The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-10-11
BURKES BOAST.
She Will COWhide Mr.. B. F.
PinneO. of Greeley.
Colorado.
For Saying She is a Woman
of Remarkably Bad
Character.
Some Interesting Facts Re-
garding the Three Fair
Lady Riders
Who Participated in the Race
at st. Louis on Thurs
day Afternoon.
There Was no Money Put Up
and the Whole Thing was
a Disreputable Dodge.
There Is Music in the Air, and it
Will Cuiminate at no Dis
tant Day.

The EAzno nf FRIDAY evening gave a
halt-cuiumn account of the eIue>Iriennc
race 81 Cote Brilliante course, ~. Louis,
Thursday afternoon. hut the Post Dispatch
gives the true inwardnc>s uf the whole
thing IN the following interesting sketch:
The great twenty mile ladies race.
which wa- extensively advertised by sam
Ecker and the managers of the race track,
anne off at the track Yesterday afternoon.
The papers advertised il a. contest al
kill. and Il l. laughablc to read the sober
Nav IN which they report IL. The fact l.
hat no greater tiaSco ha> ever attempted
h. p'lmei of upon the public. AMI
hr $40 people who werc fools enough
q ut md are cntill Il la great commi>rra-
ion In the first place the riders advcr-
i>ed did not appear al all. Miss Augusta
,rvant. VIII" MAS billed - a great gun ia
england. WAS not in the city. never ha>
.,,ru. and although IL was known she
would not appear. the managers al the
rack law liz Ia hill her straight along.
rhe rae. WAS said 1" bc i"r two thousand
i"lia-> aside. vet il will b- >,rn from the
gaI-mcnIs publishci below that the
n"ncv Wa never put mp. thai there WIS
=" Intention al doing IL. and ii Sam
..c!l;.r dill not know Ihi>, h. must have
lai hI> ewes shut Tor the last week and u
.idii Then the opinion Wa general that
Mis- Minmi. Pinnc". VINO ha- gained quite
4 reputation. w:> tn. LADY, VIII" w"uld APP
~ar. II Wa stated ga ih.. track tnat Mis-
iiuny WI sick. AMI that her >i,ic:. Mis-
lizzie. would tIa,. her piay, Tnc iact Is
l. A L
.cck> az" ANA. uI c"ur>c. did not come
,cr.. al all. Til. whole >rnrIne Ms uti>-
-.p-..>catc,i IN tine advertisement. ani the
road Va, ali guided Tn, only thing
."rih seeing "u the track al all wa> Mr..
i;urk,.. another lady rider from Omaha.
.sii" Wa> searching tor T. T. Pimn,-". the
father oi the Piuncu Cirl> Mr.. burk.
D.. ~ , "rN ND. Er-TT"NEn ~ U\rrr RTE
Ulster
80! searched Tor Pinu"n cvcrywhcr.. iu-
ending L" c"whiic him un sight. buj lac
;,-.la-,-~ ihai te hid in = hpN->lJll .ssJ that
h,. could not iinl him anyWhvr,.. Inr
S-n mile race W. = complete, break
jnwn Mis- Williams. of Kansas. the ONLY
III" ri IA" three who had entered. wI> the
,riv one who rDd" "Ul the distance. Mi
i'inm.." taiuting after five miles. ,ui Mis-
""i who Wa put in - I substitute Tor
Nj Bryant quitting after eight miles had
.,.n covered. The crowd scattered. very
nnch disappointed. the last pcr>"u om the
.-nun,l- being Mr.. Burke. who iai her
I ',ani under h,r ulster. nursing that cow
.i,ic AMI hunting ipr Tinnep. The whnl,
fair wa> certainly fraud IN the puhIic
;ncc the terms uf the advertisement, wrrc
4 I, =,
,y,r> ii the race track are certainly much
~ blame irr allowing >uch a show upon
',rir track
( The men VIII" were Instrumental in get
. tin. up tin" race 81 met al Sam Ecker
5h:> morning. IN ~ were present &. J.
.:-,uold>, VINO represented Mis- Bryant,
! =. II. Butler. Dr. III. E"otc. veterinary
.urgcun. who hail> from NrS York. and
h" i Mr.. Burke, best man, J. ". ia
{ obs. who j. lookin. ont Ter a lady rider
namcd Cricket Still. and Il. +. Pinnco
! ,ho i deputy sheriff an Colorado. Mr.
Reynolds was ia deep talk with Sam
( Ecker when the P"~t-Di>patch reporter
dropped in Soon after Ecker lett and
J Iryu".d> and the reporter hogan 1" talk.
That race ye,;eria. wa> not for $1,000
4 side"
ooh, | gue>- IL wa>. >ald Reynolds.
''Dn YOU know il WAS
Well said REYNOLDS. with peculiar
smile. Il saw il 80 stated in the ncw>pa-
pcr>, and make it point never {" doubt
( the newspapers. They don't liz. YOU
how"
/ Had Won any 5000 upy"
No. Miss Bryant was not here. and |
/ put an Miss Ella Cook, OF San jose, Cal.
/ a. "a substitute, in order 20 have race"
! You did not expect Miss Bryant. who
was the great card. To- be here
No. She l. sick a. Kansas City. ! can
/ show bv doctors Certificates
! Why was no; this fact given to the pub
.ic?''
That's for somebody else Ia attend t..
II i not NV affair know that broush,
Miss Bryant from England, and that she
/, i, too sick io come mere.
! L. III. Butler, of Kansas CITY. next came
, in. he represents Miss Williams. who l.
/ hi niece. lie saws she won Tie twenty
mile race very plucSilv YESTERDAY. and that
! he i entitled L. great credit i"r doing il.
But nobody rode aSain>, her, said the
I rcr"rter.
That not iirr fault.
"Why WAS Mr.. Burke not allowed To-
r;dr?'
"B.cau>e >he wa- not entered ani he
cau,,. ] won't allow nav niece Ia ride
against any such woman. Her reputation
j. hai. AMI everybody k:,.w> Il. ! told
her that | would rDi IL; Mi>, Williams
ride with beer. aEd won't. lie -, the
,:e attempted - c,'i" VI. q u.,.-c TIE;