The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-25
GOSSIP on TEE RRCETRACK
SPORT ar THREE LOCALITIES
WILL BE IN FAVOR.
Inducements for T~urrHnen nc Oakland. New
Orleans and tho New Course near Los
Angeies-Emplre City Wnl ne Enl-
prOvcd-TO-1ay's Card for BennlnBs.

AnBeieo-EDnDlKe City WIN he Anl~
prOvcd-TO-Iay's Card FOR BcnnInss.
: Winter racing at three different localities
will be In full blast before the present week
ends. Racing at the oakland track has been
under way several weeks. and from present
indications there will be no end Of good sport
there under the management OF Thomas IL.
Williams. So far r. F. Carman and s. @.
HiIdreth appear 60 have all the more i'm
pOrtant events at Oakland at their mercy.
HiIdreth has the two-year-oIds Uncle and
racers In his barn. and has already a big
following. Carman. whose horses are trained
by the astute Jimmy Blute. has about thirty
horses In his string and also has the services
OF Guy Barnes, one Of the most promising
lightwelghts In this country. With Jockey
Miller riding FOR Thomas n. williams &C Oak
land. together with other noted knights Of
the plGskin. there will be nc lack OF riding
material at the track across the bay from
San Francisco.
Matt Winn has the management OF both
the Fair Grounds and City Park nG New Or
leans. There will be no friction between
them. and with unusually attractive purses
and stakes hung up. some Of the best known
eurfmen nave been induced to race at the
Crescent City. Burlew and O'Neill. who
headed the list Of wining owners nc New Or
leans last winter. will campaign there again
with q big string. SO will James II. McCor-
mick, who will have the services OF Jockey
Sumter. Boots Durnell will race there and
will manage Jockey Il. Dugan. c.. r. Ellison.
for whom Joe Notter will ride this winter,
will prove another factor. with Temaceo.
Jacobite. Yankee Girl and other good horses.
Larry Mulligan will be represented by Frank
Lord, Chief Hayes. Ace High and others
trained by Archie thinner. Frank Brown
will also be on hand, also A. T.. Aste, Barney
Schneider. Ed Corrigan. 4. p. Hayes. James
Arthur and other well known horsemen'
The new track at Arcadia. near Los An geles.
which will be owned by George Rose. Barney
Schneider and lucky Baldwin. will probably
open within n few days. This is an entirely
new plant and is one Of the finest. it is said.
In America. Many valuable stables have
been tuninK up and special Inducements
will be made to horsemen who intend to
visit the Coast. Before the winter ends there
will be the usual meeting at Oaklawn Park.
Hot Springs. where. il IL believed. there will
be no further Interference with the betting
end OF the game. Altogether there will b
Dlenty doing for horsenhen between now
and spring. so that few OF them should be-
without ready money when they come East
again.
With probable harmony between the Jockey
Tub and the Empire City track assured, IL
. the idea Of James Butler TO so improve the
YOnkers track before next season that little
jauIt can be found with IL. It IL said that
! new field stand Of brick and steel will be
constructed, while the betting ring under the
main grand stand will be enlarged so that
'peculatOrs will find ample room under
over. In regard to the transit facilities
t In believed that the New York Central
road will find IL feasible to build a spur from
he Harlem branch ut Woodlawn' direct to a
Doint behind the far turn so that patron
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,ear the field stand. The stables will be
reftted and new barns will be constructed
40 that there will be stabl room for nearly
eight hundred horses. In n word, Mr.. Butler
intends TO make the Empire track up to date
IN every particular, IN which he will comply
with the demands OF the racing public and
he turf governors. It Ia said that negotia-
lions are under way between the Yonkers
rack and the Jockey Club looking to an
amicable adjustment of the question of dates.
The Judges at B~ennings the other day were
'cored for making m alleged error in placing
he first two horses In a race. IL was said
hat they did not see a horse who finished
iirectly under their noses on the extreme
utside Of the track and that he really won
" a length. Whether the judges erred or
rot the fact remains thai in the opinion Of
'ery good critics the judges stand at all Of
he tracks here should be moved back about
en- feet from the rail. In that case it is
'rgued that the men who place the horses
would be able TO see much better and could
hardly overlook a horse who finished almost
within arms length Of them. On many occa-
lions this year fault has been found with the
Judges work. but in nine cases Outs Of ten
he placing has been correct. 1t Is a difficult
natter. at an angle. to tell the winners in
lead finishes. so that in justice to the officials
ersons inclined to find fault should not be
TASTY.
h meeting at Bennings will wind up on
~aturday. Those who nave been on the
ground say that the meeting has not been
l marked success. The attendance has not
ieen up to the former standard, while on
everal days there has not been enough real
1usines to keep the bOokmakers warm.
the walk around" system which the layers
lave been compelled to use has not been at
I'll popular, while the money famine has
made the betting extremely light. Few
really high class horses have been shown.
while the stake events have been few and
Jar between. Yet the fields in the selling
events have been unusually large because
every turfman who has a cheap plug is eager
20 get n piece OF change before the snow
begins to fall. There were eighteen starters
n one of these cheap events the other day
md some good judges declared that the
Whole lot at auction would not rave realized
II 200.
There are rumors OF n new racing law in
he State Of Virginia. in which event it is said
hat a new racetrack will be built near
alexandria. II this proves to be the case
jennings will not be able to live against such
opposition. For that matter. racing at Ben
'ings has gradually deteriorated until it Is
Z no general Interest except to those who
.ctually participate in the sport.
TIT Pinkertons have guarded the informa-
ion at the Jockey Clubs tracks so we'll this
ear that the poolrooms In shis city and else
here have been practically unableto do bust
ess on the Eastern races, But with the be-
inning OF the game at the winter tracks it liz
mid that there will be something doing in the
ooms. A company has been organized to
rovide the necessary information relating
- the races at the New Orleans tracks and
;or that reason the room keepers are filed
18th hope.
Two hAndicaps are on the card for BenninEs
'O-day. In the first which will open the sport
18th a dash over six and a half hIrlongs. George
dom appears to hold Astrong hand with
omedienDe and Oraoulum opposed to Dolly
banker. Oxford and other good sprinters. In
: ne other handicap. at a nile and a sixteenth,
m a. the last race. Alauda. Ardri and Kilie-
raDkie appear to nave chances. Economy,
ouchwoo1 and MonkeX Puzzle will probably
nd support In the steeplechase. The third
ace. at seven ~furlongs, has attracted four