The sun., 1909-06-08
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Jockey,s Expianation Sustained by Lon.
don Paper-"Hard Racing Luck" the
v ogdict--Ca Stakes Of Interest
;t=Can Ketchei Stop Jack O'Brien'
Letters from, American turfmen and
English newspapers &ontainins details Of
the accident to the colt Sir Martin have
been received here. hut some Of the accounts
diner. Jockey Skeets Martins statement
10 john SchlOsser. jack Joyner's foreman,
Immediately after the American coit fell
is practically corroborated by this descrip-
tion of the race from the London Telegraph:
"On settling down into their places Brook.
lands took a lead Of a length and half
OF Louviers, with Sir Martin and Minoru
next. Then came Bayardo, Phaleron and
Valens. with st. Sinan now last. Passing
the mite post Louyiers took a slight lead
of Brooklands, with Sir Martin third, in front
Of Minoru. Phaleron. William the Fourth.
yalens. Electric Boy. Baysrdo and The
Story. with st. Ninian still last. As they
descended the hill for Tattenham Corner
Sir Martin was crowded into and fell. His
rider, J. ". Martin, had miraculous escape
from serious injury and was lucky to get OF
with a shaking and lew bruises. During
the contretemps william the Fourth was
much hampered. aud losing several lengths
he had to come around on the outside.
Some of the critics say that Sir Martin
was not crowded but simply crossed his
legs and fell. while others declare that the
colt slipped on the wet grass. AZ least one
English turf writer excites surprise with
the assertion that Martin simply fell on the
horse f6r no apparent reason. Martin
explanation OF the accident Is not par
ticularly clear. He SAYS Sir Martin was in
third place running under a DULL. with three
ha,, d
ing and the colt went to his knees. Martin
declares that he does not know what hap
pened after that and fails to say Whether
In his opinion Sir Martin was the victim OF
intentional rough riding or not. But Mar
tin does say that il this mishap had not
occurred Sir Martin would have won the
Derby easily. As John H. Madden's two
sons put it in telegram the day after the
big race: Just tough racing luck" an
explanation that also comes here in the let
ters from American tSTfmen who were
within half a mile Of 1attenham Corner
when Sir Martin cane to grief so unfor-
tunately
The Carlton Stakes. for three year olds
one mile, TO be run at Gravesend next Sat
urday, is extracting unusual attention be-
cause of the probable meeting between
James X, Keenes Hilarious and s {. Hi.
ble factor il the track is fast Hilarious
took Joe Madden's measure rather easily
In the Withers Stakes at Belmont Park. but
the Hildreth colt showed far better form
when he proved victorious in the Belmont
Stakes last Wednesday Fayette. a starter
in both Of these events Tas ata badly beaten
never cSuid run In the mud. which possibly
was the reason for his disappointing per-
formances., Fayette. It will be remembered.
tan Handicap. when he. finished second t o
King James. The track was very fast on
that occasion and Fayette came up to the
far behind Sir Martin as a two.year-old.
August Belmont g Practical, a full brother
to the unbeaten Priscillian. will also go to
the oldest OF the Gravesend stakes. being
run for the first time in 1887,
four. II not five days week on the local
tracks say that unless the schedule Is in
creased they will be compelled to ship to
day. They also argue that with more racing
days here owners now going after purses in
Kentucky and Canada will soon be headed
end end viii viii be in the nature of test; Il the
receipts cover running expenses President
pwyer will probably put on an extra card
Se hsfs ana no essss By
these additions to the schedule II is more
than probable that the Coney Island Jockey
week at the Bay and that Empire City will
cerned nothing definite has been announced.
are anxious to have racing six days week.
They say that the racetrack patrons will
have nothing to do but sit still II there are
1t has been practically decided to hold
tall meetings at the local tracks. Even
for short sessions, so that the sport may con-
tinue until the first OF November under the
present favorable conditions. Sheepshead
the inaugural stake feature being the rich
FNurity.
. Another favorable sign, according TO
turfmen is the resumption Of the annual
yearlinc sales at the Bay next month,
ago beedss bs either WeR es
70 foreign markets. Those who remained
loyal to, the American turf, however, say
's:E M sspase pc 'hs fs"'
Ihs six x, round t Sh be.Tfsn stansy
ali over The United states. Ketchel. Who Who
put in some more hard Hicks at his Woodlawn
training quarters SSssserdiay Sssna i SAID that o he
out. He declared that by putting o Brien
away before the limit was reached he would
to 70 A s .ok pssS n. rso h has
Of similar length. III can stop o Brien
inside Of six rounds. something that John
son couldn't do. said Ketchel. it ought
to convince people that j can fight and
punch harder than the negro. O'Brien may
be clever and fast. but in my opinion he
wont have the same confidence in himself
this time. He'll remember how knocked
him out cold in the tenth round OF our
previous mill and how the trick was accom-
plished with oompsratiiSSely few punches:
rounds Of that affair. but I've got his measure
cane fight Of II. II Jack does a Marathon
III stick to him just the same and I'll get
him II land one good wallop. Hepunched
me as hard as he could / n the other fight,
but he did not put me do wp, l was bit
unsteady on my pins, l. admi t.. but was
always coming and had a knockout blow
In either hand. / waited too long before
sailed In, which was bad mistake. But
this time there'll be no delay" More than .
at the ,ringside and they may go over In
he will go directly to California to demand
q fight with Kaufman.
Joe Jeannette and Sandy Ferguson have
been matched to box twelve rounds at the
hrmory Club In Boston on June % Jean
nette got decision over Ferguson in a
twenty round bout In Paris recently. but
the latter still insists that the referee was
4 .burgler. Kid Mccoy, who saw the 20
p Paris between these big men. says that
Z. was a slovenly scrap and that neither
Ing club In Paris and says he will 20 after
aJf the cham pions Sam Harris who has