The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-20
John Lafferty at Long Odds Gal
lops Home in the Third
Race.
RIcE's RED ROW REVIVAL.
"A Horse That Has Been Beaten Off
in Slow Time Wakes Up and
Wins Cleverly in Fast
Time-Good Sport.

John Lafferty. S-year-old brown colt
by Once Again-Mary Bell, owned by W.
+. Myers & Co., won the third race at
varied from 60 to / to 10 to ]. He was
pulled up at the start. ridden through the
entire strung-out field in the first quarter.
and galloped home on the bit ridiculously
easy winner. He was ridden by c. Booker.
youth Of the stable boy class. and lots of
stable to It. too
This horse was the best thing ever
started. but the coup was badly handled
and no killing was made on him. He
was well played at the shorter prices. Few
hackers could be found who bet on him at
% to !. or at any intermediate price down
10 10 to i. A deal of money was bet on
MIN at the shorter prices.
There vas nothing much in the race. The
TWO weak fillies, Mrs. Grammar and Miss
Ihresa. shared public support at ss L.af-
ierty money was not easy in the ring
Many of the bookmakers feared to nut a
price on him. The writer saw him work
seven-eighths on Wednesday afternoon
after the races. and was much taken with
his performance. He did not know the
horse then. but took note of his appearances
SO that he might know him when he did
start. When he saw him warm up yester.
day b. recognized the horse and at once
knew that the race was his
Many Bett0rs Scared on.
Houck was originally engaged to ride the
morse. but was overweisht. and Booker was
put up In his place. Booker is an awtully
poor Jockey. This scared many bettors Off
ana made others limit themselves to small
sums. when they would have gone in for a
kliing had capable jockey been ,rp. There
was nothing to the race but Lafferty. He
was some fifty pounds the best horse. He
- OF rich brown color a Justly well-look-
ing feliow. and it will take the best 3-year-
tancc., .-. O. ms 0is
Mr. Myers was lucky to win the race and
~ away with his horse. for he was en-
the morse up SO thoroughly that there was
z WIG dash Of boosters to the stand to
bob 20 him up Associate Judge Martin, evil
the trouble over the numbers in the Judge
Steadman race the previous day. got busy
IN . hurry. and the horse was sold before
1ne boosters got out to bid for him.
The Resurrection of Rice.
THIS was by all means the event of the
cay. out the last race furnished a res,Ir-
reeaon that astonfshed the beholders Rice.
service whipping fnfields and running iasr
oy forty lengths. and who never showed a
geintnia OF speed in his previous races at
" ei mar came came out and won tie last race
Lee Bruno and Peter Duryea beat him
twenty lengths in mile and twenty Yards
IN l:AH On July II. two days ago. Lunar
beat him of fifteen lengths in 1:44a. He
could not get up a decent gallop on any
OF these occasions Yesterday he won
handily IN LAX, an overnight Improvement
Ct about forty pounds. He was an entirely
different horse.
Rice had been running some good races
at Newport before coming to St. Louis. and
ne vas backed on his first outs at Delmar
Park on the strength OF them After looking
over his races at Newport. and the way he
woke up yesterday. one does not wonder
why the Newport meeting blew the
works" Such in-and-out running would put
any meeting ION the bum" It was the most
striking revival seen in many a day. The
man who trained Rice for yesterdays race
should go out as a camp meeting preacher.
He would get the money that way.
Rice was heavily backed by the wise
people. He went down in price from Is to
Z. and q lot OF money was taken out of the
ring.
The sport was in every respect excellent
the best horse winning the races No fault
could be found with the racing save in the
case OF the great miracle in the last race.