The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-29
GOSSIP OF THE RUNNING TURF.

GOSSIP OF THE hCNNlN~
Ed Corriean Has Another Fight-Many
Mares Slipping Foals.
Ed Corrigan is still Irish. He is being
sued in New Orleans for telling man
named Pujol what he thought Of him. Pujol
'.butted in" while Corrigan was giving
Jockey WINFIELD riding Instructions
Old Henry Simons and Doctor Talbot, both
well known in ST. Louis, had a fuss at New
Orleans. Simons broke a bottle over the
pugnacious veterinartan's head. Doctor Tai
bet is an Englishman Of Independent char
acter, who has a very keen sense Of honor
and who brooks but slight contradiction.
Many mares are slipping foals this sea-
son. Corrigan has lost thirteen foaIs SO
fag rhs Is hed sor he osa
Of the Chicago turfman: Others say that
mildewed corn fodder is hurting the mares
The corn is thrown on the ground and the
rainy winter mildews 1t.
Several mares in foa1 to Bright Phoebus
for so each in California the other day
They appeared to be half-stafved. This ac-
counts for the low price. The mares came
of a Nevada ranch.
Lee Jackson has been allowed to ride
again in California. Nobody IS ever down
very long nowadays. jackson was on the
ground about two months.
Jockey WINFIELD is down for all save his
cortractural employer. Ed Corrigan. He
had been putting up a bade ride or two.
Riley Grammar has gone broke again.
Every one expected it, No man can make
book as Grammar did and hope to last. His
Grammar and Win Wallace still live live in % the
Cory which their association with Byron
They were mere boys, to whom the famous
trainer took a liking. He made them fa-
nous nous and rich rich and 1naa notable able in years
been able to make money on the turf They
are both the best kind Of fellows. They
have both been given millions Of dollars
strength Of their association with McClel-
land in his Henry of Navarre-pomino
Grannans r,, book ok, & on the NayarTs- rs Domino
did. Both lads had every chance in the
world to make good, but they did not ac-
cept them.
Bendigo. a great cup horse. carried 1s3
pounds and won the Jubilee Stakes at
Kempton ,Is R Park in 1887 In lsss MintinF took
never was a race In which Minting could
make ormonde gallop. HOY good was
0rmondel Figuring II out; ne W. would give
gether. Thus Ormonde was good enough
to carry 165 pounds and beat great horses.
Surely he must have been the horse Of all
horse save Orme.
Frank ONeill. the st. Louis rider. will be
with Newton Remington next season.
but fell on in his work in Isc1 It is aid
that first call on him was sold for s., 600
Droli things happen to thoroughbred
horses: Perblaise, who begat seven winners
in eight attempts, IS lost. He begot the
$1,000 Roxane. HIS sons and daughters arc
all big, strong horses. as well az winners.
He is by st. ,Blaise out Of Perhaps. the
Madden raced him, then sold him to ]. e.
Pepper. who had him when he sired Rox-
ane, Pepper sold him to Mift Young, who
sold him to some Kansas farmer:
+ NJ. N. Mcfarland. John Schorrs son-in-
law, will be presiding judge at Memphis
next spring. Now, II Father.in-Law John
". or Brother-in-Law John F. runs one OF
those Joe Ffeys there what Will Son-n-
Law Mcfarland do?
May Hampstead and Admiration. the
great fillies Of 1892 are now nnatrons. The
former has a colt by the $4,000 Hamburg
by her side. Admiration IL nursing colt
BY Ornament. It seems but yesterday that
they were running their great match at
Owing to bad hooks, Ambush. II. ons OF
King Edward of Engiand's great steepie-
ehasers will he retired. He won the Grand
National at Aintree last year.
r. Nice. Potter. an Andoysr. n. J.. mill
lionaire. win breed, train ana race steepie-
chasers He has Knight OF the Thistle, the
handsomest Blackjack horse ever imported.
and Buch Nassie In the stud. He thinks
that they wifi beget Jumpers. 1t B<enS that
steeplechssinx Is bound to live.