The sun., 1908-06-02
GOSSIP OF THE RACETRACK
CELT AND COLIN HAVE WON MORE
TEAM S55 900 THIS SEASON.
Pronounced the Two Greatest Three-Year.
yDIds In the WorId-B0optmakers Fare
Badly on Result OF Blg Race, which
Illustrates the Honesty OF the Turf.


Badly on Result OF Tslw Race, which
Illustrates tho Honesty OF the Turf.
Celt and Colin between them have already
won ts5,s4a for Mr.. keene this season. These
crack three-year- -olds are expected to be the
principal winners for the vice-chairman OF the
Jockey Club this year, and predictions are now
freely made that the stable will finish ahead
Of all rivals. Celt has q number Of engage
rnents to be filled at Gravesend. He is ell
stble for the Parkway Handicap, the Stand-
ard Stakes, the Broadway Stakes and the
Brookdale Handicap. Collins engagements
are the Carlton Stakes and the Standard. All
Of these events are valuable and are at the
mercy Of one or the other OF the Commando
colte. After the running Of the Brooklyn
yesterday one of the big bookmakers said:
There ism Z a layer in the ring here or In
the field who didn I lose on this race. never
saw 50 much public support for a favorite as
that received by Celt. While there was some
smart money, very few OF the big operators
bet on Celt or any other horse, as they usually
stay of OF these races. but the small bettors
were legion. Those layers who were willing
to take a chance with Celt handled all kinds
Of bets from 81 up to 500. Those who rubbed
Celt on entirely were swamped with place
wagers on Fair Play or show wagers on Master
Robert which came In food at the last
IuOmSut, bO tICy must uhNO lOSt anyway.
The result Of the race shows what the layers
have to contend with day after day. The wise
public bets on the best horses, so II is a
difficult matter to get a break. 1t would not
be- exagserating to say that 100000 was
wagered on Celt alone"
Celt was picked to win the Brooklyn Handi-
cap when he beat Jack Atkin in the Jockey
Club weight for age race at Belmont Park last
week. Meeting Jack Atkin at even weights
A.vA kA Ia AlN
Q mile and furlong in 1852. As Jack Atkin
had come TO be regarded as the best handicap
horse in training Celt's victory made the
Brooklyn an apparent cinch for him and for
that reason he ruled favorite for yesterday s
race for several days. With this advanced
information the public bet on Celt with perfect
confidence yesterday. and the fact that he
won proved conclusively that the days of
manipulation by bookmake as to the hand
ling Of such favorites had long since passed
away.
Celts triumph did more to prove the honesty
OF racing than any other event that has been
run this season. The con fdence of the public.
which has been solidifed by the Jockey Clubs
methods. shows that the attacks by reform
ers upon the integrity of the turf have been
both unfair and unwarranted.
Celt has only suffered one defeat since going
to the races. He ran second to Colin in the
Flatbush Stakes last fall. but Of course did
not try to beat the latter. His victory over
Uncle in the Junior Champion Stakes at
Gravesend later was performance that
convinced many that he was not far behind
Colin as to class. For that reason and taking
into consideration his victories In the Jockey
Club Weight for Age Race and the Brooklyn
Handicap. 1t is conceded on all sides that in
Celt and Colin Mr.. Keene owns two Of the
greatest three-year- In the world to-day,
and that either Of them at scale weight can
beat any horse In training on the turf.
Roseben ran his best race OF the season In
the hrst event yesterday and incidentally
the ring received thorough drubbing. Be-
fore the betting began Trainer Garth and
Ed Peters. who trains the Rainey horses In
formed Frank Weir, Rosebens trainer. that
De Mund would beat the Big Train In a gaop.
They said that De Mund had wor ked three
quarters OF q mile in 1919 and that he was
never better in his life. They engaged
Miller, who made his first appearance OF the
season here, to ride. and the tip became 80
general that In the early speculation there was
plunge on De Mund. but when this play
began to lag De Mund went up in the betting
from 10 to 5 to 3 to /. while Frank j. Farrell,
Dave johnson and their friends got busy
with Roseben. backing him from down to
IS to- 5.
King Cobalt was also played across the
board. his price dropping from to s. while
Berry Maid was played In a similar man ner
from to Z. Big Chief. too. was In demand.
backed from 10 to 8. Shaw did not ride Rose.
ben ,aausual. but Notter had the leg up. and it
was due to Notter's energetic ride that the
Big Train won by a small margin. Instead Of
breaking OF in front and running his field to
death Roseben this time got away rather
slowly and did not begin to loom UP as prob
able winner until he reached the head OF the
stretch; then hes closed with all of his old
sameness and speed and won in such q way
that he will be heard to beat In future. He
gave ten pounds by the scale to Berry Maid.
fifteen to King Cobalt one to De Mund eigh-
teen to Big Chief and so on down. De Mund
showed his old yellow streak for when Berry
Maid went out to make the pace with him he
Quit like rat in trap. s. C. Hildreth added
Rapid Water in this race in spite of the fact
that he was lame going to the post,
Poterne, French mare by Elk-Haicela,
who was recently brought to this country
was ready for a killing in the second race.
She ran In the name Of w. C. Ba 1ter and was
saddled by W. 8. Spence. They put Upton.
q stable boy, on her back, and then the odds
tumbled from 90 to to 10. II a fashionable
Jockey had been EN- gagged Poterne might have
got some part OF the money. but Upton got
her into many pockets, pulling her head high
In the afr and finally permitting Black Oak
to crowd her to the rail at the last sixteenth
pole. 90 that 1t looked as II . foul had been
committed, but Upton made no protest.
much to the disappointment Of those who
had tried to protect their money with show
weSers. Poterne was less than half length
out of third place. The books got something
of break In this event because OF the defeat
Of Rockstone. On his race the other day.
when he forced Restigouche to hang up q
worlds record for seven and half furlongs.
Rookstope looked like q good thing and he