The morning times., 1896-08-24
RE0UITAL A CRACKERJACK
Work Stamps Him .aS the Grea
Three-Year-Old.
HOwJoc key Doc" TurbeviIle, Winner
of the Futurity, Caught tho =
tide at Its Flood.

The Brookdale Stable has sterling
colt in Requtal. At Sheepshead Bay
Saturday, i'll the Twin City handicap,
carrying 116 pounds and cuncedlng one
pound actual weight for age 10 Buck
Massie, the Western champion; twenty-siN
pounds To Belmar, and thirty-four pounds
toDutch Skater, Requital ran in the middle
of deep and heavy track, winning by
two open lengths, with many pounds in
reserve, in the magnificent time for the
mile and a quarter of 2:1O 1-5.
Requital went to post legitimate favor
ite for the Twin City at IL to 20. Buck
Massie, supported by Riley Grammar and
the Western and Southern delegations at
around 1-2 To 1, was ridden by Hill.
The latter took Buck Massie to the fore
when the flag dipped, and led Belnlar a
merry chase for about seven furlongs.
CLAYTON, lying something like half
dozen Yards from the inner rail on the
favorite. clear of the mud and slop from
the heels of TIE paceniaker, sat wonder
fully still until leaving the back stretch.
Atthis point O'Leary broughtDutch Skater
I'D Oh the inside. Belnar fell back beaten.
and it seemed as though the Skater would
get by Buck Massie, slip through on the
home stretch, swing, and make a bold
bid for the stake. Before Dutch Skater
had fairly tried conclusions with Buck
Massie, Clayton let out a link on Re
quital and moved around the struggling
pair without an effort. In the stretch
Requitai felt like running. and Clayton
found it necessary to take a stiff pull
IN order to keep him within hailing dis
tance of his company. Hill ceased riding
Buck Massie when Requital flashed by,
and finished in third position. two len cths
behind Dutch Skater, and a like .-tancc
in advance OF Belnar. Requital and Clay
ton were loudly applauded upon returning
tn hn fIxp 1nt
Jockey Doc TurbeviDe. who piloted
Ogden to victory, is n product of the East
BIT. Louis and South Side tracks He
made his appearance in that vicinity last
winter year ago and rode regularly for
Il. e. Jordan Bird, who owned SchuylkiH,
Annie E., Montella Roy and a large num-
Der of other cheap selling platers. Tur-
beville bad ridden at Chicago and San
Francisco previous to his appearance in st.
Louis, but his work in the saddle failed TO
attract attention until he began to put them
over the plate at the Fair grounds last sea
Bon Shortly before the Fair grounds meet
Ing was inaugurated in 1895, Turbeyille
and his brother got into trouble for slug.
Cling reporter at East St. Louis. The
matter was called to the attention of the
Fair Association stewards aud Turbeyille
was refused permission to ride for n long
while. Finally he managed to get rein.
stated and jumped into prominence at
once by landing San Bias to victory in a
stake at the juicy odds of 100 to /. He
rode perfect race on San Bias and had
little trouble in securing desirable mounts
after wards.
Green b. Morris, one of the shrpwdest
horsemen in the United States, was racing
bis stable at st. Louis at the time, and he
readily recognized that Turbeyille had
hn inO ~ olz
Joe Hill was riding for Morris and when
they separated, Green hired Turbeyillc
Norris had Strathmeath, Miss Martin, Star
Ruby, Sallie Clicquot, Lobengula, and other
cracks In his stable, and Turbeyille mad
great reputation riding them to victory.
He was TO have gone to San Francisco with
Norris last winter, but they had a falling
out at Cincinnati, and Turbeville drifted
to New Orleans instead. There he rode
As free lance, until Marcus Daly's repre-
sentative happened along and e engaged
the boy to ride for the Copper King on the
Montana circuit this season. Turbeyille
went to Montana and remained there all
season up to his appearance at Sheepshead
Bay on Ogden, the Futurity winner.
Marcus Daily, the copper mine niaenate.
and racing man; j. B. Haggin, who is his
partner in certain turf affairs, and their
friends and followers are credited by the
race going talent with having won from
$4,000 to 100000 on Ogden. There
were sixty books ION" at Sheepshead Bay
"Futurity Day." and they are credited by
people who should know with losing an
average of $4,000 each. "Pete'' Downey
openly Confessed to losing $4,000. Eddie
Burke and Eddie Marks are said TO have
lost SO 900 to SO 900 each, and that's a
small estimate. John Duffy lost SIT 600
It's said and somebody won 1t. Joe UIln,an
was also a big loser. Sutton & Co., who
opened Ogden's odds at 2b to 1 i, are said
TO have lost $4,000. Dave Foster. a
brother Of Fred Foster, who owned DR.. Rice
when he won the Brooklyn handicap, came
in with SIC, 900 Of Western money, most of
which he got on the stranger colt at good
odds. Honest john Kelly says that DAILY
must have won at least 500 900, aside |
from the stakes Of nearly $50 900. Kelly |
70 credited with tidy winning himself. !