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TOM RYANS EASTERN COUP. TRUE WING, BACKED PROM 15 10 4 TO 1, WINS THE SPECULATION STAKES. Big Bon and Lady Savoy Win tho Handicaps Jockey Holman Is. Hurt in tho Steeplechase Race Gravesend Gossip. New York, September 24. Tom Ityan of Illinois, engineered one of his old-time coups with his homebred mare True Wing in the Speculation Stakes at Gravesend. Always u troublesome customer at the post and generally unfortunate at the start, True Wing finally beat the barrier and got around the first turn to advantage, after which she dropped into so close and persistent a pursuit of the fast pacemaker, Wcs, that she eventually caught hiin tiring and won going away at the end. Ryans good thing was backed down from 15 to 4 to 1 in the betting. Two other western horses. Big Ben and Lady Savoy, distinguished themselves by well earned victories in the sprint and the distance handicap, respectively. A select coterie of insiders took a large amount of money out of the ring over the success of the Ben Strouie gelding. Another clique profited handsomely over the victory of Lady Savoy. There were two bad looking spills in the steeplechase won by Caller, which was piloted by the notorious Buttuer. Caqueta fell over the water jump and seemingly rolled over and tramped on her rider. Henry lay quite still, which occasioned much excitement among the spectators, but he recovered shortly. A seemingly trifling happening to Holman, on Pete Bailey, however, which occurred at the Liverpool, turned out to be a really serious affair, Holman sustaining a badly broken right shoulder. The Injured jockey was removed to the Coney Island" Hospital for treutment. Jockey Koerner, who has been riding at the Canadian tracks, came baek to Gravesend today in time" to get the mount on J. II. Keeues Vox lopuli in tins first race. A big but wholly misguided plunge went wrong oit Gild in the last. Englander, an alleged jockey, was ii the saddle uud he mistook the horses mane for the lilies. The Weather was line and braciug and the track good. Fifteen thousaud pers;ons were present. Many layers are falliug by the wayside. Saturdays avalanche of favorites took many a bankroll. Davy Johnsou exhibited Saturdays betting memorandum. His total winnings amounted to 4,000. Of this sum 50,000 was w;on from the clubhouse commissioners Johnny Walters, Cad Doggett and Charley Dwyer. The following notice was sent to the press today: "All races, for all ages, six and a half furlongs and under, will be run on the straight course at the Belmont Bark autumn meeting," signed S. S. How-laud, managing director.
