The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-01
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
TNDOING 90 ONE OF THB
TURFS biggest OPERtTORS.
startlnS VITA . shssStrins ne ,massrsi
Fortune. hat u New DrtNsn to the
wall fs~causr 81 DARING Nethstts
I've Joeksys nsier surN eiilanre.

Turftnen are Discuss Ing the andalng %
one 90 the biggest piuhFcr- of modern times.
Sprtnying from pli-cuTity in q Southern city
almost ten years ago this man played The
races with phenomenal success From
Ap,is--t Wagcr- hs gradually increased his
opera ion- until he b.,i thousands OF dollars,
winning AMI losing without turning hair.
ConvinCe.I that he could increase hi hank
roll by becoming a bookmaker he began
putting up the prices st winter track
Ills know ledge Of form and IN" private
informal ION he gl-ansi from clockers and
hu-fler- enable,i him to boss the market
In due time. 80 that he bran"hei oG' with
a string OF books ami almost monopolIE-I
the ring
Purchasing horses TO run in the coiorS
OF rr,aiiy" and assuming shares la the
Ownership 81 several stables ~ was said
that his - ido"A coHn~cti ions were 50 close
that he -elaom went wrong But he was
M satisfied 10 make book eN-lu- SeIy.
lie could not restrain his old desire 10 bst
and IN recent wears he a. known on various
tracks a. one OF The biggest operators on
record His luck was phenomenal and h.
slowed away bulky fortune. yet h. kept
on playing amt laying ON a bug scale until
there came turn IN the tide.
Last winter was the beginning Of slide
down hill. but the plunRer thought nothing
Of r. 1he'i loss Of many big waRers aud the
unsuccessful operation OF the usual string
, OF books did not worry him ouiwardly
lie was sure that the lack would turn and he
would win back everything but he Was
wrong In his deductions. for he continued
To face a remarkable losing streak until
his bank roll was reduced to moderate
proportions. still he kept on bucking
AGAINST fate. paying his obligations cheer
fully and waiting for better times. lie
could not unsier-t and hi- mi-fortune- and
In spite Of his friends words of warning
he finally sent broke That - his hnanrial
condi'ion az present lie has disposed 81
his interests in horses. has few valuable
paddock connect ions and appears 10 bs ~
against the hardest game OF Ms life lite
has unlimited credit. but Il cannot last
forever. and unless there l. a sudden SHIFT
in ds-tinv b. j. predict d that he will retire
for a time at least. All Of which = further
proof that ~ operators stick TO the game
long enough and do not believe In con
servatiy. methods they are bound TO go to
the wall
There seems to be a concerted effort on
the part OF the Beyerwyck Stable TO de
priye George Odom. the former Jockey. 10
his best horses through the medium ~
selling races. Odom started with not hing
several years ago. but using excellent judg-
ment he secured n string OF thoroughbrsds
that made him a prominent figure on the
turf. Hut the BeNerwyck stable. trained
by D. woodford. proceeded TO claim Bonnis
kel=o out Of n selling event. which was %
knockout blow for Odom. On several oc-
casions " en- Bonnie kelso won selling races
In the colorS Of the BsNerwyck stable Odom
exsTted his right to bid the son Of wateTboy
w. His boosts were 20 healthy that 10
cost the BeVerWyck stable a pretty penny
10 win these races and incidentally prompted
WoodfOrd 10 square accounts. Woodford
therefore bid up OdOm'- fast mare Follie
Levy on "Wednesday and the young turfman
Ill NaW - IL
innate business. according 20 the rules Of
racing. but at the sa1 me time Odom earned
the sympathy of many turfmen In view Of
the fact that he has always RETAINED from
annoying the owners OF selling platers and
has a clean record.
At least two crack Jockeys are under
surveillance, u - said The turf gov
are aroused by tho criticism of some Of The
races on the local tracks aud are BEGINNING
to sAsr ~, M rrai ,. lsllance; sus-
to eliminate undesirable rtdeTs. and this
verdict may -Oon he handed down In the
cases OF the Jockeys herein referred 70.
Jockey DuSnn may realize in time that u
II well to obey the rules against foul riding
The hoy i naturally small and can ride for
several years Vet without being forced 10
r"nsidera 4" bs one Of thn les, horuen Tsn
IN America with chance 10 earn fortune
II he mend- his ways. Under suspension
with the prov iSion that he cannot ride for
anybody except his contract employer.
August Belmont.
when Joe Jeanette and Morris Harris.
cOlored heavyWeights, come together ia
a ten round bout at the National SPORTING
Club Of this Guy tonight plenty OF action
will be lOoks1 for. They arp hard hitter
strong AMI active. bat Jeanette has .
pronounced advantage In scien"e
In suggesting candidates for tho position
Of -zubstitute referes- a. Reno ON MondiN
yenrle- named Charley white of this citN
Just why Jenrie~ did not suggest white
when the referee question was discussed
IN FTiSrO several weeks ago has puzzled
Eastern sporting men. johnson vas favor
ably inclined toward White at thar time
and " J'-frie- had named him white would
doubtless have been agreed upon instead
Of Rickard.
Western baseball critics have been com
PEELED Ia postpone The expected slump ~
the HiRhlanderr Early in May they Haid
the Hillrnen would begin 10 90 down hill
on Decoration Day Now they name the
Fourth of July ~ The time for the tObogRan
slide. u the Highia nder- remain near Tha
top OF the heap after the first Of next week
" u probable that the MczfernerS will ~
Labor Day - the date of the explosion
EiUf Nag Work FAM tta1teNa al IIfHutssf,