The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-14

TO arrive to-day from Latonia. McCaTerty
Is an elder brother Of the famous jockey
owner John Mctafferty. of T~exaS-the man
VINO made Il $4,000 cleanup at the far East
one day on Queenie Trowbridge. and raced
fiStsR Nicho!s With great success. too.
mere are 2.j thoroughbred mares at the
santa ANITA ranch OF l.. J. Baldwin. but only
;sTrnty We're bred this, season. What
StS!trday, is 4 couple of good imported
stations. They have Emperor of Norfolk.
amigo. Eey 81 santa Anita. Santiago ana
kiEctor. and a colt foal by the latter horse
is one of the prizes of the farm this season.
~ ". Grimm tthe man with the halter, IS
expected In snip 4 good carload out from
NeW orleans shortly, at least he has applied
10 the California Jockey Club for stalls. Mr..
Sii.tn, an eN-jochey. plays no favorites in
MS neTer-ending war on owners who enter
thelr hcrses toe cheapIy in selling races.
and with the boosters already on the
ground. there should be lots of fun for the
raceSoers when Griffin arrives. and he Is the
best friend to racing associations in the
PLAY GOOD IN RING.
According to Eastern dispatches. the game
dt New ORGANS Is MT up to the expecta-
IONS of III crescent City officials. The
fishes that the ayers of prices in the befting
ring are complaining of the lightness of the
play. and say they are no; handling ex-
insi.s!de.. for. despite the muddy track.
threatening weather. etc. the twenty-one
books in the big ring and the two field books
are more than kept busy afternoons Tn
play OF yesterday was perhaps the most
general Of the present racing season. In the
opening race Mocor.to. the prohihitive odds
that the books lost a little. still the landing
of Charles Chappeli's eagle bird" Nullah,
into the place more than erened up the
losses on the favorite. The play on Star
Cotton and HaInletta In the second event
more than stood OFF the winnings on Ting-a-
Ling. The books won good to the 2-vear-old
event and ais, TO he asst race Ry far the
heaviest played horse of the afternoon was
Gaianthus. who was backed from 3 to /
thing beating the lot opposed to him.
Realizing that he had been misinformed
and that Truman Hemingway had not NAL
treated the Unfortunate Charlotte Steffens.
President Williams yesterday reinstated the
young kentuckian and he can now race his
gaiiopers to his hearts content. Mr. Will
I!ams stated that 1t was not his desire
10 do any one an injustice. and upon read
ing the evidence adduced in the Steffers
wherein Hemingway had wronged the girl
in any way. he Immediately set matters
right.
ST. LOUIS BOOKMAKERS SKIPPED.
Muir & Brown, booking under the name
Of the Boston Club. did not make their
in the ring. There were a large number
Of raceeoers on hand who held tickets
saahisds the It f IS hn SRleh .h SsFs this, R0t nr eas isid
very heavily against GlerdenniDg. who
won on Saturday at L. to !. William Sink
JrT. who owned the horse, held one ticket
It IS believed hat the angel" back
ing the concern got cold feet over the
supposed TO he an ex-Alderman named Rit-
ter from ST. Louis.
Both Muir and Brown are well known
" a partner with Cammy McNaughton in
a large racing stable in California. They
three years ago. Muir drif,ed East. and
this is the first time he has been in Cali &.
fornia since. Brown is not 50 well known.
500 i Is believed that the book owes over
TOMMY BURNS A BAD BOY. ,
Jockey Tommy Burns received a lecture
from Starter Jake Hoffman after the last
race on Monday. Burns was very nxious !
to get away from the barrier on Sir Hugh. ,
and Jake took occasion to call him down
for it. Now. remember. Burns said Holt
man, when the boys were weighing out. Il
on you will have to behave yourself or
take the consequences. l give you far
warning. ! will stand for no more of your
medicine meekiy enough and managed to
restrain from any back talk that may have
Burns. 50 far as riding was concerned, He
was first on Sea Lion and Nellie Forest. :
Both as good as 10 TO l in the market. He
u nose on Sir Hugh. the latter horse hav-
ing considerable pad luck IN the last event ,
of the day. 4
CHARLEY BooTs's NEW SIRE,
tined to take Brutus's place at the stud:
IS ST. Symphorien, by Muncaster (son of
the Derby winner. Doncaster. that sired
Ben dor. winner Of the Derby. from St.
dam of the Derby winner St.
now at Rancho del Paso), by
kincly Vale. st. Gatien was almost In
vincible as a 4 and 5 year old. and st.
IS already quite a sire. beget-
ting St. Shadow (winner of the Furstenberg
at Baden Beach,. Oughterard
(winner of the Tantery Steeplechase). St.
Servan. ST. Jessica and Wide Awake II.
The chances are much in favor Of st. Sym
phorien making a great name in California
as 4 sire. for the Ben dor horses (Mun-
Is bred on almost identical lines
with Ben dor here-Go.den Garter. Or
monde, Goldfnch. Orsini and A~rklow-are
string some wonderfully good turf perform
erS in this country.
4 STOUTLY BRED YOCNGSTER.
a half-sister to the recent winner, Puss
In Boots, to be sold here on the llth inst.
is one of the most remarkable cases Of
tmbreeGtpg tn GtOutly bred horses Her sire