The St. Louis Republic., 1902-12-21

| as in"E say on the turi. AouhS hau 30
:Mein Gott in Himmel. Ed" said Mr..
! Schreiher when he saw the card what
/ met Old Dan Bakers colt he gave me ten
! pounds and a length of the stretch beating.
! Here YOU make me carry same weight"
"oh. | think you'll run a good race. Bar
ney.' said Mr.. Maginn. never saying Il
word about the work.
Sure | will run a good race said liar-
| ney. That's what l am always running.
! That's all the good ii does me. Why not
| give me chance to win race now and
them"
Go on and tell your boy to try hard. and
bet on your colt. Barney said Mr.. Ma
ginn. He will about win
''Why. l know that Ed said Barney,
handicapping him this way? Now. ought
he not TO get fifteen pounds from Jack
Il don't. think 50. Barney was the re-
ply. Il think he is better. colt than he
; has shown YOU. | think the weight is
.'Oh. l know. know said the Master of
Woodlands most impatiently. but please
tell me how yoa know.
oh, watch them" said Mr.. Magin,
Well, Ed said Mr.. schreiber as a part
ing shot, you are a good fellow. but that
is one HI of a way of handicapping.
Just the same. Mr.. Schreher bet chunk
on Lacy Crawford at II to l.
You ought to have seen it come off Away
goes Jack De Mund as If it was a sprint-it
H.
Mr., Crawford after him. Jack Young
whipped in.
The race that Crawford ran was sem
sation. He put De Mund away. at the
stretch head. Bonner, VINO rode him. go,
mixed up about the eighth pole let him fail
back and got him bumped by both Young
and De Mund. 1t seemed then that Craw-
ford was beaten. The ride on him GER
tainiy very inefficient. But he came again
ana was beaten but head on the post
With rider on him he would have won by
half dozen lengths Il was three-horse
Young. Waldo outrode j. walsh and Bon
her at the finish; waldo. by the way. was
hest boy in ST Louis then. He cannot get
Mr.. schreiber cleaned UP a handsome bet
on Crawford, place and show Yet he was
at aran nn s bock Rsn fan Of
Maginn's hove in sight. AS an admirer of
Mr.. Maginns hind and present sight he was
baii 5 Eiood deal of a red rag to the 'n'uf'a'ea
Hay" said Mr. Schneider. Hay. you.
We'll l guess that Maginn is fine, handl.
SfpFS'' thats' MT NO" """' o' s'' 'A'''A u
.'Think of what?'
THAT handicap just run?"
Fine. Mile and a sixteenth in la. cold
eonienders banchsG. to 5 shot; J to ] sho,
could there he than that?H
'Ho. what's the use of talking to You.
Fer why. for why. ! ask you, did he put
it,
Great Scott. Barney. Your colt ought to
oh. know. know all about that, Don't
think l am blind: But how did Maginn
come to know it2'
Don't know. but the race showed per-
feet handicap"
That's right. That's right. Stick up for
Maginn. You must be in with it. what
chance has square guy with good horse
got here. Maginn makes them lose every
time.
Two hours later Barney was feeling bet
ter He bought drink and said:
Vel ,sa tel you ou ,,Wn was rs sors. drsR IL sRa1
would have. But that Maginn don't like
him. but doggone me. he has them all
beaten forty ways for the jack And II
ever 1 have a race track these fellows will
have to pay him twice much as they are
paying him now and they may be paying
him 800 a day. for all / know.
speakine of c. Bonner brings to mind that
statement that he is to ride for James R.
Keene next year. 1t is said that Clifton
has been highly recommended to Mr. heene
by Mayor F1eischman of Cincinnati Gift
ton is now under suspension. He rode
few bad ones at Lakeside and they set him
down until January l, 1903. He is at present
with w: H. Fizer at New Orleans.
a rider as Houbre. He could probably beat
anv boy here. At least he won more races
day by day. 1t is little he can ride. though
Battiste could lose, him; OF course Battlste
was ten pounds heavier. but Battlste IS
light enough for all purposes.
When Mr. Ffzer's horses left Chicago for
New Orleans Bonner slowed ABOARD the
tiyes were looking for stowaways. They
found Clifton and set him down for riding
in a box car He could not make good with
them. 1t is pity that when jockey flnds
his proper sphere he should not be allowed
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