The St. Louis Republic., 1902-07-07


Gold Heols's worderfuI performance r.
q" brighton HanIiCap once more brings u
tTe old American question OF time. TIT
=, judges - form are always inclined I,
WAYS agreed with F. II Rrunel that tim,
2 had a v-ry high value indeed in so far al
Il save runners mark just Ike trotters
Q To he sure shifting the weights conquer:
7 time. and detraCts from its value. Yet Il
has n great worth In this way. You take
a hOrss Ike FOur-Leaf Glover. for inStauCe
Sha ha- been running good races and win
ming. She can turn six fUrlongs on a rea
/ fIs. track in i:l4. with los pounds up. Yol
/ hack her in race II is won by a n
! Gibson in .lS7.- You may think that Four
Leaf should have won hut when YOU con
slider the fact that any time she does
mark. you will see ii differently.
Ihe variable conditions Of the tracks
Fair Grounds track this season as an
Instance Mr.. Mathews kept II very har
for a month or so. Miles were run in :ssi7
with regularity. and other distances had
their figures lowered Everyone thought
that the horses running at the Fair Grounds
were the best in the world
one day the time question came up with
bump. Gailantrie won a race few days
prior. doing six fuTiongs in l:i3 a on this
occasion Father Wentksr beat her IN l.i5.
A howl went up that Galiantrie had run a
bad race IL developed in the day that SIr.
Mathews had put eeep-toothed harrow on
the track In the night ami spfteued the
surface that the track was fun sec
oud slower than II was when Gallartrie ran
nFr winning race 4 ne speed OF a IrNCH
can be increased by heavy rolling and
packing. Gold Heels's. performance seems
marvellous but II Is fact that the race
is not 80 much after all The condition Of
the track rather than that OF the horse
probably was responsible for H.
II tracks could be maintained at the
same degree OF speed and in the same con-
dition all the time records would possess
greater value. As things stand any record
now in existence can be lowered II suit
able horse i prepared TO II and II he is
given II suitable track. But tracks over
which records are made VIII not do for
daily usage They are always too hard and
injure a horses legs.
Discussing Gold Heels. who Is without
doubt the best handicap horse In the East.
brings to mind how much a better horse
Wax Taper was last season He met Gold
metropolitan tracks. and invariably defeat
III him. In his first race in the East
# was the one on which St Louisaus were
To have pulled on that famous coup-It Was
Gold Heels that knocked Wax Taper to his
knees at the first turn and lost him the
race. which. had he won II. would have
Rice. Wax Taper's owner. rich. Wax Ia
per could give Gold Heels fifteen pounds
last season NOW Gold Heels could give
him forty pounds.
4 good deal has been said about Wax
Taper'S condition The horse always goes
lame. and he has very bad legs. they 90
not hur; him a bit. They are simply stin
through excessive ossiliZa;iOn- Ossilsges
principally about the frtlock joints They
do not hurt when they have ceased grow
Ing. but they destroy the suppleneSS uf the
tctnt by binding IT, Wax TaUsr's tendons
are all sound. The horse never looked 50
Vel above the knees a. he does to-day. IL
does not hurt him 10 run. He Is not up to
his form simply because the huge u-SilageS
form around the fstlock Joints and compel
him TO run stlrf legged
one Of the worst looking legs ever seen
on q horse T. the of front leg OF SEA Rover
Frank ATthur'S Erand-luokiug hur-- He
has a tendon that ~ ..S biz AZ a ships ca
bic. yet Il Is sound a L-lL
Mr.. Arthur bought Sea Rover for so at
4 chicago auction. The horse had a bowel ,
tendon then. Some one bid IS on him
Go TO $50. Frank" said a friend to Mr.
Arthur: ''yuu can get that mucn for him
AZ the stock yards"
You have a horse" said the auctionee-
when Mr.. Arthur bid so. .
He took Sea Rover and worked him n
nile in t.42. which was an extra good work
y Harlem. Then he saw some one get