The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-20
GOSSIP OF THE QUARTER STRETCH.
Frank Pearce and His Races-Terra
Firma and Helen Print.


Helen Print is n great big Ally, good
eater and. not subject to the usual May
frivolities of young fillies. Johnnie Huffman
bred her on his Greenville farm. She was
ran Otis to head. He went East and for
half the season could beat any horse there.
Later on she ran Alan-a-Dale to a neck at
Washington Park, five furlongs. in 100 fiat.
She was not fit then. either She has grown
very large and while her races previous to
yesterday were not brilliant, they were of
the improving kind.
Hughie McCarren seems to have soured
on his boy Jerry oconn9r a, AmnyhSw M
a terror to Turks Now O'Connor Is no d.
Maher. There is neer a fear Of England's
kinl. or American millionaire kidnapping
him from Hughie. Compared with Morris.
however he Is a jockey. At that, Jerry
has been quietly riding the McCarren
horses into the money right along. Some
day Hughie will get Winepress in the fag
end of a dog selling race at mile and
seventy yards and she will be to l. Then
there will be killing
Before the 3-year-old yesterday:
B. Schreiber: Dewey on the biz"
A. Calm: I don't know. He is good. and
l think he will win. but he has not had
race in six weeks. l am afraid Of Dewey.
Tom Hayes: Il don't know. You know
him well as l do. l guess he won't do.
Chris Schawacker. owner OF the winner: I
think she will show, Anyhow. l play her
back as far as can
Terra Firma did not run his race yester-
day. II was suicide for Beauchamp to take
him out and set pace with him. for he had
top weight up. BY the way, 1t was going
some. When Silverdale and the crack g.
year-olds of last season were doing six
far to go. they were deemed wonders. Yet
Dewey and Terra Firma do the first six
furlongs OF mile. starting and finishing on
turns. in liza with l15 up.
Johnnie Powers says Lunar is lame and
will be laid up for some time with trouble
condition and unfit 10 race. Doctor Lovejoy
is no good and though Kisne is good, she
has not made good, and it is toss up be-
tween Captain Rice and Marcus Gumberts
for hono-s cf hardest-luck gentlemen at the
race track
Programmer Maginn says the jumping
races are on the card, but will not fill.
Owners want to start horses that are in
sane, Ike J. p s. and Buck O'Dowd, while
schoOled jumpers are hard to get. The hur-
die race set for to-day had to be declared
off on this account. Mr.. NIaginn will not let
crazy horses so into jumping events.
Eva Noes performance in the steeple-
chase OF Friday caused much talk. Many
well-informed persons seemed to think that
GorTnley did not use all due diligence in get
ting away from the post. Mr.. Fleming,
who owns the mare. declared to Mr.. bade
that she was good breaker and would
He said that Gornlley pulled her up at the
break. Then, the mare seemed to run as IL
short and to fence like the famous jumping
frog Of Caiaveras County who was handi-
capped by having his stomach filed with
shot. Ordinarily Eva Moe Is q fast and GER
tain fencer. On Friday she was pitching;
jump. Then. the way that Gormley
Jammed her at the first fence on the back
stretch between two tired horses. the way
he rode her after she took the second
fence on the back stretch all point to bad
ride and bad race. The mare was an even
money shot ard seemed to be 1-to-3 shot.
She was all but left at the post-and the
starter said he had to actually force her
rider awaytshe she had ,I no speed could not no
else. The writer loves to see steeplechase.
but when they come 1t that strong. that
soon, why it is too much for him, and he
Is no dyspeptic at that.
Won Rouse and Onatas, the best 2-year-
years St. Louis Derby. Onatas, belongs to
John Schorr, and is by Top Gallant-Sster
Molly. Onatas won the 5000 Produce
Stakes for his fortunate owner at Churchill
Downs Saturday Tom Hayes tried to buy
Won Rouse, who is by Bend 'Or-Venue.
His offer of 5000 for the colt was turned
down.
Abe Calm is credited with having refused
an offer of $500 for his crack 3-year-old,
Chicago turfmen. are said to have made
the offer for the colt at Memphis. Terra
Firma is a prominent candidate for this
years st. Louis Derby. If the crack son OF
Bermuda is successful In winning the stake
for Mr. Calm it will be the first time a
colt owned by st. Louis turfman has cap
tured the stake since 1889, when Lonsfish
placed first money to the credit of the late
Colonel William L. Cassidy.
High-class thoroughbreds are in great de-
mand at the Fair Grounds these days. VIII
Darden paid Tom Hayes 1900 for the s.
year-old King DAILY last Friday. and John
S. Bratton bought Ogle the same day from
w. w. Finn for 81 800. Ogle is q 3-year-old
by Emperor of Norfolk. He ran the great
sprinter Scorpio to a head the first time
they met at the Fair Grounds.
Ed Trotter's crack sprinter Scorpio is in
the Memorial and Laurel stakes and Coun-
try Club Steeplechase. Scorpio is an i'm
mense big horse. and it looks as though he
would make a terrific jumper. The horse
has so much speed, however. that Trotter
will In all probability run him on the nat
exclusively. w. H. Ketcheman. who sold
Scorpio to Trotter entered the horse in the
Country Club Steeplechase.
Horsemen continue to flock to the Fair
Grounds from all over the country. Frank
Arthur ard Tom Hurns are among the lat