The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-11
gossip OF THE RGCETRACK.
-r,prER SrSPENDS JOCKEY MIL
LER FOR ONE WEEk.

u..vtI,-Dr. Gardner Rewards Owners.
..v Walter Miller did not appear in the
80 At Belmont Park yesterday. Inquiry
sEN"iosed the fact that starter Mars Cassidy
Or suspended Miller for one week on Tues
I" sor disorderly conduct at the post In the
', rare Miller had the mount on Mintia
p ,a.,L repeated attempts to beat the bar
Nnally succeeding. Cassidy quickly
Heu,,s.d the stewards Of the meeting that he
"a mt the boy on the ground. and In this
r,l,ns he was sustained.
WIler's conduct at the post all season has
..ssd ommen He has beaten the gate
'.~sstedly. and the gossips have maintained
~, no has been especially favored. Not
III tuesday did the starter sh0w q dispose
W. ~ ~ punish Miller, who will not be able to
"a. for his employers, the rich Newcastle
s,.hle Of which Andrew Miller. Blair Painter
nj Frank c. Bishop are the owners, until
~. middle OF next week. Miller has been
ssrsd several times for rough riding. but for
thor offences he hitherto has escaped penal
ties,
NsNs race run on Monday will not down,
.I,bouRh the stewards as yet have made no
smcIaI investigation OF the affair, in spite Of
"-lv rnmo-s. 1t was said yesterday that
pohsrt Tucker, who formerly trained for q. 8.
provn. md also managed Jockey Jack Martin.
~.ssred 81. 900 on Bad News, also heavily
hacked by Bob Holloway and a mar said to
Va Inc prospective father-ln -law Of Martin.
mad News was played heavily 81 the last
moment and won. while Martin Doyle, an
odds on f~avorite. with Martin up ran second.
II il said that Martin Doyle was known to
hs sore going to the post. and for that reason
the smart people took Bad News. especially
,he Western crowd. who are constantly on
,.t.,,t for atpa fhinoa IL rAa a rnatfar
n opinion whether Martin rode Doyle TO the
hes, Of his ability. but the fact remains that
mere has been a howl from b~ookmakers and
we'll known players who were stunR by the
result Of the race.
Big Tim sullivan and Frank Farrell won
nr. Gardner out in the Bronx lightweight
handicap. They paid $4,000 for the colt
lsst week and bet enough on him yesterday
10 get this amount back with something
70 boot. Their money did not begin to show
until the odds had gone up to 8 to S. Then
the commissioners flooded the ring until
the Bannockb burn colt was hammered down
10 to S. DR.. Gardner fairly rolled home,
Sullivan and Farrell shaking hands as the
numbers went up while their many friends
,howered them with congratulations. DIR.
Gardner share Of the stakes was o., $40. The
race was run for the first time In 1895, the win
ners being Weinberg, Gotham, Cleophus.
Handball, Waring. Musette (twicel, Wealth,
Young Henry. Leonidas and Roseben, who
stepped six furlongs last year in I:i2, a record
for the handicap. will 40 pounds on his back
Or. Gardner won so easily that he was quickly
pronounced one Of the best three~year-olds
Of the season. He car go a route and viii, be
entered in all Of the big handicap s next season.
Frederick Johnson, who usual bets
literally on his own horses and those Of his
eathar EaOrna II lehman hid NOT ua n0T
a dollar on the hlly Airs. who captured the
Hurricans Stakes at 20 20 1. J%ohnson's
trainer, T. McCreery. saddled both Airs,
who carried the fathers colors, and Beggar
Maid, who ran in the name Of W, Mccain
but they were not coupled in the betting
Notter had the leg up on Airs. and 1t was
aid that his employer, J. l.. McGinnis. had
q small bet on the Ally across the boards.
The smart money went on Glenhsm. backed
from ! 10 , Town to 3. while vaquero receded
in the speculation chiefly because Of the fact
that little Mcdaniel. who rarely handles a
winner, had the mount. There was a strong
ZIP on John Z. Madden's Sally X. because
Of her fondness for the going. but she ran
like a pig, Previous winners Of the Hurri-
ona we're High Daddy. Handsel. Satin Slipper.
Cobourg, Templeton. Lieschen. Interval,
Juvenal Maxim, Glenecho and luna.
With the public betting on Handzarra, 9 10 5
~fsyorite. with confidence in the first race. even
with Martin, who is often beaten on such
choices, in the saddle. there was nothing do
ing, as the Ally, who is not essentially a mud
runner, could not get up a gallop. The club
house players went to n. p. Whitney's Prince
Hamburg solidly and the ring received a
scorching, as Rusk was also played across the
boards. while plenty of show wasers were on
August Belmont's $4,000 Oaklawn. who has
not won a race for the Jockey Clubs chair
man since he was purchased from Willie
Shields at Saratoga a year ago last August.
When Toddles breezed home in the second
event the public scored successfully. while
the insiders who backed Sally Preston from
down to 7 to ? lost extensively. Belle OF
~lroQuois. heavily backed for the place, wa
unable to get inside the money. and Martin
bysome persons was roundly scored for what
boxed like a weak ride. This inclination "a
critic!ss Martin kept a lot OF big bettors on
Far West in the fourth race. Martin had
the mount and the horse looked to be In the
softest kind OF a spot. But when the FIRST
odds we're quoted at I to ? there was such a
lack Of support that the figures began to clint
until they reached Q to 10 and in some casei
even money.
Mean while there was a heav Wy plunge or
Hot To-day and Montgomery. straight anc
place. The former was dropped from 8 to 4
while the latter was taken all over the ring a
7to2, But when IL came TO running Martin
fooled his traducers by riding a banguI
race on the favorite, who won in a brilliant
nnlsh. This event was a sockdolager for thu
books. as the public took Far West, whil'
big money was paid out on Hot Teddy a place
Because Of an error Belmere was not in
Guided In the list Of entries for the last rae
sent out by the track cement on Tues
DAY night. The mistake was rectiied on tn
blackboard early in the day. and the wore
was promptly passed around that Belmere
vas in. He was backed for the limit by pub
nc and plungers, and when he rontped hons
the ring was groggy. Belle Of Jessamin'
added 10 the discontinue Of the layers By
enabling her hackers to pick up all sorts n
place bets. Onatas, who ran third. will
plenty n backing both wa n. would hav'
spoiled the Belmere coup. however. II h
mad got away from the post.
The Jockey Clubs breeding bureau an
bounced yesterday that the stallion Fla vanus
oy WaterCress-Flavane, in charge Of II. NJ
rhine Of Essex county, N. Y, had just re
@lved first premiums at county fairs held a
"estforC and Plattsburg. The stallion Ad
vance Guard has been assigned 90 GreeI
Nale Farm. Poughkeepsie. owned by Augus
Jus B, Gray. one Of the trainers OF the Percy
Tray law. The fee is only SO. and the forme
IRON Horse will be mated with a number o
eholoe mares. Mr.. Gray said yesterday tina
ue produce would make suitable horses 10
ue United Sta ties Army.
according TO a report after the races j
!. McGinnis has sold Ostrich to a we'll know