The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-27
GOSSIP OF THE RACETRACK
TERHssn0O11rAKER' MAY SOON
BE bECTDED IN THE COURTS.

TEhZ "M90HAuAAEH' mAI 1OON
BE HECrDED m THE COURTS.
5.sT
Alleged LayeFs Arrested at Grayesend
wai HaseJe Heartng, Next, Friday IN
the PouSe Cedft-E. Dusan's License
Suspended Until New Years Day.
The alls9ed ~'bookmakers. Sol Lichten-
stein. Tom Shaw, James Beatty. Dick
Brown. Jim Murphy and Orlando Jones.
who wdr etarrested at Gravesend on Friday
appeartd before Masistrate, Geismar in
Brooklyn yet srday morning and were held
for examination on October .. II. was said
By ssySraaio Of the racetrack attorneys last
night that on that day Assistant District
ATTORNEY Robert H.. Elder and Lawyer
John Bt stanchneld will argue these cases
In openlc6aSt, aud that the important point
% to Jest what CONSTITUTES 'bookmaking."
under the new law will be determined. Is
ct iooks ms ~ we could get what We have
been aftef an along, said one Of the race
track s~ttornsya. These men are charged
With bdoknsaEfhs and, weshaye been trying
70 have that question brought before the
courte dvsruince the present law was passed.
10 10 our. contention that bookmaking Is
the display OF odds, the acceptance of cash
wagers, the recording o., them and q set
Element after each race. Our clients have
simply accepted oral wagers without show
Ing odds andhave not recorded bets. We
feel SURG that fheir cases will be dismissed. :
whed these Gases came up yesterday
Mr.. Stanchheld asked for an adjournment
until next Friday, when he will move for
the Dismissal Of the complaints on the
ground that they did not state facts sufficient
10 charge crime. He also asked Mr..
Elder to promise that he would not take
the CAGES out Of the jurisdiction OF the
Magistrate by having them presented to
the Grand Jury. Mr. Elder declined to
make such a promise but said II was prob
able that the argument would 90 on with
out interfereu CO by the Grand Jury. Mag
istrate lGeismar then directed counsel to
have their briefs ready for the hearing next
Friday. The defendants were released In
the sum OF estb each, which, was furnished
BY Joe vepdiG and Orlando Jones.
All OF the accused were at the track
yesterday afternoon, apparently doing
business In the old way. Willie Gerdes.
the 400 FOUNDER who got away before he
could b arrested on Friday. went to police
headquarters yesterday and surrendered.
He said that he was net aware OF the fact
that he was wanted until he read II In the
newspapers. Before the first race 1t was
rumoreA that sIattfs, Lansan and Won
wsse9ag had akx more warrants 70 serve.
One M{Ie1tsN41 Haid. 70 Do for 'ons ofsthe
Cellsa. But he could not be found. There
was nothing doing until after the last race.
when 1--WE men Sere arrested 80 quietly
that few we're aware Of the. fact. Among
them wasiAdeivtle Collins; who figured In
the m 9AseH hieh waftrtSd before Justice
BisS WV ydAe!S The others arrested
Ol ord footsS $50 BERGEN street: Aaron
0st& man. sss Fifteenth street, and Henry
W 6hepp&fdfls MdDonough street.
ADJUST Belmont made his first appear
anoq ct ths track since his return from
Euro q eskfe came down to attend u meet
Ing I the stewards OF the Jockey Club
and so TO see Fair Play run in tho oriental
HAM oapSsi"Mr. Belmont and the other
stewards. james r. Keene. Schuyler L.
ParS1ns. II. X. Knapp. F. r. Hitchcock and
And3w Miller. were closeted for some
timd tafter which IL was announced that
the ycense OF Jockey z. Dugan had boon
susp1 hded until December 81, 1908. This
punt brnent was handed out because OF
the Migrant rough riding by Duean In a
race&last Wednesday which resulted In
the curious injury Of Jockeys H.. Smith and
Yorf3. H.. Smith 10 still at the Kings County
Hos1itsl. whore 1t was said yesterday that
his 8pndition was slightly improved. By
this fuling. Dugan can do no moro riding
until hftsr the first OF the year. when he win
resume work In the saddle in California.
IT. said that from now until the rest
Of t. metropolitan season Jockey Notter
will npt be allowed to accepr mounts outside
Of II Keens stable. Much fault has been
four4 with NotteriG work recently, and as
. reS3lt it's Believed that the turf governors
haydsbeen looking into the matter. Inci-
dentsiiy II nay be said that the operations
OF certain horsemen who believe in cinches
might cotae under the official eye.
At the sale of 'racehorscs held in the
paddock yesterday Jack Joyner's Golden
Pea9eyb r6ught4hs top price, John Powers
paying 4.ioo for him. Joe Jones. a well
known trainer, paid q, 500 for Mr.. Beimont's
Madman, while W. g.. House got Joyner,s
Home Crest for 100. These were the
leadtls sales. Hessian was not offered.
and 1t was said that the big Watercress
colt would revert to james Il. Haggin. In
selling out, Joyner has strengthened the
beliefsthat he will train for Messrs. whitney
and HHTm9bf IN Eneisnd next year.
It, Aeb6rted,that fhkfe may be a rear
rsnGement OF dates SO that there will. be no
conflict bctwSeHS Jamaica and Pimlico.
The Jamaica meeting opens on October
IS and closes on November 4. Pimlico
begins OF 0otobcr ~ and ends on Novem-
bert 1t Ia possible that one OF these tracks
Will postpone It's session. possibly Pimlco.
A wen known horseman who hal prac-
tically made plans Ito race In California
this .Xintsr received q letter yesterday
from,s politician in New Orleans advising
ID syait as It looked as II there would
be rsGins in the Creseent City after all. II
h dSdlsfSds that many New Orleans bust
ness men want to have the tracks reopen
and thai there is just q nance hat the re-
cent anti-bettins law may be knocked out.
Trainer Mcdaniel started for California
yesterdey with atwenty-seven horses be-
longing. to r.. T.. Thomas. He will take
Jockey ;6ohiping with him. Thomas Fl.
Wilfi1mse stable. In the care OF Doc Rowell,
aleo left last night for the Coast, while
George j Longs string departed for Ken
tuckxs X. rs ="
Au9usE Belmonts. unbeaten Priscillian, |
one ,pt the best three-year-olds In this
country. y not race again this year.
After a workout on Friday for the Oriental
Joyner discovered that one OF Prise illians
forelegs had allied up" That was why
the great son OF Hastings did not 90 to the
post Fyesterday. NV.
Fair Plays de feat was the subject Of
much u~glysIalks. A veteran turfman said
that the Oriental was one of the aueerest
looking races he had ever seen. The ORR
entalJ%hfoh ives worth 1900 to the winner,
was irst run In 1889. with these winners:
FeroRa. psnboyne. Kingston. Eurus. Eng
lish LAdytIPactotus. Lamplighter. Ramapo, |
clifford. Dutch Skstsr. Havoc. Algol. Imp. |
C~harentus. Gold Heels, Col. Bill. Charles