The sun., 1907-11-01
GOSSIP OF HHE RACsTRGCK
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Flay Nod News-kntlBs win gsleRechs.
whether u was the fault Of starter Mars
Cassidy. Jockey \, Dugan or the horse, Good
Luck. nobody could sny definitely, bat the
fact remains that the nfth race nj Jamaica
yesterday was calculated To cRuse a general
feeling Of dissatisfaction on the part 0f the
public. There we're only three starters
in this affair. y. u. bradiey's Bad News.
Eugene Wsyland's J. y. DouOhue and VI. ".
TchenOr's Good Luck. after J. =. May
beFry's Quinn Brady. who appeared Ia have
a chance. had been Withdrawn. When the
SPECULATION began both Bad News aud Good
Ju4 we're equal FavOritcs at even money.
hut u dld not take long TO convince the book
makers that the wise people believed Bad
News was n Ctnoh All kinds OF money was
quickly placed or Bad News. who was rapidly
backed down to I5 TO 20. More good money
was waRered on }. r. DOnOhue for the place
at y to 5. but practically NO educated money
made its appearance ON Good Luck. In
jiify there we're rumOrs IN the ring that Good
Luck had run away Ave miles In the morning
and was consequently in the can" II was
impossible to give him away except To the
Rullible public. which, as usual, was in the
dark. He receded in the odds TO to and
to 3 against him for the place. As the horses
were on the way TO the post the layers who
had been loaded up with Bad News money
became panic stricken and a number Of them
jumped from their stools and began taking
to 10 with their neghbcrs with the idea
Of saving themselves The whole ring was
in a turmoil and on all sides was the repeated
comment.
Nothing doing with Good Lucx,"
The crowd went out on the lawn to see the
start. which was directly opposite the betting
ring. There was no delay and when the
barrier went up there was a cry OF disnay
when IL was seen that Good iuc'C was Also
htely left. The horse appeared to be in the
act OF turning around when The starter pressed
the button, and instantly there We're cries of
Get the hook" Robbery and shame"
as Bad News cincbed the race by daTting on
in front with commanding lead. There were
mingled cheers and hoots for cassidy as he
walked back from the post. while a crowd Of
500 angry Good Luck bettors swarned around
the stewards stand. It looked as IL serious
trouble was imminent. but the rinkertons
were quickly on the job. ready TO uuell any
disorder.
The stewards asked the starter TO explain
the affair Cassidy said that all the horses
we're straight when he called TO the jockeys
to come on" but that Good Luck wheeled
Cassidy was more inclined 10 blame the horse
rather than the Jockey and said that he haG
done his best. Hundreds of spectators were
positive that Dugau was to blame in that
he turned the horses head iust as the gate
went up. Starting Judge Homin declared
that It was the repetition Of many Incidents
Of this kind and that the unfortunate incident
was unavoidable. Many critics wanted to
know why the recall flag bad not been used,
but under the rules this was impossible after
the starting gong had been rung. The
whole affair may have been a mere matter OF
racing luck. but this does not alter the fact
that Good Luck as a wise betting proposition
in the ring was a huge Joke. Incidentally
Il may be said that several bookmakcrs
nearest the track side worked sharp trick
on their customers. Their clerks stood on
stools and the moment the start was Elected
they whispered 20 their employers that Good
Luck had been left. Thea these very sports
manhke layers refused all bets on Bad News.
but took all they could get on Good Luck
until the cry They're OF ended all speclil-
tion.
Phil Chinn. who has been cutting a figure
lately with Gen Haley and lnfHuta killings,
put over another in the first race with Gien-
echo. The old Longstreet gelding. after
q rest OF more than year, came back 10 the
races the other day - be beaten on fifteen
lengths behind Quinn Brady. But In yester-
days AFFAIR he had the real speed aud was
backed from 80 down TO q diamond jim
Brady W. II. Reynolds, Al koeni gGbarg.
Joe Reilly and others had the tiy. and al
received long odds Brady Won al OF $40 900
alone while Chinn had some other biz britor
down. Glenecho won D. a few inches aud
burned up thousands OF dollars waserc1
on Tony Aste's Hooray. who had worked o
mile in f:i0 and was backed from - . TO
even. Aste. Dave johnson, Frank Fcrrell,
the Sullivans. Joe Cassidy and all Of the
smart fellows bet on Hooriy Us II it was in"
Yaca and Consistent were the only ether
starters to get play. hut Ostrich who was
saddled by Gcorge Odom. was fairly weii
taken 70 show.
Cdonl who Is making rapiI sri les as
a trainer put Comedlenuc over in the second
race nc the neat price of > - I. his was
an open betting affair as King Cobalt ruled
favorite at 10 20 j. while Okcnte. Sir John
johnson. HandzeTra. Aunt Rose and ire
brand were all IA dem1uG ti;ebra I'd WAS
primed for a killing and vas played from
20 down to :. only - experience the hardest
kind Of raci1g luck.
Diamond Nm Brady lost nearly of his
GIcnechO winnin rs on George s Ddyisi u the
third race Davis was backed by al OF the
smart players who took to : and TO 10 with
ca gerness Meanwhile oTkist receded from
StO5to2to l. Eddie Mcdonald getting abo,rd
az the hitter quotation for big bet. Z W
Cou ter and 'h;s friends were AT down on
YOrkist vino had all the uck and the benefit
OF a perfect ride BuNton messed Gcorgn :.
Davis about. ut the son of Son0TerO = worst
handicap was at the post where he va be Il
by the starters assistant. Harry SchaifCr
H. T. Griffin and others tried TO cut a me'On
with Eudora who was backed from - t. s
but the coup went up in thin air George
Boles bet $50 on Lady Vincent N th event
at 40 to /. Iorkist warmed UP n heavy
bauda ges which he did not wear u the race.
This was a so the II OK played with GenechO.
the plan to fool the general pub ic cing
successful In aCh instance.
Frank J. Farrell Dave Johnson and prRc-
tioally all of the form p ayers and plum gers
went to Aimee {. in the Packer Stakes. The
watercolor fly was literally backed OF the
boards her opening price being to 5. Berry
m id. the winner was the medium for k J.
ing. as she was played from to down to
o to ?. her owner. +. \. Forsythe cleaning up
for the winter. WOODLAND. who ran second.
was ano her of Albert Simonss attempted
killings, for she was played from Is to 10.
Chulita opened at 8 to ?. but went up 70 IL to5.
the books finding it diiCut to get any smart
play at all. Previous W naers Of the Packer
stakes were Coy Maid. WatergrAss and Lor-
ing
The ring cleaned up on the last race as
Beardau was a strong favorite at to I, while