The evening world., 1908-06-18
Ry VINCENT TREANOR.

BY VINCENT IKE N OK
GRAvESEND RACE TRACK. June
1s-The great Roseben was pract'cauy
left at the post In the all age handicap
here this afternoon. As the barrier
w.n. up. vKe big Train was hung in
the webbing and before Garner could
get him going the held was twenty
length. ahead OF him. No ons expected
Rossben could ~in here. but Garner
CANA on. He closed 10. of ground and
tho end was sixth In the closely ounched
finish behind Rialto. the winner.
Rialto was in very light In the race
and at the start Dusan shot him into
the lead. Coloquy was nearest to him.
,rhey ran Tapped to the head OF the
stretch. where Coiloquy quit. Pantouhs
then ran into second place but o9 th'S
time Rialto had a two-length lead that
couldn', be overcome. Bat Masterson
came strong in the stretch. but he vas
too far ont of 1t In the early part 10
be dangerous at this point. He was
good third behind Pantouile. Had Rose
ben got away with the field the chances
are he would have won.
Police Are Quiescent.
group Of five men stood in the
centre OF the ring before the fourth
race counting on some Interference by
the police They wern't botheret, how
ever. Heretofore. the blueroats have
been moving on all such gatherings.
George Rose. the bookmaker and builder
OF the new Los Angeles track, got in
from the Coast to-day and was at the
track He was asked to quote prices on
the Suburban, but he declined, saying
he knew little ABOUT the probable start
ers
There were hT actual count sixty
on women IN both the tiers of the
grandstand, three on the lawn, and as
near as could be Judged by a practiced
eye. about 2,JO men on the lawn when
There e"'Ss Sas sned no nsTs n' ans on
In attendance. in fact. to..day's crowd
seemed bigger than yesterdays. There
was no public betting. but this doesn't
mean that one couldn't get pet down.
there on. the lawn who would quote a
price on@ any horse mentioned.
Many In to-day's crowd had made
bets in town before coming to the track
OF the horses they backed, as we'll as
the others for future speculation.
There's no dope in the world as valu-
able as that furnished by ones own
eyes. and that is why so many OF
those on hand to-day watched the races
so intently through their field glasses.
Betting Ring Was Idle.
The usual force OF police. Pinkertons
and deputy sheriffs was on hand again.
and the betting ring was vacant as 1t
has been since the anti-betting law
went into effect. There was little for
the laws upholders. however. Wash
Beaudine. the man who prints and sells
to estimate the sale OF programmes dur
ing the last few days and thus give
some kind OF an Idea OF the actual fall
ing OF in attendance since Gov. Hughes
signed the Agnew- Hart measure.
Beaudine refused - give the requested
Information, but sad no has laid of ten
men. and the prospects were that he
would hav" TO drop some more.
Madden Willing to Help.
John f.. Madden has Joined with other
horsemcn in his consent to run for re-
duced purses His letter on the sub
iect is as follows
To c. j. Fitzgerald, Esq, President
Brighton Beach Racing Association.
Dear Sir-Pleasc say to the direct
ors ~ your Association that II they
deem Il necessary, ! VIII race Tor
purses and over night events as low
as $500 This is 10 apply to both Spring
and Fall meetings As | have forty
five horses here in training | will try to
have a starter at every race, and per
haps two. Yours very truly.
u T. MADDEN"
Smeoe 10 Easy Winner.
The opening race was a selling event
for two-year-olds at Ave and ooe-half
surlongs, In which there were three
scratches The order at the finish was