The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-05
or TIE RACETRACK
TURFMEN. WITH OFF DAY. TAKE
" IN SPORT AT LONG BRANCH.

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IN SPORT AT LONG BRANCH.
Masiette Has . Hard Task In h Rich
Flstbush Stakes To-day-BaIIst Ex.
pected to Scere in the e2O, 1000 Cen.
tury weight for Age Stakes ~ h Bay.
As there was no racing at ~Sheepshead
Bay : yesterday many horsemen went to
Long Branch 10 attend the races OF the
FalC Association at Elkwood Park. Not
since the tracks In New Jersey were closed
yeats g has there been any racing In
that. State, so those who made the trip
yesterday recalled old times. The purses
at Long Branch are comparatively small
and the horses running there are OF an In
ferior qualify, but several well known
Jockeys had mounts yesterday. There
was no public bookmaking or poolselling.
but there was quiet speculation between
individuals who quoted a set Of prices on
each race. AZ the meeting will end this
week II cannot be said that there Is any
plan on foot to carry the racing game to
New Jersey, for the laws against gambling
are still On the statute books.
Racing will be resumed to-day at Sleeps
head Bay. with one Of the best cards that
have been offered this year. Tn rule
against professional betting at the track
will be, enforced to the letter as usual. but
1.-THE weather IL fair IL Is probable that 4
good sized crowd will turn out II only to
see, the thoroughbreds run. The rich
Flatbush Stakes. for two-year-olds. seven
furlongs. Futurity course. will be an attrac-
tive feature. 1t looks as n II would provide
b Sensational race between James X.
Keepe'e Maskette. winner OF the Futurity
and the Great Filly Stakes. and John f..
Madden's star Ogden colt Dir Martin.
Mr.. Keene has named Wedding Bells n
Hilarious to start In addition to haskette,
who must pick w III pounds and concede
weight to all OF the others. In the Futurity
Maskette carried Iis pounds and beat Sir
Martin. with i77. in q gailop by three lengths.
As Sir Martin viii shoulder IFS In to-day's
race Madden believes this colt will take the
measure. OF Msskette. who has won four
straight races, for q total OF nearly s40.00O.
Fayette, Madden's other Ogden colt. who
was knocked out Of 1t Just after the start OF
the Futurity, will also shoulder ii6 pounds.
which will probably make him . dangerous
factor. Hilarious. q fine colt by Voter,
Harpeichord. has not been to the post since
no won the United States Hotel Stakes at
Saratoga. beating Bobbln. Selectman. Ed
ward. Statesman and others. Wedding
Bells. q Ally by Ben Brush. ran second to
muHkGNI6 III NuC hrICut lty otoANbt oeN -
not extended. She carried ITO pounds In
that event TO Maskette's i27 but to-day she
will pick up eeven pounds less.
George Odom thinks that his crack flly
Trance. who has won eleven out OF twelve
races, this year, nay defeat Maskette. Sir
Martin and the others. Trance. q keene
CASTOR, ran q brilliant race the other day
when she won the Autumn Stakes. running
six furlongs stratghaway with 100 pounds In
l:t2 As. She won with ridiculous ease too.
beating Sea Cin. Bobbin. Edward. and
schleswig to o standstill. Trance will carry
if2 pounds this afternoon. and 0dom says
she will 60 to the barrier in perfect condi-
tion. On form the experts figure that
Maskette. Sir Martin and possibly Trance
will be fighting Il out at the wire.
The 90, COO Century Stakes. weight for
age, one mile and q half. will also prove an
interesting affair from present indications.
Mr.. Keene's, Ballot 10 In superb condition,
II. is said, and Trainer Rowe expects him
TO win. Ballot did not seem to care much
for races at this distance last year. but he
has improved greatly since then and is now
regarded as one Of the best four-year-olds
in the. world. Ballot will meet among
others q. G. Hildrethis King James, recently
sold to him by j. E. Madden: +. A. For
sythe's Dorante, who won the Twin City
Handicap on Wednesday in brilliant style.
and the Montpelier Stables Falcada. Dor
ante, it will be recalled. carried io7 pounds
Ia the Twin CITY aud ran q mile and . quar-
ter~in 20a 2-B. He came from behind In
that AFFAIR and displayed wonderful speed
and gansness. His burden In to-day's
event will be IFS pounds.
King james ran o mile at Sarato ga In
t.ss, but he was third to Pinkola and Frank
Gin In the Empire City Handicap at Yon-
kers. That race was run In the mud. which
was something OF q handicap to King james.
For that reason II the going Is fast to-
day experts believe that King James will
divide the task with Dorante Of extending
Ballot to the limit. Frank Gill ran q bad
race In the Twin City after being knocked
back at the start. II he runs up to his
Workers form, however. he may be the
one 10 night Il out with Mr. Keene's great
colt, FaIcada ran q mile and a furlong
at the Bay on Thursday In i:T SIS. q new
racks record. This performance was SO
rood that form students think that Falcada
has q chanceto be in the money. On form
Il looks rs II Ballot, Dorante and king James
will be the factors when the end OF the route
Is reached.
The Autumn Stesplechase. at about
two miles and q half. Ii another feature.
Iropsides ran . clever race the last time
out and may triumph over Waterspeed
and Sinister. TWENTY-FIVE starters are
named for the Ballot lightweight Handi-
cap. at six and a half %fnrlongs. By throw
ing out the last race run by Nimbus the ex-
perts behave that he has Q chance to beat
3osebep, Don Enrique and other crack
spriptsrs. In the, Fountalnblue Selling. at
a mhe and .three-sixteenths or the turf.
Monfort. Bedouin INC Grappie may cut
no the purse, In the Pasadena. for maiden
two-year.olds,, five and a half furlongs.
Futnrity course. Moorish King, Nedlim.
Yankee Daughter. Or. Pillow and Harlem
Maid have chances In q big field. The en-
tries follow: .... -,
First Raoe-The Ballot lightweight Handicap:
siI and . half horiongs. main c9urse: O.,
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Demund ,,,.... Us BdAuc0up. ........, ITO