The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-10
GOSSIP OF THE RACEYRACK
JAMES n. KEENE'S STAKE WIN
NENGS ARE S309,SS5.
BNlIOt Has Captured Eight Races for q
Total Of B8h,8lS-ChIcsgO O'Hrlen and
George NheelOck net More Than
$4,000 ERch ON Ohe keene Colt.

R1usBOD Eacn ON tho Aoene Colt.
When Ballot picked up SI,sSS ns his share
of the Edgemere Stakes yesterday James
X. Keene's stake winnings for this year were
increased to exactly $3.50 $50. Mr.. Keene's
Sandal won $3.50 on Friday. the winnings
OF the stable prior TO that being $500 900. II
IL probable that Trainer James Rowe will
start Sandal or some other horse In a race
at AQueduCt this week In order to put the
figures beyond the 100000 mark. Already
Mr.. keene's horses have hung up a worlds
record which will not be eXCelled. in all prob
ability. for many years TO come. Ballot has
VOL eight stake races this year for o total
of s6l ,0is, IA follows: IrOuuOis. . $3.50; In
Vincible. Sa.525; Great Republic. SlB. $50: Cen
fury, SIA.O5O: First Special. $4,000: Second
Special. s5.O25: Election bay Handicap. 50. $50:
Edgemere. 1859. The Voter colt. 1t is under
stood. will now be retired for the year az he
has earned "a long rest.
Ballot was a mark for the plungers yester-
day, who took 2 to 5 for their money.
Chicago O'Brien, essentially n Cinch player.
bet $50. 200 on the keenc colt, while George
WheeloCk wagered an even larger amount
Charles q. Gates. Frank }. Farrell. Joe Cas-
sidy aud other big bettors also went to Ballot.
Nealon was havily backed for the place and
also to win. chiefly because Miller instead
Of Knapp had the leg up. But the Sain colt
ran as II the edge had been taken of his speed.
B~rookdale Nymph at the last moment was
backed from 9 to II to =, with big place wagers
going on at 4 to 3. The ring lost heavily on
the result. Previous winners of the Edge
mere were Allan. Hernis. Dolly Spanker.
Bedouin and Running Water.
Before Ballot had reached the paddock
the crowd, in rare good humOr. had a lot of
fun as two tired looking plugs dragged a
harrow down past the Judges stand. They
moved at "A snail's pace and cries OF Go IL,
Ballot" oh, you BrOOkdale Nymph!" caused
much merriment. But few OF these hilarious
persons knew that one OF these old horses
was once a sensational racer, IA winner OF
many a hard fought contest. Dolando.
the Beef and Beans Champion. was his name.
but only a few recognized him, The old
fellow has been dragging a harrow for half a
dozen years at Gravesend and Aqueduct.
Harry Payne whitney and Mrs. Whitney
we're at the track to see BrOOkdale Nymph and
Royal Tourist run. Mr.. Whitney hoped that
both would win. and after Royal Tourist had
been victorious in the Oakdale Handicap
the young millionaire was evidently well
pleased. But BrOokdale Nymph's defeat was
something Of a blow to her popular owner.
Royal Tourist was a tremendously backed
favorite, his price dropping from 5 to 2 to o
TO 5. There was also a strong play ON r. T.
Wilson, Jr.'s. entry. Falcada and Sungleam,
though he price went back from J to ! to >.
Live Wire was played all over the ring by a
No.crie Of smart men. who backed him from
to 0. Rialto, Dorante, COuntermand and
Sing Sol were also played place and show.
Royal Tourist was in receipt of two pounds
from Falcada. but gave Jumps OF weight to
all of the others. The Oakdale was run in
1902 for the irst time. the previous winners
being Lyman Hay. Dick TurDin. Jim Beattie.
