The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03
GOSSIP OF THE RACETRACK
NOTASULGA HAS WON SIX OUT or
SEVEN RACES.
ne.a Tw o-Year-Old F1lIy shown So Far Has
Cleaned Up s9,DsO I'm stakes and
Purses -BOOkmakers Have . Losing
Tussle Win the Talent -YearIing sales.

sulpa. who is a daughter Oh Inc IomHhoheI
Touche Not, was brought here by her owner
Albert uamel, who predicted at Aqueduct
that his Ally would cause a sensation in the
Iss,ern turf world. Since that time Nota-
.ul,a has started seven times, winning ak
yaces and finishing second 20 Hail sovereign
IN another event. Abe has run In all Kinds
~ going With big weight up and has been
ono of the most consistent performers IN
training. In stakes and purses she mas
LEANED M 50. $50, and her owner has re-
f,sed an offer Of . 1000 for her. Unfortu-
r,,eIy the flly has few important stake en-
aosements. 50 that IL will be impossible FOR
ber IN measure strides with some OF the other
,Erscks when they come tc the races In those
syelts later on.
Il, viAprdays AFFAIR Notasulga looked to
NO such a sure thing shat the plungers took
o 10 ~, the opening price. and backed her
Lonn to to ,. She gave weight TO every
thing in the race but Megg's Hill, whom she
moi ON even rerms IN this respect. walter
Jennings. however. did not believe that Nota-
,nloa could beat Julia Powell, a FLY, by
Natsrcre-s Cottage Girl. who ran In his colors.
he made no secret Of the fact that luna Powell
VAS one Of the fastest fllies that he had ever
,,a,ned. with the result that the dau ghter Of
Natercrpss was backed from 20 down 10 IL.
with a food If place and show bets wagered
,ron her But Notasulga was better seas
Ouel anu IfN' una " No."
n p Whtney's Park view. - to 1, who ran
mind l. A hlly. by Hamburg Morningside,
Who surprised both her owner ana trainer.
She had worked five furlongs In los ana a
~fractioa. 81 that John W. Rogers dld not pe-
leve that she would be close 10 the winner.
But Park view vas only beaten by about
q length 10y Notasulga. The DOCKS lost
heavily on the result.
With Prince Hamburg and McCarter
- -. e ska Owat ra.a tho falapf N ant
10 MIR. Keene's mare Suffrage In a body,
backing her down from ! 10 10 y 10 w. She
was The class OF the race ana was IN superb
condition. but nevertheless many wise IN
siders took trackenthorpe which was PLAYED
from ( to I down to lsto ms was because
Il was not believed that suffrage conld CON
Cede Twenty-Five POUNDS =" 'rachehIhoTpe'
but the latter ran Ike a cheap seiilng plaIer'
while the heene mare was lar anu away 'he
best. !. { core Was Wen supported LOT the
place. while Baroary beile was heaNlly packed
10 show, the books getlng a Earring thst
made them vince
those who backed Commodore FnGtaine
In the steepIechase at $ 10 1 we're starting
for the betting ring to cash hen the Gerol-
stein gslding fell AZ the very last Jump. lie
had PASSED Phantom, ! to 3 ~favorite. N the
= middle OF the backstretch and was going along
easily when he suddenly started 10 run out
a. lllIltt W a u lHt Z "a uAll "
the last ohsr acle. Then the jockey FUN
hled with the reins a. he reached for his
whip with which To tap his mount over the
side Of the head to keep him in, and IN so doing
he lost control of the Jumper just as b. reached
the hedge. The spill VAS a piece Of dumb
luck for the public which had play ed Phan-
tom and WAS also a severe blow to the book
makers. Jimmy Lane, which ran second.
was greatly IN demand for the place, while
Eh,rtH Mfltap,z uaa lhQranu Italian fhFnn
ways.
The Long Island Handicap was o. din, ult
% solve as a Chinese puzzle. There were
Zen starters and all Of them were backed.
Carngorm ruled ~favorite at 4 TO l and was
steadily played. Iambesi and Prince Ham
burg we're played AZ ;, Grapple at !. First
Premium az :. Cottontown at 10, Wexford
and Coy Maid at ~ and Sir LynnewoOd at
IL. It was the first appearance Of Prince
Hamburg in a long distance event, and the
crack sprintcr with only 10 pounds on his
back was supported by nearly all the handi-
cappers. who believed thai he would be able
20 stay in front from end TO end. II Noun
tain had waited with him, Prince Hamburg
might have run a better race. but as il was
he was ridden ont in front under a choking
pull and stopped when called upon to increase
his speed at the end Of a mile. Cottontown.
who is a pretty fair sort Of a horse. was we'll
backed three WAYS by the Western contingent
tie ring paying out a bundle on his success.
He gave weight to all but Iambesi. conCeding
fourteen pounds to Sir L~ynnewood and nine
TO First Premium. The race was full of
rough riding which robbed the hackers OF
Zarfbesi and Grapple of all chance to cas- h
even show wagers. Previous winners OF the
Long Island were Sir Walter. Ramapo, Lu-
eania, Clifford. Ogden. Bangle, Charentus,
Gold Heels. Herbert. Douro. Major DANGER
held and Dishabille. The race was worth
1920 to the winner. The books broke better
than even on the way the horses finished.
There was a hot tin in circulation on George
6. Davis in the fifth race. The Sombrero
selding had been running some fine races
on other tracks and some of the smartest
bettors backed him from ; to 4. The public.
however, and nearly all OF the big operstors
went to Saracinesca. pounding him down
from 3 TO ? 10 "a s. There was also n strong
play on Dreamer. straight and place. while
Golf Ball. a sleeper from the Madden barn.
Was lowered from Is 70 9 and taken ,brse
ways. Zethus was also reduced from Is
N u, while Cabochon. in the Keene colors.
vas taken at the last moment across the
states. Tony Bonero was generally neg
lec,ed at the false ouotation of IL The
books paid out thousands on the success of