The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
Meeting Has Settled Down 10 a
Basis of Steady Gambling With
Twenty-Five Pcnciicrs.
L.ICHTENSTEIN MAY LEAVE.
Big Commission Rookmakor Go
ing off Rlock-Sig Levy
Betting Heavily-Good
Two-Icar-Olda.

New Orleans. La. Jan. 1.-The meeting
here has settled down into a regular rou-
tine. in a speculative way, OF from twenty
to twenty-five or three books. ON account
Of the continued heavy track the specula-
ton has not picked up as it was expected 70
DO after the holidays. Most Of the books
| are losers. and there is a disposition on the
part of many, of them 10 20 slow until such
time as the weather settles and 4 good
track can hc depended on.
| Liaht,nStt.n IS a loser. and talked serious
ly of going off ut the last drawing last
week, but changed his mind and is taking
another chance at the mudiarks. 81. Louis
bo~ohGnakcrs are cutting a wide sWath at
ihe meeting. controlling about half the
stands in the ring. Among 81. Louis PEN
oilers doing business are Tom k,aruey.
Faul Hoffman,, Charles Celia, Troy ~ Co.
Chrlsty Il Co, PM Bo!iinSer, Fred Raw.
DAILY & Walsh, i2rolaski * Co. John Elyua
ana Mark Moore. There Is besiGes a big
delegation Of st. Louis horscmen here. own
elS. trainers and payers on the outside.
Sig Levy is to date the heaviest specI-
iator OF the Eastern contingent. In fact Mr..
Levy IS the biggest bcttor in the ring ma
eng commission of 5000 to $500 on a race
"Aeh he thinks he is in right. :. $. Hill
Gitth. who lost II lot OF money uiIrin, tho
latter nan OF the Chicago meeting. Is ~
lihs on his feet financially AGAIN. ana is
i'a 10 De $-'."e winner. Hilcreth made a
- - pbLSHi llt StnOrE
string OF 4 dozen odd horses here. MANY Of
theSe he has disposed OF. while others have
I"bn a. .et shoWh form. but two of the lot,
John Peters and Major Tenny. are va,l;3bIe
racing animals. Outside Of McChesnrv
John Peters Is the best horse here m
dreth has won a number of races r-ith -. -
pair, betting heavily on them. "A ''iS
Inc Ola ruimor or the possibility of I'm
dreths reinstatement in tho East crnni m
every once IN awhile. but no positive ii,rn,FP
nation can be CLEANED in the n,attcr 80
Hildreth says that while of course he ,tn,ii
ike TO- race IN the East. he has not received
any information vet that he will ha ~,
united to do SO. That he is not eattinc - -
Too much store on this doubtful prosn,ct !,
SHOWN by the TACT that he has made liberal
entries IN Western stakes at NIernDhis
Louisville and Chicago.
The lot of moderate class horses that
~ T4t u IS racing mere. with the exception
SO Tar. and Ellison himself is hafti,rp -
liSntiy' as least here at the track. He s., 70,
Az ne can 40 an the betting he wants to
90 duiihS the summer season and ia satis-
NED If he can win out a part of his stable
sHpehses curing the winter. All his best
horses are WlnterinG at Memphis. He will
season. LAC 'oH'i"s
Eastern owners have been picking up oc-
casional purses and have latterlv been hold
ing their own. Street has won with Nam
selie. Brush BY and Port ROYAL: Frank EnI-
~ WITH Athlana and J. J. Nackessey with
fiintiock. Inc latter was very well PLAYED
at the liberal price of 10 to ! and most OF
me VISITING New York turfmen won well
" tIe ldtt' i ne Eastern horse. BeiyinO,
recently. sold by Mr.. Wheeler. was also
heavily backed in the Live Oak HandiSan'
He was beaten by Philo. but as the East
erilers got - TO ! and played him across the
board they quit winners.
me 2-year-olds that have SO far started
at the meeting are Il fair lot. as New or
IednS youngsters go, and At this early
season, but none of them look as thcIich
tley could lay claim to a great deal of
class. II. +. Griffin's Sir Roche Ev 81.
,arI": daLi N~ernetti. - probably tie best.
.liils IS Il brown colt of size, Il Ragged Look
ing sort. In the purse event which he Won
on "Wednesday last he IAN gar!e ari trLe.
standing a hard drive through tn. sIr,tch'
DICK Bernard. belonging u Durneli K Herr.
by imp. Florist. dam Veronica. WHO vas
second 10 DICK hoche, ran d good race for a
green one. and but Tor swrrvinG III the
stretch might have won. This is n likely
looking colt and one that VIII improve.
Hayman q Illman's Lady Walter. winner
Of the initial 2-year-ald race. is quite a
smart looking filly by SIR Walter. dam
irier and had plenty Of speed. The start.
however. was struggling ana the race was
not a good index as to The merit OF the
Youngsters. Several of them sprawled
about in the mud. notably Miss Nancy. This
iilly is by imp. Esher. dam Miss Naile.. and
belongs to r. W. Walden * Sons. She is
deficient in size and substance, hut had
worked fast whcn the track was good and
may show to better advantage later on.
Nose Goldbiatts Billy Jackson. ch. c. by
in this event. ran Il creditable race. finish
ing close up fourth. and will no doubt give
a better account of himself in some Of the
future 2-year-old events to lie run here.
Mr.. Corrigan's Salto. by ReQuital. dam In
dustry. showed The best performance of the
slow to begin, but finished strong and was a
good third.