Flip Flap and Stray.
james X. Keene. who has never sited
Aqueduct. fully intended to be on hand to
see Ballot run. but at the last moment he
found that il WAS impossible TO leave the
L. H. vEaa nail ranrnaaNaaA knuwA~aE
by J. G.. Follansbee. Mgernon Daingerleld
and De CourCey Forbes. lib. Duryea and Mrs.
Duryea, together with other society people.
were in the clubhouse boxes. indicating that
the Aqueduct track has at last succeeded
in attracting those who never cared for the
place before p. j. Dwyer secured control of il.
Thistlcdale's easy victory in the Queens
bOrO Steepiechase cost the ring all kinds of
money. The crowd in general. together with
the mig players. went 10 him with supreme
confidence. But there was always some
even money on tap because of the support
accorded TO Jimmy Lane at ; to : and Bat.
who was reduced from 7 to 4. ENpansiOnist
won the Greensboro last year.
John W. Gates did not show up. but his son.
Charles g., was there and very busy, too.
10 was said in the ring after the last race
that IL was young Gates's money that made
its sudden appearance on Lotus Brandt.
Whether il was or not. the fact remains that
HOIuCuDdN piAAl " Wv lAAiA ~ ~ - .
were swamped with q food of big wagers.
which cut the price Of the Schneider filly TO
q At the moment the barrier went up Grid
Iron, a Handsel colt who warmed up impress
siveiy. was another heavily backed starter
in this race, A.. L.. Aste. Joe Cassidy and others
helping to back him down to ! TO ? from 3.
Brawl was reduced from 30 to IL. while Trash
was well taken across the boards. Bolando.
who opened favorite Mt s to :. receded TO n
90 5. but got a decidedly wise play At that.
Monocle was heavily supported at 3. On the
result the ring broke about even, although
some OF the layers were badly stung by Lotus
Brandt.
Frank j.. Farrell and his friends. together
with ali the heavy operators. never stopped
betting on Grapple In the fifth race. From
even money, which appeared momentarily
in a number Of books. Crapple was
down to IS to 20. Royal Lady. meanwhile.
was steadily backed. her price dropping from
2to 1 to 3 to2. Quinn Brady. Robador and st,
Valentine were all in great demand to show.
The layers sat back and took all they could
handle on the first race. which was an open
betting affair. with four horses practically
equal favOrites when the speculation ceased,
Rockstone was steady at 4 to l. with a raft Of
money placed on him TO show. 4. r.. Bradley
put Notter instead OF one of his stable boys
on Troublemaker. who was lowered from
to 4 Purslane. who open ed the choice at
ito ?. went up to 0 TO ?, but at the last moment
the Canadians flooded the books with wagers
three ways. which cut the price to and even
less. For that matter when the race started
Purslane was really the ~favOrite. Robin
Hood went up from I to 8 before the right
money showed. which caused a sudden cut to
sto2 2. Frank Lord got plenty OF support, but he
receded a point to &. He had his temper with
him at the post and caused a delay of nearly
ten minutes. Then he broke out OF hand.
showed a fash Of speed. but stopped under
the weight. The stable conn ectiOns OF George
s. Davis had a killing framed with this horse
and IL came very near COINS through. There
was as good as so to I about the son OF SOM
brerO at one time, but he was backed down to
20. Hutchinson. an unknown boy. had the
mount. but when il came to racing the nudge
showed that he knew more than the average
apprentice about riding. Miller evidently
made a tri1e too much use OF Rockstone. Tor
which he was rOundly scored.
When MonOcle and NOrbitt fell on the back
stretch In the last race 10 was believed that
Jockeys HOrner and @. Swain had been fatally
injured as they were thrown directly under
the feet Of several horses that were close at
hand at the time. But the boys jumped up
after a few mOments and climbed into Patrol
Judge Halls wagon.
Al n sale Of racehorses before the after
Moons sport began Ramrod was knocked
down TO F. Ambrose Clark for $500. Al
Matthew'S nor BeIlWether also for d 800 and