The sun., 1907-04-21
GOSSIP OF HHE RACETRACK.
DAVID GIDEON FAILS TO BET ON
HIS FILLY PLEASE.
Other Wise Fellows Beat Him 20 the Price
and Clean Up, Howevcr George krSus
and Tim sullivan Have Hard Luck
-. r. Carman and Butte Get bundle.

-. r. Carman and Butte Get bundle.
Dave Gideon has won fortunel- was the
slogan at AQueduct yesterday when the
veteran turfman's two-year-old filly Please
won the nth race. From the way Please
was backed in the ring from 10 down to II
seemed as II the above declaration was based
upon fact. But later in the day Il turned
out that Gideon, Jesse Lewisohn and their
immediate followers did not take part In the
hog killing. II was not that Gideon did not
believe the flly could win that he failed to
bet but more for the reason that he and his
friends we're beaten to the price. Gideon
had practically trained Please himself She
had worked in secret and II was confidently
believed that the clockers did not have even
the slightest inkling OF what she was capable
Of doing. But nowadays few fast tricks
escape the watchful eyes of the men who
get up early in the morning to see the various
workouts. 80 that when Please was named
in the entries on Friday some very wise
speculators rubbed their hands and chuckled.
No sooner had the bookmakers put up, in
many instances. 10 to 1 against the daughter
OF His Highness than there was rush to get
aboard. Gideon = agents In the ring. who had
been sent there to get the quotations at the
outset hurried to the paddock with the infOr-
nation that somebody was betting on Please
as II it was all over. Gideon and Lewisohn
bJOOU VINO cOulU u Des lney
were sure they didn't know. But while they
were wondering who had stolen a march on
them the betting continued until Please was
backed down to :. Then Il became noised
about that Gideon was planning one of his
spring killings, so that the wide awake fellows
In the ring and elsewhere went to the good
thing IN a body. Evidently hurt In feelings
meanwhile. Gideon and Lewisohn did not send
dollar to the ring. In fact. some OF tAc sharps
aafA NhaN ~ ka aII ety,av 2
Please didn't win after all. But when il came
to racing Please got the money and the ring
suffered a severe Jolt. though Gideon and
Lewisohn took no interest in the festivities.
Rustic. who caught the public support in this
race, ran in the name and colors of Louis
Celia. In the betting ring three books, manip-
ulated by Parr, OConnOT and Wendt. were
backed with the Celia bank roll. There were
other supposed good things in the same event.
notably Tony Aste's Montana Poet. backed
from 70down to 8; Fred Burlew 8 King Thistle.
reduced from 70 =; the Oneck Stables Lock,
backed from 20 to 20, also Montbert and
EvelynG.
There was at least one man who felt warm
under the collar when Star Cat won the last
race at odds OF 90 to /. His name is George
kraus, Big Tim Sullivan's partner in the
ownership of the Dewey Theatre. Krsus
has an interest in Star Cat, and before the
horses went to the post he hunted up the
trainer. ID. I. Winslow, and asked II the filly
had a chance.
Not one in a Million" was the trainers
reply. SO Kraus proceeded to bet $500 on
Frank Farrell's KernOchan. When Kraus
saw his colOrs flashing In front of the wire he
looked as if he was about to explode. He
lost no time in bounding down out OF the
grand stand to the rail, where he made the
trainer feel like sinking into the
ground But Kraus soon found somebody
to talk il over with, for Big Tim Sullivan,
looking decidedly blue. was bewaiing the
luck that overlook Cooney k his horse, on
the backstretch. The big fellow had at
tempted to inspect Cooney X. in the paddock
before the race. but missed being kicked in
the ribs by a few inches. Yet Timothy d.
decided to bet on the fractions animal and
took is, Q and for his with several hundred
dollars each way. When Sullivan and Kraus
had exchanged their views as to the VagaTies
OF racing g, the decision was a draw.
With a fearless rider X ernochan might have
won the last race and incidentally lined the
pockets Of his hackers with yellowbacks.
But little Beckman. always timid in a big
field. was at his worst and Kernochan never
had a chance. He was backed from 5 down
TO 7 to 2. A more heavily backed horse in
this race was Fire Opal. who was played
from 10 down to a 3 to favorite Gideon and
Lewisohn were In on this with their bank
rolls. but luck was not with them they
were forced to see Fire Opal finish out OF the
money. Billy Garth believed he had a good
thing in this race in Trenton Blue but that
was all. Jack Joyners FL Chico was another
hot tip. also Lady Ogden. Royal Onyx and
Green Hill, backed from 100 down to 20.
Quiet Frank Brown stood TO win a bundle on
his filly Golden West, which ran second at
is, 9 and 3.
r. r. Carman. the well known amateur
driver, who has a shifty stable Just now.
cleaned MP handsomely when W. II. Carey
won the feature event. His trainer. Jimmy
Blute. who has never lost faith in the horse.
bet all he had in the world. ne said. and fairly
leaped for Joy when Carey landed the goods.
This horse, by the way, has been greatly
since he came East. He is game
and has a fine turn Of speed. In fact those
who saw his performance yesterday said
that he had royal chance to win the Excelsio
Handicap at jamaica. He was splendidly
ridden by George Mountain. who Ia rapidly
making friends and followers on the local
turf.
Contrary to the absurd report last night
that the "Bowery had lost 800. 900 on Rye"
the Sullivan clan did not bet more than a
piker's limit on the little horse as they did not
believe he was ready for such hard race.
MiieTs ride on oxford was a case OF bad
jud gment. pure and simple. and IL cost the
crOW0 all xmas OF money. GlOrlTlers per-
formance was additional evidence that he
was extremely lucky to win the Carter Handi-
cap from Roseben. Previous winners OF
the Queens County Handicap were Mar
Rraviate, Yellowtail. Rosetint. st. Valentine
and Rams Horn.
IL was the general opinion after the running
OF the Canarsis Stakes that Notasulga was
rather lucky to win. She ran a game race
under the circumstances but the fact that
Sam Emery's fast colt Master Robert was
interfered with just after the start did
not make the race a fair test. Tod Sloan
was one OF those who believed NotasulRa
could not lose.
She is the best two-year-old nlly / ever
saw" said Tod. "and she lie ringer for Rose
DENIAL. the Ally that got me in trouble over
in France" Sam Emery and his friends
bet the works on Master Robert and we're
busy discussing his defeat on the way home.
Previous winners OF the Canarsie Stakes
were CaOutchOuc. ModTine. KenilwOrth,
Golden Cottage. Bensonhurst. Palmbesrer.
Augur, Oaklawn and Curriculum.
The Winfield steeplechase was a lively
betting affair. Those who heard that Cali
fornia King had beaten Hot Shot in work
went to him with confidence. But with
any other rider except Ray In the saddle
the King would probably have suffered de-
feat. There was a wild plunge on W. Gould
BrOkAw's Pagan Bey, but he was evidently
In need OF a race or Two. The wise men would
not touch Pioneer. who opened at even and
Teceded to ?.
The big operators took any price against
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