The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-28
GOSSIP OF THE RAGETRACK
STEWARDS FINE MILLER $50 FOR
fragrant ROUGH RIDING.
crack Jockey Has n Field Day. HOwevor
-.Rumor ina the Noted saivldere Has
Gone wrong Madden Says He viii Not
start in the Helment GtAke ~ on Thursday

IN me last race al Belmont Park yesterday
tgsr; vas more foul riding than has been
seen in a similar event In many day. August
Relmont's Smiling Tom, an odds on f~avorite.
uhen rushing up the backstretch just after
thp start had the rail. As he tried to 20
to the front Miller pulled Tommy Waddell
aver In front Of him. and Mountain, to escape
I sing thrown over the rail. pulled up short.
Losing many lengths and all chance to win
the race. This piece OF rough Fiding was
Iiainly seen by the spectators, who instantly
ser NJ a cry Of Foul" and began to hurry,
toward the Judges stand before the race
VAS over. As Radtke forged to the front
with Melbourne in the middle 81 the stretch
Miller went to the whip and kept Waddell
close 10 the inner rail. As Melbourne seemed
10 he firing, Miller persevered and was in
the act Of driving Waddell through the narrow
oreninE when Radtke looked around and
quickly pulled his horse over In front OF
MilIer's. causing the latter to pull up directly
under the eyes OF the stewards, s, s. Rowland,
II. !. Morris and 81. p. whitney.
There Was another cry Of Foul" because
NJ This unusual incident, and many Of the
spectators wanted to wager that both We'll
bourne and Waddel woul be disqualified.
Nth the race given to Smiling Tom. who
had finished two lengths back. Mountain
hurried before the ste wards with a protest
Of foul against Miller, who was called up q
moment later, but Miller did not protest
against the interference OF Radtke. The
stewards took time to deliberate and finally
decided that Waddell should be disqualified
md that Miller should pay a $50 fine for I'M
warranted rough ridinE. This decision,
nile inst. caused a lot OF grumblinR among
hose who had lost heavily on Smiling Tom.
Has SalSidere, the champion two-year-old
NJ last season. gone wrongp There was a
rumor to that effect after the races. but It
could not be verified. During the afternoon.
however, John f. Madden, who trains the
star three-year-old. said that the son OF
Relvidere had been operated on for q trouble
some tooth and that while he had not been
thrown out OF training salvidere would not
he a starter in the SIS ,o00 Belmont Stakes to
he run on Thursday. Madden said that
owing TO the poor weather and track condi-
lions Salvidere was hardly ready for q Cruel
ling race and that even II the track for the
Belmont should be fast he would not take a
chance with the son OF Belvldere-Sallie OF
Navarro.
Il think too much OF him.. said Madden.
and do not want to start him until he is
absolutely At. He has some valuable en-
"a gements later on and I want him to win all
Of them. II you will remember, Salvidere
won every race in which he started for Mr..
Hitchcock last' year. He is a grand horse
and has developed on the lines Of Henry OF
Navarro. There is plenty Of time yet before
we send him to the post. 1 have not worked
him too hard at all, and that is the reason
y ny the checkers have not taken much notice
of him, a. most OF them are after sensational
time trials.
As 1t was generally believed that Safvidere
would be a sure starter in the rich Belmont
Stakes, this announcement by Madden came
as a surprise. When several well known
turfmen heard the news Just after the last
race they said that they had Learned q day
or two ago that Salvidere had gone wrong.
broken down, In fact. and that he would not
race for Q long time. Salvidere was sold at
auction last spring when the W.. II. Brown
stable was disposed of in this way and Mad
den, acting for T. Hitchcock. Jr., got him
for $500. Salvidere won every race he
started In after that. beating the best two
year-olds under all sorts OF conditions and
cleaning up nearly $50, 900 In stakes. He
spent the winter at Little Rock and was
shipped to Bennings early In the spring. 1t
vas generally expected that Salvidere would
turn out to be the best OF the three-year-olds
this season. II it is true that the son Of Bel
yidere has been thrown out Of training it will
he a severe blow to his owners and also to
he racing public. with whom he had become
A great favorite.
In spite Of the fact that I've favorites were
hes,en Yesterday, the books got a pretty fair
,corching all around. Most OF them lost
heavily on the result OF the Cosmopolitan
Handicap. The Newcastle Stable won this
race last year with Inquisitor, a three-year-
did, and the combination was again victorious
yesterday with a colt of the same age.
McCarter carried the stables colors and he
was irpavily backed. From 5 to 1 his price
dropped until II was impossible to get better
than 3 at the last moment. Because OF the
tact that nobody seemed TO know whether
Frank Gill liked the mud or not. this good
colt receded a point to S. but he was heavily
played at that. place and show. Nealon
was also taken three ways with a bunch
Of wsRers on him to show. and as the trio
ran as backed the books got a telling blow.
There was a liberal play. however. on
Blandy, reduced to 7. Ethon at I and Far West
PLAYED from 10 down to 5. Go Between
had a stable boy named Drummer in the saddle.
and 20 to I was quoted against him, L. r..
Thomas backing the Meddler horse place and
third In spite Of the going MoCarter ran
The distance four-ffths of a second slower
Than the track record, held jointly by Maxnar
sud CsirnRorm, while he e1celled Inquisitor's
record for the race by one and three-ffths
seconds.
BY scratching Transval and adding Friz-
etfs to the Laureate the Keene stable handed