The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-30
GENERAL McGRuDER
Ran A VERY BAD RACE
Captain Rice's Fast Cripple Ran
Last in a Field Where He Was
an Odds-On ravbVite.
LUNAR ALSO IN POOR FORM
Mr.. Gumberts's Recent Purchase
Did Not Perform Up 10 Pub
lie Expectation - -Four
Favorites in Front.

With all due respect 10 that eminent
Arkansas sportsman. captain Il. r. Rice
his horse General McGruder ran forty
seven different kinds of ineXplicahiy bad
race al pelmar Park yesterday. \ heavily
played odds-on favorite. he finished a dis
graceful last in a four-horse race. lie was
beaten as far A. a krag-JorSensoa s,in
shoot. though ridden. and ruerciiessty rid
zen. 100, by Willie Dale, the best iocke%
about ST. Louis.
General McGruder looked like the best bet
of the day, on the strength of the race ne
ran against Belle Simpson and others TWO
weeks ago. He was opened at &" /" anu
heavily played. Despite the onus OF money
taken by the books-all Of which dodge
money-he was carried higher and higher in
the betting until he went To even money
BY this time every sheet III the ring ndu Il
COLUMN of figures under McGruders mann
long road ditch There WAS 4 hs.lE!
wise play on Tickfu who was backed down
from 10 2s. Peter Duryea at rs stood a
nice play.
Now. there is nothing particularly wrong
in a horse running a bad race. Horses VIII
be off and sore, and sick. and thlnss VIII
happen to break W, races. But now every
wise man at the track. ana every pooh-
maker knows In advance that he is going 10
run this bad race is what puzzles honest
people.
McGruder Ran Like a Crab.
good start sent the quartet off. Every
wise guy at the track was next 10 the
was evident in jiffy. He did not want 10
run lick. Before they had gone nifty yafaS
Willie Dale was lacing his sides Tor an ne
Was worth The horrible kicking and beat
ing forced him to show some speed, and he
ran in front for half mile Then he threw
1t up. Tickful was trying hard, but running
as IL scarce fit. He has not had enough
races in him. At the three-eiShths LINDSEY
set Peter Duryea down and he walked away
with the race. Tickful and Eugenia S did
the best they could Dale. still beating.
kicking and launching McGruder. trying
every art known TO the riding master TO get
him TO run came INTO INTO. me ti,,,s Jeleh ABOUT
1t certainly was a bird of race for
McGruder. In paIliation Of it scarce a
word can be said. 1t is true that he is an
old and well-worn horse. and that he has
had lot of it. Then it is also true that
he is good deal Of cripple ana IL ne eas
very bad shoulders.
Captain Rice has been in the bit Of
taking special precautions with them. such
etc. The gallant Arkansan Is not in ST
Louis at present In his absence J; b.
is supposed to have charge not Of hs
miliar with the formula used by Captain
Rice in preparing the fast cripple for his
races II he was not then it Is not TO his
credit as a wise trainer. for he should have
learned Of them. II he was. and failed to
them. he is doubly culpable. Not in
save tie little fellow who tried TO cut the
heart out OF the horse when he found he
was on one that had a case OF the slows;
To be sure. Captain Rice must be held
blameless. He is sportsman of the high
est character and spotless reputation. But
his horse ran this ugly race. and, prince or
pauper, there is trouble coming for such
performances
Lunar Made = Poor Impression.
While on the unpleasant subject. it might
be said that Lunar probably ran poor
race In the third event. Not that she should
have beaten Northern Spy. with Dale on
him, but surely this good 4-year-old mare
should be able to accept weight from Rob
ert Jr ard beat him. Mr.. Gumperts, who
owns Lunar. is not a Sunday school princi-
pal. nor does be enjoy high repute in e.
clesiastical circles. Whatever he may be Oft
the turf, he bears a pretty good reputation
on it, has always run his horses right and
is rather highly esteemed by sportsnen
who admire certain characteristics in him.
There Ia no glamour of Southern nobility
about him. but a square gambler he
bears good name.
He bet on his mare yesterday AT false
price and lost. She was impeded somehow
at the start, began slowly. and when she
did catch Northern Spy. who was evidently
The horse she had to beat. she did not seem
TO hang to him. He left her on the turn out
rot the back stretch, went around the bunch
with nice speed and won cleverly, yet ap-
7 parently all out, In very slow tine-l:16l4.
Mr.. Brady had Gilmore up in tho stand
about 1t Gilmore said that Survive and
Cricket Buck fouled him at the start and
almost threw the mare to her knees, and
that Northern Spy cut him off at the turn.
Certainly the mare did not break at the
start. and she did fall off at the turn. but
both were the outside and Northern
Spy was stepping fastest it did not seem
that he cut her off Gilmore further added
that the marc swerved in the stretch and
when he drew his whip. From the stand
she did not appear to do so.
Stiil Gilmore has been riding hard and
we'll and bears a good reputation. His
ride on Verify last week and his effort or
Lunar Yesterday were his first bad ones
Boys will ride a bad one bow and then
anyhow. Lunar was a good deal of fals'
favorite. She had never gone six furlongs
and il Is asking good deal of any platel
to win at mile and seventy yards one
day and at six ftIrlongs the next Her race
was probably a naturally bad race, which
will com. along now and then.
Other Events Go to FavOrites.
The other events were embarrassing. hut
went TO favorites. Benham won the first. un