The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-17
All Tracks Report q Light List ui
Entries Ia Their Twu-lcar
Old Stakes.
SPEED MARVElS AT MEMPHIS.
Tom HAYES l. said lat ilayca Prom
i>ing Half IsrullIrr Ia ur. RE"
How Ed turriyan cam"
to Ruv Gcvscr.

g. \ Till. returned yesterday from hi-
Southern "Trip Mr.. TILES = one @: the lead
ing spirits In the Arkansas Jockey CLUB Of
Little Ench and he reports the usual large
lis. "f entries 10 The stake events - De-
run az Clinton lark nest spring. All
Western tracks report a decided fa-.ing OF
in the entries % th.i- @-ycar-oli stake.
Little Rock - 80 exception TO the general
rule in this respect. 20; both quality and
quantity ar" to be found Ia tr" Older class
is> scheduled for decision 81 The Little
i;otk track this year.
1t looks a. though ih.r- ia going To bn
a limited supply Of 2-yrar-rlds in the W"-t
this season declared Mr.. TILES yesterday.
THE explanation 10: this lies In the fact
that nearly all or prominent breeders Ills
! posed OF their warnings IN TIL East last
season. S~evcuty-hye per cent f the buyers
were Eastern hurscmgn. who never sub
! S,r.bs 20 Western stakes. HtrHey Schroeder
ami Ace Calm will have more 2-year-olds
~ training this season than almost any
Western horscmeu, Al" has .wcuiy-Dur
! head Of youngsters in his barn 81 Mem
rhis. Tom Hayes also Is credited with hay
! ing the best tried 2-ycIT-ollS II Memphis
pI" e! N" best IL a .olt by Hanover. uut
~ Doctor Eice'S dam. IL" also has TWO
very precociouS juveniles by Strathmore
that were also bred at McGrarhidHa where
Hanover reisned a. lord OF harcn.
Charlie Patterson also has Il hir string
If youngsters At Memphis. the best or
which * said To he a Hanover colt ont II
Wnrkma;e the dam Of hen Eior. Pat Toni
liuoou has I number OF promising juveniles
a. New Orleans. ana Tom Ryan mas q iig
! string of fast baby runners. most Of which
were sired by Al Farrnw. q horS" wei
known Ia local TURTLES. Ryan Is wiut,ria@
his stable At Nashville track.
New Orleans Will close fur F.ittla Book
this Year and We expect To- give the rcsr
meeting eNo- Seen ~ clinton Park. Pat
TomliHsou Will ship The Couqueror - Lit
tie Rock gS soon az the great son oT Sir
Dixon fulfllS his engagement in the Cros-
cent tity Derby. March l. / look for him
10 win that event without much trogbl-.
Tn" touqueror is certainly q grand suoci-
men Of tn" thoroughbred. having developed
wonderfully since ne was shipped from s..
Louis to New Orleans last fan. lie j. in
our big 3-ycar-uld event"
T.! tprrigap used a little stra..ev vEar
he bought GeySer. one Of the best horses
that ever carried his colors. Wh.n a a. year
old John Mackay leased him and Tea Ers..
a fast lilly. and some others TO George Ros-.
the hookmak.r. In his han Il tF.v we've
just moderately successful Rose vas abb.
{" get more out 81 Tea Rose Than G,ysrr.
who had a leg which tn, average owner
abl"r=. II came to a race one day AZ san
Francisco. ia which Geyser bea, Scotch
Rose ami some other clever SalIo2-rs. IL
HAPPENED to be a selling affair ana the " vim
nor was in for $50. HilI Nurry was not on
friendly terms with George Rose. They had
had some iiSa agreement, and hurry WI.
aching for revenge. When o:oy-ar WI The
%corpUlcnt trainer said to Corrigaa IN .,c-
cents ! ui enough for Al St.inior. VINO was
some distance away to hear,
r I am going TO boost hat colt. I;p~-
has done ne dirt and here s. q c!3auc. lp
get even
Il wouldn't boost him" spoke Corrig,n
aGyiGrtliy. Rose does no; wn Gcyser ans,
furthermore. YOU haven't auyrhil. in the
race. You can do a. You have / mini to.
hut if You count my adric" - any Ea!ue.
Ab StemI.r. vino Is rrur IN the surface.
but big In heart. told hurry that be !idT't
think ii would be good policy 70 ~'.rys;e
Gcyser.
After getting this double dose If good
advice Bill changed his mini. Inat very
right torrigan met Mackay. In the course
Of the conversation the former Incidentally
remarked: Il saved YOU a piece - money
to-day
How was that quizzeI the Ranrn2 del
4 was Instrumental IN keeping 4 man
from boosting 'iryser in that selling race. %
reioincd Currigau.
Thi. statement ncttIed Mackay. who
wanted tn know the villains Tarue and the
fun particulars. Corrigau refused to diyGig.
the name. and asked Mackay II ris word
Was not Al sufficient guarantee. Then Mack
ay said.
ia Ike to see a man boost Gryser TO
yl.JU."
"What would you d." asked CorrGgau.
seemingly very EnC"nceTned
You hot I'd let him have him
You would"
Yes. he could have the cIlppig.'
Then c"rriSan remarked that h" supposed
his money was as good as the villain, or
anybody cise's. Ma"kfIy sand il was, and
CnrriEan asked tn have. until the next day
~ noon to lD,k Gtys.v over. Thr tun" vas
granted. turT!gau did not ,NIIn'U" tn colt
personally. but sent a friend In "lvIn ="
had confidence. The worst the srIc.i found
In the horses leg was some fever. That WAS
one of the best investments t'or1l2an eyer
made On III. turf.
Jerry thorn Is sim III san Francisco, and
may Ice here for some spell Yet. II hI-
been four years sine" he has done any rid
Ing worth mentioning. but lie ~ no larger
than he WAS the day a" was suspended.
Hs said last night that he weighed about
los pounds. which was his riding weight
at The old Ray District. The old Jockey
is SIN confident that he would be rein