The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-04

day The big guns. such as Msssrs. Whit
ney. Belmont AMI keene. bet heavily o.
Their horses. This stable play makes a
price on others. Then the wise fellows set
together. pick one and get down. There :
where you want 10 string. The milit1naiTes
are not in the wise sci. They make the
game good. though
Il was in Chicago during the Kinloch
things they pulled OF there would have You
people here crying murder. thief. roober-
The best form in the world is in St Louis
Il saw John +. Madden. America's great
est turfman, start his good horse. The
Rival. in a stake at Saratoga one lay.
and. OF twelfth. anu finished tenth This
was IN the fourth race In the SKIN race
The Rival was sent TO the post again. same
relative distance and weights. He was
backed from - 10 ! and 1 TO l and won in
q Walk. Wonder what you ST Louis turf
writers would say IL Hughey Mccarren
According to a bookmaker the 81. Louis
tracks are behind the times Why sad
Mr- Enrich. the s. Louis tracks are fool
ish- They Try hard 70 run square tracks.
That is no longer fashionable and II loses
the tracks good horses. owners who bet ana
all that. Why. down East the owners LOOK
upon the game as their oyster and the pub
lie be bowed. They move from Ihis track
10 that. on turf and of turf. lay horses OF
for spectai 'prspS' and ia forty ways turn
form charts 10 the wall. Everything goes.
Here in 81 Louis everything Is under the
eyes OF the track owners HORSES nave 10
work on two tracks AID race on one for
months at a stretch. B~ooEmakers cannot
lay one VI. for the track owners watch the
ring Ike hawks and horses must run TO
form. Big owners who are big b.ttOrs do
not want any game like that. They wan; =
free leg and leave 20 do as they please. II
the 81. Louis tracks were ran on the free
and easy system Of the Eastern tracks,
changed from one 10 the other every week
or so. You would see much better horses.
much better play and much more interest
ing racing. II would he better for every
ore. save the pubic. The boOkInakcTs can
always protect themselves on n cheating
race track. They know how things go from
the way horses are played. The ring IS the
place where you can find a lob quick.
Il believe In being honest and all that.
but from my observations down East IL
does not pay track owners II You have
700 strict n Judge and too keen a press
owners who ike to win bets for them
selves and their angels. and bettors who
want a shade will not run with you"
This coaverS3'ion vas rei2iieJ 10 Mana,
have seen both kinds OF tracks run
crooked and square. As a pure matter OF
business. and with ali sentiment aside, it
pays better to run on the level. Ny idea
IS this: Make the races so that every
horse has a chance and make them run on
the level. As long as this is done tracks
and bookmakers VIII do well. and the pub
lie will not have any complaint 10 make II
they cannot pick winners. so long as every
horse is made to run his best race.
Most bOokmakers and owners will SOON
er do bushes where there Is no form This
does not mean that the bOOkmakers are in
on II. Far from II. You do not need TO be
in to beat bad races. Just watch and know
your business"
Judging from the following clipping. TAX
en- from the Butte Miner, Joseph \. Muir
ply of st. Louis must be popular in the
Montana CITY. The Butte meeting closed on
Saturday. The clipping says:
During the entire sixty-cne days o.
racing this season the management OF
the track. in 80 far as Il relates TO the
judges. starter and other track officials. has
been beyond criticism. This applies par
ticularly TO Presiding Judge Joseph A
Murphy. He has always had the entire
confidence Of the public. and there has
never been an instance where his decisions
were questioned. and he has ruled both
jockeys and owners with an iron hand.
wherever there was the least shade of sus-
piciOn. He enjoys the respect OF all the
horSemen and jockeys and established dur
ing the time that he has acted ~ judge u
reputation for clean. honest racing for the
Butte track that has never been equaled
IN the turf annals Of the State