The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-08
%''DUTCHMAN'S" LUCK
With HIM AGAIN.
Another Turn of the Tide in Bar
ney Schreiber's Career as
a HorSeman.
S0FAlA'S DAZZLING DEBUT.
Winner of the First Juvenile Race
of 1900 Was Bred in st. Louis
County and Is a Credit TO
Her Sire. Balgowan.

With all his faults-and no one knows
what they are better than he toes himself
Barney Schreiber. the s.. Louis huffman.
has a world Of friends who are very glad
indeed that the "~Dutchman." As he j. "a
military known on the turf. seems TO have
s,ernmed the tide Of III fortune which has
been steadily set ICaius: him for The last
three wears. This winter has been a very
good one for the Master Of Woodlands.
Some srecuiatlous he made in oil wells
nve years ago few Eanirrd dollars
thrown In .ust TO get rid Of d persistent
promoter-has turned our very well for
Barney. lie now bids fair to be another
Rockefeller. Then u few hundred more
dumped into a mine in Mexico also re
turns profits Il thousandfold, and off goes
Barney to be q Marcus Daily on the other
side. Perhaps fortunes. like misfor-unes,
never come sincly. fer, behold, he starts
the season Of 1860 with the best lot OF -
yoar-olGs in training. He entered his Bal
gowan-Spozia flly Sofaia In the first >
year-old event of the year. and she car
RE; il of Ia fine style.
The purple. yellow sleeves and red cap
has many friends about 81. Louis who will
wish the Lucky DutchIaan' d return of
the days Of 1894. when he was the winning
tUrfman Of the West.
Schneider IS "A big-hearted fellow with 4
loud voice and an unfortunate habit of say
ing what he thinks. If he let his heart DO
his thinking. not his head. and his acts do
his talking. not mis- tongue. he would be a
whole lot better of. His one great failing
Is an Meditation to roast every bad
looking race. and accuse the whole turf
world Of cheating. He never has chosen
hts subject. and Is unbiased In his criticism.
He would accuse August Belmont OF cheat
ing Just as soon as he would BIZ Mo
GUiGgn. Most of his talk IS unchanged with
malice, indeed. he means nothing. his
words are but the hasty ebullitiOn OF 4
iran who finds himself beaten at his OWN
game. Often he will make an enemy hv
saving nasty things from his block after
Il race when passion i at its height. That
night he Will ask the man he had loudly,
mortdlly. yet unwitt:nSlyr lnsult"d 10 drink
with him. entirely Oblivlous OF ever having
said anything to offend him.
These little eXtenpore dissertations on
the honesty OF The turf and the ~SinUoslty
Of mankind In general and SOr;e horse
owners and hnCkmak"rs in particular lost
Schreiber many 4 friend ana many a dol
lar. hut the energetic German had to have
a safety valve and ne never allowed any
thing or anyone, not even self-inter-st, TO
clap a hand upon his violent mouth. While
he had that Incompatible rider. the honest
Eubian Jockey. Felix Carr. Barney had the
Western turf by the haunch, and he fed
fat. carr was the lone star Of the Chicago,
81. Louis and Frisco tracks in the middle
u~lnetias. Fia outClassed all other riders and
was honest "a the day is long. Hence. when
owners had a good horse ready. one they
wished to bet on. they all wanted Carr 10
ride for them. They Were sure 10 get a
good ride and a square one. When they
cane - SchTeiber 10 get Carr. Barney
knew that the horse had a rare chance 10
win and dcmeaDed himself accordingly. II
he did happen to roast a hookmaker or an
owner. they took + in good part. because
they might want Carr another day.
one fine spring morning the black boy
told his employer that he could no longer
make the weight. Schroeder. amons whose
black faults the rich virtue OF gratitude
shines Ike the rich jewel in an H.thiop's
All :igh'. Felix, You have been a good
boy for me. and as long as this Dutchnian
has a dollar, half Of it is yours"
He apprentices carr TO a trainer. and
now Felix is training the Schneider stable.
