The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04
DROLL INCONSISTENCIES OF
THE SCALE OF WEIGHTS.
Two earOIds Are Expected to Improve Twenty Pounds Over
night. While Three Year Odds Also Take Up a Huge Increase
of Lead on January News Of the California Race Tracks.

Ed Corrigan's stable. but on Saturday Ed
Markiein said he preferred to keep the boy
here.
From the first OF the year c.. Bell will be
with ID. S. Fountains stable. DELI hav-
ing purchased his contract. There is gu te
sharp competition here for light weights
with some experience and signs of ability.
Trainer Dow Williams. who got off scot
free by turning States evidence eight years
ago at the time of the notorious Little
Pete" scandal. when Jockeys Chevalier and
Chorn We're set down for life. has arr we'd
at the Oakland track with fourteen head of
horses from Lucky Baldwin's Santa Ami.
Ia ranch. The string includes two great
sprintcrs i'll Cruzados and Americana. he
sides FL Chihuahua, La Goleta and some
others that can step some on a fast track;
W. B.. Jennings & Co. are still at the head
of the list of winning owners. now having
won close to sl6.o 10 during the six weeks of
racing at Ingleside; and Ransch; who oniy
rode three winners last week. still leads the
jockeys. because he scored some thirty
wins before Burns and Minder came here;
BILL MAssIE AN IMPROVED
Bill Massie is getting to be quite a bread
winner and on Saturday Grown and Harten
paid ]. J. McAlester 1850 for the Traverse
geiding. btI lima Mass sic % @Psss Sne q ba ro% when hen
he just got up and beat sweet loo'h Hail
a head: o an,
it's a hard bet to lose said Doc" Rainey.
the bookmaker. who Is playing them on the
ground with considerable success. He had
won heavily on Little Margaret. Nones ane
~ WV "e go"
Tooth at an average OF IL to B.
Presiding Judge L. C. Hopper is looking
after entries for the Brooklyn Jockey ciuos
stakes.
Racing had a galaxy of rival attractions
on Christmas Day. thanks to the genial ell
mate Of San FraneiscS. The "A i1Rh anrssiion
Baseball Park. golfers had. a great day on
the Preside links and at Adams Point there
was driving for silver cups on the I Ifn'em
park. bowling on the green by the Scottisn
BOWERS Club. an Association football!
match. two lawn tennis tournament r. ,hs !. anu nf
out-of-door sports. IL 1t any wonder horse
men like to winter here?
sylvia Talbot ran two nice races for Bar
nev Schneider last week and the big Dutch
man had a good bet down each time. though
they averaged but little better than even
Budd Doble. the famous reinsman. who
drove Dexter. Goldsmith Maid and other
trotting celebrities, was a visitor at 1ngie-
side last Friday. and seemed to take a i've
" interest in the racing.
THE PRIDE ABOUT ALI IN.
The Pride must be about all in. A year
ago he was one Of the crack sprinters in
the West, but he gave Tom Ryan and his
I Wbsn then sR p disfedi him from 5 to S 10 even
money and finished in the ruck in a field OF
cheap platers. When Tom Wellman claimed
him for sS2s Ryan said he had no tears 10
shed.
Johnny Reir is expected here by the end
of the week.
The new California Jockey Club has de-
cided to recognize on all its tracks the but
ton of the Metropolitan Turf Association.
Bernota's recent win from a field of fair
selling platers was an instance OF how pa
tient care pays with a horse that is OF any
account. He went on the Montana circuit
last summer with the others In Chae.
Ledgetts stable. but did not do at all well
in the Northern climate. returning as poor
as a crow, or whatever 1t Is that holds the
record for poorness. Upon returning to Los
Angeles an electric car going at a merry
clip bowled him over. and when they got
him or his pins It was seen one 81 his hip
Beard persevered with him, and finally was
rewarded by seeing him win at q nice price.
And, barring more bad luck, 1t won't be
the last time he remarked.
Sunello's startling reversals Of form have
judges black book. and they have made
Recommendation to the stewards OF the new
California Jockey Club that he be suspend-
ed pending an investigation. As two Of the
three stewards are the judges themselves
the recommendation looks like q 1-to-10
shot. "