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NO JUMP INGGEIFAR WEST. tT-V GRANT HUGH BROWNE IS SATISFIED WITH HIM AS A HANDICAP HORSE. T. 3. Martins Fall in the Stccplcchaso Costly to Speculators Flynn Starting Machino to Bo Tried at Belmont Park. Xew York, October 5. A copious precipitation during the Jiight converted the Brighton Beach track into a muddy canal. A high-class program of six races, albeit lacking in stake features, was spoiled. The warm, clear weather attracted the irsuai big off-day crowd. Far West, carrying top weight, 120 pounds, and the most improved horse iu training captured the mile and a quarter handicap. This horse was destined for a steeplechaser by-his present owner Grant Hugh Browne, but Mr. Browne has changed his -mind and the big Montana fuur-yoiir.old will be entered in next years important handicaps. The second of the seasons steeplechases for three-year-olds exelusivuly, brought disaster to the tspeeu-, lators. T. S. Martin, carrying- a fortune in wagers, stumbled at the first fence ami jockey Gallagher was sent flying over the horses head. Realms bad blunder . gave Commodore Fontaine sufficient advantage to wiu. Whether intentionally or not, the habit of boys wearing numbers where they cannot be seen iu gallops preliminary to a race has again become prevalent. A large number of the horses that worked today could not be identilied because their numbers faced to the front iustead of to the side. Many bettors do not speculate until they have seen the various horses warm up. "To prevent a repetition of the "trouble tlmt occurred on Tuesday when George S. Davis was favorite in u race, although a. non-starter, John Cavauagli now has a man make the circuit of the ring before each race, announcing that all the horses have weighed iu. Until that time the layers are not supposed to put up auy odds and those who do will be held responsible for any losses they may incur. A new starting apparatus developed by J. Flynn will be given a trial at the Belmont Park meetlHg. It moves eighty feet on a trolley before it springs away from the horses and In that manner a moving start can be effected. G. B. Morris returned to Gravesend today with his string recently raced at Hamilton, Ont. The veteran horseman will leave for San Francisco in three weeks and will confine his winter campaigning exclusively to Oakland. "Marty" Bergen, once a well known jockey, is seriously ill with pneumonia.
