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SHEEPSHEAD BAYS RACING MONFORT CAPTURES THE THISTLE STAKES IN A GAME FINISH WITH SPOONER Rosebcn Unexpectedly Beaten by Nimbus Preceptor PreceptorTakes Takes Another Race in Easy Fashion V Betting Litigation Angles New York July The encouraging effects of Justice Blscliolfs favorable decision of Thursday was plainly noticeable in tho largely increased at ¬ tendance at Sheepshead Bay today It was the largest offday crowd seen there since the anti hrtting law has been enforced The Jockey Club Smd no annouiicenient or comment on the courts decision to make It is understood that it desires to have a thorough interpretation of the effect of the decision before taking any action Acting Dist ¬ rict Attorney HIder has notified the attorneys repre ¬ senting the racing interests that he will take an appeal from thu ruling of Justice Bisehoff BisehoffThe The Thistle Stakes the chief feature of todays good card at one mile and a furlong contained one f the most evenly balanced lields of good class handicap horses of the season and from n form standpoint was puzzling in the extreme Nearly veryone of the ten engaged was accorded support In the betting In the actual running only one of the first tbree choices was in the money Grapple iluished third to Monfort and Snooner SnoonerBedouins Bedouins preceding recordbreaking performance ver the giass course with tweleve pounds more weight up than ho was asked to pack today justly entitled him to the post of honor and he was per ¬ sistently backed by the public Don Enrique was next in preference Both however ran like 100 to 1 shots All the glory of winning belonged to Monfort and his California lightweight jockey Clifford Gilbert Monfort swerved and was inter ¬ fered with early but his speed was patiently re ¬ served during the middle running which com MiHMl with a vigorous finish on the part of his rltlw enabled him to make good finally in the most sensational and convincing fashion fashionThe The tabled history of the Thistle Stakes is as follows followsYear Year Winner A Wt Jockey Val Time 1002 Francesco 3 01 Creamer 2180 15 J JDlXt A Williams 4 112 Odom 25351 253511U 1U Dainty 4 il Crimmins 3255152 IJMK Go Between 4 10G Digging 2755 155 JJKH First Mason G 112 T Martin 2SG5 1522 1007Orapple 5 07 Beckman 3035 1 1008 Monfort 4 10G Gilbert 4500 152 jj jjThe The days proceedings began with an upset in the defeat of Connaught Hanger at 4 to 5 by both Kea Cliff and Selectman Maddens colt was the victim of the foul riding tactics and it not only de ¬ stroyed his own chances of winning but assisted in putting Selectman out of commission absolutely as far as winning was concerned The pair went to the extreme outside fence when turning for home suid this allowed Sea Cliff to come through next to the Inner rail and win No claim of foul was made and the incident passed unnoticed by the stewards stewardsA A G Blakeleys colt Arasec also an outsider was ridden to victory by S Sweet another Califor ¬ nia rider in the race following following1reccptor 1reccptor the crack Golden Garter twoyearoH from the Newcastle Stable confirmed the opinion prevailing since his last race that he belonged in the lirst flight of the seasons twoyearohls by romping home in front of seven good ones including Joe Madden The odds against the latter receded K rapidly that he might have closed with the out ¬ siders enoughThe had the betting progressed long enough The real upset of the afternoon however devl OIKM with the defeat of Roseben at 3 to by Nimbus at 10 to 1 Experts declare that the best borse was Peter Quince which finished third thirdGarner Garner rode Hoseben improperly to say the least The finish which was very close evoked the aioisiest demonstration of the day With the defeat of Cairngorm by Montauk in the closing race every favorite wantingNimbus but Preceptor had been found wanting Nimbus equaled the six and onehalf furlongs track record of 11SJ made by Royal Tourist Junn 22 when he heat Hoseben today todayGeorge George Hose was almost the whole show in a bookmaking way at Sheepshead Bay during the past week He handled an enormous and profitable busi ¬ ness and was a sort of clearing house for many of the other layers He finally became so conspicuous In view of the dense crowds that followed him about that it attracted tlie attention of the stew ¬ ards with unpleasant results for Mr Hose as they ordered him through John T Cavanagh to discon ¬ tinue his iKwkinakiug operations just after the fourth race raceThere There were three men arrested today for alleged violation of the AgnewIIart antibetting law They gave their names as L V Snell Joe Harris and Tom Child The last named two were taken in the tleld Inclosnre All of these arrests were made by deputy sheriffs Sam Lewis a bettor was arrested by a man from acting District Attorney Elders office The charge against him was not definitely known but bystanders said he was writing some ¬ thing on his program at the time All were taken to Brooklyn police headquarters instead of Coney Island as heretofore The public prosecutor now assorts that the rac ¬ ing associations are deriving a daily revenue from the bookmakers As a matter of fact John G Cavanagh manager of the betting ring and general purveyor of stationery to the layers charges 2 per race for advance information as to jockeys weights scratches and so forth Any one can ob ¬ tain the carbon slip containing such information before each race by paying the usual fee The newspapers however are on the free list A notice Is printed in conspicuous type on the aforesahl jockey Klips to the effect that this advance infoimatlon is issued only on the condition that it Is not to be used for purposes of poolselllng or bookmaking or other gambling prohibited by the penal code Schuylor L Parsons of the Coney Island Jockey Club ridiculed I Mr Klders assertion and said that neither directly nor Indirectly nor for years has the racing asso ¬ ciation he represents received a dollar of revenue from the bookmakers
