The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-23
Suite Department.
TURF AND TURFMEN
Tips and Facts by Horse Authori-
ties in This Country.
WINNINGS AND BIG LOSSES
Movements and Plans of Owners
and low They Have Succeeded
and Their Chances of Future
Success on the Track.

and Their Chances OF Future
Success on the Track.
Pierre Lorillard is rather unlucky
with his horses over in England, none
| of them being placed so far. Enoch
| Wishard's Helen Nichols by IroQuois-
| Orphan Girl. ran second in the Visitors
! plate, five-eighths of a mile, last week.
| her first start, and the only American
| horse that has run inside the money, so
far.
McDougall & Co. say: Business the
past week has been quite brisk, and
, Navarro and Clifford have been backed
| lightly. Senator Grady heavily at 80
and %, Saragossa at 80 and Handspring
at 80. Lazzarone and Halma have been
| nibbled at for small amounts. also Ste
phen ]. and King Arthur"
The recent report that Halma and
Saragossa, both heavily backed in the
big spring handicaps, have gone lame
recall a motto of the celebrated Count
Mitkiewicz which is fraught with much
turf wisdom. The count was wander
ing across the lawn at Sheepshead Bay
three summers ago. his famous red
whiskers waving banner-like behind
him, when he happened to meet a noted
plunger who was just then playing in
good luck. The count, with his custom
airy eagerness for a tip, asked for
winner. IAN / know about this race,
said the plunger lis what old Bill DAILY
told me. He says his horse Count is
lame and isn't worth a bet" "Ah,''
cried the count joyfully, 80 he is lame,
is he, and my namesake, too? My
friend, make it rule to bet on lame
horses. Remember, always bet on
lame horses" The count FASTENED into
ha -inr nd hot m his na rnaCQkp
at 20 to /. AS the horse came gallop-
ing in an easy winner, 10 lengths in
front of his field, the count moved his
long arms frantlcally and shouted: "A
lame horse forever! They never lose"
Mercury.
The dates of the running of the
Western Derbies are as follows: Ken
lucky. $4,000, mile and a quarter, May
6; Cincinnati, $12, 900, mile and quar-
ter, May 81; National, at st. Louis,
mile and a half, $4,000, June 10; Lato-
mia, $4,000. mile and a half, June 25.
Fronk .Brunen. of Chicago Racing
Form. believes Ben Brush to be a world
beater. and thus writes of him in his pa
per of Monday: Should Ben Brush come
West and do we'll in his native air-why
shouldn't he?-the three Ohio-kentucky
events and the 500. 900 National Derby of
u.
cy, no matter what penalties he incurs
in his winning way. ] think that Brush is
kind honest, a weight carrier and nat
ural raeehorse, such as is Navarro.
Brush can be placed and has the con-
tentious ambition of self. When a year
ling the colt couldn't be kept back in
even his walking exercise. He always had
to be a nose, perhaps, but something. in
front of his companions That's the great
ness of ambition If allied to ability
equine or human"
At the recent spring meeting at Wen
na Austria, the American trotters were
decidedly in front. Honeywood. 2:l4, land
ed one race. Manic bred by John H.
Shuts of this city won her race, and
Capitola Fisk won three races at the
meeting. Horace Brown drove them ALL
William Cruit's mare. Folly. won a race,
driven by Pete Curran, the well-known !
American driver.
Henry Carr, in charge of the following
horses, left New York last Saturday for
Germany: Bullet. 2:23A. bay stallion, by
Jumps, Gloria, bay mare, years old, by
Strathmore, in foal to Pilot Medium; Lo-
Gust Blossom, bay mare, by Prince Pan J
ic; Cartridge Box, 2-year-old filly, by
Cartridge. and TIE Deum. a yearling filly, |
by Latitude.
Barney" Schneider, the st. Louis turf !
man, feels the loss of Jockey Chorn's
services sincerely, as he is a great be-
lever in the value of good riders. Barney
attributes his success on the turf more to
the clever riders who have supported his
colors than any other factor. He always
said that to win races an owner must
have a competent boy. new beginner
once came to him for advice. He had a
fair stable of horses and he wanted to
l. sa1s~
get good boy" was the laconic retort
Get the best jockey that money can
hire"
Colonel Jack Chinn. the judge at the
Newport track, visited the jockeys din
ing room before the first race last Satur-
day and gave the boys a little friendly
talk in his own peculiar style. His speech
was to the point. and the jockeys looked
though IL had not fallen on barren
ground. The colonel stood in the center
of the room, and the jockeys. who We're
in all stages of dress and undress. were
near their lockers. My son will do the
pitching and l will do the catching to-
day." said the colonel I'VE might as
well start in right. 1 want you TO line up
from the jump and play ball all the time
When the flag falls every boy must be-
gin riding for a position. Trainers orders
don't go at this track. You must ride to
win. Keep in striking distance of the
leaders. and when you hit the head of
the stretch stick in your spurs and ride
like you were going for the doctor. I'll
not set you down for bad ride. The
best jockey in the world is liable to make
a bad ride once in a while. IL is not a
bad ride that will get you in trouble. but
two or three bad rides will make me sus-
picious. I'll put you on my cum and when
l think you are about ripe I'll pluck you
The first time ] see anything that looks
like a crooked ride the Jockey who is
guilty will go down for life. Now we I'M
derstand each other. Help me to keep
things straight and I'll help you"
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