The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-19
GOSSIP or The RACETRACK
ASTE'S CONFIDENCE ~ GOLD
LADY NOT MISPLACED.
remarkable WOrk In Ten Trials Convinced
the Bootbiack Ain That Yankee Girl
would Be Easy Picking - Ohm W.
Gates Loses ~ . 600 ON Eltson's Mare.

seldom npCt lOnN NhIP, " bOO'plHth
King. err NJ To the quality of his horses.
When he says he can win r race IL comes
pretty near being a true prophecy, Just
before the running Of the Queens Stakes at
the Beach yesterday Aste met G. J Fitzgerald,
presiding steward.
MIR Fitz." said Aste with r smilP. you
might as well make out the check for the
winners share Of the race to me. for my flly
Gold Lady will come home on the hit. She
is'in superb condition. and as Yankee Girl has
no speed there viii he nothing but defeat
for the latter,
Fitzgerald laughed and said that he hoped
Aste would he successful. hut deep In his
henri the presiding steward believed that
the Bootlack King vas laboring under some
delusion. But Aste based his confidence on
the fact that At Sheepshead Bay last Saturday
Gold Lady. with ri pounds on her back,
worked y mile and a half. the Queens distance.
in 80 hard held, also that early " ednesday
morning she had breezed a half mile in O:t8 rs.
and FIVE furlongs IN asa 80 pulled up over
the ~yearling track Al the same place.
Aste did not make a secret of this work,
but told all Of his friends to bet on the Gold
crest Ally. He also put down a good wager
for himself and said that II was simply q case
Of loaning the money to the bookmakers for
q few minutes. But the plupgers did not give
Gold Lady q chance. How could q sellin
platter beat a stake mare? They asked this
question over and over again and then went
to The ring and bet on Yankee Girl at I 20 2.
The latter had opened At ? to >, but went back
because Of the play on Gold Lady. who was
lowered from 5 TO = tn : To- / John W. Gates's
was among those Who believed that Yankee
Girl was a lead Iirs ,inch. He wRgered
nearly 49, N on the Sir Dixon flly N the
clubhouse and his lead was follow ed by others,
But his son, Charles q. Gates. who does not
always follow the parental example. put a fat
na.Ar a, Gold I ndA
John ". sat in the front row Of The club
house balcony with Boots Durnell while the
race was being run. He watched Miller's
tactics on Yankee Girl with close scrutiny.
and when Gold Lady won tho m illionaife
thumped the arm of his chair with his fist,
indicating that he was anything but pleased
Miller got a hot sCorching from the crowd
as II was believed that he had put up a bad
ride on his own account. but u was soon
learned that he rode strictly In accordance
with the Instructions OF plunger Ellison,
who then ca me in Tor severe treatment AZ the
hands of the anvil chorus, IN spite of the fact
that he lost n big bet. too But a. a matter
Of fact, If Miller had ridden Yankee Girl
the best of his ability II is doubtful II she
could have beaten Gold Lady. as the latter
had plenty left when she reached the judges.
tste received after the race Il check for
so. $50. (which he thrust into his pocket with
an sir. OF supreme satisfaction The bootblack
king Vas also warmly congratulated
The SulliVsns win a mlllion'" was the
cry when Sin gle Stone won the second race In
Big Tins colors. Single Stone was pur-
chased at the Paget sale recently for 81 no
bv frank Farrell. who acted as Sullivan's
partner. There was as good as so To | quoted
against the youngster In some Of the books
at the opening Of the betting. but the tip was
IN the air and few good sized bets we're placed
at more than 20 to 1. Farrell had a few
hundred dollars across the boards, while
Big Tim bet $50 straight and $50 third. which
melted him $3.50. Sullivan did not get TO the
track In time TO have a bet on Hyperion H..
the winner OF the first race. which kept him
from having a bigger wager on Single Stone.
He has been a heavy loser this year and said
Yesterday that he did not feel like taking
any more reckless chances with supposed
good things. Jack Joyner, Bub May, Tom
Costigan and the many friends and followers
Of Big Tim also bet on Single Stone. but 1t
was not a killinK in the real sense Of the word.
In addition to losing nearly SIS, 900 on Yam
kee Girl. John ". Gates experienced some
other setbacks which served to make the day
the most disastrous he has experienced this
season. He began by dropping a good wager
on kon Tronp in the first race. Then he
PLAYED Alex. Grant in the second event to no
pur pose. He won a chunk on Golf Ball in the
third. but all of il vent back, and more, too,
on Yankee Girl. Botanist, who was backed
from S to . to S in the lifth race, made a hole
In the Gates bank roll. while there was another
substantial loss for the millionaire turf plunger
when Roscimo. played from to 7 to ?, came
home In the ruck in the sixth race. Then, in
q desperate attempt to get out on the day,
the Gates commissioners went 10 Tipping in
the last race. the mare being backci from
4to down TO II tn 5. only to run second. The
Gates losses on the day were estimated at
$50. o0o.
Celia and the Western crowd cles ned up
with Hyperion ii. IN the first race. They
hacked him all over the ring. forcing his price
from ? to I down to 7 to S. Pretension, who
had been saved for a killing. went back 10 q
from Q 10 ?, while ton Tromp was backed
from 5 to I. There vas a generous play On
Cutter three Ways. the books losing heavily
on the result.
The play on Single Stone aud also on Corn
cob, a Nasturtium colt. who was backed dow n
from IL to 8. caused the choices in the second
race 10 60 up, Rsquite receding ron ; 10 : 10 T..
Arrow Swift going back from ! to 10 :. and
Proclivity jumping from 5 to o. but ~ that all
three were well backed by the pubic .AicN
Grant was lowered from X 10 8.
Golf Ball. in the third. was heavily backed.
mis- odds dropping from ~ to ) 10 Rum
ming Water therefore went hack from 10 Z
ard Red Frisr from q to Z FIT there was u
steady play three WAYS on Confederate and
Miss Crawford At :. = and even. In this
event Go Between again showed that he il
nothing mos than a cheap platter nov.
"Botanist 10 I'M eaid the wise men before
the NTH race. In addition To The Grtps bet
this colt VAS heavily played nv Senator
McCarren, Frank Farrell. Dave johnson. Big
Tim Sullivan. Eddie Mcdonald. Al Fryer.
Joe Cassidy and many others. but Botanist
and Jack Martin did not seem to agree, Mar
tin got the col. Of In front, hut rode hun 40
weakly that the good thing Gpicklv dropp"d
Rack. Hsensel, the winner. VAS well played
bv the Western crowd. which backed him
down at the last moment from Z to D.. Uck
finnell and 1roublemaker we're also take on
three ways. 30 we're AlRelore. Blue Book
and PreIuicio. a colt by Galveston -rreiu-
dice. who ran in The colors OF 1homas II.
Williams.
The ring paid out big money on the success
Of Rara Avis in the sixth race. as the colt was
the hottest kind Of a favorite AZ II TO 10 In
spite OF the heavy play on John Shields's
Rvscimo and Barney Schreiber's Ban yah.
The Western operators scored again when
Ted Leaf. backed from 10 TO =. came home in
ths last race This was the first victory of
the season here for J. D. Keene. whose streak
of hard luck has at last been broken. But
keene only bet 500 on his mare. who was dis
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