Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-16
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AT GRAVESEND TRACK
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 15.-In spite of the
continued cool unseasona BILE weather pat
ronage at Gravesend this week has aver
aged fully 10000 day. the wholesale clos
ing of over 800 city pool rooms the middle
OF the week having increased the attend
ance at least 10 per cent, and as 1t now
looks the room keepers have succurubed
TO the inevitable and given up the fight
while the tracks will benefit correspondingly
by additional patrons
Take the weeks sport as a whole 1t has
been full of action and form has been fairly
we'll maintained. Racegoers have taken
great satisfaction in the shift from Bel
mont. for at Gravesend every foot of a race
can be witnessed and most of the horses
race more kindly round the turns than on
the long straight courses at Westchester.
Favorites have won nearly 30 per cent
of the weeks events, and as the western
and southern turfmen have put many good
things over the honors have been pretty
evenly distributed. The Kentuckans en-
glheered a couple of substantial coups with
wexford and Beacon Light. and took close
to $4,000 out of the ring on the two races
Beacon Light Is in next Thursdays Sub
urban with only 100 points to carry and If
the track Is muddy, as was the case when
he won yesterday and second in the
brooklyn last month. this four-year-old
son OF Star Shoot Will take a lot of beating
Lhree-year-olds are 50 strong in the Sub
urban. however. that IL looks as IL a horse
OF that age may duplicate Superman's sue
cess In the Brooklyn. EleCtioneer lO4; Su-
perman. los Phi!ander. 100: Montgomery
lUi. and FOuntanbleu, 100. are some of that
age that are almost certain starters in
SheepSheads great race.
FOuntd.nbleu Is the only one of the five
that has not yet spOrted silk in public this
season. but the big son of Odd Fellow has
worked nice trial OF the Suburban mile
and quarter in 2OS. and T.. $ owner and
trainer think well OF his chances Fountain
0'eu was expected 10 start against Beacon
Ight yesterday. but the heavy rdinstorm
s"d muddy track kept him in tn, stable
Miller Back in the Saddle.
The enforced absence of Jockeys Garner
and Miller. the former from broken
finger. and the latter from a weeks sus-
pension for rough riding has been greatly
felt BY racegoers. For both boys have he.
come public idols. and the scarcity of otbar
hfst-class riders causes them 10 be missed
NOR than ever
Mliier's suspension, however. was I'D to-
day. and the lads return to the saddle vas
marked by cordial reception from his ad-
mirers- During his absence Jockeys F.
Dugan and NOttcr led their competitors
Radtkr's occasional success being Interest
fed by friction with his EMPLOYER, PAIL
Ralney who has ordered him TO attend
more closely 10 business and less TO late
hours and rapid companions
Certainly, Dugan's work is second only
10 MlIlerS in general excellence, and the
battles Of the pair together from now on
VIII re noted with great interest hotter
on Thursday. won half the program on
ItaH!1N. Meggs HiN and Spouner. But
Jack Martin has shown so poorly that
many operators have Scratched him off
their lists entirely
How hard II is for man once a racing
Spectator To swear or entirely, was
shown early In the week by Phil Dwyer' 5
losing plunge on his horse. Red Friar The
president of the Brooklyn and Queens
County Jockey clubs for a good many years
has not wagered as much as $500 on d race
leaving his brother Mike in the palmy
days when their horses swept the boards
TO do the heavy betting for both. But on
Tuesday last his trainer. Miller. so i'm
pressed Phil Dwyer with the chance of Red
Friar In an overnight handicap that the
Jockey Club president sent in a commission
on the horse away up in the thousands
But Red Friar. whether "hoodooed by
unlucky Jack Martin the company.
could not run better than fourth. And 1t
viii probably be many years before his