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EASTERN TURF TALK. . Of incidents at Aqueduct Wednesday the Sun of Thursday says: "One of the most deliberately planned coups went up in thin air o.t Aqueduct ; yesterday and a regiment of wise men looked as if Creedmore Stakes was decided. John Carr, one of the smart bettors who also owns racehorses, started the colt Leipsic, and the word was passed around that there was the biggest pot of jam opened this year. Jack Martin was engaged to ride and even though Leipsic had to beat such good ones as Plater, Nevermore, W. R. Condon and others, those who had the tip on the big Hamburg colt rushed into the ring pell-mell and grabbed as much as 10 to 1. Leipsics price dropped to 4 to 1 when the horse started for the post and even lower a moment before the barrier went up. The Hamburg colt was unable to make good and Carr and Co. saw a million stars. "Tony Aste, the bootblack king, was made conspicuous by the performances of his two-year-old gelding Plater and his five-year-old horse Prince Richard. Plater, a hot favorite, was beaten off, after a record-breaking performance at Westchester, while Prince Richard, after a series of poor races, won at the odds of 20 to 1. "Lucien Lyne was in good form again. He rode Nevermore and Old Hutch to victory in the cleverest fashion. OConnor got four mounts in the money while Martin had three. Henry Spencers victory on Bonnibert was liberally applauded. The "iceman" showed that he is still one of the best riders in America. " Senator McCarrens Dr. Riddle has burned up an ocean of money this year. Yesterday the money was put on him in packages. But he stopped when the final test came and the smoke from the Bizzling greenbacks was blinding. "Bonnibert, which was purchased by George F. Johnson at the Farrell sale at Morris Park, ran yesterday for the first time in his new owners colors. Johnson had a good bet down, but the talent allowed the son of Albert Bonnie Ola to run practically unbacked. Farrell lost many thousands of dollars, it is said, backing Bonnibert when he owned him, so that when the colt won yesterday at 10 to 1 Deverjs friend probably felt chagrined. "Jockey Shaw was set down for the rest of the week for misconduct at the post in the Creedmoor Stakes on W. R. Condon. "Albert Songer, who formerly rode here for James Galway, but who has been in France for the past two years, has returned to this country. He said yesterday that he left Paris just before the recent turf scandal cropped out and that he never had an inkling of the trouble. He said that be was par-; ticnlarly surprised to hear of the ruling off of John Roiff, as tho boys habits were exemplary and he never associated with the men who were rounded up by the French authorities. "On the steamship with the Keene horses which sailed for England last Saturday was John Duffy, a well-known horseshoer around the local racetracks, who was taken along by trainer Matt Allen to look after the string in his care next year. W. C. Capron, another shoer of thoroughbreds, sailed at the same time for Frankfort-on-the-Main."
