The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-18
GOSSIP OF The RACETRACK
ANOTHER BETTING AGENT GOES
OVERHEARD FOR $3.50
Tony Brown. In the Employ Of Commits
sloner Collins, Wagers This Amount
without AuthOrity-rhen Asks for His
GIOO.OOO Bank roll Taken Care or.

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For the second time in two weeks il was
fecorded in the betting ring at the Beach yes
terday that a commissioner" had gone
ovafooard for about SIS, 900. which he had
waspred In the name of his employer. with
out the ~lattcr's sanction. Al the Ray a sun
posed agent of y we'll known physician placed
shout 5000 with the bookmakers on various
horses on july 4. hut when settling time
became overdue the commissioner" was
among the missing. while his supposed EN-
ployer, who was out OF town at the time.
notified the layers a few days later that the
wsgers had been made without his knowledge
and we're consequently Tepudisted by him.
The bookn,akers. therefore. had to swallow
q bitter pill. but 1t seems they did not profit
BY heir experience.
IN the clubhouse there Ia a well known
aud highly responsible COMMISSIONS named
Hugh collins. In his employ all the season,
~ 2 betting agent. there has been a man
uqmcd Tony Brown.
u vas Browns duty to go TO the ring and
"lay of" wagers taken In the clubhouse by
collins from his patrons. Brown was there
fore we'll known among the book makers.
ard his credit. or rather that Of his employer.
vas considered TO he without limit. On
Tuesday Brown went the rounds Of the layers
srd placed about &c., 900 on Dinna Ken. sup
rosedly for Collins. Dinna Ken was beaten.
Then Brown came back for the next race
t0l Nikereu ABOUT t1D,VUD moro on lie knOW9.
Smother odds on favortte that suffered de-
pa' As a windup he made q nnai trip to
tie books and placed $1,000 or more on Druid.
'le ~fsyorite in the last race, getting 8 to l.. only
/" see the mare come home in the ruck.
The bookmakers. including Bill Cover.
Sol lichtenstein. Jim Murphy and practically
all the big fellows. handled these wagers,
mitch. Of course. were made -on tho nod. "
and thought nothing OF the affair, belle wins
that a settlement would be made yesterday
before the races. as Ia the custom. But they
we're soon up in the air. Brown came to the
Track about I 30 O'Clock and hunting up Ring
Master John q. Cavanagh said quietly:
Give me that roll Of 800. 900 of mihs which
you have In your pocket!"
You're joking!- exclaimed Cavanash with
G laugh
No. I'm mott" replied Brown, earnestly.
= gave YOU the money 70 hold after the races
yesterday and now i want 1t to settle up q
70, debts. %
BroUn soon becarle violent and a couple
NJ rinkertons Grabbed him. Then 1t turned
OF that he owed the bookmakers about $685.
n" IN markers. This Pinkertons sent for
collins, who said that he knew nothing Of
Browns operations of Tuesday and that he
believed the latter was irresponsible. Az
Brown continued to act strangely hs was
turned over TO some friends for safe keeping.
They took him to the clubhouse. where he
spent the afternoon smoking cigarettes one
after another and talking about his lost bank
roll. which by that time, according to his
version. had amounted TO a cool million.
Meanwhile Collins. who had been almost
knocked out by the news Of the defalcation.
made a statement TO the effect that he would
settle In full with the bookmakers even II he
had 10 mortgage his property. He said that
Brown must have been temporarily insane
when he made the big bets. for he had always
found him to be trustworthy and scrupulous
In his dealings with the ring.
The Brighton stewards concluded an inves-
tlEaton yesterday OF the running OF r. ].
tarman's horse. Rifeman. in the last race on
Monday. The horse acted in such a peculiar
manner that a veterinary surgeon was sent to
look him over. with the idea that stimulants
had been used. But after questioning both
Owner Carman and Trainer James Blute yes
terdsy the stewards concluded that there
VAS no evidence.
Roseben ran a wonderful race Yesterday.
With the crushing impost Of iG7 pounds he
tust tincanned out in front Of his field and ran
the six furlongs In l:i2 is. Hs opened at
= to ?. but IL was not until he had receded to
II N S that a big commission made its appear
snce In the ring and helped to back him down
- s TO S at the last moment. Roseben gave
taelve pounds by the scale to the two-year-
cd Smoker. eighteen to Dreamer, eleven TO
halifax and all kinds OF weight TO the others.
He Is at his best Just now and will be hard to
heat In future events. The ring won some
thing on the result OF this event. as there was
Q solid play on Penarris. backed from 7 TO Z.
also on Rapid Water. lowered from 4, TO 7.
rhile Halifax and Dreamer got q stir play
sCrOss the boards. Smoker, with r. DuRan
W. received SUFFICIENT support to lower his
Price from rs to 20. taken three ways.
The ring kept a whole lot Of good money
rsRered on Jimmy Lane in the steeplechase.
also on Bayonet. both OF whom we're backed
down 70 10 to 5, the former from 3 and the
la'ter from S. Garrett was also we'll taken
three ways. while there was liberal support
FOR caller and DR.. Keith across the boards.
But Essex, the winner. was neglected as hs
vent up from 8 ITO is.
The wise money went on Reidmore In
the third event, as he was down
from 3 TO to 1? TO 5. Miller rode him. but
he vas a victim Of rough riding on the back
stretch. the steward trying in vain to dis
cover the real Culprit. Maxnar went back
from 8 70 5 TO > and ran accordingly. Smiling
Tom got heavy support from the clubhouse
a. he was cnt from 5 70 7 To ,. Lancastrisn,
the winner, went M from , TO to .. but was
strongly PLAYED az that. The ring quit ahead
on no result.
Strangely enough, the smart fellows played
al around the Whitney entry, Fancy and
Adrisns. in the Venus Stakes. They either
went 10 Keep Moving. who was reduced from
40 ~ to S, or Tartar Maid, backed from 9
~ NV "hth'N a
bark IN , 10 I from 8 TO 5. while the Belmont |
rair receded from 4 to 7. The Whitney |
stables share OF the Venus was 81. 900. The
previous winners were Sweet Lavender.
GunfJe, Grsvina. Turquoise Blue. Tradition,
Cousin Eva and Mentha.
The crafty layers served up 7 to 10 as the
proper price on A: L Aste's Es innate in the
ff'h race. hut the crowd and the plungers
BET On the Sir Dixon Ally with much conf |
dence. She ran 10 form and the books got a |
hard knock. also for the reason that Neos-
kaIeeta vas heavily played for the place
While Sailor Girl was taken to show. There
Nas q hot tip oil Helena c. in this race. but
u vas merely a false alarm.
lack Bennett. the owner Of Washington
cemetery. put over a killing In the last race
WITH Amundsen. a colt by Alvescot. who had
been nowhere in his previous races. Aniund-
sen opened az so TO l. but he was soon backed
do'n 10 IS To l.. Beckmsn rode the colt
WITH great perseverance, and got him home
10 The nick OF time. His success was q knock
aut for the public and the big operators. who
TOOK : TO 10 against Scauop. Sweet Taire
carried a fat comniaai0n nlacAd hv n T. |