The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-12
Tennessee Turfmcn Made a Thorough
e business of IIOrse Racing.

e. business of Horse Racing.
William II. Fizer, who was ruled off fer
alleged use OF stiuluants to make horses
run faster in races than they usually run,
thus destroying the valuable asset known
as public form. Is very well known III st.
Louis. Flzer has raced hereabouts for five
years
Up TO 1863 he owned mediocre stable
In that year he secured Tom 1Siley. the
star trainer. who later worked for F.. J..
Arnold & Co.
Kiley bought nice lot cf horses. in
Guiding Ida Ledford Lord Neville Tom
Collins. Beana. Menace, Sue Johnson, Uterp
and Swordsman- He trained end er.tsred
them well
He was Nashville politician Until 1897.
when his physician bade him seek outdoor
employment Of a light nature. He took UP
the turf, OF the sport Ffzer l1ade thor
ough business. He is a very sober. bard
working man. He gave all his time to his
business. He was up with the lark and TO
the coming days races. He is without rae
irfg sentiment. No one ever caught him
retailing old stories. chatting or lazily con-
versing, as horsemen do. He was always
y After aer S his 5000 horses had beaten 800
Of ohsl MHaa Sag
ne lent the man he had beaten out OF a
$500 first SO the thoughtless fellow would
feel under untold obligations to him.
In 1901 Ralph Haas owned Zonne, a de-
Ledford, Beana and Menace. Fizer's $500
in to be sold for 500. his correct value.
and carried the same weight as FIzer 8
900 mares. who were also entered for
800 OF course, they had no business IN
these cheap races: they belonged 10 the
handicap class. Owners like Sam Hildreth.
Boots Durneli and others; who are Keen en-
business men, would not allow FiZer to DO
such things to them. But after ne mao
beaten Zonne some ten times and out OF
some s3c0o Fizer lent Haas $40 to leave
rnxu Han IA Ne1gpd
praises to this day, though Fizers norses
beat his horse out OF 5000 by being run
II was generally believed that Fizer slim
ulated his horses with forbidden medicinal
preparations. 1t may be true, In fact prob
ably Is, for % per cent of horses are stimu-
lated in one way or another.
To do Fizer justice his horses never iooked
like dope horses nor cid they run IKE IL
at the post. They always looked fresh ana
high in flesh. something dope horses SCI
dom DO. He ran them a great deal at tha. I:
They did not look or run like hop hends;
AS a rule his horses ran true to form. His
stable put Up about two bad races at 81.
Louis last season. One was Menace re-
ruled her off and Foundling's race behino
Lady Strathmore and Pinochle at the FAR
Grounds in the fall. This last race was run
when Fizer was away from st Louis. ana
he always disclaimed responsibility for 1t.
Outside of these races it may be said that
his horses when fit ran to form as long as
SON He never spared a horse when the ami
NAL was in form. He believed in using them
to the limit when good. then laying them up
for season of rest when they iost .6s,n
and became stale.
All his old horses went Off color last
year. They won their share Of races be-
cause he could enter them in cheap selling
events where they did not belong. Found
ling the Lazzarone filly, whom he Dur-
was his best winner and best horse. S!:e
ran seven furlongs in /: &C. and mile in
.391s at the Fair Grounds in the fall, and
in all won thirteen races for Fizer in three
months.
Fizer is a good deal of BUSY Lizzie"
about a race track. but there are far worse
fellows on the turf. II every man who
owes him so would pay up he would be
rich. But If every man whose 800 platter
he beat with So 900 stake horse bid him up
duly. he would owe enough TO finance a
nrst-claes war