The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-08
GOSSIP OF THE RACETRGCK
STABLE or BOOTS DURNELL TO
he SOLD AT AUCTION.
RoPsemsn GOING to England and May Race
Over There, Ne says-Grande DANES
showing . disappointment Tom Do
Ian's Good Performance NJ the spa.

gARArodA, ". Y. Aug. There Was a
marked Improvement In the racing here TO-
day, and with II came nm improvement IN
the attendance. Most sensational OF the
days Developments wss an announc cement
from Boots Durnell that on August IS he
would sell at public auction his entire stable.
that IL, with horses In training ne would DIS"
pose Of eleven yearlings purchased this spring
and summer. He says that immediately
after the sale he will 20 to England. where
he will remain q year or more. he also SAID
Il was possible he might buy a few horses
over there and do some racing.
When John W. Gates dropped OUT Of the
fray about ten days ago and started on his
European shooting and automobiling trip
IL was said that DuTnell would follow him
shortly and that they might make an In
vasion Of the French tracks.
This story was not taken very seriously,
for the reason that Durnell was for several
years under the ban OF the French Jockey
Club. In fact he was deprived Of q license
there until he was put in good standing.
For this reason. II the combination does
any racing on the other side. IL is more likely
to DO in In gland.
When Gates left this country he deposited
40. 600 with "Huddy. one of his many COM
missioners, with instructions to place IL under
Durnell's directions on the stables good
things. The first bet Vas one OF SIS. 600 and
il yas on a loser. Then came an attempt
10 recoup and the remaining SIS. 600 went
to the layers. This IL but a fraction or what
Gates IL credited with winning in the last
few months. still 1t must have hurried matters
some. for yesterday came a long cablegram
from somewhere. There was a burned talk
with the salespeople. and tonight came the
announcement Of the stables retirement.
e. Dugan. the stables rider. will not par
ucapate in any campaign that may be ahead.
second call on his services has been pur-
chased by r. L. Wilson. Jr.. and he will con-
unue 20 ride here under the management
AZ Tom Healey. MIR. Wilson's trainer.
Among the horses that will be sold are
Jacobite. Temsceo, Royal vane. Faust.
Neslon, Joe Nealon. Saylor. Muck Rake.
East End and a couple more. The yesrlings
are q splendidly bred lot. Among them ia
q half brother TO DeMund and C~hapultepec.
Tom pola n scored his second win of the
mseting to-day. running a mile in l.Sa
under the ~stoutest kind of a pull. This colt
lust now comes pretty close to being a top
notcher among the selling platers. He has
been winning all over the country since he
left New Orleans last spring. and seems to
improve with the severe drumming.
His owner. Fred Cook. was on hand to see
him run to-day. and was delighted with his
showing. Last fall Cook offered to sell this
colt, Missouri Lad and Miss Rillie for 81. 500.
but the offer was declined. A little later
the three were shipped to New Orleans. where
the two colts won repeatedly. Bill Phillips.
who trains them. did not think much Of Tom
Dolan. He had been nerved and Phillips
feared he would not train on.
After Tom Dolan won his first race Phillips
planned TO get nd of him at what he thou ght
was a big price. He entered him in a selling
race to be sold for $500 and had a friend advise
an owner represented in the race to claim
the horse when beaten, as they expected
he would be.
The angel was willing. but the colt was
SO good that despite his lamenese he won
easily. This is how he happens to still be in
Cooks stable. As a yearling he Was one
Of a batch for which Cook paid s2S,o0o. and
this is the only one of the collection that
has won a race.
J. W. Colt has made an offer 10 Jockey Rod
rock TO take Kernel. PspTiks, Pioneer. Blue
Pigeon and two more of his jumpers 10 Mon
treal and keep on with them over the Cana
dian circuit. Rodrock is to both train and ride.
and there il little question but that he will
make good. as he IN a clever horseman.
sam Hildreth is still in the market for
good horses to keep company with the two
year-old, Uncle. which he purchased yester-
day. To-day he was willing to talk business
with Fred Burlew in regard TO Chspultepec
and the colt was brought over TO the paddock
for inspection. Burlew did not name a price.
but Hildreth made an offer which was not
accepted. Burlew said later that he was not
anxious TO sell just now. The colt has been
and IL still coughing and one Of his hooks
does not look any too good, still the same
could have been said of him when he was run
mini his best races.
Great things were expected of the Grsnds
Dame. George Hendries's representative in the
Spina way Stakes. but she failed to show any
thing startling. breaking slow and finishing
well back in her field. u will not do TO con-
denim her on this race, however. for her trip
here from Buffalo was a severe one. She was
on the cars thirty-hve hours and hasn't been
doing real well since she arrived.
Nj. J. OBrien. who was thrown and hurt
10 MONDAYS steeplechase, was 40 much bet
ter this morning that he was able to leave the
hospital and he was removed to the cottage Of
afTiend. He is very anxious to get back in the
saddle. but his doctors ad vise a gainst attempt
ing TO ride for some time to come.
The trainer Of Old Acquaintance obtained
Dsrmission from tho stewards to spray the
colts nose while making ready for his race
with a preparation which. 10 was said. would
prevent his bleeding. The treat ment was a
failure, for as the colt came from the paddock
on his way 10 the post he bled profusely The
colt Joined his field. hut made no attempt to
race. simply walking around after the others
bad finished.
Mackey Dryer. the old steeplechascr, is to
be destroyed. All efforts TO patch him up
by the trainer OF the Bonnie Brook Stable
have been f~ruitless. and "a the horse is so
badly crippled his owner has ordered that he
hobe shot
There was a surplus of 500 in the Spina-
way Stakes. This means that the entrance
moneys. f~Orfcits and sta rting fees totalled up
this amount over the $1,000 guaranteed by
the association. This In turn means that a
very rich stake was made mp entirely with the
horsemeni 3 money. The winner. Julia Powell.
showed we'll at Sa heepshe Bday. running
second 10 Notasulga in ono Of the best races
run by that Ally. A little later she developed
= cold. and she WIS shipped hero With a spe-
cial view Of winning to-day stake.
without any desire to rob her Of any Of
the glory that came her way with to-day's
victory. practical horsemep agree that II was
a lucky win. Half Sovereign. whom she beat
half 4 length. wasinterfered with twice ~ crit
zeal stages Of the trip and az the end appeared
to he running the stronger Of the two.
Jesse LeNisohn WAS Disguised with the
result Of the sixth race, which was won by
A m AlApa .aEENtnn tia A,Iar or