The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-04

amount Of excitment through Southern cir
cles. and all the horseren from Tar and
near who could get h t nnn,es Ter Mich eSS money
was offered and taken. and the Geary morse
was a slight favorite in the betting on &C.
count of its familiarity with the course and
the reputation OF johnson. who was going
When the horses started WINSTON took
the lead and held II persistently all the way
until within a quarter Of a mile OF the
finish. when Johnson urged Busterminer to
his fullest and won out by a iengtn IN t me
the lane. Both horses finished INSIDE tne o.d
figures for the course, and m
psrformanee was so1 neIa,ae and a The pecniiar
name of the animal became a SOFT Oh by
word, and. in local pariance. to buster
minter' meant to waliop the otner Aeno"
Raj, Away to the North.
'"hn~c. tbli,v a. a Jockey Prousnt IN
mon. who finally persuaded him that Ne
was wasting his opportunities In Maryland.
and induced him to r.,n away and come 70
before the war he left the Geary pianfAS
ton and went to New Bedford. He found
that the picture had been highly e1lGs q,
to leave his happy MARYLAND nome. sn1
was disappointed in being unable to set
any nj, ssaps Hs fs n back sna On tie Old ssaSe
he had learned so thoroughly nom uncie
Richard. the mason. and set himself up
as a CHIMNEY Sweep. III aDuttACS III -
line easily enabled him to make q good
living. and having the ennre city o. New
Bedford to himself. he soon became z char
cleaning he came across Mr.. John Green. an
extensive horse owner. and one OF NeW
EnelaDTs foremost racing men OF tnesS
in his stable. and after a trial was set to
work.
even better as a stable man and trainer
than he was as a chimney sweep, and "
was not long before he had entire char$o
Of the Green stock farm: He was : Mdre
horses. For several years he trained ana
drove Ajax. which wa q famous memoer
Of the Cree Green IA farm Dnn SoG Lay Ssd G 5n1csa:.d
in England. Under his management the
! Green coiors went to thu front very ne.
I to send Johnson to England with a strins
| Of animals and have a try at some OF tho
| classic English racing events
l A Career In England.
| He REMAINED In England seven months
! ard entered his horses In many match
races. but was unable to get them into tho
PERRY or any or the p oI rs,,r Eesso IA sme liza
| he raced for awhile in New York State and
drove his last race at Hudson In ls6S. In
| eOnie respects IL resembled his famous con-
| test on Busterminter with Winslow many
years before. but 1t was unsatisfactory m
asmuch as there was no winner. the race
The horse he drove was Major PHILIPPE
| ard his opponent was . New York mare
called Heavyload- The distance was 2
| nile and q half and each side had placed
| SO. ZOO on the result. After a spirited con-
tess the two animals crossed the wire neck
and neck. and from that day to this john
sor has not been a racing man
For the past thirty-four years he has At
tended strictly to his business as q Chin
ney sweep, varied occasionally with q little
veterinary work. for he Is a licensed horse
doctor and learned that profession On the
| Southern plantation.
In Jay Gould's lifetime he IL an the
milionaires chimney sweeping work -
| York city and in most of his country places
and has cleaned chimneys foT nearly ev09
one Of the well new Boston families