The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-28
Race rack ard
Stable Gossip

raw turnips in my younger days, and until
I learned better / always grabbed the big
gest | could get. Invariably there was
hollowness in them and they were mushy.
! tried a small turnip one day and found
it was much better than the larger ones;
it was hard and solid. l think horses
run much the same way as turnips."
Says a New York special: The most
interesting topic of conversation among
the trainers was a match between Imp,
the winner of the Suburban, and couple
of others that took part in the great race.
1t is proposed among the matchmakers
and handcappers, that Imp, Briar Sweet
and Banastar be offered a purse by the
Coney Island Jockey club to go mile and
a quarter Imp won the Suburban as he
pleased the excuse for Briar Sweet is
that she had not sufficient preparation and
was a little short. Banastar wheeled Just
after the start was made, and falling
back lost his chances for the race. The
performances of these candidates have
caused much comment among the talent,
and another trial between the trio men
toned would determine the ability of the
three great runners in the Suburban.
"Richard ]. cost lie S175 as a yearling,"
remarked w. NJ. Rogers, the owner of
the great Morello horse. II bought Rich
ard and Presbyterian as yearlings, pay
ing S1T5 for the latter. Presbyterian is the
colt l afterwards sold to John W. Schorr,
who won the Crescent City Derby with
the son of Prestonpans. Richard J. was
big 2-year-old and l handled him with
care, giving him only a few races He
was a good prospect and gave every in
dication of developing into the useful rae
ing tool he has since proved himself to be.
Richard J. is bred in the purple, his dam,
Bonnie Leaf, being out of Ivy Leaf, who
also threw the great race horse and sire,
Brambe Morello, the sire of Richard j.,
would have proved one of the greatest
sires of. the American turf had he only
lived Richard J. has a rare turn of speed
and is as game as a pebble. He has the
stamina and courage to carry his speed
over distance of ground, but prefer to
use him in the sprinting game
"While do not give myself over to
slavish admiration of Tod Sloan,' said
my friend the veteran turfman, putting
his face in one of Burns "horse's necks"
my friend the turfman, always drinks
horses necks, think because of the name
of the beverage. while l am not dis
posed to bow down and worship at the
little riders shrine" he repeated, Il am
with him in his war on the English
walters. / regret much that he did not
champagne bottle when he organized to
reduce the number. A good man with an
AK in the coffee houses and restaurants
of London would find much joyous labor
and be a power for untold good. Walters
In the east side restaurants of this city
are dreams of gracious department and
politeness compared with the cattle they
have in England.
81 refer to the lower class of walters.
the best of their kind. In the British
makeup there is trait, perpetuated by
long living under a monarchy with an
established aristocracy which makes it
| easy for Englishmen to become walters
| Illustrative of this quality, you have
| heard, / suppose. of the American who
| made a wager with friend that he would
| insult every passerby on a certain street
within certain hours of every day for q
| long period.
mo? Well, this was the bet he made.
| He held up every man who came-along
and asked him how to reach a certain
| point in London. In return for the ad-
vice he gave each person a penny. He
| was knocked down but twice in six
| weeks, and won the money, which was
| conditioned upon his not being perma-
nently crippled. Even in New York,
which is addicted to the receiving of tips,
l have an idea that the ambulance would
have my friend inside of Is minutes.
| "That has nothing to do with Sloan. I
| an glad he changed the walters map.
| You have no idea of the manner in which
| the lower class of English conduct them
| selves in public or of the liberties they
| take In the five or six trips I have taken
| over to England in the interests of the
| American thoroughbred I have found
| much pleasure in studying their char
acter, or lack of character. The boosted
| courage of the English is somewhat
| overrated or else the ignorant have a re-
| markable superstition concerning lethal
weapons I was returning in a train from
| one of the races one day and six thimble-
| riggers-shell workers we call them here
| crowded their way into the compartment
| with me. I was trying to read a newspa-
per, but they crowded and showed me
| about so in the seat that l found it was
| impossible. / said nothing, but with
drew my six-shooter from the hip peck
| ct, opened it and began feeding into the
| cylinder the cartridges which | had re-
moved before going to the races. The
six toughs fell over one another to gel
out. The train had not started and the
door was not locked. The underman-
and he was thu one who was nearest the
| door-was trampled almost into his grave
by the rush of his fellows
| Il saw another incident of the same
kind, also in railway car. grea
husky brute-and he was a waiter, too,
| knew the man by sight: he belonged il
an inferior restaurant at the race course
kept closing the window of the compa TT
ment. He did it to provoke a fight will
an American bookmaker, now at Sleeps
head. who sat next to him. The America,
put the window UP twice and the fellow
each time closed it. The bookmake;
smashed the glass with his pistol, S,
there was no further question of ;
draught through the compartment, an,
then said to the thug:
/" If you make another move, even ba
an eye between here and the station,
will fill you so full of lead a dray won
carry you
mo one moved for 10 minutes Thel
the bad Englishman. in a weak, pipin,
| voice. requested permission to sit owe
next to the door. This the bookmake
granted. At the first stop he had tn
compartment to himself. His fellow pas
| sengers all sought other parts of tn
train at the station. New York Tele