The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-09

makes the book for them. did a big bust
ness during the Fair Grounds meeting lat
good prices and took the money when
others refused Il. Mr.. Walsh is a young
ST Louis horseman who is having his Sec
ond good season on the turf. He followed
Il for some seasons as a modest handi-
cSPpe-. learned the business from the
ground up. booked in a small way for
himself, did well and attracted general at
tention by his ability. caution. d!scernment
and success. He knows the horses. His
specially is killing" short-pr!ced horses TO
run second and third. He has repeatedly
| thrown down very hot favorites who did
not run in the money.
was a 2-to-l shot. All the wise money in
the ring was on her. NJ. Walsh laid ; TO
5 TO show when other books held her At l
TO ,. She was not IN the money. though at
one stage she led by ten lengths. Walsh
figured her a gutter. Though he admitted
that she might win. he figured that IL she
did not win she would not snow. as. like
all cutters. she would stop to nothing
when collared. He was right. He always
orally keeps It. He is as keen n judge OF
prices as Kid Rogers, as sharp a calculator
OF percentage as VIRGINS" Carroll, as
quick to recognize wise money as Louis
Celia. has as keen a nose for Holsters as
Fred Cook and is as liberal as Barney
Schrrit. in laying his prices. .
Arnold & CO. put half the money won at
the meeting in good horses. Pat ToslIinson
Tent East recently and picked up some nice
cattle for them. Then they bought the good
colt Ben Lear from W. l. Lansing for
n.0o. apparently cheap as clay.
Dewey is certainly a grand little horse.
The spesi, pluck and stamina he displayed
yesterday were simply wonderful. Tnex-
tended Mt every part of 1t. he ~galloped away
from handy horses. like Brewer Schorr, and
breezed over Salve. a good 4-year-old- He
could have run the mile In l-ioz yesterday
without an effort It vas his first out in
over a month, too. No wonder Schneider
Is proud OF him What a kick he would
lose.
The crowd swung with Gumberts again
yesterday. and. as usual. got bumped. Gum
berts went to Lunar to the tune Of 500 and
the bettors followed suit to the tune OF
many thousands. Did Lunar ever win a
sprint2 What has she shown this season?
first cut in months2 Tho race proved The
Republics contention that she was not a
Splinter The SIX furlongs, in l:ii. stood
her on her head. Dale had TO hustle her to
keep up. She went of her stride. When he
saw she was beaten. he let up and gave her
time TO settle into her gait. Thon she ran
faster. The mare. when right. can win At
a mile or over. but she cannot beat any
thing Ike selling-plate sprinters al their
own game.
How Is this for luck? How do you like
your horse queries an old bettor Of a
He viii go we'll" said the man. but 50
and so Will win sure" The bettor walked
away.
How can you tell him that said the
writer when your horse looks like a moral
cinch7"
why. I'll wilma block" says the trainer,
but last time my horse won ] made that
sucker put down a good bet. He landed q
bunch OF money and never gave me a cent
III stick him here
The funny part OF IT was that the horse
ne gave the bettor TO lose on won, while his
" was not in the money.
My stable is for. SALE said Mark Gum
oerts after Lunar got beaten yesterday. II
!, Z. Sc. Lunar anG give Doctor Lovej0y and
Sweet Dream away"
a gentleman from Texas writes The Re-
public The following letter:
TO the Sporting Editor OF The Republic.
fiease teil me the meaning OF the Abbrev ations,
etc, n races ace9rcins to your chart above. I
ent wOEds and letters thai have a meaning. In
other words what horse won In above nceg AT
what odds2. Which 0as second hest horse7 What
OF jockey but what does s.. L. =, \. s. p
mean? Pl. I suppose. means place. EIp,Gn
reading matter below races. / can't tell By me
This Information Will be greatly appreciated.
Here Is where another good man goes
wrong The sporting editor hates TO do II,
put III ne does not some one else VIII; The
horses names are printed IN the order in
which they finish right down the column
The betting p~rices-opening, closing and
place-ers In the same line as each horses
name Ind" means index. which refers to
the number OF the horses last race 10
which you can refer when hanGicapptag
hin 8 means start, y positions at the