The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-03
GOSSIP or The RACETRACK
MR.. ELDER FINDS FAULT WITH
CONDITIONS Ar THE BAY.
In q Letter to a Track Onlciai He Gives
List OF Alieged violators OF h Law
THE Meeting viii Go On" Say
nirectors-Censorship on the Prices.

THE Meeting Will Go On" Say
nirectors-Censorship on the Prices.
In spite Of the fact that the Coney Island
Jockey Clubs edict against professional
betting at Sheepshead Hay track has been
/ enforced to the letter by the Pinkertons.
who have barred a dozen or more supposed
layers since last Saturday, II was learned
yesterday. that Assistant District Attorney
Robert II. Elder of Kings county Is not
4 satisfied with the situation. 1t was said on
/ excellent authority that Mr.. Elder had
sent u letter to one OF the directors OF the
[ Coney Island Jockey Club stating that
there was plenty of betting going on at
tho track and giving. the names Of about
q dozen alleged bookmakers. charged with
violating the law.
in this list, which was submitted by Mr.
: Elder by special messenger. who arrived
at the track yesterday Just after the first
race, the names OF John Walters and Will
, lam H.. Dubois are included. As Walters
and Dubois Quit business permanently at
Empire City and have been infreauent
visitors to the track since that time. the
charges against them caused much sur
prise. Officials of the track and the Pinker-
tons were positive yesterday that In the
cases Of these two former club house COM
missioners MIR. Elder had been clearly
misinformed. A member Of the Nets who
wge also, mentioned in the list said to THE
Sun mar after the races:
If Mr.. Elder knows that I am violating
the law. why doesn't he arrest and prose-
cute me. l am here as a visitor every day
and I have not done anything wrong. There
= are enough detectives here to hnd out III
j am breakinR the law. and IL | am | deserve
10 DE hailed before the proper authorities. y
There was a rumor, after Mr.. Elders
letter had been received. that the track
would be closed to the public to-day. but
one Of the officials OF the Concy Island
Jockey Club when asked about the matter
said: a.
trThere is absolutely no basis for such q
~ report, The law has not been violated
4 andswe have already excluded a number
OF persons who ware merely under sus-
picion. We have killed professional bet
.ting-in fact oil kinds Of be~tting-and we
z VIII 20 ahead with our present plans. We
saknew positively that 1t Is impossible to
get q bet down on the track and that the
= law Is being enforced by us to the letter.
Our attendance and gate receipts have
fallen of to almost nothing. but we knew
tha would happen when we decided upo
: ( our present policy. We do not care for
fnanoial loss. but are anxious to give a
race meeting totally removed from specu-
,l~ation,-
1 1.-THE track management. determined to
~ IWtpe our even the Su9ntest busplCioh that
there Ia betting at the track, placed a censor
In charge Of the telephone used by the
afternoon newspapers. with the result that
Z the, quotation Of even handicap odds"
was net permitted to leave the enclosure.
. ksmah who tried to get quotations for
former bookmakers who we're sitting in
(. the. grand stand without accepting bets
! or any. kind was notified that he would be
eSelnded II he kept up the practice. The
= ~ St,H al t~ thta rnnrntnn'a SIyN yrQFa
complied by q Handicapped after each race.
One OF Sheriff Hobley's men led Martin
and Adolph Brazil out OF the track just
before the fifth race. but rs he had no evil
dence upon which to make an arrest he
let them go. The BYalls were arrested at
Empire City and are out on bail awaiting
trial. Police Inspector Flood had many
pIainclothes men on duty, but they made
DO arrests. The attendance was about
$500.
= when Maskette and Wedding Bells ran
6rst and second in the Great Filly Stakes
yesterday James r. Keene added 81? SIS
90 his stake winnings for the season. The
gross value of this event was | a.385. OF
which Maskette's share was si0.7o5. Mr..
Keene also received $500 in breeding fees
and q. $50 In place money. TO date Mr..
Keene has won about 1924. 900 in stakes and
purses on the Jockey Clubs tracks. I'm
less something unexpected happens he may
reach the $500. 900 mark before the cam
paIgn comes to an end. Maskette again
: proved that she Is a wonderful flly. She
= gave eight pounds to Wedding Bells. her
stable mate. and eleven to Lady Bedford.
yet won so easily that the crowd applauded
her enthusiastically. Her victory was the
FIRST ever scored by Mr.. Keene In the Great
Flfy Stakes, the previous winners OF which
were Blue Girl, Girdle, Beldame, Artful.
Running Water. Killaloe and Keep Moving.
II was reported among horsemen last
!, night that the Coney Island Jockey Club
had sent a letter to subscribers to the An
nuai Champion Stakes. TO be run q week
from next Saturday. asking permission
TO reduce the guaranteed value OF the race
from so5. 900 TO SIC. 900.
When Trance ran six furlonRs over the
Futurity course in il2 2-5. a fifth OF q
& second faster than Massette's time. and
won the Austin Stakes turfmen recalled
the fact that Mr.. Keene bred Trance. but
sold her as a y~eariing to II. T. Grimm for
. ssoo.--She has developed into one OF the
a best two-year-oid hllies OF the year, and
the way she disposed Of Sea Cliff. Bobbin.
Z Edward and Schleswig showed that she
has plenty OF class. Trance has now won
eleven ont Of twelve races and has been
successful In nine consecutive events. in
Gliding q dead heat with Fitz Herbert at
/; .Jamaica. She met Sea CHI and Bobbin
! at even weights in yesterdays race and
Z. won with ridiculous case. Previous vim
ners were Bonnie Lizzie and Brambaletta
tdead heat. Memento. Barnes. Sister.
Natalie. Preciosa. Firenzi. Emperor Of Nor
folk. Fresno. Magnate. Sallie McClelland.
Yorkyiiie Belle. Lady Violet. Dobbins.
Applause. Crescendo. Savarin. Hamburg.
SCANNED. Mesmerist. Longshoreman. Leonid.
Fire Eater. Knight Errant. Waterside.
Jugeier. Arctic and Royal Tourist.
.H was said yesterday that William H..
Du Bots. the owner OF the PatchoRue Stable,
and his trainer. Frank NJ. Taylor. had parted
com pany. According to the story in cir
! c~ulation Du Bots found fault with the in
and out running Of the horse Don Enrique
nc Empire City and a war Of words was
the result. Du Bots will soil all his horses
o. -Iabor Day at public auction.
James r.. Keene's Celt nay not race
again this year. The Commando colt
after q workout at the Bay on Tuesday
pulled UP lame. Mr.. Keene. by the way.
was unable TO see Maskette win yesterday,
as he was Ill at his home. The flly's tri-
umph, however, was ~telephoned to him
directly after the race.
Miss snifren Wins westchester Singles.
Miss, Juliet Snihen Of the White Plains
Y IT n won tho vnnan'a aInpiaa xaatari.,.