The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-11
STORIES OF THE TURF

When Col. George Morgan had Leon
atus at Long Branch, a party of dudes
came over to see the noted races. Great
horse! great horse!" they exclaimed aft
er looking him over.
He amt any good" said Col George
''Weally?" they cried. Then YOU must
be a wonderful trainer"
No. he said, II don't know anything
about it. It's what l feed him.
Weally, indeed! What do you feed
him?' they asked in chorus
After having eXtOrted a pledge of Sc
crecy, he whispered Il feed him ex-
clusively green apple pies"
And so it was generally reported
among the jeunesse doree of the clubs.
At another time when Hindoo was
racing in the West Col Morgan decided
to start Bubbler for second money In a
certain event. But the track was sea
of mud, so Hindoo was scratched.
Hunting up Jimmy Rowe, Col. Morgan
asked:
Are you the trainer of Hindoo?"
He acknowledged that he was
We'll, sir said the colonel II want
to tell you that l will follow you to the
end OF the earth to bring you to a
race"
Jimmy Rowe's eyes almost popped out
away. Finally he touched his head and
said, He's gone-up here"
On the reportorial staff of the Thor
oughbred Record, in Lexington, is a very
swagger young man, who has held sew
eral important positions in the turf
world in the East One day the business
manager asked him to step over to the
Phoenix hotel, Immediately across the
The
time in carefully putting on his cuffs.
why don't you hurry up?' the man
ager asked, nerVously.
why" he replied, II must put on my
cuffs. might catch cold.'
Som years ago, this same young man
was the victim of a rather ludicrous err
ror. He was doing some turf work for
a Lexington paper, being assigned to
write up a certain stable.
He Inspected the horses, and was
much impressed with the great then
unnamed yearling by imp. Order-Vic-
torine. His notes to his paper read:
Buying this one looks like peep in the
box -
The printed story read: This one looks
like pup in a box"
George Enrich, now chalking odds at
New Orleans, claims the credit of break
Ing Riley Grammar into the racing game
This was back in the old pool room days
of ST. Louis Ehrlch was making book
In the alley and Grammar secured a DO,
Bition with him writing tickets. He was
very quiet young man in those days
and was never known to make a bet
In fact, he was a sleepy looking youth,
and seemed all out of place in such live
ly company.
And speaking of that" says Ehrlich,
reminds me of how l got that room go
ing. l had had a little book and had lost
the bank roll. l felt pretty blue when a
friend drifted In and asked how things
were going. l told him 1t was all off with
me, and then remarked, more as a Joke
than anything else, Suppose you give me
a little money and see If l can make
anything. How much he asked. oh
about $780, l said. He laughed and hand
ed it to me.
The next race up had Badge as a ]
to favOrite My Fellow was in the race
but every one wanted Badge. l thought
| might as we'll blow the works right
there, and 1 marked up l to against
Badge. Like a flash Arthur Lyons nan
asked me how much l would take. About
$780, 1 answered. And he bet me that
much. Then 1 rubbed. To take any more
would leave me where l couldn't pay off
The race was run, and My Fellow won.
That gave me a bank roll of $12O, and
In a week 1 had run it up to $500"
Ed Corrigan, owner of Geyser, feels
very much dissatisfied over the defeat
of his horse by Zoroaster.
In justice to Corrigan 1t is said there
Is considerable plain fact and much good
logic in his argument that Geyser at Tan
foran Park was unfairly beaten by 70
rooster. Geyser was crowded into the
fence, he says, and the animal bore the
mark of the paint on his stifle after the
race. Geyser was bumped badly enough
to cause swelling on his knee, saws the
owner. That Zoroaster forced Geyser ont
of the path is the opinion of the owner
and many others, and Corrigan does NOT
see why Zoroaster was not DISQUALIFIED
To prove he is not afraid to match Gev-
ser against Zoroaster, Mr. Corrisan Offer
to put up big sum, up to IS, OOO for the
match race.
There is considerable sparring between
Corrigan and Fred Foster for a match he
tween Geyser and Yellow Tail. Corrigan
expresses his willingness to run his horse
seven-eights of a mile, weights to he
seven pounds below the scale. Foster
stands out for three-quarter dash
81 would run with you three-uuarters ot
q mile" said Corrigan, IF my horse had
not been winning lately at a mile and
a mile and sixteenth. -Aese races
fear, have taken my horses speed away.
If you wait while I will run you any
distance you can name"
Foster promised to wait, and Secretary
Green will hang up purse Just as soon
as the owners come to terms,