The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-31
GOSSIP OF THE aUARTERsTRETcH
Good Race for This Afternoon
Schricher Going Eat.

Schricber Going East.
Though Belle Simpson should win the
fourth race to-day, no sportsman will miss
seeing the good 4-year-oid mares, Ida Led.
ford and Lunar. tie up. with Dale and
o'Brien doing the riding. O'Neill. who
classes high when Mr.. Hayes Is behind the
barn with the bride rein. may ride Simp-
son. Yet no boy got the run out Of Simpson
Murphy did. Simpson should win away eff.
but the fight between the other two will be
worth seeing as a spectacle. Personally,
the writer must swing to Ledford. Dale is.
perhaps. a boy OF more even temper. more
general perseverance. than O'Brien. but the
that Dale cannot beat. On his work on the
Fizer horses recently, O'Brien is good
enough to ride with any boy In America.
He may not work hard all the time as
Dale doubtless is not as strong. but he has
ridden some beautiful finishes In the last
week.
Barney Schneider will depart for the East
tonight to see the great sextet of Sain
2-year-olds run. Otis's victory over Came
rom and M Without
If prize was offered for the best sire and
six of his get. Sain would get the money
with Corrigan. Otis Dewey. Schwable. Zirl
and Satchel. There are others to hear from.
Lucky Dutchman? Rather.
One good bookmaker broke into the game
at Demar Park yesterday. He is Ed
'.Not-Afraid- Of The-Money." Among the
long shots of the ASSOCIATIONS crew. MI
Fryar looms up like lighthouse in fog.
In that field he is a legitimate 1-to-10 shot.
He will take money on lW-to-l shot as
quickly AS on 1-to-5 shot. He did not
duck that Grandma ii coin. She ran where
he figured her. A fine. fat last.
Plunger Boole the originator of the eerie
system of handicappins known as wedge"
dope, gave the ring very thorough laun-
dering on the Tom Collins race yesterday.
After Mr. Boole cleaned up. Louie Celia was
affected with an Illness that was diagnosed
as a cross between Arkansas chils and
Sreen-appie collie.
O'Neill gave Seething a very bad ride yes
terday. He pulled up in pockets as If he
were Weber. Mr.. Hayes was about, too
For all his bad judgment on Broodler.
Murphy is riding well. He made Ben Boy
| run all ways for awhile yesterday and acted
| like a jockey on him.
As a freshener of horses. commend me to
| Tom Kiley. His work with Swordsman and
| Tom Collins has been veritable triumph of
! the trainers art
Chubby and manly Willie Dale. still
! a bit shy of his twentes, seems to have
! grown to fill the eyes of fair DANES. Now
| then and again the lad gets a big bouquet
when he lands winner. Girls mostly run
| to big men and bold. but when they do get
| twisted to fancy the small and brave the
chuggy little horseman is about as tasteful
| a specimen of that brand as can be found.
Jim Davis. shake their gray heads and say
| that the end of a riders days is in full
view when the girls smile from the stand
and find answering ripples In the pigskin
| hero's cheeks. Too bad. but what can you
90 with old human nature? 1t will be IN
deed sad day when Cupid becomes sub
| landing of bets is considered of more i'm
portance than the winning Of a lady's
| to an evil lust of Mammon they are not to
| be forgiven. But when the youths pull to
| C,1pid we may say IT Is pity. Yet, can
| YOU blame them? Surely not.
If Kinloch Park does not open on August
l. and run sixty days there il many a
| Young man who may safely scout sage
| Polonius's advice about the cost of mascu.
line raiment. President J. D. Lucas of Kin.
joch is around taking all bets of wearing
npnarel at 500 per suit that he will opeT
his track ana run two months Any younl
| mar set on sartorial elegance. who think,
] Kinloch will not open. can have his bel