The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-12
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Jockeys commanding $1,000 a year retain
ers. with S@5 for winning mounts and $40 for
mounts that do not win. also the privilege
OF making outside engagements when not
needed by their regular stables. are expen-
sive Affairs When. therefore. aiman asks
one Of them 10 make a contract with him
for q year the natural inference is that he
has in view an extensive turf campaign. II
is safe to bet that he is not playing.
Clarence Hungerford. Mackay. the head
since his fathers death OF the enormous
banking. railroad, telegraph and cable in
terests OF what is known in the business
world as the Nackay system. was last week
seeking the services OF George Odom. the
youth from Georgia. who recently signed a
sl200 contract with Captain sam Brown OF
FittsbuTc. This Is taken 10 mean mat MI
Mackay intends returning to the turf SOONER
than was first suppOSed-neXt year perhaps
-Odam was in his employ two yeslrs ago
and WIS dismFsei for alleged timid.ty and
iucompetency. HE has taken a brace TINS
year. however. and become the premier
rider Of the Eastern Circuit
Other circumstances point 10 Alr- MACK
aNfs early return. The mares kamar anu
Trigger. which Mr.. Mackay retained at me
dispersal sale Of his stable. have not Est
been thrown out Of training. II II were MS
intention 20 retire item permanently, 70 De
bred 10 his celebrated stallion BanaStar.
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and the Metropolitan Of 1871 Charles, T..
HIN. his old trainer. would not be sallop-
TSbefbsr Nh Sisckay Intends next spring
10 resume racing IN his own name and col
crs or in the name and colors OF MI hlt no
one knows. but IL appears certain that ne Is
going To resume ia some way. No man Will
be more cordially welcomed back again De-
cause no man who has entered the game
these last three or four years was ever
It's : pity Mr.. Mackay felt that IT was
Unnecessary for nim 10 sell the 2-year-oids.
Acefull ard Mexican. at Saratoga Ihey
were perhaps the best horses he ever owned
and Metropolitan turf followers would have
liked 20 see them win fame and gold 1nuer
his turquoise blue and black silks. Their
new oWners-Harry Payne Whitney anu
Hermann Duryea and Richard l.. WILSON,
Jr-are popular enough. but, since MT.
Mackav took the chances Incident 10 BUY
ing them as yearlings. IL was felt that ne
was entitled TO any glory and money tns!
might win. The most profitable part OF the
careers Ct Acefull and Mexican. and OF Skill
ful. another Mirthful colt. which began
the season in the Mackay colors. are behtnu
Their, Under our absurd system OF racing
a 2-year-old is a more valuable racing pIoP-
erty than a S-year-old. or an older hoIse.
Perhaps Il was the realization OF THIS iact
and the impossibilitv of the Mirthtul cots
nlling their important 2-year-old dates
which caused Mr. Mackay TO sell out At
II is too late in the season for Mr.. Mack
ay TO get y~earlings az public sales or ZIG
breeding establishments The public satss
are all over. but he may acquire a stable
Of youngsters by private arrangement as
he ac0uired Mexican. Acefull and Skillful-
Il Is hoped that AIR. Mackay's failure 10
secure the services OF Odom. which were
pledged to the popular Pennsylvania turf-
man before his agents mentioned the sud-
iect 10 the lad. will not stop him There
are other capable riders in the market
The sensation Of the week in the East
was the defeat Of Whitney & Duryea's colt
AcefuU. winner Of the Junior Champion
Stakes at Gravesend and the accepted
Champion OF the juvenile division Of the
wear m The colt end Of the Matron. Seven
YOUNGSTERS ran-Acefull under II pounds,
Francis R.. Hitchcock's Grey Friar under
I24. TIE Honorable August Belmonts FIRE
Eater under rs, Captain sam Browns Blue
Acrobat. under Zoe. James R. and FoXhau
=. Eeene's Surbiton under Jos, AND Eenry
T. Oxnard's Invincible under ~ Two or
them. Grey Friar. ridden by Nash Turner.
the Mlrthful colt 10 the ~unbounded aston
shmen OF the crowd, which sent him to
the post favorite at 2 70 5 and / to
Acefull. SurOiton and Grey Frar had Inc
and covered the last sixteenth under a hard
drive Turner, and Harry Cochran lace
fuII's rider) used the whip vigorously. and
Shaw rode diligently with hands and heels.
bit IN reserve when the duel began and he
got hrst money. HIS victory added $z.SSo
10 Mr.. Hitchcocks racing eNchequer.
Grey Friar IS the 81. George gelding Mr..
Hitchcock purchased last year on the ad-
vice OF his trainer. William Preston Burch
OF South Coralina- and won the $1,000 Grand
Union Hotel Stakes with at Saratoga. On
yesterdays race he belongs with the best
youngsters the season has developed Per-
haps he may prove before the Morris PARK
meeting has passed into history that he Is
the champion. Being a gelding he was en-
titled to a three-pound allowance from his