The sun., 1908-05-12
GOSSIP OF The RACE7RACK
WISE MEN IGNORE JOTNER'S AD-
VICE ~ TWO INSTANCES.
HsGNlAn aud Golden Pcari Neglected IN
Spite OF owners Implicit Confidence
In Their ProNcs' Supernlan and Dan.
deliOn Not In Favor for Metropolitan.

hNT lNe NltININ Ut llFNNldN W wv lWlh
race Al Jamaica yes eruay \. J. Ioyner
his owner, said that hr would not take EO.NO
for the Watercrcss colt II will be- recalled
that soyncr last ycai rclipycd that llesSan
had = chance 10 in ne futurty, hut the
Waterrress colt did not develop winning
form until the lall. wren Ip wen s,ne good
races against Older horses AZ AUu'dUCt,
During the winter li,ssiau grew to be one
Of the biggest Nulrrcr'ss colts Uytr seen
under cOlors. llo l- ~ powerful IN build
a. RosebPu and b, u typical racohOrse. I'm
epite of JOyner's confidence In him the smart
players refused 10 bet on him In yesterdays
AFFAIR. 40 that he SCARED IA the betting from
q to ~ before ho got light play that reduced
him 10 10.
nandcIion and Srprrwan, who started
10 get "prcps for the Metropolitan, which
will he run tomorrow. were both In demand.
But Dand'hon, up'uIng the choice a. "a >,
went mp 10 g. while Supermnn carried the
bulk Of tn cou'aited money aud was re-
duCed from ~ . 10 =. Mark antony H.
was ais, h)t ttp and was redUced from
3 to3 Suprruan gave two pounds by me
Scale TO lessau i've To Dandeliou. seven 10
Castlevood ard eighteen to Marx Antony II.
The keenr hors' Uas sIid 10 h' ready, hut
he was beaten - badly by llossian that unless
he shows q great Improvement In to-morrow's
race his chances ar' not believed tO be- much
Dandelion ran - n he had either gone hack
or was far from being keyed up TO the right
pitch. llessian, n Is thought. will be factor
IN some Of the hg haudCaps this year, he
IL slated TO carry lOO pounds IN both the
Suburban and Brighton and II sure TO start
In A. least one Of these rich events
Golden Pearl. who Won the Williamsburg
Handicap. is also destined TO cut an important
figure IN some Of the three-year classics
this year. II is believed Joyuer told his
friends hat this splendid son of Golden Garter
Pearl V. would surely win yesterday, but
again the wise men ignored the veteran turf
mans opinion NthouRh Golden Pearl
opened the fayOrite At + TO he went back to
S 10 2 This was due to heavy play on
Cohort, who. incidentally. had done nO,hing
In his previous races this spring to warrant
such liberal support, but nevertheless he was
hammered down 10 = TO . from ?. the opening
quotation. Then Big Chief wa played down
q point TO :. while ". r. Matthews Park
View, Whitney cEs,o1 fresh from Victories
a. Pimlico, was reduced from 10 to q. Berry
Maid, with 100 pounds. went mp from I to :.
Golden Pearl, however, Won so impressively
that IL was case Of hats on to Ioyucr who
received many congratulations IN the paddock
on the triumph Of his two colts Cohort IL
not within many pounds of h's last year s
form and looks as " ne would not be on edge
for many moons. preyou, winners OF the
Williamsburg were Sacrharometpr, Jacquin.
Pasadena, Halifax and Notheuo.
The start in the second race was a bngling
ahair. Pretenson. backed from = 10 N . |
after kicking Mp a mllss broke out Of hand
just A. Mars Cassidy said the " ord and caught |
the barrier under his neck just A. il was
sprung The result wa- that the barrier was !
broken and Pretension was on running. !
Juggler. who beat hin, In heavy drive. !
opened az 10 10. but rcccdpd To . 10 10 because .
Of the play On Pretcnsion and also on Hethus. I
who was reduced from TOT. {
The sure thing players did not hesitate |
10 back Prcceptor in the first race, a. he /
looked like a cinCh. They took / 10 ? a. the (
opening and were still grabbing 70 - az
the close Bonnie kelso was sDlidly backed /
for the place al 2 10 ;, 40 that when ho ran I
second the losses Of the layers we're VIDE
spread. May River. a colt by Watercress
shaft was cut from 20 TO ~ and vas PLAYED /
three ways all in vain.
Another hard blow for the LAYERS came
in the hfth race when Rig Ben was backed
from 10 to and Incognito was steadily
backed at II toj, IS both we're taken straight
and place, the chalkers groaned when they
ran QUE two. Blacksheep was in some de-
inand, his price going up from to (, while
Martha Jane was played across the boards
At and lie Knows was beaten down TO the
same price from 10. Jane swift was also
well backed, place and show
Talk about cnches! II. r. yingut was
supposed to have one in his hlly CayaIieri
by watercress- Andrisa, in the last race
When she started the other day she had
world of speed. but ran out at the head Of the
stretch. This defeat. il was said had been
eliminated since then. 80 that when the prices
went mp at the opening there was wild
rush to get TO /. II was rumored that
Vingut had several Wall street brokers al
the track 10 bet on the supposed good thing.
hut whether this vas true or not the fact
remains that the layers had all the coin they
could handle.
Cavalier was literally backed on the boards.
She was at s to when the buRle sounded.
but the volume Of her support was 50 great
at the last moment that many Of the chalkcrs
got cold feet and would not do any further
business In her case Then she ran In the
ruok all the way. while her hackers looked
as II a cyclone had struck them. Gladys
Louise, tip from the Il. 4 q. Stable, who
won, was lightly played across the boards
her price falling from Is TO ". This was
the case with Sister Phyllis Ally by Handsel
-Eyahne. who was 10 demand three ways
at 7. to and to ., Thetis in the Rainey
silks, was backed across the states at ),
and even. Hanonia, a fly by Mexican -
HanOana, opened at to :, but went up to
a. Lady BeveTwyck and y. j. DIVERS !
Grania. by Handspring -Loyett. were both
literally supported tips.
just after this race started there was a
sudden jam on the rail- in which Black Mamie
went down headlong. Bill Days promising
apprentice, \orlc. who had the mount. was
thrown under the feet Of half a dozen horses
and when the dust cloud faded away the
boy was seen to be writhing In agony. lie
was driven TO tho paddock in the starters |
wagon, where il was found that he had a
wrenched hip but was otherwise not seri-
ously hurt. This was the fifth accident of
the kind since the beginning Of the meeting.
Seymour Beuter Of the Pinkerton service
nabbed an English crook named Charles
Hoffman, alias Gray Patch, in the field and
elected him from the track. Hoffman was
bounced from the Empire City track last
summer for working the duplicate badge" |
game. He vas caught in the act OF cashing
a sixty dollar wager with fake badge ytster- |
day. The Pinkertons. by the way will re-.
ceiye orders in day or two 10 bar several
persons who have been fire.
ousnters Of the track. One Of these ind-
whose picture h IN the rogues gall
lery, will be placed under the ban.
o Many horsemen who raced at Pimlico
returned here yesterday. Frank i. Bryan.
who vas In the stand al Baltimore. said the
meeting was a big success, lie said that one