The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-15
.KEENE'S WINNINGS
WILL GROW LARGER.
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Turf Kings Horse Colin Has Not
Eqi,aled Domino's
Figures.
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HARD FIGHT ON PooLRooMs
Immense Sums Of Money Han-
died by Layers of Odds loi,
Big Tracks.
HARD FIGHT ON PooLRooMs
nv d .. A. MAcDoNALD.

by y. 8. A. srACDONALD.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Sept. 1.-THE
wonderful success ach evcd by the sta
bic of Mr.. James r. Keene, vice-chalr-
nan of the Jockey Club. Is frequent
topic of conversation among tuflineh
In general. Since racing began around
New York, in April, the keene horses
have won in stakes and purses $3O9.-
col. The record for a winning stable
is held by Mr.. Edward Blanc, who
raced In France and England In 1904
and won ss26,335. This record, how
ever. will be broken this year by Mr..
X eene, as the season here has two
months and IL half to run yet, ana as
al the horses in training are good ana
ut horsemen are looking to see the
100000 mark reached. The horses
which won the biggest part of the sta
ble's earnings were Peter Pan. now IN
retirement, Colin, who won the fu-
turity; Superman who annexed the
Brooklyn Handicap, and Ballot. victor
in the Great Republic at the recent
Saratoga meeting. Peter Pans earn
ings before he was thrown out OF
training were ss5,2i0. Collins victories
brought S95,3s0 to Mr.. Keene's eX-
chequer. Ballot pulled down close to
$4,000, while Superntan enriched his
owner by the sum of $4,000 The
Others who won for the white, blae
spots were Court Dress, Restisouche
and several smart two-year- olds. While
Collins record for a two-year-old Is a
great one, he will have to win almost
every stake he is entered for between
this and the end of the season to equal
tho record OF Domino, who as two
lyear-old won $4,000. Colin might do
lit, for he has half dozen engage
ments to meet in which, II he is re-
turned the winner. will net over the
100000 mark. Colin is great colt.
and many horseren are inclined to be-
licve that he will top Domino yet
Hard Fight on the Poolrooms.
Tho ceaseless battle that has waged
the past two years between the Pin
kertons and the poolroom interests is
being Just as bitterly fought at present
as the first day 1t began. 1t Is silent
battle, for only occasionally does the
general public ever hear any of It's
echoes, and then only when a raid Is
made While the poolrooms are a
menace to racing, it must be said that
those who look after their interests
around the race tracks are shrewd, en-
ergetic and very resourceful In franz
ling UP plans through which the bet
ting and other information is secured.
The Pinkertons, however, are equally
as energetic, and while q scheme may
work for day or two, the officers
finally smoke 1t out and break it up.
| During the Brighton meeting the man
with the telescope" was routed out
from the third story of house over
looking the track. At Saratoga he was
i caeght in a similar manner, and now
during the week he was discovered in
I a cottage near the Sheepshead Bay
1 track. In this last raid 1t was discov-
cred that all arrangements had been
made to rig up a wireless telegraph
station. The telescope Is said by those
| who have seen 1t to be so powerful
4 and has such terrific magnifying lenses
| that the numbers on program. as
we'll as the penciled prices, can be
read Just as easily as II the card was
only foot away. This telescope
scheme, only introduced this summer
has been the main means of securing
the information desired, but now that
every house near enough to the track
to be available is constantly Swallowed
| it is up to the poolroom people to adopt
| scnIe~ other tactics.
Immense Business of Bookfcs.
Tho race track patrons who hand
over their money daily to the men on
| the high stools with hopes of getting
lit back and more, too, have little idea
tbn tremendous amount Of business the
lavers do in a season. Take such
..stores, az those conducted by w. II
cn,van loo Iitchenstein, and others
Mo are on day in and day out, from
Anil 15th to November 18th. These
/ Lara viii easily handle 100000 on
10 seasnn,s play. This is lot OF
, nme and there arc very few mer-
nant,ia business houses that can ham
Az that much money in six months
TTara arc at least twenty books "on
- 49, ~ tho Nav York race tracks
...,,,ah =, . wo-million-dollar business
~, 49, ara srty other LAYERS whose tar
.ne ~ a,d ~ tha season will show
Voc thnn n million handled during