The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-28

icho meetings at Lima. Wapakone,a.
Ilqu4 and other towns where a man named
t,uncnidH. no WAS at In" Charleston meet
lag last year. had the booking privileges.
I They couldn't win with him at first ard
then they gave him the name ST. Cuthbcrt
ana went to GUnchiOn with a propoSiu n
to pull him if they would get the amount
of the purse in each race. -. CUtNbert was
! known in that country as a good horse. and
the rubcS tel 10 him mt any price. Well,
he got good after u few races and there
WASH anything in the business that could
heat him. At Piqua Baker decided 10
dou"Ie cross tiunchl"n. and he did 1t in a
heat race. ! was rid ng WhitComb and won
the first heat. ! pulled the next two and let
Ada Russell win. TIT work was 50 raw
that the country judges fined me SO. Sis
tervillc was the next town. and We won
there under the name of -. Cuthbert. Some
fellow who was wise to the fact that the
nurse was a ringer protested the payment
of the purse.
However. Baker got his money and We
skinned out for Chicago, going by way Of
Henderson. ny. and V~incennes. Ind. on
IN" way up Baker shaved the hair off the
horses side. gave him 4 dose of aloes to
make it appear that he was bleeding from
the mouth. and then hr kc up his own cot.
When they got t. Nincenncs Baker made Il
been given a quick switch ard claimed that
the horse had been thrown off his feet and
nearly killed. The station agent gave him
his shipping bill as a stand off to his liam
and he went on to Chicago for nothing.
when we rea he'd Harlem Bake ran
WhitComb on October , and was beaten
VA - - - - ''E ~ - - 49,
on the 9Th ana was beaten badly. Then We
Went over to Worth. and on October 2 he
dropped him in a. race in which Wyola,
then in the stable of Woodfori q Eva imam,
was one Of the starters. Both horses were
beaten, and Baker claimed Nyoi1 for $l.lVp;
He has that mare over at Newport now, and
Jim Everman has been trying to get the
Western Jockey Club officials TO set aside
the claiming of his horse on the grounds
that Whitc0mb has been raced as a ringer
Worth.
gay paree.' was kept busy shaking hands
with friends at the track Yesterday. Eddie
con ride At Ill pounds with or without rs
foreign dialect. and may be seen in the
who is in New York. will be out here as
soon as he RECEIVERS from a mild alta k OF
by Ben Rfgby. who is anxious to rid. a fe"
races. Charley Gray. who rode in Austria
liza the past season. Will also be one of the
party. Charl- Y Thorre went to his home in
Nebraska. Jones thinks Milt Henry and
Johnny Reiff will have a difficult time get
ting re;nstatcd. for when the French racing
officials say, 'au .reyoir' 1t means Eood-2y
and not ''caTl again"
PAT sHEEDY'S GOOD STORY.
Pat Sheedy. the ~weli-known gambler. was
IN town during the week. one night when
they We're swapping stories at the Gruene-
wali ne told this good one. which eXemplt-
fies the unvarying luck. good and bad.
which pursEes the rich man and the poor
This is a true one said Pat. II will
voUCh for it. One day down at SheepShead
Bay track there was a well-kuOwn book
maker who owned one Of the horses that
was running. The horse vas The favOrite.
The bookmaker was watching the race. and
his animal was second At III" half. \ light
er-wei-htcd horse hid the lead by several
lengths. The hO0kmakcr. in Il staggering
manner. looking at his friend near by. said:
Well. Jack. | will bet you $1,000 10 81
that my horse wins
H friend replied: Well. YOU know 1
yGr1 are blnfdnC