The sun., 1908-05-03
GOSSIP OF TIE RACE7RACK
WESTERNERS HAVE 4 KILLING
WITH OLD HONESTY.
Colt We'll Backed Here and Also Out Of
Town shows q Form ReVersal-WRsers
Divided on the Result OF Dead Heat
Vets and Trainers Examine ROseben.

Vets and Trainers Examine ROseben.
That the Western turlmen who race here
each year know how to put over successful
coups was clearly demonstrated when r. j..
Thomas's Light Wool won at Jamaica on
Friday and when A. J. GOrey's Old Honesty
was victorious IN the Long Beach Handiacp
yesterday. Old Honesty was brought East
for a killing some time ago, he started
for the first time on April q at Aqueduct,
when he was badlp beaten in a handicap
at mile, won by Zienay, who beat Rlneman
neck. Riheman carried three pounds
less than Old Honesty on that occasion and
furnlShed nearly twelve lengths in front OF
Gorey's colt. In the Excelsior Handicap
last Wednesday Old Honesty started for the
second time and finished fourth, with Rife
man three lengths In front Of him, Rheman
carrying six pounds more. In Yesterdays
race al a difference Of eight pounds Old
Honesty turned the tables and beat Rifleman
by six lengths In big gaop, all Of which
means that II was the Previous colts day to
do real business.
In the paddock before the race there was
a rumor that killing in many Of the Western
rooms had been planned by Corey and his
friends while In the ring there was conolu-
sive evidence that something Of importance
to the Western crowd was In the wind There
was q little 10 70 / against Old Honesty at one
period Of the speculation, but as soon as the
Western crowd began TO place tens aud
twenties in all Of the books that would accept
wagers on the good thing the odds were soon
tumbling Oh all sides until at the last moment
Old Honesty was quoted at 10 TO o. Corey
~ he saddled the colt was the person0cation
of nervousness He was 30 agtated that he
could hardly speak. Several agents turned
10 bin from the market Ipsce" and whis-
pered some information to him that appar-
entity increased his agitation. Then as the
horses went TO the post Corey went up into
the grand stand with the Western bunch and
INDUCED In such roofing that every body
turned around to look.
lie wins" exclaimed Cory as Old Honesty
bree7ed TO the front IN the homestretch. while
the others who we're in the know yelled them
selves hosrsc It was a cleanup, no mistake
and there was pie nty Of handshsking In the
paddock and In fact all over the track enclos-
nrc when the race was Al an end. II was said
last night the Old Honesty would be shipped
Immediately 10 one Of the Western tracks.
This successful coup made those who fell
for the Newcastle Stables Spooner turn green
with envy. Wherever there was discussion
NJ the chances Of the different starters m this
event before It was run the opinion prevailed
that Spooncr who had received a specia
preparation, would come home on the bit.
True II was that the Peep n Day colt was
81 wing scale weight TO everything In the race.
but that did not count for much apparently
AZ Il vas figured that he VAS easily the class.
Asa re suit Spooner got a steady play from
the crowd In general and many Of the smart
speculators, Who took 4to with both eagerness
end confidence. Rnemsu vas also steadily
taken at S to =, but Old Honesty upset these
calculations In a way tina imsde the crowd IN
dulge in q long drawn out grosn. While the
hooks we're hard bit by Old Honesty's success
they y on on the race because of the irenzicd
, demand for spooner and RIfeman.
An interesting feature Of the dead heat be-
tween Fitz Herbert and Trance in the Elm
| hurst Stakes was the fact that when Fitz
| Herbert beat Trance the other day the latter s
| owner. II. T. Griffin. thought the Ben Brush
! Ally had a bad knee SO he promptly sold her
| N George Odom. I Ut on That occasion
| france gave weight to Fitz Herbert, while
! n as lust the reverse In yesterdays race.
| Roth opened at s 20 S, but Trance got the
| hea vIer support for she was backed down 10
| IN .. while FitZ Herbert went UP 10 II 20 5.
! When the dead heat was announced II vas
| impossible to run II od because Of a rule which
prohibits two-year-olds from indulgins in
| extra heats Of this kind. So the crowd went
! back n the layers 20 have one-half of the
total vagers made on each youngster paid
! hack There was a good show play on Erbet
| IN this race, while r 4. Forsythes Warden
was lowered from to 7. James r. Keene Z
| Voodoo vas also taken three ways PTevi-
ous winners Of the Elmhurst we're Race King,
| Niblick. Leonard Joe Haymon, Frank Lord
and Laura Clay,
The books got another good break when
\ Alcthclo was beaten in the second race. The
| talent snapped up all the TO S in sight, while
| i. 4. Weinberg, John J. McCanerty and others
| gohblcd M 10 about the Disguise tilly
! MASQUERADE. who gave seven pounds by the
I scale 10 Alctheno Horace L., who has never
Won a race since Roy Rainey paid SIS 900 10
! Barney Schrciber for him, was a tip and Wa'
taken across the boards, So was August
Iicmonls Black Oak. 10y Flying Lemur-
Bluck Poplar. while Bill DAILY Hartford Boy
was reduced from i0O 10 o.
Jurt lonr horses were played IN the first
race. although there we're ten starters, and
.hrcc finished in the money The book:
got "A sight break iu their favor however
as the iaNortc, Madrileno, ran second, beaten
! hy Ramble. the second choice. Won Laer,
owned by the Grosvenor Farm Stable, was
a tin. which caused his odds TO drop from
eotoia The Jockeys had been posted In the
ring when the order came to scratch William
Iakelands Ben Franklin, with Moore up,
Three Of the si1 starters in the fifth race
monopoll7cd the speculation. There was a
solid play on Troublemaker. backed from
eto5 10 t3 to 10, while Dennis stafford wal
reduced from to to /. This caused SayloI
10 20 back from 8 to 10 II 10 8, and wher
the latter Von the layers enjoyed a substantial
proat,
In spite OF the fact that Zal would hsv
beaten Bad News on Thursday II he had not
run out be was overlooked by the sharI
| plavers in the last event yesterday, for they
| allowed him 10 60 up from to I. Though
IJ. 4. Weinberg scratched Big Ben in favol
OF his stablemate Fri1ette, the latter was ais {
passed up her price recedinR In similar
manner. Rlacksheep was supposed to bt
the goods, and ne got 80 much backing that
he was sent TO the past the choice At 10 l.
while Please was also heavily supported
her odds dropping to to ?, with many place
wagers at even money. lal ran right back
to form, and with FrIzette in the place the
chalk ers made another good cleanup,
Trainer Weir said Yesterday that the poo
form of Roseben might be attributed TO III,
plentiful use Of anti-toXn last fall, when th'
biz sprinter was critically III Other drug
were employed, so that in Weir's opinion
Roseben may be still suffering from the
effects Of the heroic treatment he received
Several veterinarians have expressed tb'
belief that " Roseben is allowed 10 rest fol
several months be may come around all righ
after all. But expert traiaers who hav'
seen the Big Train say that be will nevei
completely recover bis old form,