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SDIIIYAH VERSUS MCABBBS I o RYE WINS GARDEN CITY SELLING STAKES f FOR THE "TAMMANY PUSH." v t Wes Is His Only Competitor Dubois Succeeds in Scheme to Get a Price About Lotus, . but Wishard Fails. i Now York, Octolier 20. Clear and balmy weather prevailed at Jamaica today and an interesting card j of six races was run off In the presence of the usual crowd of about 10,000 spectators. The bright sunshine of the morning had hastened the drying t out process to such an extent that the track was , in unexpectedly good condition for racing and mnch surprise was expressed thereat. Although the field in the feature, the Garden City Selling Stakes, at a mile and a sixteenth, was reduced by -withdrawals to only two starters Rye and Wes it. developed, from a betting standpoint, into one of the most sensational affairs of the season. The respective partisans of the two contestants included the two most powerful of local political faetions. It was Tim Sullivan and his Tamnianyitos against Pat Mc-Carren, the Brooklyn boss, and his following. Wes money in chunks deluged the ring In the early letting, forcing the price against Frank Browns horse from 7 to -5 to 4 to 5, with the odds steadily receding against Rye in. the meantime. Shortly before post time a counter plunge of larger proportions developed on the Bowery champion. With Miller on Rye versus Finn on Wes the result was hardly ever in doubt. Rye scoring very easily from his worn out and badly messed about opponent. Billy Dubois, the plunging clubhouse commissioner, put hotter on Lotus in the first race to get a price. The move was successful. The former Durnell filly won running off, displaying quite the best form of her career, in the opinion of experts. Enoch Wishard was credited with putting Cochran up, five pounds overweight and all, on Penrhyn in the third race likewise to get a price. The layers took all sorts of liberties witli the horse. After scoring a dismal failure the combination was extensively ridiculed during the afternoon. Clara Iluron broke down after winning the fifth and report says that Waterbury changed hands after scoring in the last, .Tames Blnte being the purchaser. Thomas OConnor, the well known racing reporter, has been appointed assistant to Secretary John I.oden nt Ascot Park the coming winter. With an immense spread of sail the Pinkertons today shut off the view of the homestretch and finish from the operators stationed in the tower adjacent to the track. Colonel Pinkerton announced that he is secure for the rest of the meeting.
