The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-04
Barney Schneider Asked to Leave
Washington Park on Account of
an Inconsistent Gelding.
L'HOMMEDIEU ORDERED AWAY.
The Eastern Plunger "Right Too
Often'-He Won on Fly by
Night When He Displayed
Reversal of Form.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

| REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
| Chicago, H., July 5.-Barrey Schneider,
one of the best known turfmen In the West
| orn country. has been asked to take him
self. his horses and his Jockeys. in fact. his
| entire outfit, away from the Washington
Park track and not be seen there any more.
In the official edict that carries this ruling
| Steve L'HOmmedieu. the New York plunger.
IS told that his presence at the same track
| viii no, he tolerated In the future.
| Following IS tho brief notice given o.:
| tonight by the Board Of Stewards of the
| Washington Park Club:
"At Il meeting of the Board OF Stewards
| OF Washington Park held late this evening
| it was decided. in view of the inconsiste=:.
| running Of ;he horse Fly by Night. TO -
| fuse Mr. Z. Schneider the privileges OF t::o
| track. and Il notice will be served on him
! tomorrow morning 10 remove his stable
and jockeys with the exception OF Builman
upon whom he has second call, from the
grounds. Mr. Steve LHommodieu IS also
iHcl'Ided with Mr.. Schneider In the above
ruling. At the same meeting Mr.. T.. ID.
Morse was ruled of for having used abusive
language TO one of the clubs officials"
Schr.iber has one OF the best. ii not ac-
tually the best. racing stables In the West.
He IS possessed Of such grand racing
machines as Fly-by-Nisht, SOfala, Ban
nockburn. Inshot and about twenty-five 9TH
ers. which have not been given a chance to
race In this vicinity. His Jockeys are Ruiz
ana buchanan. both capable riders. His con-
nection with Jockey pullman, the hes; rider
az the track, is told in the edict printed
above.
Was Right Too often.
His present trouble is no new experience
for LHcmmedieu, who is under cloud in
the East, where he is not permitted to APP
pear on any Of the Jockey Club tracks. just
as he was in the East. he was right Too
often here, and, growing suspicious Of hi.
actions and the marvellous manner in which
he was gathering IN the bookmakers' money,
an Investigation, 1t il claimed. disclosed a
bad mess. in which a humber of well known
persons are implicated.
IL was impossible tonight, after the find
ing OF the Board of Stewards became
known. to get many facts from any of the
members Of the board.
They have not ruled me of and cannot
prevent me running my horses in their
stake events is the way the German con-
sOled himself. He appeared iIr person TO
ask him. The session was private and
nothing is known of what trdnspired he
hind doors. but the finding was given out
for publication within few moments of
adjournment of the NEE ling. showing that
the evidence that had been gathered was
fairly positive and needed little discussion.
IL was whispered about the track to-day
that LHOmnedieu was being closely
watched BY couple of detectives. Every
eA'p Ht luoh dAOul Ailt II dth WAS "LltuGti,
and his acquaintance with certain jockeys
and all Of his bets were jotted down. IL is
claimed. EHomrnedfeu was cautioned by
one of his friends, and after the last race
jumped into a cab. contrary 10 his general
| custom. and hurried out OF the grounds.
There was much complaining after the
/ closing race that Great Bend was not ex-
tended to the limit in his race against OH
mar. on which horse LHommedieu. il Is
said, had bet heavily.
Fly by Nights Races.
Ely hv Night has run six
Schneider brought his horses 10 Chicago.
two of these were at Harlem and four II
them curing the ten days Washington
Park has been in operation. This is a sum-
mary Of the races.
June "A, at Harlem-Finished first, Ils
pounds Ruiz up backed from TO l to . TO
.: six furlongs. in l:l6l2. Behind him were
HvadwateT. OConneL, Doctor Nalmsi.y,
Hermoso and Goebel.
Gold, Advance Guard. The Monk and W.
Oyerton; CaywOod was up, carrying ll9
pounds. The mile was run In l:io1z, and the
June q. at Washington Park-Finished
third to Reminder. and Mr.. Brown, Il3
pounds and Buchanan up. AT odds of to
). The six furlongs were run in I:l5ls
June .. finished second TO May Beach. at
six furlongs: run In i:Ii. with 1ls pounds
and buchanan up. the odds being TO /.
June IS finished fourth 20 Sidney Lucas,
Alcede and Eva Rice. He carried IFS pounds.
with Ruiz up, Lucas running It ths IN. mile in
beaten over three lengths. The odds were
to ).
June 3e-Ffnished first In the lakewood
Handicap. carrying IFS pounds. with Bull
man in the saddle. running the mile and
mn eighth in l:53 the odds being to /
race in l:4OI.. Behind him finished Sam !
Phillips. Andes. Cambrian. Bangle. Sid !
ney Lucas. jolly Roger. Boney Boy and |
schreiber VIII Not Talk.
Schneider said late tonight that he did |
rot care TO talk for publication. but might |
mako n pt.iTfa statement of tho I'm a
few days, after he had time to get over |
his bitter surprise, lie was not sure. he |
said, that he would run any of his horses |
I'm the stake events. which he thought he |
had a right TO do. since the official an |
nouncement did not say that he was act |
ually ruled OFF.
LHommedieu was at one time the keeper |
of small green grocery. his place OF bust
ness being in Jersey city He became wide
ly known az a plunger. but two years ago
suspicion was directed at him more than
oEce, and he was thought to have the con-
fideuce Of a number of leading jockeys In
the East Last fall Steve was invited to
seek other fields. He has been here several
weeks and has operated almost wiihouC
limit. 1t Is said he Is tremendous winner
here the amount being variously estimated
at from 900 to sloo,OOo.
a turfman closely identified with the
management of the Washington Park
Clubs affairs said OF Ffy-by-Sights last
two races:
June q, and that day LHommedieu was
down heavily on the winner, sidney Lucas
TWO days later, III tne odhNoOu ttaHUlcdpr
fTy by Night comes out of his trance and
with the same weight up, but a much better
boy. and at a longer distance he wins fr1 m
one of the hest fields that have started this
year. In the lakewood Handicap, with the
odds at ) to /, as they should have been
after HIS showing of two days before.
I'Hommeiieu goes to II like hawk and
common report was that he had cleaned
up nearly s2Ocoo by the race.
"How e one to account for anything like
that? What reason did either Schneider or
L'Hommedieu have for thinking Fly by
Night would improve that much In two days
from any natural causes? And how did
steve come TO know much about the in
side workings of the Schroeder stable? Al
these little points, / presume. were consd-
| cred by the stewards. and there is little rea-
son for their making any other ruling than
the one they did