The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-24
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
THE TURN AND OCEAN BOUND
MAY MEET N MATCH RACE
To settle Three-Te&F-Old Championship.
over which there's . Difference Of
opinion Distance one Miie Win
scale weight Suggested Conditions.

IsThs Turk or Ocean Bound the champion
three-year-OldG Turfmen are At odds over
this problem. though a majority seem to
think The Turk IL the master IA sweep
stakes al a mile could be arranged with
these crack thorouEh0reds facing the
barrier n IL believed much interest would
he created Carrying ieS pounds. The Turk
would be able to repeat bis wonderful
performance in the Tidal stakes. while
Ocean Bound with a fvs pound allowance.
according TO the weight scale. would be
at her best Maybe the COney Island
Jockey Club will hang up a purse for this
much talked Of duel
Ocean Round carrying I7S pounds won the
Swift Stakes on Monday ina bFeeIing gaiiOp.
She ran seven furionRs in these fractional
times o.. Is O.es O.1S IS. O.t7 and Is 80.
DAlmatian. winner Of the Brooklyn Derby.
picked up no pounds. thereby meeting
Ocean Bound oa equal terms according
to the scale. YET the Hldreth colt could
not keen pare with the fleet daughter Of
star shoot Flying ship. Ocean Bound
won this race under wraps and could nave
gone a mile or more with the same smooth
action
She also demonstrated her speed and
gameness when she trimmed such crack
sprintsrs a. Helmet and Jack Akin IN a
sprint handicap a. Gravesend an June ..
she picked up M pounds that dav ana
steppei the short six furlongs In ~ -.
That Ocean Bound ran go route was shown
when she picked no ~ pounds and breeyed
all the way to win the GaHelle stakes for
FLIES Of her age, the distance being q mile
and q sixteenth Rat OCEAN Bound had
nothing "a beat on that occasion and her
time g, vas absurdly SLOW In the mud
the star Shoot flly won the ladies stakes
AZ belmont pRrk. turning the first Eve
furlongs IN ~ and RUNNING the mile under
wraps IN "a
My flly can beat The Turk doing any
thing. sAd WOodfori Clay after he had
seen the Hcno colt gallon On Vith the Itdal
Stakes on Monday. 4 think she h the bez'
that ever looked through a bride and IA
like 20 see her meet this good colt I'M
willing 10 race any time
Many competent horsemen. however. said
that " Ocean Bound had been a starter be-
. Tidal The Turk Won d have beaten her
because 81 the distance No idal winner
ever ran a mile and quarter In 2.ul -.
Trey said. and Furthermore II was argued
nat " neIurk had been extended ne would
probably have beaten Bru0mstlyk's worlds
Handicap Of IpOi Broomstick, then a
three yea old carried lOg pounds. while I
! be Turks impost in the idal was iio.
7 shall not send my yearlnRs n Eng !
land said August Belmont Yesterday T
I intend % have them broken IN the fall /
and they will race in this country in nv
cOlOrs next year Al n which would 0
seem % indicate that racing under the I
OF the Jockey Club will con. I
tnue
Regulars a. the Ray are about ready n .
throw away handicap figures a 4 Clockers .
information They say that a know ledge I
Ot what q certain clique ~ betting on In i
various races beats hgures and time trials 4
Oh hollow incidentally they are watch 4
ing tho performances 81 NJ least three star 7
jockeys with Increasing interest The .
stewards may not have heard the stories 4
80 industriouslv circulated. but when they i
40 there n he an investigation
Ask any regular what II going on in L
the saddling paddock before certain races
said a well posted man yesterday, and /
he u tell you 20 ind out Whai the CLIQUE \
h betting on and then he advise you 90 4
zee how the contenders are ridden Racing \
l. too fine a sport 70 stand such methods \
long The Jockey Club should drive thess \
trainers out Of the business forever
Pal Moore, who may be a champion 4
some day. will show tho members Of the /
National sporting Club IN West Forty ]