The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-10
GOSSIP OF THE RACETRACK
DINNA KEN'S VICTORY NOT A
GENERAL SURPRISE.


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1T was all I could do 30 rate him. said
Jockey George Mountain as he walked to the
paddock after winning the Lawrence Rcalisa-
zion Stakes with Dinna Ken yesterday. He
vaNted TO run all the way and I had to use
all ny sire gnth to check him going up the
oaokstretch. But when 1 let him have his
head he ran over Frank Gill 40 though the
lstter's legs were lied. l think Dinna Ken
could have beaten Peter Pan just as easily
II The latter had been a starter" Mountain
received much praise for the superb ride he
put up on Dinna Ken. He obeyed the in
etructions Of Trainer John W. Rogers to the
letter, making his run at Just the right time
and never extending the Yankee gelding
to the limit. When Dinna Ken won q handi-
cap At a mile last Friday many turf experts
predicted that he would win the Realization.
for IN that event he ran the distance in L3s rs,
hard held all the way.
In a previous race. on June ~. Dinna Ken
won a three-year-old handicap at a mile and
g sixteenth In 1919 3-5. He ran unplaced in
the Van Csrtlsndt Handicap. seven ~furlongs.
~ Belmont Park or June Z. after finishing
third In the Pocantico Stakes. over the same
course. on May 20. IL was In the Carlton
Stakes, at q mile. at Gravesend that Dinna
Zen took the measure Of Peter Pan, the
Yankee gelding running the distance in
1888 As. q new track record. He was In
receipt Of eight pounds from Peter Pan on
rnal oCCdrton, oub INC lhJJcr was supposed 10
be short. On May Is Didna Ken was graduated
from the maiden class. when he beat a big
Geld in q gallop at Belmont Park. Dinna Ken
was bred at the whitney farm. but at one
hme last year Trainer Rogers was on the
point Of selling him TO a cross-country stable.
Whether Trainer Rowe scratched Peter
Pan because OF the slow track or for the
reason that he did not believe the Commando
colt could defeat Dinna Ken. IL would be
impossible to say. but as the event was run
Il was evident that Peter Pan would have
had the race OF his career, for Dinna Ken
won so easily that nobody could say just
how good he was. But before the horses
went to the post some Of the smart caicu-
lators figured that .Dinna Ken would not
like the going and for that reason they went
20 Frank Gill. backing him down to Is to 10.
Frank Gill received a careful grooming In
the paddock. and his owner. Lucky Jack
McGipnis, felt confident of success. But
after the race IL was the prevalent opinion
that the Collar colt had been racing q trine
too much OF late and was in need Of a rest,
especially as his underpinning Is not Of the
strongest composition. Sslvidere was not
within pounds OF his best form. Like Frank
Gill, he has had too much Of 1t and being in
comparatively poor physical condition IL
seemed tempting the Fates to start him.
But these facts do not in any way detract
from Dinna Kens success. which reflected
much credit on his trainer and his rider.
The ring paid out big money on Dinna Ken.
but broke about even to the race.
The Realization was worth SIC. $50 to the
winner. IL was run for the first time in 1883,
when J, B. Hsgsins Salvador was successful.
After that the winners were George Hearsts
Tournament, NJ. /. Dryers Potomac, Marcus
Days Tsmmany. Brown 4 Rogers Daily
America, X. Cookers Dobbins, the Del Monte
Stables Bright Phoebus. the Brookdales Stables
Requital. A. Hand d. N; Morrts's The Frar.
Marcia nalva uau1huku p.rru paIupAnt.
Etheloert. f. D.. Boards Prince of Melbourne,
RI. Wilson. Jr.s the Parader. +. c. McLewes
d Co.s Major Daingerield. the Hampton
Stables Africander. John A. brakes ort
Wells. James r.. keenes Sysonby and J. B.
Bradys Accountant.
When Mr. Whitneys Stamina won the
Double Event. turfmen recalled the fact that
her sire Nasturtium. by Watercress. was pur-
chased by the late w. G. whitney from A. L.
Aste Tor $4,000. while her dam, endurance by
Right. was also bought from John W. Schorr
for $4,000. Both sire and dam raced success
iully in the whitney silks. Nasturtium going
to England TO be beaten In the Derby. STAN
ina had started only twice before. She ran
fourth in the Great Trial Stakes over a slow
track on June 20. while sne was beaten on In
her nrst attempt. She had worked very fast
Tor Yesterdays race. ana the majority OF the
paddock players bet on ner In the clubhouse.
ehe was IN receipt or seven pounds from
Chapultepec and fourteen from King james.
who cut up the rest OF the purse behind hcr.
stamina's share OF the Double Event was
$500.
When Mr.. keene added Bosom. who had
been defeated by Meelich In his nrst start. the
public assumed that the Ben Brush colt would
prove an able substitute for Colin and Masaue.
But in spite OF the thousands OF dollars wagered
on Bosom by the crowd In general no ran like
avery ordinary sort OF a colt. The Lewisohn
checks were placed on Monopolist. q colt by
Garry Hermann, with such hberality that he
was backed from 8 to 4. but he was apparently
outolassed. Previous winners Of the Double |
Event we're Torso. Russell. Victory. Corduroy.
Hornpipe. Cesarion. Handspring, Ornament.
Hamburg. Jean Beraud. Mesmerist. Ekhorn. |
WhiCechapel. Conjurer. Veto. Ironsides and
Water Pearl.
The books lost big money on the result
OF the first race. The public bet literally on
S~oIoSftven though he receded from s to .
TO 10 to s. Montauk who ran second. was taken
across the boards at 10. 4 and 2. Hal. a hard i