The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12

at the track, and it furnished Burns
no little satisfaction to win on the
same mount Redfern failed on.
Foster n Leary Beast.
Fosters leary antics at the track
after his eye-opening performance, and
the things his jubilant hackers did
furnished no little fun. Aside from
being foxy in his working hours Foster
has many other funny ways. He is a
rubberneck" on the track and instead
OF knuckling down to business likes
10 look around and see everything that
is happening. For that reason blink
ers" are put over his eyes when he
is sent to the post for a race. AS soon
as they are put on him he knows
what is coming and there is no more
ioollng. While he is warming up,
however, he is liable to do many smart
stunts. one of which is to dump his
Jockey on the track. He did that TO
Sloan before his first race. In the
same way he put the laugh on Little
Kelly who is well known to those fol-
lowers in Savannah. Kelly had been
here all winter with the Wise stables,
working out the Garrett horses at the
Fair Ground Track.
On his way North he stopped at
Bennings just before Fosters last race.
NNAiO"AAlS Il OSlCI anu Ills owners ne, OIL
course, showed up at the Foster barn
the first thing When the time came
TO warm Foster up for his race Kelly
suggested that he do the warming. He
mounted, but was warned by Alex
Doyle that Tommy would dirty his
back" if he was not careful. Kelly did
not worry about it much, and out they
went upon the track. Sure enough,
when they came down in front of the
grandstand, Foster caught Kelly rub
bering around at the crowd and he
quietly, without any warning, set him
down in the clay before the thousands
of onlookersy and serenely stepped off
a pace or two to enjoy the fun. The
laugh was on Kelly, and he joined in.
He's a sure winner" said Kelly, get
ting up; "he can't lose. Never had one
to throw me in my life that he didn't
win" Whether Foster felt so good
about it that he did win he has never
said, but he won.
Many Made killing.
Fosters winning the first race was
providential blessing to many at
that track said Alex. Doyle yester-
day. Many owners who were sta
bling in the same barn were dead
broke when we got there, because of
hard luck, and they put down small
bets at those long odds just to take a
long cnance. what they Gid in the way
of celebrating was a caution. Over
the main door of the barn they wrote
in big chalk letters, This is the barn
where the 200 to 1 shot stables jim
Hands antics just as Foster crossed
under the wire a winner were too fun
ny to be described in fitting words.
He is a big energetic man and gets
keyed UP to high pitch when a race
in which he interested is on. He does
not look at the race as it is bel run
not look at the race as it is being run
cane vigorously by his side, as though
he were in the saddle and working his
mount home. AS the horses = came
down the stretch Hand was riding
pretty hard, and just as Foster
crossed under the wire in the lead, l
happened to step in front of him with
my back towards him. That cane
| flew up in the air and began to work
on my back like a patent carpet
beaten. The way dust flew was great
1 must have resembled a Kansas cy-
clone. The scene in the barn when 1
reach there took me back to my
youthful idea of an Indian war dance.
Il did not want to see the horse sold
and it was upon Mr.. Hands advice
that the sale was made. He is a great
horse and may last to do many good
things Mr.. Wheeler will race him at
| Aqueduct and Brighton Beach,"