The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-14
CALIFORNIA TRACK GOSSIP JESS HUGHES SUCCESS WITH HOUBRE
JESS HUGHES MADE SMALL
FORTUNE ON JOCKEY HOUBRE.
Texas THURMAN Sold Three Years of 4 Seven Years Contract on the
Boy for s15Gg9-Lithos, a Crack Stallion, Goes TO Texas.

ert the Devil endurance c-oss in him Rob
tr, the DtV.i = ole ii tle great cup WIN.
hers ana sIrss o. u ".aaI- i-thcs vas az
ltst aS his sire showed his liking for mud
ana weight AS = -y-ar-o-d LLthCS staf.eu
IL thirteen races. twelve Stdk > and one
iurS-- he WOE fYU. OF thu ST kes and he
il these races and was but twice uEplaced-
lie dad all this during May. June and July.
Tor on August Is be bruke down after Lead
ing Regulator ana C.co?hus unit: a tendon
save wav. He finished third at that.
As a 3-year-Old tney patched him up. but
after starting twice he completely gave
way. When his tendon bowed Tor good he
was leading Irish Reel an: Uctason. two
" the fastest spriEteEs that ever wore
shoes He WAS packing 10 pounds that day
and ran first Ave ei-htns in l1p1s. II his
DINER race n WON ~il.9tiliy.
i.lS FIRST start. a. Washington In 1886. saw
ia 5-a,en by Successful. Kitty B. and HI
Lady. but beating -trauckle and winged
reot. two cracks. Then he won a puls9
from PROMPT. a good horse. and on May l
Il. Tan third to Prompt aad Successful in. a
s,shc. On May Il, ne was beaten a mead in
h Bouquet s.. kes and On May - Arbuckla
ce t him a he'd in ,hc i>evity Stakes.
ih's race was run n mud Then on June
! he bat 8. o.ge Re sier and Arbuck.e and
We ght up all ;o-nd hi yea, Arbutkle and
fe:aps in tn M-nhasset st.ss. carrying
- rounds He Hun tbs race - a gallop-
rI June l. h gave Arbcsckle seven
ponds and ran him and George kessler TO
Il ~ k finish. On june Is. or a very heavy
I ack. he ;Cok Up twelve pounds ard bea.
ii y. V ond Grey Bird in the Bedford
sta Is. : Ii ping home lone. On une 3
car y ng -. pounds 10 the iis OF Great Or
mint DOCTOR 5 epparl and Arbuckie.
o J ~ l h w-n tie ciass.c Su-f Stakes.
b I'll < Kemp a2d T:ag,dian in d can-er.
:e2 oH AGlest l re gave he mighty Eo-
rr s,s~t,s5 o. : r:,s,Ts' TN tn p ru.ds and
Wirsed Foof SIX Lis "7S '"7
This locks .iAe a bri liant if short racing
r. in T. tHes MIR hs he was on the
ny ht.h weight. t!a.el with the best Of them
IN, tua On any kinG OF track.
-F.r our years a.ier he broke down Mr..
i,oW1t; se rel 20 patch up his injured
ten-on. but never cue qui e get him to .
&c. lie old him last month to Colonel
Cos d en- the short-bred Texas or on
thcr *. bred mar s Li;tos should be a
success Il sir. He is bred to run fast and
ta nj an of 10 SarTy a. y k nd of weight on any
.ituai and L. HIM Texas has secured a sire
= ma sens TO havs a caance TO equal that
done so well fer o. q. Parke in his so short
s-jo-rn in the Lone Star State.
IN these days the Splinter. Is fully az
va uah.e a piece Of property as the stay
er. such a change has there come over
IN mode OF racing IN Am-rica." says Ralph
iCleE 1t Is not so many years ago that
the shortest race run was al a mile. and
TINS for 2-year-o!is. Now the youngsters
that go a mi.e or over are as scarce as
strawberries in Northern S beria in the
month Of December. | believe. however,
that we are OF the eve OF a ch~ange-that
hesft nave come TO a realization that we
are breeding 80 per cent of uonstayers. and
that this will result in a marked dets riora-
ton of the race of thoroughbred horses.
The early racing. the severe campaign
lnS given --year-olds and the USE of drugs
to stimulate horses cannot but have an
erect most Alarming 10 the turfs we'll
v istiers. and ii Is high time that Jockey
clubs cut out the racing of 2-year-olds
then never have more than one race a
cay for the vealy babies. And as for the
users Of .dope,' no penalty meted out can
and mares bred on the most fashionable
that are rendered Unfi, for stud
ser>:hrough the use of these nerve
short OF appalling TO those who give the
matter careful! consideration: The men
WHO use it; nowsve5 are setting smarter
harder 10 catch They have it down so
fine that a capsu!e is given a horse in
its inv:Corating effect does not wear or
for forty-hve minutes or more. Those to
whom II is given want to run over the
wear away the animal is in a state APP
preaching collapse
There are talented chemists in the big
racing centers of America to-day who are
giving more attention 10 TIE invention OF
NEW n.bsr bands hzs Gs, OF de h 6;s dope than n,ItS any
SNN - sAAA 1A-S~
Mr.. Tozer. There is a man In Chicago
claimed he had a chemist experiment.
ing along these lines for eight years. and
now the inventor has a brand that
will not take effect for one hour and ten
minutes after IT is administered; that 1t
will make its presence fel. for one hour;
that the closest observer can notice moth
ing unusual in the horse. either In appear
ance or actions. and yet the animal Is en-
dowed during that time with wonderful
running ability and apparent gameness.
The exhaustion following must necessarily
be great. and one has only to observe the
fienGs' TO know what will be the
result in a short time. In England II did
not take long to catch on and give the
dopists from our country their wa kin
papers, would like to see an example
of a few hop mixers. and II more
detective work was done and the users OF
drugs ruled off for life whenever caught
there would be more form to the races
ard a better breed of EallopersL
IT also desire TO see a raising Of the
scale of weights In California to the East
ern standard. believing there would be q
much better lot of jockeys. because they
could stay at the riding game so much
longer through this and be enabled to
all the details that 20 to make up
a firss-ciass horse pilot. We would have
more honesty, also, because riders would
not say to themselves. as doubtless they
DO now: Well. / won't be able to ride
after this season. and I must make by
hook or by crook all the money I can
this year."