The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27

Idfll1 EGIaf aaA h'A A'-'f-A
at the race track can recall happenings OF
The most novel order within his own eN-
periencc. Probably no stronger illustration
could be afforded Ct the uncertainties oil
the game. however. than was furnished by
the steeplechase at Harlem last Monday.
when FIVE horses fell, allowing Iceni. who
was a quarter OF a mile in the rear. TO
come home alone a winner.
There were six starters in the race. with
Iceni the ~despised outsider at y 10 l. On
to a good start. the field soon disianced
Iceni. who stumbled along twenty lengths
behind the trailers. All went well until
the fifth jump. Here Farrell. ridden BY r..
TAYLOR, turned a somersauit over the OBJ
stacle. falling in the way OF GIctc II. who
also went head over heels. ICeni houndered
over the jump some way and kept plugging
on after the field. DaSmar loked ike a
winner approaching the ninth jump, WIN
Helen Paxton and Qusenshlp apparently
his only competitors All telI al the Jump,
however. leaving lceni To climb over the
Jumps and get home some way. a winner
by forty lengths. Worthingtcn and Dupee.
who were riding DaEmar and Helen paxton
respectively. managed 10 catch their mounts
and finish second and third,
About the only person known 10 have
won on the race was PA" Bradley OF Ira
verser and Robert Waddell fame. Bradley
owned Farrell. one. Of the starters IN the
race. and played him to win. He put SO
on Iceni. however. as A side issue, win
ming 500 thereby. He stated after the race
mat he hLu HI AdsF AAt AhLhtE=l A4td mat
Iceni would win. but that he always made
a rule of playing the longest shot in every
Steepiechase.
Races Run In Water.
Probably the most singular spectacle ever
AFFORDED by the manner in which races
were run was furnished at the Newport
track in Kentueky. opposite Cincinnati.
time and the races were run in eighteen
inches OF water. which covered the back
stretch completely. and which made the
home stretch a perfect lake. So deeply was
the held flooded that the track manage
ment had about decided to call the races
of. the card being run off only on the unan-
1mous consent Of h~oTssuen and Jockeys.
An the riders entered into the spirit Of The
day and sent their mounts splashiug
through the water in great shape. In spite
Of the unusual condition no accident Oc-
CURED, although Julius Werner and Isaac
Stumbled JUST at The close of the last race.
throwing their riders into the water. Both
boys got a ducking. but neither was injured.
HotherSoI. on Werner. hanging on long
enough 10 get second place with his mount.
several horses now racing at Delmar fig
ured in that days aquatic racing. Masterful
finishing third to Maggie w. and Fairy Day
IN a handicap at eleven-sixteenths ~ i
mile; while Peter Duryea ran third in a
handicap at a mile and one-sixteenth. Tom
Crabb and The Bronze Demon also figured
in the regatta.
COEsweIT's Unusual Feat.
At the same track. May p Of last year.
riding Hinsdaie TO victory in a handicap at
one mile and q sixteenth. although the boys
eyes were closed by clouds OF mud thrown
in his face in course Of the race. forcing him
to ride the entire distance Of the stretch
completely blinded. He was unable to see
when the finish had been passed, and the
horse had TO be led back to the judges
stand.
To make the incident all the more re-
markable, Hinsdale seemed 10 be out OF the
race at the head of the stretch. but Cogs-
well brought him along with a rush. blind
as he was. and just got home first by a
nose The case is unique in its way in rae
ing annals.
One single case in its way was the oft
quoted steeplechase in which Ingomar fig
ured at Sheepshead Bay last season. Only
two starters went 10 the post and Ingomar
was so lightly thought Of by the book
jumps so strongly questioned. that ) to 5
was laid against him for place. And this in
knew their business was proved when lingo
mar stumbled at the first jump and then re-
fused the next jump. quitting fatty in
spite OF a savage fiogging from his rider.
The COrriGnn-HuFOa Case.
In the fall Of 1891 occurred the noted
sQuabbie between Ed Corrigan and the
Coney Island Jockey Club. which resulted in
Corrigan's forced retirement from the East
ern turf for several seasons. The row arose
over the eligibility Of Corrigan's colt.
Huron. in the Fnturity Of that year. The
Corrfgan's hands. and the latter decided to
start him in the Futurity. The Coney Island
Jockey Club refused to accept him as a
starter. however. only to have CoTrigan ap-
peal TO the courts and secure ar Injunction
sgainst the club on the ground that the
declaration Of the colt had been illegal.
Jockey Club Takes Action.
As the Jockey Club could not disregard
the Injunction, the colt was allowed to
start Judges and starter. as well as book
makers. were instructed TO take no cogni-
zance of the colts presence in the race.
however. and they faithfully followed their
Instructions: No odds were laid against
entirely disregarded by the starter.
Huron ran a good race and finished Sec
Place bets were paid on the third horse
and show bets on the colt finishing fourth.
Corrigan found that his temporary. victory
had not profted him. and he was debarred
from the Eastern courSes for several years.
and II was only in 1900 that he was al
lowed to resume his place on the MetropOli-
tan circuit.
Incidents OF a sort that could onls he
called singular. through charity. were con-
stantly occurring at the outlaw tracks in
this vicinity through the entire course or
their existence: and IN many cases the races
were raw to the last degree Probably the
most ludicrous travesty on horse racing
ever given was that 1T Won der Ahe'
Sportsman's Park, now the League Park Of
the National League
Local Outlaw Race Tracks
Here a race track had been built around
the baseball diamond. and as the ground
horses were turning steadily while racing.
tremendous advantage. Racing went on day
after day. fail. winter and spring. while IN
summer electric lights were rugged up ard
racing was pulled of at night
One incident. recalled by the victory OF
Hazel II. at Delmar ten days ago. was the
performance Of her sire, Tom Tough, al
S-portsman's Park. Tom Tough was by Eel
lowcraft. out of F~elicitie. and was probably
the best horse on the outlaw circuit, with
the exception Of the big gelding Walcott
who also raced over the local tracks Ton
Tough had beaten about everything in sigh;
at East St. Louis, Madison and South Side
and was regarded as almost inyincible wheT
Sportsman's Park commenced its career Of
outlawry.
then had a relapse. probably from over
ruck thereafter. For twenty-five conSecu
tive starts Tom was made fayorite in hi.
races, and in every instance he was beateI
of. Remembrance Of long-past performance
made the regulars at the track play Ton
every time he started. and his constan
beatings had no effect on the volume o
play.
Reversais Of form at the outlaw track
counted for nothing and while the, old hoTs'
had always been run at hB best Defore NJ
permanent going back. the spectators a
the course evidently believed he was penn
held back 70 get desirable odos against MIN
II was only n1er such circumstances ina
any animal could start fayoTite for such
number Of times, being beaten on In eaci
instance.
weather did not AFFECT racing at any out
law course, although the alleged sport Pre-
yailin9 at the former East st. Louis traci
lad 10 be declared of one day on account Q
backBateT from the Mississippi nooding IN