The sun., 1908-05-27
GOSSIP OR The RACETRACK
CLOCkERS MAKE NO MISTAKE
IN TABBING TOURENNE.
After Fast Time Trial at Gravcsend Odd.
fellow Colt Is Framed for Successful
Coup Record Breaking last OF Beaten
rayorites at Belmont Park Meeting.

Coup Record Breakn8 hAst OF beaten
ravorltes at Belmont Park Meeting.
Practically all tho clockers played Tourenne
for 1, real good thing In the Cosmopolitan
Handicap ut Belmont Park yesterday. IL
apppars that ON Sunday afternoon at Graves
cnd Iourenne. running the reverse way OF the
track worked mile In 40 LIS and finished
OUT the mile and furlong In 15+ l-s. That
performances in the estimation OF the clockers,
was enough to warrant good play on Ton-
rennc TO beat Jack Atkin and other good
handicap horses In yesterdays star event.
1onrrnne, bred by F. A. Forsythe was sold
to n. j. Mackenzie, well known Canadian.
two wears ago, In his previous race over u
sloppy track he was badly beaten by Berkeley.
col Jack and Salvidere With eight pounds
less Yesterday he did not appear on the sur
face TO have chance to win. but neverthe-
less when the layers put up ~ to they dis
covered that there was stiK play on him.
all over the ring, the colt going to the post
at 5 to in a majority Of the books.
According TO the scale Jack Atkin, gave
Tourenne twenty mine pounds. but In spite Of
the heavy burden carried by the Sain colt
the general public could not see anything
rise in the race and consequently backed him
steadily at to S. Lawrence p. Daley was
also well played, his odds falling from to s.
while Dandelion with only 100 pounds was
reduced from 10 to 8. Jack Atkin ran q hne
race under the circum stances, but Tourenne
was much the best at the weights For that
matter these two horses. even though they
ran out at the head Of the stretch. made the
others look like lot Of cheap selling platers.
Every book In the ring felt the effects Of the
Tourenne coup. among those who cleaned up
handsomely being Lucky Jack McGinnis.
who by the way is a big loser to date. There
was some rough riding in this race. j. Lee
on Old Honesty getting a hard deal from
Me-, TS,prA hA
backstretch. Inauisitor and MoCarter were
the previous winners Of the Cosm opolitan.
The victory Of Mr.. Keene's Melisande,
in the Laureate Stakes. was big surprise
to Trainer Rowe, who did not give her q
chance. She went up in the betting to T.
while Ross Fenton was the magnet for the
heaviest play, his odds dropping from 4 to
to IL to ). r. A. Forsythe scratched Bon
Homme and added his crack 0ddfellow
geding High Private, who he believed
would win on the bit. But with j. Lee up
the talent allowed High Private to go back
in the odds from to 5 to Q TO S. Statesman
also got stiff play at 4. II was the general
opinion that High Private could not have
lost IL he had not been interfered with at the
start. There is so much rough riding just
after the start Of races up the chute these
days that much fault finding on the part
OF the players is in evidence. Previous
winners Of the. Laureate were Penrhyn.
Okenite and Frizette. The books cleaned,
up large amount on the result Of this event.
Bobbn. who won the second race for H. p.
Whitney, Is fine looking colt by Meddler--
Handspun. hence full brother to the noted
racemare Tanya, now in the stud. He
opened at to and closed at i3 to s, well
hacked straight and place. But James r.
keene's Suffragette, chestnut flly by Voter
MONDAY. was in greater demand, even
though she went up from to II to s. John E.
Madden's Lady Hubbard was third In favor
at S. II was a case of write your own ticket
against the other starters. Star Thistle,
who ran into the place, at so to 1. is a colt
by Blues-Wild Thistle. The Robin. who
ran third, at 30 to I, is also by Blues out OF
Queen Beluga. Suffra Rette, who ran away
on Monday. had her unruly temper with her
still, for when she reached the barrier she
kicked up her heels and threw Notter over
her head, Then she tried to jump over
the rails at the start and the money wagered
on her went up In smoke.
Dave johnson was dead sure that Roseben
would win the handicap and told his friends
10 bet. But Trainer Weir. who In more con-
servative than johnson. said that Roseben
would have to run a phenomenal race to beat
Mr., Whitney's Royal Touris.. a splendid
three-year- r-old. who had worked In fast time.
Roseben conceded seven pounds by the scale
to the Whitney colt and was backed from 2
down to to 5. Royal Tourist opened at s to 2
and closed at IL to 5. There was plenty OF
support for Jubilee. who seems to have gone
back. and also for Rosimiro. who was played
from 10 to 7, chiefly because he ran Roseben
OF his feet in the mud the other day Rose
hen lacked his old speed and stamina. There
was no doubt about that, especially when
the crowd saw Royal Tourist hold him safe
In a sharp but decisive duel to the head OF
the stretch. That was where johnson ex-
pected Roseben to show his old gamcness
by sticking IL out with the Whitney colt to
the end. But after the race johnson said
10 his friends
The old fellow ran bad race didn't he?
guess he is not the horse he used to bel"
incidentally II may be said that Pantoune,
who forced Roseben to hard drive to keep
her out Of the place. showed a startling i'm
provement over her previous race, when at
short price she could not get up gallop.
The books got an excellent break on the
first race. as Frizette. the winner, receded
from TO 2 to S. -Arasee, on the other hand,
was backed from to is to 5. while the public
lost heavily on Queen Marguerite, who re-
ceded from II to to l3 to s. Black Sheep
and Adriana also got much fruitless support
big killing with Monocle went wrong In
the last race. In previous events Monocle
could not get up respectable sallop and
also received several queer lookin rides,
but with Mcdaniel UP yesterday the Jack
Point colt was said TO be ready for melon
cutting, He opened at IL. but the moment
persons tried to bet on him at that price the
layers rubbed to 8. Then they accepted
some wagers, but the money came so fast
that the price was finally cut to 4. at which
quotation Eddie Mcdonald got down fat
het Nick Stoner and Mr.. Keenes Chaplet
opened equal favorites. meanwhile, at o to S,
but both went UP. the former to and the lat
ter to is to5. George Wheelock backed Nick
Stoner all over the ring at the last moment
and cleaned up a handsome bundle. william
1akeland's Coat OF Arms was another sup
posed good thing backed from to 7 to .
When Musgrave scored with Tourenne
he rode bis first winner In fourteen consecu-
tive mounts. Mlisgrave started the season
In brilliant style. but after he had sustained
fall at Jamaica, which laid him up for
several days. he appeared to have lost his
form His ride on Tourenne was a splendid
piece ~ Workmanship.
Little Gilbert. the California lightweight
Who will ride second call for the Keene
Sable this year. made his first appearance
here in the first race, when he had the leg up
on Arasee. He put up strong finish and
landed in the place, Gilbert also rode a good