The sun., 1907-08-13
GOSSIP OF THE RAETRACE
ROUGH RIDING BY DUGAN on
SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
wocdfsrd Gay and Esis Friends WIN Hand
somely on Nimbus N. r. wilson, Jr..
sets SERVICES of Jockey Dugan Past
Time ON the Pint I'm sAratogA EventG.

Time on the Plat In Saratoga EventG.
week Of the racing meeting here opened with
an attendance that was fully ss large as that
at the opening OF the meeting. This b graft
flying to those In charge, for II In matter OF
comment that the best element OF the country Q
turtles Ia here and will stay 70 the end. The
card for the week Is brimful OF attractions
and some excellent sport is looked for.
The Great Republic. which will be one Of
the features Of next Saturdays programme.
bids fair to attract q great field. Charles
Edward. who was brought here from Brighton
especially to win this race. 10 getting thor
ough preparation. If his work is q criterion
OF what he can do he In better colt than he
was al Brighton which means pretty close to
being a marvel.
Colin was out this morning gsllopins
and he shows no III effects from his race OF
last Saturday.
Sewelrs virtory In the opening race netted
the form players o handsome profit and
showed I he colt 10 be all that has been claimed
for him He laid in behind the leaders until
the homestretch was reached. then moved
up. and AZ the end won a. he pleased. cover
ing the seven furlonas in i:24 As. which s
track record for the distance.
n is high time the stewards here disci pned
Dugap for rough riding. Az least half q
uOLen Times since inc UetttUk Optutu
has been guilty OF what looked like deliberate
rough work. but beyond . caution ne has
gone his way unmolested. To-day on The
Wrestler he hit J. G. Core when well in the
last furlong seriously interfering with that
colt Just as he was making his run.
The brush Of the water Jump on the steeple-
chase course WAS trimmed down this mornin q
and the result was q big Improvement in the
manner in which the horses cleared n. Before
4, Ian raI IA an htNh hat ha
could not see the ditch which was unusually
wide
J W. Colts luck with the jumpers still
continues His colors we're carried TO the
fore by Psprika. a 10 10 I chance. Garrett,
the favorte. fenced poorly. in fact, he never
was q contender.
The strike OF the telegraph operators
caused considerable Inconvenience here
among those interested In the dongs in Wall
Street The few telephone wires in town
have been overwhelmed with business. and
a few Of those who must be in touch with
the market left at once for New York.
There ~asr.S considerable confusion At the
railroad stations. kilograms which had been
sent announcing the arrival Of folks from all
| parts OF the country we're not delivered and
| families were all astray looking up lost mem
| bers.
woodford Clay and his friends won hand
somely on the victory Of Nimbus. in the third
race. Mr. Clay told everybody he met ths,
| his horse would win. The price was a short
one, still il looked extremely liberal. and that
! is what It was. as Nimbus ran the entire
distance under a stout pull. The time.
! i:Os lis, is within one-ffth Of a second Of the
track record. Had he been pushed there
would have been q new mark and well below
| the old one.
The stewards have decided the dispute
over the services OF Jockey r. Dugsn in
| favor Of r. r. Wilson, Jr. The latter the
! other day purchased what he believed 10
! be a second call on the riders services ~
| eoon as IL was announced that Boots Durnel
would sell out his stable and 20 10 England
John Madden then turned up with a claim
that he had purchased a osll on the boys
services some time ago. and that he thou sht
this should supersede Wilson's claim
Fast time was one of the features Of the
day. In the Cstskill Selling Stakes Dreamer
ran the seven furlones in I:2S. In fact all
Ave events on the nat we're run At a clip
that told OF the class OF the contenders.
Dreamer. who won. was In 10 be sold for
81 500. hut when he was offered no bid was
made. This was q little surprising, a.
earlier in the afternoon IL was common
rumor that II he won Ar. Duryea would he
compelled to pay something TO keep him
The stake blanks for the fall meeting az
Pimlico we're distributed among the horse
men to-day. and a number will race in Bati
more this fall who heretofore have held
strictly TO the Metropolitan circuit One OF
the features OF the meeting will be the steeple-
chases. one each day being the promise Of the
msnagement.
There Is q lot OF talk there OF a movement
next fall to get . racing bill passed by the
Legislature Of Virginia. The scheme is to
get the State sanction. then build nrst class
| plant at Alexander Island. The story goes