The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-11
CkRMODY PROPOSES
COMBINATION TRACK.
Promoter Of Missouri Breeders As
Sociation Wants Both Harness
Horses and Galiopers.
DESIRES THE RACING LIMITED.
SAYS That He Thinks Thirty Days
Enough for ANY One Track
News and Gossip of The
Running Turf.

IN an advertisement printed over h.s sig
nature n THIS issue % The Republic, ?. j
: Carmc1y SETS forth his intentions, ideas
ar. p.4Es q: running q race track a. MAJ
u-al Bridge road and Union avenue.
IN HIS determination 10 give = trottIs
meeting NJ. CarEo:y viii find many sup
. I~o-cers. though il has been said that -
! Louis i not 4 trott!ug horse town Still
/ r~rorrIrg -. be- its drivers what they NAV,
& hish-c!ass ana popular sport. many p@o-
; pc wao ~ MOI take lnGca interest IL run-
me.> are very fond Of Jrotting.
There i scare a Gnub; that a grand cir
rutr meeting il -. Louis wou.& do We
; The tIgtt:rG turf : at present unaerSoine
! Z cleansing process. which should DO rE4ca
! /, rekauiIrire il in tn- estimation OF the
| people. Their. viii be less o. the fraud or
! which i. has been notorious, and as most
tracks VIII .ua races best two oi three
! heals. ITsrs4. 81 bes- three OF hve-S-:IIe
OF them even propose single Disclosures
VIII not - 30 long drawn ou:, betting will
be keere- and briskes and the trottiEs al
! together better.
footing IS a rich mans. sport. which s.
right. The love OF good horses SroHS
stronger in The breast OF the American.
aud. as hs can use good ~trotterS and PAGERS
nor@ than good runners. the former never
VII! go out OF favor
TALK uF \ SPEEDWAY.
Just VOW several local gentlemen want 70
P1;:d a sp5~Gway IL u f-,4tS similar 20
idea could D. evolved; a rrottins MEETING
ard a speedway would do quite as much "a
the tTee-srs' law 70 improve and assist the
breeding Of fine horses u Missouri and the
territory subject 10 il.
While d week J~rottiEg is generally con-
siieret 2 long me=Ii2E. and. while meetings
run on me circus plan. short and waOoping.
! or how ? trottirg trek could ne made 10
nav Thus hrSIr,Gs lr-avr1Tn3- @iE ont rides
! Itself into sport a. s.-ry turn.
Eat II tne track is built, it - u be hoped
Be- hoped il viii be bult. whether it pays or
not. For IrotIinE IS u fine. healthy sport
tae thoroughly. useful. ornamental. pleasant
and coElmenfabie IN eysrE way. far hea!th55
ier and more rational than running. and
most thoroughly American. \ trott-I!s
track ana a Speedway arr things that 81.
After setting forth his intentions IN re-
gard 10 the ~trotters Mr.. CarTnody proceeds
10 state his position in regard 10 the run
ners. He says that he thinks il would
be advisable for IKE Missouri Legislature
TO limit racing days to thirty days on each
track in Missouri. as has been set forth
heretofore
element IN Missouri. again this winter: as
there has been IN many a past winter. The
contestants will be Mr.. Carmoiy on the one
side and the Fair GroundS-Delmar and Kin
loch or the other.
The odds against Mr.. Carmcdy seem over
,whe-mlng. but 70 a man who served Eng
icII d-dl'l-L ISt-Sli II NHc Ss.Li4sd. LlIN
North against the south in America, and
Ireland against England in the Fenian raid
or Canada. what odds do odds make?
The Delmar-Fa!r Grounds people have
fought many an ugly turf war and Won IL.
Only last year they fought against what ap-
| pear.G 20 be Overwhelming odds. including
clans. injunctions CT court. force OF arms,
the STATE Auditor. the Attorney General,
everything. and Won out.
NEW TRACKS AND OPPOSITION.
