The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19
BILLY M lGRANE IN
HARD LUCK AGAIN,
Death of Montgomery Recalls the
Disaster That Overlook
His Stable in 80.
JOCKEY "SKEETS" MARTIN.
Breezy Chat With the Famous
American Race Rider. Who
VIII Try His Luck Again
on the English Turf.

W. y. Nacrare. the s.. Louis horseman.
has announced his intention % erecting 4
rcoHumeu; over the burial place Of his dead
Splinter. Montgomery. who WIS killed at
San Francisco last week. There is a COM
m-nGah's spirit oI gratitude in this. Mont
Ecmery was an extremely useful horse to
him. and his loss WIS no doubt keenly felt.
The horse had been nsrved several years
back. ana this is supposed u have been
tie r-u~c - his leg breaking In his final
srI fatal race. NE,r; at his best. Mont
gor..rr was a marvel I'm muddy going and
waS har. t. beat on a dry track. tie made
his debut as a 2-year-oiJ az Little Rock
in 1895. being then the property of IL. Ed
gene Leigh. He was sold to Burns & Wa
r"rhrpsc. and ran for them in California
.hc mex: year CT Two. and was then sold 10
Felix Carr. from whom NIagrane claimed
him on; Of q selling race.
Niontgomc.y hdd bs.n Mr.. Magazines best
trcaiwinuCr ever since Amelia May retired
from the turf and joined the brcodmfre
hand at barney Schrciher's Woodlands
f.iws !n =. Louis County Montgomery
and Whaj-,r-Lou have kept Mr.. Magrane's
cherry and pink sash prominent on the
Western circuit Of recent years, and, in
view Of the fact that What-er-Lou Is a
mere bag Of bones. as the result OF an
attack Of cacaErha; fever. the NaErane
stable viii hardly cut much % a figure the
coming season. NJ. Nlgrane has been
sf1-gIarly unfortunate on the turf Of recent
years
When racing was suppressed around
Chicago IN the early riuorias. the 81. Louis
n0rs man had one IF the strongest stables
Of the American turf. Frank X Montre.
- Ia and Amelia May were some Of the
cracks IN IFS string at thai time. and VI %
Crane = said 10 have had SlrL.rno on de
post in one ct the local banks When
they quit racing a: Chicago. MaEr3ne
brought his stable to =. Louis. where a
>str.4k Of hard luck StTick his barn and
Ngecks5 his magnificent collection IF thpr-
oAlhT-Gs. Disaster first overlook him
WHOM his fine 3-yaar-O'I M.utre fell on
The track at the Fair Grounds. broke mis-
back AID had t. he destroyed. Then
Frank n. ore q the b-st --vyer-0lds Of his
yer and "A horse that Mr.. NaSrsDe hs1
priced at Si5."o. tore an eye out on an old
nail which ur"rruiad from a barn hoard in
lis srsIL The horse then contracted lock-
Jaw and was on the shelf for n" Irly Two
years. Eventually his owner uurS,s .n
hack to racing 81 le and tho horse hti
developed into q trSt-ciass selling platter
when he caught cold while being shipped
from san Francisco TO -. Louis. AMI died
here the DIV he was taken off the cars.
Frank X. VIII he remembered as the speedy
stn Of Fons0 tina: defeated Rcy del
taTer-s and other fast 1-year-0ids in The
Q~Gickstep Stakes ~ Washington Park,
Chicago. in the early part OF 1884
About the time that Frank X. WIS taken
down with lCCEjaW. MIR. NaS-ane's fast
MY Ia Ia ami BrcaGsilr. a 2-year-oii
that had won races for him AT the Fair
Grounds in 1885, also contracted the Same
disease and had u b. des .rOyed. The
Is Of all these good horses was enough To
dis..eart-u any man. but Mr.. NIaCrau-
rlGcLaly undertook the difficult task OF
gathering together another strong stable.
j. which the hest-knowu performers haze
been MONTGOMERY and What-er-Lou.