The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-24
GOSSIP or THE RACETRACK
rRo1HHMAxEN s~gBpGNAED
uEOk TEE BRAND JURY.
Served by One:ef Mr.. Elders sleuths ut
Inc TrssEsNith Others Said to Re on
the LsksLstmena.Madden Feud SstiI
On-JeSkeftH. smith Is. Very Low.

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! O~n-JsskefH. smith Ii. Very Low!
r Just at n time when things we're going
along EmkothlyS at Ora vesend. turfmen
were stirfed Up yesterday by the news
that one 81 Assistant District Attorney
Elber's private detectives was at the track
with q bunch OF subpenas. Lieut.. Lam
gan had the sleuth in tow and was said to
be lookiuGafpr ~a.npnber OF alleged book
makers andthettors. just before the last
race two wen tdressed Cinnamon whose
names were sal to be All Fong and Sam
Lung. were served with subpenas directing
them to appear before the Kings County
Grand Jury this morning TO testify In the
case'of.ths People VS.. the Brooklyn Jockey
Club. The Cinnamon. both OF whom can
speak. EnHlish fuently and who are said
to be Wealthy. Mere much surprised when
thpr NJ lived .the papers. but they took 1t
aif goodnaturedy and said they would be
on hand to reply to any queries that Mr..
Elder might put to them. The Orientals
have long been regular patrons OF the
track and IN days. gone by when the Percy
Cray lay VA IN elect they were supposed
to besbis bettofss Both Of them are Ameri-
can citizens, II Is said. and have a strong
pull on the affairs Of Chinatown. 1t is
have seed hef0hihatnsn making oral bets
with various persons who were bookmakers
under the old law and-for that reason their
pyesdh0e btfofe the Grand Jury Is deemed
nece&ah3 ,asspst or the crusade against
speculation at the tracks.
IT was rumored that criminal action was
about to be brought against the Brooklyn
Jockey Club for aiding and abetting
gambling, but when p. J. Dryer was asked
about the matter no said that he had heard
OF nothing in that line. Since the Graves
end meeting opened a week ago Monday
not an ar rest has been made. Tit Police
Department has had q force OF plain clothes
men on hand each day. but they have re
ported. II is said. that there was no evil
dence TO prove that the law wal being
violated, Detectives from a private agency
In the employ Of the District Attorneys
ofice'have also been In the grand stand.
and IT. is said that they have singled out
a dozen or more persons who, according
Il, their suspicious. have been making book
Cd the races. The Gravesend meeting.
will end on Saturday, after which the scene
Of action will SHIFT to Aaueduct. where. II
was said Yesterday. the authorities would
respect the BischoY decision. Whether
snbpanas were served on other persons
at the track could not be learned last night.
but there was q report that a number would
be- sAFHsd-this afternoon.
The old feud between John F. Madden
a4d AlberS Shmons cropped out after Witch
it<k Hour Mad wonthe first race in the colors
CIT, nehkock, Or. Madden trains the
Cd. dnAxis said to have owned q half In
teserst, in him also The entered selling
pf{ee was 81 900. and when bids were called
f0f5 SImons boosted the figures to 81. 800.
Vhereupon the colt was retained with the
p42jai, SIS INCREASE. 500 after witching
Hklrswas sold outright to George Kraus
f0t2 81, 500. ,Slmons's boost cost Messrs.
Hitchcock and Madden the purse.
sypfkey H.. Smith. who was seriously
i1spred in the accident at the track on
TI3sdaysrwss taken from the Emergency
H<tpuaL copey Island. TO the Kings County
H{frital yesterday, in q critical condition
re boy was. still unconscious and was said
to be- suffering from hemorrbase Of the
bt61n. The doctors said last night. that
smith was yerylo and that his chances for
reeoyery ware not encouraging. E. Dugan.
wto was the cause OF the accident. was on
a. ground yesterday, and 1t is said that he
mAy1dNGH1e618H6dsto ride here again this
fNv6af looked like another rtece OF rough
riding by Jockey Mccarthy. on canoscara.
incurred In the fifth event yesterday.
When the lower turn was reached Gilbert.
Who was leading slightly with ~Rroosdaie
Nimpf.Swas seen to pull up srddenl- while
Danoscara crossed over in front OF him and
took The Fail. Gilbert lodged a protest OF
fopI-araihst4 Danoscara after the race. bu.
I'd Vas not allowed. Those who saw the race
from,the paddock rail said that Gilbert was
N no way ipterfered with before he took the
whitney mare up and that he alone was 10
blame for the mishap. severa; Jockeys
VINO looked on from the clubhouse balcony
laughed at Gilbert as he made hts way from
the stewards stand and declared that his
protest WASH bluff.
iSchillire's ride OF Fifty Herber. In the
Holly Handicap did not meet with general
appSoyaL IL looked as he IL took the colt
up at the start which prevented him from
going after Trance in the early p%acemaking.
HUI even with perfect handling it is doubt
full II Fitz Herbert could have taken the
measure of Trance. who was In her best
form and won in the most impr essivc stvle.
frances share OF the stake. was 1880
IL was rumored after the victory OF AMI