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EASTERN TUEF TOPICS. "The Cavanagh special train for Saratoga pulled ont of the Grand Central Station yesterday afternoon crowded with sporting men, horse owners, bookmakers, jockeys, trainers and hangers-on, who intend to hold forth at the Springs. For two hours before the train left the place was filled with horse talk, the principal topic being the defeat of Major Daingerfleld by Hyphen in the Brighton Derby on Saturday. A majority seemed inclined to pronounce Hyphen the boss three-year-old of the year, for they said that even with 126 pounds on his back he would have disposed of the Major just the same, though not so easily, of course. It. turns out that more money was wagered on Hyphen than on Major Daingerfleld. Hyphens record-breaking race, when ho ran a mile and a sixteenth in l:44Jf;, was the line which the public followed, instead of being guided by the odds put upon the slates by the bookmakers. The layers, Jhowever, were slow to believe that Hyphen would win the Derby and stubbornly kept the Major at odds-on until just be-QjEfijaQgj.tiniflilLsajBthJL Monday. "Then the Hyphen money came in such a deluge that the favorite receded. Hyphen had many important engagements earlier in the season, but he could not fulfill them because he was suffering from a splint. But Peter Wimmer labored patiently with him with the result that he appears to be able to hold all of the other three-year-olds safe just now. It is a turning point in the turf fortunes of Captain Brown, too, for the Pittsburg millionaire has had nothing but hard luck for the past two years, the death of the splendid two-year-old filly Martie Lewis being a crushing blow. But in addition to the success of Hyphen, comes the remarkably good showing of the colt Blue Ribbon, the brother of Blues and Blue Girl, which ran Hurst-bourne to a neck in the Brighton Junior Stakes on Saturday. Before the race, as the youngsters were being exercised in the paddock, a wiBO man looked at Blue Ribbon and shook his head. " A nice-looking colt, said he, but he is not game. Sir Dixons sons and daughters, as a rule, lack courage. "But when Blue Ribbon, under the flogging that Odom administered, struggled on like a young giant, only to be beaten by a short margin, the wise man turned away, again shaking his head and saying: " That ones an exception I " Captain Brown, by the way, is ambitious to possess the best racing stable in America, and he says he will succeed in the course of a couple of years. He has laid the foundation for a powerful combination and intends to make further extensive purchases at next years sales. "It is rumored that Thomas W. Laweon intends to get into racing and contemplates bidding for the Mackay horses when they are placed on sale at Saratoga next week. Mr. Lawson is not the only one that will be in the ring with offers, especially for the colt Mexican. The fact that Senator Mc-Carrens offer of 5,000 for the colt was refused is pretty clear evidence that he will command a large amount. It is hinted that the new racing firm of Whitney and Duryea will bo the successful bidders, inasmuch as J. E. Madden, who trains Irish Lad for them, has an interest in the earning qualities of Mexican. There have been universal expressions of regret over the retirement of Mr. Mackay from the turf and the hope has been generally expressed that he will later on conclude to return. "Senator McCarren, by the way, is betting more money these days than any of the big plungers. And the senator appears to know what he is about when be lays his money down. On Thursday last he framed up a series of killings which might have seriously crippled the ring if they had all been successful. He first wagered ,000 on his colt Clon-mell to win the second race and got 6 to 1 for his money, but Clonmell did not land. Then the senator bet 5,000 on his filly. Gold Money, to win the Produce Stakes and got 7 to 10, the ring keeping the money, as Eugenia Burch won. But in the next race the senator backed his colt, Blnff , at 4 to 1 to win 0,000, and su6ceeded. He followed this up with a commission on his colt, Mackey Dwyer, in the last race that amounted to about ,000 in winnings. If Clonmell and Gold Money had won the tall Brooklynite would have killed the ring with Bluff and Mackey Dwyer. "It is estimated that conservatively Senator McCarren has won close to 50,000 this year. David Gideon, Pittsburg Phil, William Barrick and Jesse Lewisohn are all far ahead of the game. Gideon took 5,000 out of the ring on Saturday when Sovereign won. Barrack is reputed to have cleaned up 0,000 on the Brighton meeting, Lewisohn won 6,000 on Himselfs victory last Friday, when Ethics won, but was disqualified. Incidentally the public has fared better than ever this year, numerous bookmakers having been temporarily put out of business. As a prominent layer put it yesterday : " It is a good thing that Brighton has closed, for if it had continued another week we would have been sent to the poorhouse. Therell be better times for us at Saratoga."
