The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-15

Of Charade-Electricity. owned by. Mr..
Calm, will soon be up to race again. II
win be remembered that Ampere was the
sensation of the early Fair Grounds meet
Ing when he Won WITH 10 to
race and came back with q win in the
Golden Rod Stake. He afterwards split his
MOOT IL purse race snn MAD to 1e let eI
was
The riding Of the three leading jockeys at
1slMar Park last week . was very or GOOD d
the saddle. Dale invariably got everything
out OF his horses there was In them.
oBnens work on Tom Collins in both his his
on Saturday: where he got of none too
came on and BY most skillful driving and
o'BrieHs driving has improved very much
and he il probably the best boy at the track
to whip win out Of horse. He sits
straight In the saddle, stays with the horse
and fans him we'll
Dale is using very good JUDGMENT. gauges
the pace well and T. riding extremely well
Glover on her first out was very handsome.
He made Blink show tremendous improve
ment In the Meramec Stake.
either her Dale or oBrien IS keeping s up This his
end. Tho boy. seems to miss Tom Hayes
and the good horses that went to Chicago.
mounts because people are always after
him to do light weight. and doing light
weight means riding inferior horses. Then
for him. luck going the other way. Yet he
still keeps in front. Last week saw him
put up two great rides on long shots-Sam
Lazarus. and would have won the Meramec,
or come close to It. with Doughty had he
had any kind of half decent luck. He was
bumped at .s every t turn and , a. the club
He gave Doughty as brave a ride as horse
ever got and landed him third. despite
everything. Little r. Murphy on Aurea tied
and whipped oNeills mount across the
face all the way home, besides giving him
g sound BURNING as al, he passed. o,Neill
spite the whipping and humping, got third
money. Joe Doughty. on his mad gallop
with Eight Bells the day previous ran a
ty yards OF a mile which entitled him to
a chance under O'Neill. He was taking OF
| fifteen pounds and taking up fifteen
first mile Of the Meramec was run in 1:42,
| the last In 1:f1k. Blink may have had a
length or SO In him at the end. but on
| a roaring chance in the time, and with the
switch In boys and weight
OF the other Jockeys Wedderstrand and
Murphy are showing .,, well: Ii, Murphy .!I Is 4.
| most Of them. Medderstrand rides some
brilliant races and does not care much about
I what horse he rides.
No Jockey at the track has been doing
| better work than the long-legged Gilmore.
| He has all of them beaten getting away
| direction has spoiled several good starts
| for Mr.. Dade. Gilmore is good, careful
| boy, handles horse well and never gives
| any one chance to complain OF his rid.
ing.
Givens has shown some Improvement
! looking boy. with an honest and intelligent
face. His work on the whole has shown
| great improvement. He rode as nice nm
| ish as any one could wish to zee on Der
| Frost the day he beat Four Leaf, with DALE
up. The horses tied UP a long way from
| Leaf c. was second and 1t looked as II shs
| was the best horse at that. OF course. Dial,
was pinched on the rail, and could not us,
himself to advantage, but the finish reflecfet
| deal Of credit on Givens.
His only recent ride was that on Earl,
him on Admiral schiey, though he has
twenty pounds the best horse under him
It seems the boy has often been injured b!
too close adherence to owners instructions
He looks like q boy who IL anxious to pleas
his employers, and to do his best for them
Instructions without asking any question Q
making provisos. The day he rode Earl!
Bird he was Instructed not to use the Whir
The horses owner feared he might no
take . drive. He gave the boy whip an
when the lad wanted to know why L va
Il he has told he might need e 70 strsishte
fhe h01nn n the nolf when The nnerfa f1r