The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-07-19
GOSSIP OF THE RACETRACK
MGYNNIS WANTS TO MATCH
FRANK GILL WITH BIG CHIEF.

Oners TO Back HIS Horse with . oHo 900
Side Bet, the Conditions to BE the
Same as In Yesterdays Raoe-Owner
Says That DuBsn's Ride Was Faulty
Lucky Jack MoGipnis was decidedly hot
under the collar when bis horse Frank GIN
was beaten In the Ocean Wave Handicap AZ
Brighton Beach yesterday. McGinnis said
that e. Dugan made O grave error when ne
rushed Frank Gill to the front on the far turn
and took such o commanding lead that the
son Of Collar curled up in the homeetretch.
McGinnis declared that II Dugan had ridden
O waiting race Frank Gill would surely ave
beaten Big Chief. The argument vaxed so
warm that McGinnis. who was talking WIN
half Q dozen horsemen. said:
I'm bet Sl0,0 900 on the side that IL Frank
Gill meets Big Chief In a match. race with the
same weights and at the same distance my
horse will wini-
"IIl take ss, 900 Of that betl- declared Tom
Welsh. the former trainer Of Big Chief. and
I think Mr.. Williams will make UP the other
halfl' H. E. Rowell, who trains for the Call
fornia turf magnete, then broke In with the
remark
Il cannot speak for Mr.. Williams. who 10
in California. but I will communicate with
him and let you know IN q few days Will
lbmN u y nOteu BpoTI8u1bu w ~ ~ fSeee~
that he will agree TO back his sl2 900 colt II
Q sweepstakes can be arranged. After bis
race yesterday Big Chief was pronounced by
turf experts to be one Of the best three-year-
olds In America. He gave two pounds by the
scale to Frank Gill. fourteen to Bedouin ana
thirty-seven to Lally. He won so easily that
the belief was prevalent that II he had been
extended he could have beaten the WORLDS
record Of 2,02 As for q mile and Q quarter.
5000 k.htAA thtQ m QTE
which was made by Broomsttck. q three-year-
old, with i04 pounds, when he wonthe Brighton
Handicap in 1904. Big Chief carried Ill
pounds In yesterdays race.
A selling race war broke out In earnest
after the second race. Brother Jonathan
was entered to be sold for 1900 and when
the son OF Yankee was offered at auction
j. v. Lemaire. who ran second with Beau
olere. bid him up to IS 1000. Then L. w.
Coulter. the owner OF Brother Jonathan, re-
tanned the gelding with o IS increase. But
that was not all, for Coulter In retaliation
hurried to the secretary 8 ONCE and put in q
claim for Beauclere at $l,40o. When this
news was carried to Beauoleres trainer,
Max Hirsch, in the paddock the latter became
90 incensed that he took OF the halter and
turned Beauclere loose. As Q result Beau
clere ran around the paddock for several
moments until q stable boy caught him.
Coulter lost no time In going before the stew
ards with a complaint against Hirsch and the
stewards decided TO hold an Investigation.
Coulter's action was perfectly legitimate
and Lemaire, who bid up Brother Jonathan.
should have expected 1t.
Entries close next Tuesday for the English
Derby and q number OF Americans will for
ward nominations Among them will be
James r. Keene. H. p. Whitney. II. B. Duryea,
E. F. Cowdin and John e. Madden. 1t IL e1-
49, .-.- l-.>~ I'LL ala hA In
cluded In the list,
Jockey hotter was suspended for three
days by the starter for disobedience at the
post. 1t is said that he will 60 to Saratoga
to rest UP and also to exercise the keene
horses
Mauricc Kraus showed again vest erday
that he know what he was doing when he
bought Tom MoGrath from II. r. Brandt.
Tom McGrath was quoted at a false price In
the first race, for he has always been well nigh
invincible with light weight. With 100
pounds on his back Kraus said he was q cinch.
and all the Tammany crowd agreed with
him. The Oneck Stables three-year-old
Cohort. by Cesarion. was served UP as q sure
thing In this race with the result that the QUO
tations dropped from 4 to 1 to Ii to S.
He was In receipt OF eleven pounds
by the scale from Nimbus and gave eight
to McGrath.y E. Dugan hustled Cohort after
MCUTHtQ IL u kTc6I Eht0s ouS ~ $Scoa 'oh Soss
who has been a bitter pill on more than one oc-
casion this year, ran as II short Of work. MINI
bus, on the other hand. had all his speed with
him and was also at q juicy price. Live Wire.
who ran O great race the last time out. had no
speed at all this time.
Two rising young Jockeys, Sweet and Upton.
had the second race all to themselves. Sweet
put UP q mastery ride on Brother Jonathan.
while Upton's handling Of Beauclere was we'll
80 --I-- Dat .L-xw.A SaynarkahtA
confidence In his mount and never for a mo-
ment lost his head. Beauclere beat Trash.
Brother Jonathans stablemate, the other
day, 80 Coulter scratched Trash yeste rday
and told his friends that the Y~ankee-Sister
May gelding would surely take Beaucleres
measure.
Up to yesterday the Newcastle Stables
Ben Strome FLY The Pippin was q maiden.
Tom Welsh tried repeatedly to put her over
the plate. but there was nothing doing. She
met a comparatively poor lot in the third
race yesterday, however. and brought home
the bacon. She was q lukewarin ~favorite
at that, for there we're many sharps who had
a tip on T. H.. Williams colt Tom Hayward.
by C~unard-Mamie G.. for whom Williams
paid "a. 500. Dandy Dixon. a black colt, by Sir
Dixon. was another supposed good thing
that went wrong. Jack McGinnis started
both Enfield and Foultless In this event.
tne ldtttT buoWluk WINK Catiy opVNus u
was a play on Civita. George j, Longs Alves-
cot flly. who was always second choice at
S to 2. Jack Joyner's Homeorest. who ran
third at 40 to 1. is q brown colt by watercress-
Sister Jeanne. Joyner did not believe this
youngster had q chance to be near the money
so he allowed 2. Dugan to take the mount
on The Pippin.
The steepleohase was one OF the best cross
country races seen at the track this year.
Delcanta. Economy and Sinister were so
we'll matched that 1t was anybody's race
right up to the last jump. All three were
under the whip after they began the run
home on the fat. There was much enthusI-
asm over this race. the crowd roofing hard
until the wire was reached.
Long before the last race was run the
smart men had a hot tip on the Oneck Stables
colt Fashion Plate. 1t was said that he
had worked with Cohort and would come
home on the bit. Some Of the oral bettors
expected a long price. but when they tried
to, back their judgment with the price makers
they found that Q to 1 was the best on tap.
Fashion Plate finally closed at Z 10 6. with
Ragman at 8 to s. They ran like a team to
the head Of the stretch and set such a fast
pace that some Of the experts believed that
both would stop and that John E. Madden's
Chaperon would overhaul them. But Chap