The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-14
NEWS AND GOSSIP FOR
RUNNING HORSEMEN.
Meeting Successful in the Running
Louis Stables at Washington Park.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Delmar Park kept up its enviable record
Of the first week in the way Of formful rum
ming during the six days racing which
| closed yesterday. In point of form, II in
no other. the meeting has been so far the
best ever held In st. Louis. This. though
the class Of horses running there has not
been by any means as good as those which
performed so sadly at the Fair Grounds.
Unquestionably the starting at Deimar
Park has had deal to do with the general
satisfaction which the meeting has
given. Yet, as far as point Of performance
goes, Mr.. Dade has not had as brilliant
periods as Mr.. Bruen experienced. Neither
has he had the awful lapses Of form Mr..
Bruen was wont to show. and. to tell the
truth, the breaks have been better for him.
Mr.. Dade's bad starts never ruin race as
Mr.. Bruens used to. Even II he gets the
favorite off badly something will happen to
enable that horse to land. MIR. Bruen al
ways was unfortunate in this respect
When he made bad start the favorite was
sure to lose, unless 1t got Off in front. and
the race struck every one as being spoiled
by the start.
II is better to be born lucky than rich.
and Mr.. Dade is lucky.
skillful work OF Willie Harris, his assist
ant. Harris has been making great record
| in the way of assisting Mr.. Dade to get oil
bad breakers. He Is without doubt the best
man in the world to take bad actor by the
whiskers and get him OF well. He can do
three mems work among a big bunch Of
horses.
They tell a good story on Barney Schret-
Der in connection with this ability OF Har-
ris's to get bad actors OF. Schneider owned
Greyhurst, a VIGOROUSLY bad actor. One day
Greyhurst was in well. and Schneider took
| a notion that he would get of and bet
huge bunch on him at good odds. Grey
hurst was worse than usual and broke be-
hind the field. but as he went away Harris
almost cut his quarter off with his heavy
whip. This rawhide made the old sulker
jump clean out Of his skin. In two jumps
! he passed his field and won pulled up. When
Martin Hubbell, who then trained the
Schneider string. got the horse to cool out
he found a great scar across his quarter.
This made him angry, and he ran to MS
owner to complain.
Mr.. Schneider" said Hubbell, you ought
| to protest that assistant starter. He has
almost cut the leg of Greyhurst. There Is
q welt there that can put my arm into.
"Mardin,' replied Barney. dot was all
ridst init dot Greyhurst. You joost cake
some IMMINENT and rub on there. and 1t Will
be all ridgt in a few days. But II Harris
did not hit that thief with that whip and
he don't win you could not put any Imminent
on Virginia Carroll that would get me
back the 5000 bet on Greyhurst. Cnt.
Mardin you take that Harris out and buy
him a bottle Of wine on the Dutchman."
Harris is an awfully good man and q ire
mendously hard worker. He has done well
for Mr.. Dade, and he did as well for Mr..
Bruen. 1t is to be hoped that this honest,
Woodworking. artistical young man. who so
delights in his business, will have q chance
to work for himself before long. Beng tne
best assistant starter in the world, there is
no reason why he should not soon be the
best starter, also.
How unreasonable some racegoers are. The
other day one gentleman bet the extraor-
dinarily large sum-for 81. Louis-of s. 900 on
La DESTROYS to win the last race on
Wednesday. When she lost many GROWERS
seemed to think that she was stopped. 1t
ia quite certain that Mr.. Darden never
stopped her for he was betting large sum
himself and the big bettor Is his dearest
friend O'Neill rode her q perfect race, 50
he could not have done It.. The time. LII
for the first mile. proved that La DESTROYS
was not stopped 1t was by two seconds the
best mile she ever ran and was fully six
pounds above her best possible form. She
never ran a full mile in better time, and 1t
is not likely that she can do 1t any day this
month with the same weight up as she car.
ried that day.
Tom Stevens and Tom Kiley are bound to
break into the list of great trainers before
the season ends. The work done by Lunar,
Kinloch Park and Gallagher during the
past week and the really splendid condition
of these horses Is strong Endorsement of
Mr.. Stevens's claims to greatness. Then
the protracted success Of the Fizer stable,
he
clever manner in which old and stale horses
have been freshened up and brought pounds
ahead OF their form has been really re-
markahle. The freshenlng OF Tom Collins