The sun., 1908-07-18
GOSSIP OF TIE RACEHRACK
sHORT CUT WINS FOR A FORMER
STREET CAR CONDUCTOR.

year-old class at Brighton Beach yesterday
his owner. James MacManus, received
congra atulations as he walked away from
the stewards stand. Several years ago
MacManus was a srteet car conductor In
California. He became infatuated with the
racing game and beginning with dollar bets
In poolrooms he soon cut out the business
OF ringin UP fares and branched out as
racetrack regular. MacAianus became noted
as a limb player" on the California tracks.
That is to say he played horses exclusively
TO show. taking such prices as to T. to
and even TO 10 for his wagers He made
combination show wagers both at the tracks
and In the poolrooms and had such remark
able success at one period that he cashed
foIty-six consecutive bets
He won more than 800 900 playing the races
In this manner and then decided to become
an owner He bought stable In which there
was q horse named Lord Marmion. and one
day he started the latter at Ingleside. The
horse was supposed to have the race at his
mercy and was quoted at TO 8. In order
to make 1t sure MacManus took to place
and wagered thousands Of dollars on that
proposition. Lord Marmlon, however. was
nowhere and MacManus received such
scorchng that he lost no time In selling his
horses. He has been playing the races.
however. with much success since then and ts
now getting another stable together He had
mort Sut III bOlt bpOJ yoetcrouy' enu "hho
he did not bet at the track TO amount to any
thing II at all. he is said to have loaded up the
poolrooms with a series OF heavy commits
sons.
Short Cut won by city block" as the
regulars say, and MacManus told his friends
before the race that they could 60 as far as
they liked MonoloRue. who ran second In
this event In II. B. Duryea's colors, Is bay
geldlne by Mimic-Mono Mr.. Duryea, by
the way. took place money the last race with
Lady Selma and third money in the handicap
with Marathon.
h. A. Celia will ship all Of his horses to the
Fort Erie track to-day. Celia 10 one OF the
owners OF that remodelled plant and naturally
wants to race there. 1t is said that he Is still
anxious to have syndicate ring but that his
partners, John Condor. Dan Stuart and j. II:
Madgan. are opposed to such a scheme.
Fort Erie Is the only track left in which Celia
has an interest. There Is much i'll feeling
among the other Canadian track owners
f., over what they call an invasion" Of their
territory. but Celia says he isn't worrying.
Mcdaniel may have made too much use
of King Cobalt in the handicap. at six fur
longs, but the colt gave thirteen pounds by
the scale to Rialto. It was wholly due to Z.
DuRan's perseverance,. however. that Rialto
won. for II the riders had been reversed King
Cobalt could not have lost. Thomas Welsh's
The Squire started for the first time this sea-
son In this event but was evidently In need OF
several races. August Belmont's Fond Heart
was handed to Davy johnson as a good thing,
but that was about all, for the Hastings flly
could not get out OF her own way.
The wind that blew In from the ocean dur
ing the races was little short of a hurricane.
There was 80 much power in II that several
benches In the top row Of the grand stand
were blown over with crash. At first the
crowd did not know what was the matter
and good natured German. who looked
like deputy sheriff. raised q laugh with
the sally:
Der bolice iss lookin' for der memorandss
under der benchesl" .
Somebody recognized two private detec-
tives as they stood near the rail just before
the second race. The word was passed
around that they were going TO make an
arrest with the result that several hundred
men. out of curiosity. gathered around them.
The sleuths saw that they were attracting
attention and soon walked slowly under the
grand stand TO get out OF sight. The crowd
good naturedly followed them until all the
people in the grand stand enclosure were on
tptoe.
Its collar!" was the cry. and there was q
scramble to the top Of the grand stand to see
the pinch come of But the sleuths did not
leave the lunch counter for fifteen minutes.
so there was nothing but false alarm.
Kentucky Beau, who could not raise a
gailop In his previous race, was rea dy for
business In the first race yesterday. Wood
ford Clay and his friends expected to see the
son OF Star Shoot come home on the bit and
It looked al II he would do so until Tileing
nabbed him in the stretch. Ellisdale. who
displayed an unusual turn OF speed the last
time out. was supposed to have good chance
to win this race. but he ran as he used to do
when owned by Diamond Jim Brady and was
badly. beaten.
Good judges had some sharp criticism to
level at Mckinney. who rode Waterspeed in
the steepleohase. They said that the jockey
did not do his best. and those who got the tip
on Prince OF Pilsen before the race winked
knowingly after IT, On previous form IL
looked as II Waterspeed should ve'beaten
Prince OF Pilsen In kallop ... -...
II. r. Brandt has purchased the two-year-
old colt Eschau by ornament-Gurgle. from
the Montpelier Stable. Brandt started him
in the second race and the youn ester finished
absolutely last. The Montpelier Stable
started Hanonia in the same event, Tom
Healey believing that she had an excellent
chance. but the Mexican Ally could not get
out Of a jam. NJ. H. Tiohenor was repre-
sentsd by Westmore a colt by Cameron
Colline In the same race He got away badly.
but ran a race worth remembering
Many cases Of -welching" have been re-
ported within the last week or ten days. IL
10 balO tndt d-Wou kHOWn puRitbt owes several
layers, while a number OF former regulars
have quit coming to the track and have also
forgotten to settle up outstanding obliga-
tions. One bookmaker threw UP his hands
several days ago and stopped business en-
tirely. He said that when he won waeers
from patrons they would not settle. while he
was expected to pay out his coin when he
lost Under the existing conditions book
making In the strlctest sense Of the term Ia a
huge joke.
Because OF the disorder at the track on
Thursday there was a marked falling Of In
the attendance yesterday. Still there was
paying crowd II the weather Is pleasant to-
day the management Of the track expects
that the gate receipts will pull the association
out on the week. The programme OF over
night events for the rest OF the meeting was
issued yesterday. The purses average about
$500 daily. The chief features are the
Bseakars Handicap. $500 added. one mile
and q quarter. to be run a week from to-day.
and the Crest Handicap. 1000 added. one
mile and quarter. scheduled for the closing
day. o week from next Wednesday.
Miller rode his second winner OF the meet
ing when he came home with Ruba Granda,
in the last race. Z. Dugan rode q winner
and q third. but he was unplaced with two
other mounts. Mccarthy handled two Sec
onds and a third. Little Upton rode fine
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