
will probably be bred TO the famous Hermi
next year. Trainer loyner says that |
would he useless to train the great mar