The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-27
GOSSIP OF THE QUARTER STRETCH.
Jockey FOgR's Rad Ride Got Him Into
Trouhle-H0rses NJ the Year.

Judge Murphy liked Jockey Fogg's ride
on Jake Weber little enough to suspend
him indefinitely after the sixth race
Fogg had been riding Mimo in races
which that horse would have won with q
competent ride. Yesterday Fogg was on
Jake Weber. owned by his father. while
Higgins was on Mimo. Mimo displayed
about twenty-five pounds Improvement and
won. Weber was badly ridden at all parts
of 1t, did not display his usual high speed.
but was too good to be worse than Sec
ond. ~r
The race had bad angle to It. 1t was,
strictly three-horse affair, Mimo. Jake
Weber and Uranium being the contenderS
The supposttion is that Mimo was the
right" one. Talk of large commissions
bet on Jake Weber would lead one to think
that everything was not as 1t should be.
They did not get away with 1t on Judge
Murphy.
Howard Dots says that First Mason is a
big colt l6 hands and inch in height. but
his perfect conformation hides his size. He
is certainly a cleverly turned horse. So
far. Mr. Dots has not disposed Of him.
For a nervous lot of old women. commend
the Eastern turf writers. They have
new horse of the year. every day.
First it was Hermis. then Irish Lad. then
ricander The latter seems to have better
and more substantial claims to being the
best horse of the year than any OF the
others mentioned. Still. one Dick Welles
has a right to honorable mention.
While the son of King Eric has not beat
en- real good horse. re has beaten every
record up to one and one eighth mile they
have sent him after. and no horse has been
able to make him extend himself. not even
the $1,000 Grand Opera, whom he beat In
a common gallop.
Dick Welies has shown ability to pick up
100 pounds and go any distance faster than
any horse running. He gave twenty POUNDS
to Runnels, got left at the post. and beat
him. How many horses in the East to-day
can give Runnels weight? Not one.t
The speed of tracks and science Of train
ing must be advancing rapidly. When horses
like Heno Waterboy. Hermis and Irish Lad
can pick Up their weight. step out and run
the half in 4s. the six furlo g In l:sZ1,
the mile and one-Quarter In 2O5. the mile
and one-half in PSI, and the mile and six
furlongs In 2:l6. 1t Is racing such as Long
fellow never dreamed of; 1t is not SO much
the pace and stick 1t out to the end. as
Heno did. is something wonderful: Truly.
between the improvement in the breed OF
horses. speed of tracks and training, the
development of the thoroughbred has been
remarkable
Kansas Price is running up al the the, horses Sis
| incensed when Watkins went into the stand
one day and complained of ride Prices
boy, Shilling; gave Miss Gould; shorty TJEs
after this Shilling was suspended by Judge
Murphy for bad rides, on several horses,
among them Miss Gould.
Price. II seems. had been dickering with
q s snS na for fea an Tuesday night
He read in the papers of the following
morning that Shilling had been suspended,
Price paid for his contract, He held Wat
kins more or less responsible, SO has been
boosting his winners since.
They were kidding Nose Goldblstt
about his purchase of win with Worthing-
ton yesterday. Goldblatt bought the horse
of Hart Dernham last Monday for 500.
! Some persons thought that it was mere
J "friendship'' sale. so that the horse might
| suddenly improve and win Tor MS new
owner without bringing down the Judge. Z.
with white check, and offered Moses $500
| for his 5000 horse. Goldblatt said tnat ne
would take 1t. and told De Arman to ge.
| the horse out Of Dernham's barn. Then
| the galus Goldblatt went around telling
| how he had made 500 off Dernhap-who Is
fool himself-without keeping .. the horse To-
| the horse. but he ran in Goldblatts colors
| yesterday.
! Miss Golightly never was beaten in mud
until yesterday She had her usual high
speed, got off well. but Frank Bell hooked
! her. Though she shook him of he took a
| lot of it out Of her Kindred had been per.
| fectly ridden by Sheehan. came on In the
| Goligfitly press him into the deepest going
and Frank Bell stopped first. Golightiy
hit bad spot and hung. This helped Kin
easily.
Frank Costello. once famous racing cy.
| clist, is now horse owner. He has tht
4 2-year-old Buzzy. by Bimbo. in his stable
| Johnnie Huffman Is training her for him
Costello also has Jockey Plunkett In charge
i He thinks that Plunkett has Frank ONeii
up his sleeve when it comes to q start, rat,
or finish
Piunkett IS the nice little boy who wa.
Summers picked her err up and carried her ii
between them winner over both. Piunket
did some fne riding in this case. He caugh
1 ln9 him r III. II HlunkAtt mAkeg - roc