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SCANIY AQUEDUCT FIELDS, j i SELFISH OWNERS SHOW THEIR LACK OF AP- i i PRECTATION OF EFFORTS IN THEIR BEHALF. i Only Monfort and The Squire Start in the Stony- j 1 brook Stakes Officials Fail to Discover Any Violations of Law. - Now York, October 1. It looked like nu afternoon of match races at Aqueduct today. Both the Stony- brook Stakes and the steeplechase were two-horse affairs. The number of horses participating, twenty-eight, three less -than yesterday, was quite the smallest seen around metropolitan race courses in a . decade. Backers of favorites had another very profitable day. speculation being freely indulged in despite the presence- at the track all afternoon of : District Attorney Darrin and Sheriff Harvey. Mr. , Darrin said that he would furnish Philip J. Dwyer with a daily list of alleged violators of the anti- i betting law. accompanied by the usual ultimatum that they be barred from the track, unless they ceased operating. -Mr. Dwyer replied to the district attorneys communications .that he knew of no law breakers at Aqueduct- and that it was up to the sheriff to arrest such whenever and wherever he found them. yesterdays renewal of the present autl-racmg crusade had a deterrent effect on the big operators, men like James Beatty. Eddie Uurke. Sol Llchten-steln. E. H. Bradley and Charles Cella temporarily laving aside all business cares and devoting themselves .to the enjoyment of the sport purely. Many of the smaller ones still continued to lay odds privately during the afternoon without interruption. The sheriffs views on the situation meet with general approval. He says. that, while morally certain that betting is going on more or less on every race, neither he nor his eighteen alert deputies have discovered a single case of money being passed or of wagers recorded. That was the net result of four davs of close and diligent observation on their part and has resulted in a complete failure to obtain sutlicient evidence upon which to base an arrest. Mr. Darrin. an inveterate race-goer for thirty-five vears according to his own statement, wondered as he looked around the small and decorous crowd bow racing could be continued tinder the present distressing conditions. "Personally." be continued. VI havent seen anything that looked like betting Oi horse races. Still. I am reliably informed it is tToIng on bv the wholesale. This looks to me more like a lot of orderly spectators watching a passing funeral than n racing concourse. The lists of names sent from my office .to Mr. Dwyer come from the Lanyon Detective Agency and aic turned over to the track officials for their consideration." Captain Lanyon was a t the track and unusually affable towarjl everybody. Yesterdays graft ex-ikso in connection with one of his men seemed to have had a depressing effect on the anti-racing crusaders. . . Moufort aud The Squire were the only starters X in the Stonybrook Stakes. The latter was backed heavilv at post time and closed a fraction of odds less than Monfort. In the running the Montpelier Stables representative wou out llnally. Although the race was the fastest of the present meeting, neither of the two horses engaged was at Its best. The condensed history of the Stonybrook Stakes is as follows: , Year. Winner. A. Wt. Jockey. al. Time. 1002 Last Knight..:: 93 Mclutyre ..,000 1:49 1003 Xamtor 4 105 Fuller l.O.v. 1:;.0 1904 GO Between.. .3 95 Crinimins .. 1,175 1:50 3905 Sidney C. Lovo5 105 Schaffner .. 1.145 1:49 llh5 Ormond. Righto 103 Notter 1.095 1:47S 1907 Dollv Spankcr.i! 9S K. Dugau... 1.070 1:4SJ 1905 Monfort 4 100 Sweet C50 1:47 Jockeys Sweet and McCarthy divided the flat racing honors between them. The latter has won half of the card on two occasions this week and is the real thing as a jockey Just now. Gilbert did not iide. having gone to the Brookdale Farm to work out some horses for the Whitney stable. Trainer A. J. .lovner will be gone for a couple of days to superintend the shipment toSheepshead Bay of those at the farm intended for the sales riug nest Tues lav. Mr. Joyncr said yesterday that he would not leave for England until after the election in order to give the forty-odd stable employes a chance to vote against Hughes for governor. Every race but the first furnished interesting struggles and exciting finishes. Ida D. galloped her opposition of five to a standstill early in the opening dash and was left to come home practically alone. Tl ero were many big wagers put on the market in support of the winner at post time, and her backers never had a moments uneasiness after she had gone the first 100 yards. The consistent campaigner. Jitnmv Lane, added another steeplechase victory to his already long list of cross-country triumphs. He indulged Sandy Creeker. his solitary opponent, with the lead for over two miles before lie was called upon for an effort., and then passed the leader and won comfortably. Yankee Daughter scored at her second attempt in the colors of Archie .Zhumcr. her new owner. While owned by O. It. Ellison the beautifully bred Mazagan Sallie of Navarre filly had been trying often to get out of the maiden class. Todays op-iosltlon was very moderate, which accouuts for her success. Probably the best struggle from a spoctacular standpoint developed Jit the running of the fifth race, in which Fort Johnson earned a popular victon for the Sanfords. The finish was very close and was marked by more expressions of applause on the rvart of the public than all the. other finishes combined. Dolly Spanker showed a glimpse of his old-time form when he led eight opponeuts throughout the closing race, at a mile aud an eighth. The noted old Kingston gelding was not greatly fancied.- although he closed the actual favorite. Much money was intrusted to Flavigny. with Cullen aboard. It was a misguided pluuge. Culleu riding so badly thai lie was greeted with derisive hoots at the finish. A inan who picked up a scarf pin which had been dropped on the lawn and who was afterwards tainted out to Seymour Beutler by a man who saw the incident refjised to give it up. The affair caused a. great couimotiou among the crowd. There was no more paying off or settling at the race track. Starter Mars Cassidy said today that the new Cuban race track project, in which he is a prime mover, is at a standstill. Ida D. was bid up by a man named George Pease. :i butcher hailing from Frecport. Long Island, from 3S0O to .,100. The owner bought her in for additional. .... All the seasons good horses have gone into retirement. W. II. Spence. whose occupation as trainer ceased with the sale of Besom, Elllsdale. and St. Withold. expects to leave for San Francisco at an early date It is Mr. Spences intention to get a new string jttjr-jgetixcr for raciug at Oakland.
