Show GATES THE GREAT VINS IVINS MORE En fAME fAMEI k P I I Famous Gambler Wagers Avela Average Average Aver Aver- a age Je of Daily at Sheepshead Bay PREMIER TURF PLUNGER I Sets Mark High Above Others I Works Narks Works With Boots Du Durnell In Raids BY J T 1 S. S A. A MACDONALD lr CDO Once again John Jima AV W. Gates Is th the turf hero hern of th the hour homo in this neighborhood neigh neigh- The rho famous You a Det- Det a Million is the big tent right now so o oI I far as ns th the tue betting belting end of or the game 13 is isI I concerned for or his wagers wag have havA been I lor of tremendous siz size during the last I week and hl his money i Is dominating the theS S horse playing market to a greater deI degree de tie- I gree gre than ever before At the Washington Wash Wash- ington Park meeting at ut Chicago I along in 1902 and again at Saratoga I I in iii 1903 Gates deluged deluge the hool bookmakers I I with t monc money but bitt it Is safe to say 3 he heS heI S I outdid all existing plunging records at atI I Sheepshead Un Tiny Bay for a period extending extending extend extend- ing from June 24 up tip to today Put the amount the big fellow wagered at and you are within reasonable reasonable reasonable reason reason- able bounds bound In other words he bet about a da day Just lust think of that ye parlay parla fiends Of Ot course Gates is not a bit more moro Infallible infallible infallible ible than the 2 piker He lie stands the same ame chances of or winning as the Saturday afternoon ribbon counter visitor to 0 the field a circumstance tance borne out by the fact act of Gates being almost behind the layers Talk about Pittsburg Phil Riley Kilcy Grannan Plunger Walton Davy Johnson Joe Jo and Jack McDonald rolling high hish stake money in the betting ring In their day Why the they all figure deuces compared to Gates He lie established a n claim to the plunging premiership of the American turf turC beyond peradventure this past week In fact he Is the greatest money prodigal the sporting world has ha ever seen een and there have been a few fow from Lord Hastings to Baird Eaird S According to the clubhouse gossip Gates determined to o recoup a loss of at over o to 1906 He commenced commenced com corn the grand work vork some days after the opening at Sheepshead Bay Bayon on a regular business scale l First he put himself in touch with Boots BooLe Durnell They bought Colonel White Savable Royal Roal Vane Monster King ICing and anti several other horses of medium class but more moro suitable for betting purposes than stake stale performers perform perform- ers eis A big plunge e ant and a winning race ended their usefulness Back In the discard they went Incidentally Charles Head Smith one of the tho old- old time wheat 1 kings of or of- the West est and ancl the former owner of Garry Herrmann and Colonel Gib Gibson on on is the head Gates GatE commissioner He has the proverbial length o of stride for tor or he is tall and at attenuated how low he can beat bent It from Cram the me clubhouse the Gr-the time betting bet bet- ling ting ring for or tops for Gates GatE's Loslie Les- Les lie llo Coggins bets for Durnell Its It's a great combination and un until tit Gates Cates sails away aWny for France shortly for a months month's boar hunting hauntIng on the estates of the Duc Due de Etienne tho the confederacy confederacy erac Is hound bound to hold tho the stage rent front On Tuesday Jill July 9 9 the last day of or orthe the lie meeting the I Lawrence Hell Heal for Cor olds year at a mile and md five n furlongs will wiil be run at Sheepshead Bay nay To ro win this will hll be bethe bethe the time cap and climax of Pet Peter r Pans Pan's brilliant brilliant bril bril- three year campaign Trainer Rowe has ha the son of oC Commando Cinder ella In n point for the long Ions race right now Peter eter Pan will pick up imp scale weight 1 6 poun pounds 9 here her and anul he will meet a n. formidable band of at horses horse of or his age including SaI the king of or year two and his rival al This Is the richest stake for three three- three olds ear exclusively In the world the the English Derby paying paying- about Everybody E Is looking forward to a r meeting of or Feor Peter Peter Pe Pe- ter or l' l Pan n and ond Sahl ere with the utmost In Interest one of or the largest crowds ever seen on a local racing course being I a sure thing on the afternoon the lie two year three go to the post Peter Pan has had ha a lot of oC hard races lie He lost the Withers and the lie Carlton stakes through being In short shore condition Since has hns run over o the tho horses which beat him there and taken the time Belmont stakes of ot the Standard stakes of or I the Brooklyn Brook Derby of and anda a 3 week ago the 2 Tidal stakes takes This on wonderful colt has lias won about for tor or his owner John i J Madden anti and the Hitchcock brothers have ha in hand han The Time colt has been somewhat of ot a m mystery ster rumors of oC a n spread pren hoot hoof and a dickey fore Core leg Jeg having ha gained circulation at different times In the ti-ta meantime Peter Pan has raced himself to a u thin edge while Is liable to come bloomIng bloomIng bloom- bloom Ing lag along like Ilk a rose ros However However However How How- ever the duel durol between en them will be he watched with all the tho eyes of or the racing world looking on U |