He trained the 2-yrar-old Sofala. and from
Dutchman's luck and that he might retrieve
make as JOCKEY for 'Misiah Bawnty."
sofala is spozia's first foaL The hTy is
a chestnut in color. and her sire. B~algowsn.
will he remembered as one Of the most use
circuit. Baigowan beat Kingman and Rsy
iel Rey in the Hyde Park Stakes at Wash
ington Park in 80 and finished second TO
kirgman in the Kentucky Derby OF 81.
The first Of his get were trained In. %.
and considering the fact that he has been
forced to play second fidd!e to Foul Shot
ana Sain. Who are considered the premier
stations at Woodlands. Schre!hers 81.
Louis County breeding establishment. the
horse has done remarkably well. IN addi-
ticE to Sofa!a. he has sired such other Win
rers as Gerua. Stuttgart. Tim and Fin"
Shot. BalgUwan is by Straihnore, VINO
sired a lot Of real good race horses. Bal
gowan is Il small. h!ocky type OF 4 thor-
uEghhrcd. ShUrt-coupisd anu vel mnoclto-
All his get pattern after him as a RUE,
about the only exception being stuttgart,
who is = tail lcggy horse. His dam. Ohio.
EAlIE tE tho highest -NFfs4t mare SGnIplls-f
ever bought. She belonged to thris SmliE,
ito p~lungtng owner of the famous Kendall
Schneider paid $500 for her the fall Of her
2-ye1r-oId form. The mare wintered wei!
and developed into a Grand-lookinE "-yeaF-
otd flly. but when put IN training She ven
wrong. aud rcvrr won a race for her new
owner. who finally sent her to the farm.
Mr.. Schneider has a big division 81 Z-yeaI-
o;ds al Frisco. including two Kingston III
lies and a Kingston colt. one OF the Miles
is on; Of Daisy Woodruff. dam of l.ieher
Kari Sofala's victory Saturday recalls The
tTst 2-yeaT-old racn Of " az IT'S, IN
which Gialen Browns hlly. binah. defeated
the $1,000 yellow. Tail. III" hrSt 2-year-oii
race Of 'SS was won by Green Il. Morris
Tyrba, a son Of TyFaut-Imp- Baby. at Ne"
orleans. Burns & Warehouses; queen
Elazes. by RIazes-Octa Reed, dam II
bishop Reed. won The first 2-y"af-4il race
OF % at San Francisco.
Patrick Tomlinson. who developed The
ronquerOr. probably thu best 2-year-oid In
the West last season. has been ensaeed To
handle a SeleC: string of 2-yedr-OldS Tor T.
s. Gardner. proprietor of the ANondaie
farm in Tennessee. Tomlinson has his sta
bile at New Orleans. In addition 20 the
youngsters he has just received from the
Avondale farm. Pat will continue TO hai'die
Il number Of mis- wi horses. including. OF
course. The CoHgueror, who is scheduled
To make his debut as a 3-yeaT-O!d In the
Crrscen. City Derby. % be run Ut New
orleans next March. Brewer Schorr Of Mem
Ihis annexed the Crescent City Derby TWO
years in Succession with M~ea.iowthorpe and
Presbyterian. Last year the stake was
captured by King BarleycOrn. In 3 recent
letter from New Orleans to the turf rep
resentative of The Republic. Mr.. Tornitn-
son states that he expects to come 10 -.
Louis next spring with one of the strong
est strings on the Western circuit. \ list
of his own youngsters, 2-year-olds, viii be
found below.
Lizzie Dixon, oh. f.. by Sir Dixon-kath-
crime.
Chestnut flly, by Doratello, out of a fun
sister 10 silva.
Queen Dixon. b. T.. by Sir Dixon-Lady
Beth.
Brown FLY. by Hindoo- Sapho.
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