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RACING DOWN EAST. "Gradually turfmen are coming to the conclusion that the Keene stable this year is far more powerful than it was at first believed to be. Without fuss or feathers two-year-olds cleverly trained by James Bowe have been looming up successfully in stake events. It was only on Saturday that the ,000 Neptune Stakes was captured in impressive style by Injunction, a speedy chestnut colt by St. LeonardsProhibition II. Another high-class winner is Hurst Park, by Kingston Editha, who has disposed of as good a colt as Deimel and Dwyers Africander. Then there is the colt Whitechapel, by Chorister-White Rose, which won the Double Event, second part, at Sheepshead Bay the day that August Belmonts Mizzen was beaten off. Prediction, by Horoscope Illogical, is another factor in every race he enters, while Duster, by Ben Brush Lady Inver-cauld, is a smart filly, of which improvement may be expected. The colt Gimcrack, by Ornament Joppa, made his first appearance in the Neptune on Saturday and ran green. He looks like a comer. So far Clarion, the Kingston Flying Squadron colt, has been a disappointment, but trainer Bowe has not yet given up hope in regard to this well-bred youngster. The much talked of Ringdove, by Kingston Cushat, has not been seen in a race since Gravesend. Rigodon, another flyer, has done phe-nominally fast work and the first time he runs he will have a big following. Dalesman, which finished second to Mizzen in the Juvenile, the National Stal- OONTINUKD OK SECOND PAGK. RACING DOWN EAST. Continued from First Page. lion, and the Eclipse Stakes, is another fine colt. But of late he has been allowed to take a rest. Hurst Park, Injunction and Clarion are eligible for 5,000 Produce Stakes to be run in two parts, the first for colts and geldings at three-quarters of a mile, to be decided next Saturday. The Keene youngsters will go up against a high-class lot," says tho New York Sun of Monday. " The success of the Keene stable is in striking contrast to the misfortunes that have persistently followed the Whitney horses. Last year the Whitney colors were constantly in front, while tho Keene colors, after the breakdown of the great Commando, were seldom seen in front. Mr. Whitney spent a fortune in buying up all the best two-year-olds, and at the end of the season it looked as if he could have a clean sweep in the big three-year-old specials this year. But while Yankee, Goldsmith, King Hanover, Endurance by Right and others have been unable to repeat the successes of last year, Mr. Whitney has been patiently waiting for the tide to turn.SandMr. Keene, on the other hand, has simply depended upon the products;"of Bhis famous breeding establishment at Castleton, where such noted stallions as Kingston, Ben Brush, St. Leonards, Voter, Commando and others are in service. -Chorister, the sire of the victorious White- hapel, is to go back to Castleton immediately. f5"The week just closed at Brighton" was noteworthy from tho fact that the bookmakers were hit harder than ever before at the Beach. A member of the Metropolitan Turf Association, in discussing the matter, said yesterday : " The public is better posted nowadays as to the form of the horses than ever before.SEvery day there is some new way of getting a line on thewin-ners. IThe newspapers print fast performances with such completeness that it is a difficult matter for a horse improving in form to get away from anybody who takes the trouble to look up his work. Then, again, these tipping experts, who base their information on handicapping and reliable clocking of the horses in their morning gallops have got things figured down so fine that they can furnish the public with a high average of daily winners. People are making a closer study of racing, too. They know how to sift the good horses out of pooj fields, they also know what a difference in weight means and by degrees they have learned the peculiar characteristics of nearly every racehorse in training. Then, again, they know when jockeys are doing good work or not and further than that they watch the so-called wise men of the turf with narrow scrutiny. It ia not strange, therefore, that bookmakers these days, sit up nights trying to figure how they can beat the public. " I do not hesitate to say that the layers are paying out more money for authentic information regarding the true form of the horses and the intentions of their owners than ever before. In a majority of books ths prices are laid strictly in accordance with a combination of form and the suspected plans of well-known plungers, for those are the men who can so manipulate things that they send into the ring 0,000 at a clip with an air of confidence that is nothing if not surprising. Book-making in the long run is a profitable venture, but in these times of public wisdom the life of a layer is not without days and nights of nervousness. "Speaking of big plungers reminds one of an incident in the betting ring at Brighton on Saturday just before the runniBgof the ,500 handicap which Tom Kenny won. A plunger who is known from Maine to California stepped up to an equal y well-know bookmaker and said in an undertone : " Tom Kenny ! "Without a moments hesitation the bookmaker, turning to the layejr on his right, said : " Ill bet you a hundred on Tom Kenny at 6 to 1. " AH right, was the reply. Youre on. The same wager was made with the layer on the original bookmakers left, after which the latter sent several commissioners hustling over the ring with more money to bet on Tom Kenny, whose victory had been so accurately predicted by the plunger, who, of course, had plastered thousands of dollars all over the ring on the colt. "Last Wednesday one of the biggest bookmakers in the ring was seen in a corner of the paddock juBt before the third race, whispering confidentially with two trainers, each in charge of horses owned by millionaires. The bookmakers presence was noted by several sharp-eyed individuals, who wondered what was going on. If the bookmaker was looking for information, as was probably the case, could he not have learned it in some other less conspicuous way? Those who were eyewitnesses to the occurrence said that the stewards of the Jockey Club ought to pass a rule prohibiting bookmakers who are actually at work in the ring from visiting the paddock or places frequented by jockeys and trainers, just as much as jockeys are now barred from the betting ring and the grandstand as long as they have engagements to meet during the afternoon. "G. Walbaum, once the owner of the Gnttenburg and Saratoga tracks, has grown tired of owning horses and will in future devote his time exclusively to bookmaking. Walbaum has dropped 00,-000 in the last fifteen years trying to maintain a stable of winners. It has been his misfortune to have no bets down when any of his horses have won and to have big wagers placed in the event of defeat. "Secretary Boden says that Gold Heels, Blues and Argregor will be sure starters in the Brighton Cup, to be run a week from next Saturday. Herbert and Goldsmith may also go to the post. The distance is two miles and a quarter, which makes the race of additional interest, inasmuch as the public evidently relishes long-diBtance events on a circular track in preference to the short-distance straightaway sprints. Gold Heels and his stable companion. Major Daingerfield, are both in excellent shape, according to Matt Allen. "Perry Belmonts famous horse Ethelbert appears to be himself again. He is taking strong gallops at Sheepehead Bay every day, doing a mile in 1 :56, pulled up, on Saturday. Jack Joyner believes that the horse will stand several big races before the end of the season."
