The sun., 1908-10-06
GOSSIP or THE RAtETRACK.
BETTING CONDIT'ONS vt aEL-
MONT PARK UNCHANGEDs
oral speculation Is Permitted by sheriff
FOsteF-KelIeheF's Peculiar Accident
Two eI Adams sWeaallnEs Sell
for eO,OOO- DWyeFs Game Den.

f0Nef-kelICDGf'0 ReeuIiaR AQN10eBf
1--WE or Atlanta stYeanilnma aell
for 40 OOO-- nvvee,s ss.y.s NO
O"'
nsttina conditions we're prant,oall,, ,h.
,ame ne belmont, park yeaterdsv 40 =, ,hs
,,hor nstvonoIl,an tra,Ls Tha .a.Its -, 80
s,ood on the lawn in front of ,hs burs ,rsn5
land and made oral We aqers on 4bo diN.r.n, |,
events. Sheriff Foster OF Nassau county
was on hand with fifteen deputies but thay
made no arrests. The Sheriff said that 40
loug as no uaoney passed and no waRers
uefe recorded there would be no In.
terferenue, as he intended 10 respeot the
decisions, of Justices Blsohoff and Gay.
nor. As a strip, of ground In tho paddock
abou, 100 feet, wide Ia In Queens county
sheriff Harvey was present with a couple
Of his men TO see that everything was all
right" The Police Department had no
men inside OF the enclosure rs its turisdlc-
lion ended at the track gates. On the
whole the betting was extremely iiRht,
Two OF the ave fayorites we're at epro.
hbitlyc prices, 90 that IL was impossible
10 back them. This was shown copclu-
sively when the Matron Stakes, won BIZ
Helmet. was run without q cheer or hand
,lap.
The Natron Stakea was worth so soo IA
ur. Keene., Helmet, ws. rsosrdsd ss a
sure thing and he came ,hnms on iha ~
He gave two pounds 10 Joe Madden twslr.
TO Practical. A half brother 10 PrlsciIIjan ana
ssven 10 Witohine Hour. an added sts,tsr
Previous winners Of this part Of the Matrou
Stakes at Belmont Park were H. p. whitney q
Bursomaster and Mr.. Keene's Ballot and
Colin. Helmets winnings this year amount
TO SSl, ,e?a. 1".'
Last sprine n. r Dnrvea maid s,s mo Tor
s,riks o,y ,a3,tWo-v vear.old oaidin1 hv
CrfYon-pillowdex 10 Fyed RmrIsu Hn,
lin TO the running Of the Hurrioans s,aLss
vesterdav he bsd not won 80 us
had started nm numero,,s occ as,ons hu,
hevopd showing a f,asb Of sarIv snScs he
aocompllsbed notblno, Strike Ont bow~
ever vac In q soft snot n.tba uurrinsn.
a, the diata nee Nas univ Ave furlnnss ~.
lad nranticalIy notbine IN hes. ana ,ads
n SHOW OF his company. He was entered
o be sold for 81 500 but there was no bid
lie will be sold at auction this afternoon
together with other horses belonging to
Messrs. Duryea and Whitney at Sheepshead
Ray, at 2:9o p. NJ. Strike Out was hot
favorite. but MIR. Keene's Tattlins. M NJ.
Allen Ole 20, J. B. Respessis wintergreen.
son OF Dick Welles; the Montpelier Stables
May River and the Beverwyck Sta bles
Michael Beck were all served UP as good
things Michael Beck was the clubhouse
tip. but he ran as II both green and short.
Previous winners OF the Hurricane at the
Queens track were zuna. owned by Mr..
Duryea, Avis and Rosimiro.
Jockey Patsy KSlleher met with q peculiar
accident when Rufus fell In the steepechase.
As Rufus tunbied Kelleher fell to the
ground and the horse, rolling over on him,
actually jammed the boys head into the
soft turf so that hole was made. When
Keleher was picked up. he staggered sew
oral yards and then became unconscious.
He wss taken TO the paddock In the track
ambulance. where DR.: john a. voorhees,
attended nim' IL was louho .nat helener
'sns iss sIu sInI %eio Sis, pS,Ss ~ anu .nae
n% i's ; neS usu Sna;und oensoio,,snss 49,
- an.s snscSsrSi , NE re- NJ h,' Hn'bs AZ
~ ~ ~. s.sS.s =. 1000 at H. S.o,as
"e anS Ia ~ aitbF LII srin. 'N ~ 'A' eo'''
ru Wy. a.,
rhey cam klh mel inereh De not
,i!ne IN tEs oiu eoWn 'o-hsnH
TX The checkers were all talking OF a phe-
9tomedsi time trial at the Bay Yesterday
bssorninG by Mr.. keene's Maskette, the
Sinner OF the Futurity and the Great Ftlly
takes: who viii start In the second part OF
he Matron Stakes on THURSDAY. II was said
lifat Maskette worked sl1 iurionssi IN lao 80
me iastest s'me ever maos trouho turn'
and that she turned the ave furiongs in
"oo; Hot f"S' ""S be.'.'s W Wv 80. .
~ this phenomenal WORKOUT. rms would
,eena 70 indicate that Mr.. keene wiz win
noth ends OF the Matron. the total value
of which is more than $4,000.
Society was well represented in the club
house enclosure, August Belmont ucted as
a steward together with s. 8. Rowland.
Among those present were j. II. Alexandra.
Andrew Miller. T. Hitchcock. Jr., 7. r..
Hitchcock, H. S,sPage, Foxhall p. Heene,
II. p. Whitney and many Others Identified
with the affairs ofthe Jockey Club.
P.J. Dwyerw wac at the track and expressed
much confidence In the future OF racing
He said: t.t.. ~.
,-you can say for ma that / will conduc,
r.oe r,estIn "a at (;raysaend and ,Aoueduc,
nsr, yssr no matter who is Governor Of
thS stste of New YORK. i have made a
fo,,une ont of the racing game and / vIlI
SIM II all IL necessary In order 10 keep the
game alive. will not Quit until / am either
dad or broke 1 can live on s7S a week
n am driven to it, but l do not intend 70
have neorIe say that quit the turf under
are. I.bclieye tliIt racing will thrive again
ana for that reason am detsrimned 10 do
nv .hare Ia keep the snort before the pub
Ne P,,t this AZ plainly AZ Won car. mean
hn.iness" ''..l-
" q GiIpin. acting for John Raid Walker.
veil known EnRBsb owner. who is 4
hnothsr OF W, Hall walker. a leading turf.
80 on tha,o,hAr sda ,utrchased two ryean.