The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-04
really did not give him any prOvocation

really did not give him any prOvOcation
Ding dong it. jim" cried Mr.. Schneider.
gettin: what the Dutchman called 'oxite'-
exciied-'l heard you call Mac a ding dong
Irish eowaTt Jim Do. doan you know dat
song. Der Neffer Was a Coward We're Dot
shamrough Grow? Mac he fgh'd you in
church. on the race track. in bed. any
make up dot If You Dare : 10 l." and lir.
Schneider took a hitch in his boomers and
resumed the even terIr Of his way.
Mr.. Carroll is famous for the unbridlel
license which he allows his tongue when in
the ring. He has been frequently in trouble
similar to that he encountered yesterday
Out OF the ring he Is a man OF charming
manner. Once on the betting block he is
apparently 4 mathematical maniac. He is
noted as a splendid Judge OF percentages.
school teacher. and it is said he there ac-
Quired his unusual ability to handle figures.
u. T. De Amman bought Tammany Chief
from Albert S.mons in a selling race at Kin
loch- As IL WAS well known hat the horse
Is what is known on the turf as "one OF
De Arman had purchased a lobster. Prior
TO his first start at Delmar in Mr.. DE Ar
eating the race in which he ran last, said:
Mr.. De Arman scarce knows how to pre-
pare his recent purchase. Tammany Chief.
who needs a special and careful prepare
ton"
The turf editor of The Republic beg= Mr..
De Arman's pardon He may not have
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give Tammany Chief that special prepara-
ton
Apropos Of the special preparation"
which Tammany Chief was given, various
reports were circulated. To be sure. every
one said the Old thing. A gentleman pOpu-
larry known on the track as Bis Nose.
who handled the horse prior TO the race.
denied this.
Z gave him a good whipping with this
Nose. showing a handsome cherry stock.
Il am not saying that / am any better than
any one else. s or that l ~9S Si ,d not LOT
know him OF old. and l heard that all the
goods in the materia medica would not
when he ran. Sometimes he ran well. other
times poorly simons always bet on him
That's all"
getting an odious beating prior TO The race
But il is seldom that wise people back
a horse all over the country from 20 10 / OF
the boards on the strength Of a mere lick
ing ne 10 to get in his stall. Then Tam
many Chief did not run like q beaten and
scared horse. Federalist, Louis Wagner and
others have gotten paddock lickings. They
always ran like scared wolves Tammany
Chief took his time to the right place. then
came on like a lion. just as he did one day
last year at the Fair Grounds. when. 10
the writer's certain knowledge. there was
something doing" with him.
The brute did not warm up as II he had
been helped" He warmed up like the
suiker he is when running on hay and oats.
MUSE Wa 4GtNAA nv y
cane after the race as the switch he used
to whip the horse. Nose IL a patriarch
Of the house of sudah. That cane
must have been the rod of Aaron. with one
stroke of which Moses drew water from the
rock. To get such a race out OF Tammsny
Chief with a mere hiding Is as much OF a
miracle a. drawing a stream of water from
a solid rock.
The Tammany Chief race gave ST. Louis
race goers a touch OF high life or the turf
in the Windy City. They run that kind OF
races there all the time. and no one ever
saws mix" That is. no one in power. The
lem and back again gives an excuse Tor
~in-an-out running. Judges cannot take
cognizance Of races run under other judges.
Hence. Tammany Chief could be last at
Harlem to-day and first at Hawthorne to-
morrow. and nothing said Such things
Just once in ST. Louis.
hanger from one track 20 another may
add zest to the sport. and all that. hut
they are subyersive OF form To bring about
some respec: for form In Chicago John
that one set of Judges should rule at both
tracks. The best form ever shown was that
at Delrnar last year. with two months rae
ing on the same track when II was fast all
the time. Mud and rain are frequently re-
sponsibie for form reversals- The continu-
Gus dry season OF 1901 and continuous run
ming on one track helped form a great deal.
According to the st. Loulsans who have
visited Chicago and Eastern tracks this
season there lis no such thing as form
there. Il was down East for a month"
said Mr.. J. J.. Lahly. the well-known mer-
chant tailor Of ct. Louis. "and went to the
track regularly. There Is no such thing as