The St. Louis Republic., 1902-12-07
BENEFIT OF STIMULANTS
is GREATLY OVERESTlMATED.
Steward Orleans Thinks That the Use of Drugs
the Horses Which They Are Given
interesting Budget From the Crescent City Race Track

Special Correspondence ot T.. Sunday Republic,
New Orleans. La. Dec. i.-Stewari Frank
!. Bryan of the Crescent City Jockey C!ut
is opposed - the use Of stimulants on 4
race track but he IS frank enough to a.i-
NIT that race track officials find it practical
Iy impossible. 10 suppress the evil II Il
recent interview. Nj. Bryan said:
''Dcspit" the Efforts that are being made
the country over to suppress the use Oc
stimulant5 OF ali sorts. IN all candor !; must
be admitted that the rule covering this
point is abused. Common sense suggests
efforts to control. rather than wipe out the
evil doping has become 50 common even
among trainers whose positions would war
rant an adherence 10 lcg.t mate !lI.es that
II Is really matter Of regulating rather
than prohibiting the Usa Of drugs The rule
winch IS scheduled the world over is on..
that must stand 4 preventive Ru.
any attempt To t".! practical turfrnen that
II Is lived up to would he shCrt-saghted
Ms brings 1t down to question OF how
TO regulate IL.
In other words. consistency !s the main
thing 10 i- cGIlsi Tered. Personally believe
that the merits OF this artificial inspiration
are exaggerated. In some Eases there is no
/QUesttou about is bringing about an Increase
Of speed. but these are the exception rather
than the rUl". In ;he old DAYS when I'M.
syringe was usad 1t was an easy matter TO
detect the trdnsEressOrs. With the muGerrI-
lzing Of IN" G0s-s the keenest are de-
ceived. Everything may Indicate ihat a
another matter
New devic-s and concocticns are being
prepared taiy. and with these new pre-
scrtptionS discovery becomes more difficult
A horSeman VINO Is an expert III this line
recently admitted that the most successful
OF the many doses he had used or seen
handled was an irritating powder which
was placed on horses tongue Just be-
fore post time. The effect 0F this was az
pronounced as doses taken internally with
TO la hI- nE,.t-.
70 minimum. Men have been ruled off
for a violation Of this rule and will b.. as
cong as II stands on the book. Nevertheless
II must he admitted that where one is
punished a hundred equally cuipable escape.
'T have always believed that the evil
would be iessenei II the racing powers of
the county "oud procure and spread broad
tent veterinarians. Personally l can guar
sntee that these gentlemen who have made
4 stody Of stimulants ami their effects VIII
iy overestimated. It may bring one vic
tory. yes, even half n dozen. but in the
long run the wreCkage to horses COnstt-
tuition and disposition offsets tho benefits
derived
I MANY will tell you that they can detec,
Jhe occasions when a horse is treated
sometimes they right. but at best they
are guessing, and II is their ranting that
brings much Of the scandal. Turfmen OF all
~ ,s aa tsar the .e ,aP aPpns IN to
forcement absolutely. that IS another mat
Ter, and all that can be done Is 10 hold our
the threat of expulsion when detected
ST Louis thoroughbreds are winning their
share Of the purses Chanterelle. a FLY
season, scored the other day at l00 to l.
Doctor Scharn, who belongs to ]. W.
DNeall Of Frank Bell fame, also galloped
in the other day at 80 to /. Henry McDau-
lei, the best 2-year-old here, Is from ST.
Louis. He looks like good thing for the
Preliminary Derby. Henry Mcdaniel ran
third the first time out and then turned in
and captured his next two starts. Optimo.
another st. Louis horse. has won two races
here. Optimo is now in Harry Robinson's
name. Robinson claimed the horse out Of
selling race at Latonia last fall. II You
Dare. Scorpio and Peter Duryea are among |
the other st. Louis nags that have been re- |
Potheen, Doc" Streets great mudlark. |
ran second TO Chanterelie at 15 to l in the |
that day because he could not get chance |
TO work the horse the day previous. Bar |
ney Schreiber's Boundlee ran third the first |
time out at 80 to / Billy Kirwan had n |;
Sol Stein, the ST. Louis bookmaker. had IS |
on Chanterelle the day she won at 100 to l. (,
q Sam Hidreth brought a small string Of
horses down from Memphis this week. F!
Farmer Jim. the first Of his horses TO start. I;
and Lord Quex. winner Of the Crescent City
Derby in 1902 in his stable here
washington, this week with Huntressa, Tod.
brought carload Of yeariinss down from
Youngsters for the 2-year-old stakes, to be
decided here early next year.
Winnie oConnor. the crack Eastern
ride on ordnung the other day. Ordnung
was beaten a neck by scorpio. The calling
s e Set Ht haTs o 5o 5afd Hs
ly increased and declared his Intentions of .