Though q rzgp IracL- docs a.r.al m
most people as Il Desirable investment, IS
pec:aliy with = fight on its hands. II seems
that persons never want 10 build a. track
Unless tkey have % fight also. Take the
present state Of affairs In Kansas City. For
some seven years Kansas City, has been
and some others Resolved to build one. No
sooner do they express the intention of
sticking a piow IN the long fallow Held than
Now there il a merry fight on for possession
OF a field which robody wanted for seven
Strange 1t is that Ed Corrigan seems
TO be pursued by a cruel fate in the Way OF
fights. Though a man OF good heart. great
personal marit and mrch changed from his
formsr ways OF pugnqcity; Corrigan is not
am of5 4 f 3isSf P moral y Yet i he EaG nsyeg : can a sS ss-
cessful fighter In Chicago. in California.
everywhere he ever attempted to 90 bust
ness. he had 70 take on a fight
It certainly looks like hard luck when he
resolved 10 open a field long neglected that
h should find the Inevitable fight. on his
hands As CorriSan stands ACE nigh with
the Western Jockey Club. there Is no reason
TO doubt that he viii get ;he sanction Of
| the Jockey Cub for his track. while il is
doubtful that the other track can secure
such sanction. Still. with two tracks there
| Will Be ninety days for each. If they. wish
! to split dates. 1t is felt that one meeting OF
sixty days is as much racing as Kansas
CITY will properly support. The truth OF
this assertion remains 10 be seen.
| JOCKEYS WHO ARE IN TROUBLE.
at IS strange. indeed. what a number Of
Il iprtaH-c who rDIa al 81 Louie In 60 Ssa son
have been set down in the last month, that
is. after they left St. Louis said a leading
| O'Brien. l. Jackson, and one or two others
whose names l do not remember just now,
all rode at St Louis and. going away. got
into trouble. l do Tot know the facts in
the various cases and am oniy guessing,
but I will hazard 4 statement that Of the
lot jackson was probably the only wrong
doer. | think that the others were simply
! incompetent. and that when they got in
with good boys they seemed as II they were
not trying even when they Were doing their
best. i dare say the harder they tried the
worse they rode.
81. Louis mas always been afflicted with
4 lack of good. or even decent boys: AZ
some Chicago or New York firm buys him.
There is Honubre. for instance As soon
gets him We have long been cursed with a
lack OF good boys in St. Louis. and the
curse displays few signs of abatement.
y see" said a ~bysJandsr. that Hughey
MCCarr-n sold Jerry O'Connor To Pat Cor
man for -.501. II he did it was q bonnie
trade. better than FiZer's sale OF Tommy
| O'Brien to Tichenor for sS,'-t9 last year.
Now. jerry is q fair sort of boy. but il
| crorinc like corn in u wet June. He
! could CO eighty pounds in 1871. and he could
scarce DO l93 last fall. He went up twenty
| pounds in the years. He viii not be able
70 do In by MAJ, next. He is naturally a
big. soft boy. and il ne rides next year it
| will be over the jumps"
FLYER AND I. WALSH.
Pill Fizer. the smooth ana Incompatible,
is responsible tor 7. Walsh's troubie." said
| another JuTfrnan. You see. Fizer had II
| You Dare in one d.. and looked for 4
| price. when he went in to bet they had
backed III. horse from ) 10 > TO . To- ,. FiZer
had 10 take { TO ). Then a ne wspaper man
quoted hin. as saying that some people
| were too fresh in beating owners 10 the
| price. and tina: il would serve them right
i: some owners let them keep their tickets;
| that IS. let the horse run for Sweeny. Next
time Walsh lost on II You Dare-he was
/ an oLis-U2 choice. toc-and there was hades
| TO pay. The New York papers took up
| Fizer's Interview and exploited il. 1 10
not know that Ftzer sad what he, was
quoted as saying. but ii Is reasonable TO
suppose that he did. II helped his boy
| down.
MURPHY NOT TO BE At NEWPORT.