The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-02

| laugh" then It Is heard out at Delmal
around the stables when a horse comes bach
| to his stall all flushed with victory-a horst
| that hardly any one expected to win. G
F.. horse in whom even the little stable boy had
| so little faith that, though he had dollar
| down in the depths Of his baggy trousers
| pocket he would not have risked half Of Il
| upon that horse
1t is then that the men and boys about
/ the stables could. little more than meta
! phoricalIy speaking, kick themselves"
This is no rare occurrence. The unexpect-
ed often happens upon the race track.
The real tragedy behind the scenes at the
race track-there is comedy and tragedy
both out THERE'S when the horse in the
heyday of her greatness goes wrong.
There. for example. is the beautiful
Flash of Night. a 2-year-old, DIT for her
first season. with brilliant race to her
credit. now with an ankle so badly strained
that she can do nothing but limp about her
stall and so out for walks about the stable
grounds.
This was a high-priced horse. and great
things were expected of Flash of Night,
whose owne: w. w. Elliot, of DenisoE.
Tex. has in his Delmar stable six other
thoroughbreds. OF the string Flash of
Night was the most beautiful and promis-
ing.
Her trainer looks at her with regretful
eyes. and doesn't like to hear Miss Mae
Day, OF the same stables. praised more
than Flash
VETERAN CARES FOR
FLASH OF NIGHT.
The man who cares for Flash Of Night
In her invalid days recounts an experience
Of forty years about racing stables.
He knows all the ways and the moods of
horses. as well as the ways and moods Of
men.
He has been the sufferer from both. Be-
ginning as a stable boy. he came to the
coveted place Of jockey. and has ridden al
most all over the world where horse racing
goes on.
Unluckily. once he was ruled off," and
IN spite Of proving his honesty. bad luck
chung to him and pursued him.
For time he was a horse owner. and
prosperity seemed to be coming his way,
when fate began her tricks again and down
hope went with fortune.
But the old fellow still clings ia the
races. bets his money on horses, and admits
that the fascination Is never to be shaken
on once experienced. and In this says that
horse racing and the stage are much alike,
once on forever on. or on until tee old to
hobble about.
Presbyterian. Of the Wilson Bros sta.
Dies, is also now on the sick list Presby-
terrain has bowed tendon that Is a stub
born case Presbyterian's trainer. J, w.
valid Presbyterian to pay SO much atten-
tion to the recital Of Presbyterian's symp-
toms as to the story that Presbyterian
wal the winner Of two Of the greatest
american turf classics. the New Orleans
Derby and the Montgomery Handicap.
That Presbyterian is only entered now
adays in cheap selling races shows that the
proud Presbyterian has gone the way Of all
horsehesh> though the horse will run again.
Just around the corner from the summer
Quarters OF Presbyterian are the horses Of
Mr.. Stokes OF Texas. The trainer for the
Stokes horses, II. ]. Daley. was the trainer
for the great Claude. who won sig terb!es
in one year.
Back into his room Trainer Daley went to
bring forth picture Of the pride Of his
heart, the great Claude. taken out In San
Francisco. the horse wearing wreath
about his neck and looking every inch tf4
hero.
Trainer Daley's pride is in having been
the trainer OF SO notable horse. and also
known Daley Jockeys
THAT INFLUENCE
STABLES.
Superstition 10 rife beh1.id the scenes at
the race track. The trainer whose horses
win race after race may nope to use lins-
ment for only a little time without being |
discovered. As soon az It Is known that he
= rubbing his horses with certain ONT |
ment every other trainer about the place !
will begin to try to discover jtizf what this |
3 and to procure It
1t does not matter I'm the least that Il Is /
% be found to be the simplest sort of rem
.dy in the world. with the most vague
'or the same treatment Of his ankles and !
eBs - his neighbor who has been 80 lucky I
D winning.
Each stable has { nnmbsg tha4 Il believes !