The sun., 1909-06-28
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
FIVE DAYS RACING AT TIE
BAY THIS WEEK.
stakes to he Decided Promise CLASSY
sport-Hildreth Has Won Sol .0zs
and kecne SS0,957-Dugan. Butwell
and scoville Head List OF jockeys,

schedule Inc seheEous patronage OF the
nublc and the demands Of the hofsemen
Increase, which. by the way, well illustrates
the Hberality of the Coney Island Jockey.
Clubs directors. headed by President
Schuyler L. Parsons. Sheepshead Bay.
always popular with racegoers. was the
magnet for larger crowds on Suburban pay
and Saturday of last week than at any time
during the meetings there year ago. With
practically no free list. the attendance
hsures showed that interest in racing 10
growing and that II such rich stakes AZ
the Tidal and the Realization had been
cancelled the present session at the Bay
probably would be conducted at a slight
profit
The Coney Island Jockey Club, however.
has lived up to all Of its valuable stake en-.
rssements regardless Of the fact that this
sportsmanlike policy resulted In a loss OF
ts5o, 900 on the two meetings at the Bay last
season. which 10 excellent proof, turfmen
~, that W, X. Vanderbilt and his associates
are doing their share to keep the turf alive
in this country.
The crowd on Suburban day proved be-
You'd persdventure that betting 10 q Sec
ondsry consideration. IL was evident that
. large majority Of the spectators at the
track were attracted by the running OF the
thrse-year-old Fftz Herbert was success.
fully demonstrated. for the crowd on Satur-
day. even In spite OF q brilliant oard was
much smaller. though q paying one. Fur
thsrmore the absence OF former speculative
methods did not seem to decrease the gen.
esal enthusiasm At all, for as Fitz Herbert
and Hilarious scored their superb triumphs
men and women who probably did not
wager dollar on these horses gave vent to
their pent up feelings. These favorable
conditions therefore have served to further
encourage the turf soions In their effort to
save the sport Of kings from utter ruin and
also have filled horsemen In general with
renewed confidence.
This weeks programme augurs we'll for
some high class sport at the picturesque
track by the sea. To-day 10 an open date,
but tomorrow racing will be resumed with
the Sheepshead Bay Selling Stakes at a
mile as the feature. Six overnight events
will be run of on Wednesday, while the star
event on Thursday will be the Swift Stakes,
for three-yesr-olds. seven furiongs, for
which the notable eligibles are s. c. Hill
dreth's Fitz Herbert and Joe Madden.
August Belmont's Field Mouse. H. r.
Brandt's Harrisan. James r. Keenes
Afiiction. the Newcastle Stables Wise
Mason. the Oneck Stables Fashion Plate
and II. p. whitney's- Petticoat. Fridays
card will be made up exclusively OF over
night events which doubtless will fill we'll
as many new horses are arriving here from
Canada and Kentucky.
The Great Trial Stakes. OF ~. 500. for two
year-olds. six furlongs, Futurity course,
and the Coney Island Jockey Club Stakes,
Of 81, 500. for three-year -olds, one mile and
q half. will be the red letter events on Satur-
day For the Great Trial Mr.. Keenes
Sweep and MIR. Harrison's Waldo. both un-
defeated. can start. also 8. c. Hildreths
Daimstian. August Beimont's Star Bottle.
the Chelsea Stables Scsrpia. Mrs. l.. A.
livingston's Lovetie. j. Laughlin's Firebox.
James MacManus's Rocky O'Brien, Capt
E. B.. Csssatt's Medallion, j. E. Madden's
Newmarket and Hampton Court, j. l..
McQinnis's Shannon and others. For the
Coney Island Jockey Club Stakes there are
fourteen eligibles. including Hilarious and
Fits Herbert. who Il they start must pick
up i3s pounds. Joe Madden. Fayette,
Afuiction, High Private aud Fashion Plate
can also 90 to the post in this event.
Including Saturdays races g. c. Hill
dreth heads the list OF winning owners
on the Jockey Clubs tracks with SOL ,s2s.
James r. Keene Is second with sss.s72.
John L. Madden being third with Ss.s7o
and c. l.. Harrison fourth with slo,sss.
and f 4. =. %hitneys % q, @ SIS. Gh aildrets': dsG
biggest winner is Joe Madden. successful
10 hs IS Gslmcnt e sttks A. go Il he Block
for a grand total OF s4O,.?o. King James.
Sic,STious ip the Metropolitan and sToSklyn
winner OF the PocanIlca, broadr.,. and
, somery has % Won total od 81 .s.s. while Dal-
Doase ERs" sss 'es earned ni' s Resti he
gouche. though not winner. has pickeI UP
in e. M:econd and third M;9. monsys nc 81, ,,, 100; 49,.
Stakes has rolled up Z total Sfsso $50 Ms,. a.
ssette. victorious n the re Ladies and nc GaLelle
amph hhs n tss sson. stson ss ssF.:
and two overnight races has picked up
Mr Msddsn d. ,n,: he: not won rsa
times. Mr.. Hsrrison's winnings. are due to
V.sroS es Waldo tRs
ired Noble waldo has not suffered a de-
feat. He has started four times. winning
F. s1sfsHf saf.s or N NSbs
scored in the Parkway Handicap, and an
overnight event and ran second in the
Suburban.
metropolitan tracks z. .Dgsan g the master:
sses nsens the On Is q 6usss ss den 4
winners, % seconds and 10 thirds. But
well is second in the list, with ~ winners.
seconds and thirds. Scoville comes
next, with IS winners II seconds and IL
thirds. Nicol IL fourth. with i0. winners.
I seconds and thirds. followed by Creeyy
With winners, seconds and 10 thirds:
Gass Glass With ! winnsrs: seconds ,i and 4
and Q thirds; @. Burma with winners, .ls
seconds AMI Q thirds: McCahey with win
ners. seoonds and thirds: Grand with
s winners. 3 seconds and Q thirds: II. Smith
With I winners. Q seconds and thirds
Russell with 3 winners and Howard and
Butler with each. Vincent Powers and
Mccarthy have Just begun, e ride here
hcCahey began operations about twenty
Dick Hyland's victory over Leach Cross
In the forty-frst round At Colms LAST Satur.
day stunned the East Side sporting element
here as Cross was regarded as sure winner
and much money was wagered on MS
chances through agents In Cenfornia.
,ooE part ie in a bout Of ~ more e' than ten rounds
before. made game moving. but he proved
that he is more Of a boxer than a fighter.
Hsland a rugged young fellow who has
been figuring Tn long drawn out battles
recent years, evidently ,f9nsht accord.
rounds to 60 he saved his strength and
gradually wore the boyery dentist down.
Cross probably wesEened himself IN. order
10 scale at Isa pounds Ave hours before
tlngtime, He found It q diffioult task IN
recent local bouts to make l3S pounds
.arar Weighing time. and was always re.
sarded as welterweight But at that