The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04
SMART CHARLEY ELLISON WAS
DECEIVED BY DADDY BENDER.
Owner of the L~ongShot Winner Thought the Colt Was CT No Ae-
count and Offered to Give Him Away for a Small Sum-Bender
Won Race the Very Next Day-New Orleans Racing News.

leyed all his winnings on Golden Rule. After
the race Kelly said he had lost $4,000 on
Durnell and Here's. horses.
"Durnell and Herr made a ten strike
when they signed Arthur Redfern to ride
Tor them at $1,000 per month" said Hon
est John" II only wished they had the boy
mere two weeks earlier. 1t would have
made a difference of at least $4,000 to Inc.
! LOST 800 en- Golden Rule the day he was
won that bet for me. 1 also lost $3.50 oH
Tom Hiaybin the day he ran second to Well
come Light. Jockey Treanor tossed that bet
of for me. had $500 on The Lady the
Gay she was beaten by Moor in the Crescent
c caGid HANDICAP Ian. With Redfern up the mare
later Durneil and Herr won two races in
succession with Scotch Plaid and The Lady.
hnd dian't have a dollar on either. Things
the week previous that / CONCLUDED to take
a resi-. ] just couldn't get right down here.
For instance. take Saturday. I stood a fan
on Golden Rule in the stake, Had I mt tIie
one over, there. is no telling how much +
would have quit winner to the day. for
bet the entire works on Athiana. / couId
have bet an ocean Of money on this FLY. for
rest Of the Chicago crowd stood a tap on
Harry. which had a tendency to maintain
the price on Athlana."
Frank Kelly, by the way, gave Jockey
Rice a good hauling over the Goals for 4
careless ride on Athlana. Kelly's FLY is,
htiAfit ~ Ipdl ne IL Iut lGlS I'D CHU
her. This is exactly what Rise proceededi
to do on the filly at the sixteenth pole. He
thought he had the race won and was TAX
ing things easy on Athlana when Helgeson
brought Harry up with a great rush. Luck
lily for Athlana's hackers. Rice got to work
again on his mount in time to stall OF
Harry's final effort and win by the mar
rowest of margins. 1t was a close fit. Own
er Kelly gave Jockey Rice a good tongae-
Trainer Durnell and Jockey Redfern con-
kin's improvement furnished an object les
son In this respect. Eddie Cassin brought
this colt to New Orleans. Rankin ran sew
eral fair races While in Cassin's hands, hut
he failed to win until Ed Trotter secured
possession OF him. Trotter beat Maghonf
with Rankin. but the critics said that Jock
Helyeson lost the race on Maghonf by a
bad ride. Durnell, however. was favorably
impressed with Rankin's performance and
Redfern on Rankin and bet on the morse
at 6. 2 and even. A good ride brought about
a wonderful Improvement in the colts form.
over Farmer Jim, Uranium, Welcome Light
and Mallory.
Durnell bought two more horses out Of a
selling race Wednesday Durnell figures
that as lon. as he has to pay Nle4
to have plenty of horses for the boy to ride!
He secured the b~readwinner of w. H..
Ffzers stable wien he bought II You Dare
this f figure. i Finer.f PAID ESD Sa Tor a II Pi Yoa pa rs
at Chicago last fall. The gelding is a reg
uiar bear. in he mud. He has already
the other horse which Durnell took away
from Ffzer. was a right useful horse here
time he has flushed In the money This
The ield that finished behind MIN
on this occasion was composed OF very In
ferior selling pla.ers.
'Potente was the best thing OF the meet
lng," declared Charlie Celia: as he cashed
recently. Had this race been run over q
New York track Potente would have beer a
hind him. Major Mansir was backed By
several big Western plungers to beat Po-.
tente., On their Eastern form there is abb
horses. Both animals changed ownen re-
:ently. Their value in dollars and cents IS
!. good indication Of their respective mer-
Mansir cut Of a selling race for
EN- paid 5000 for Potente at Packy Rys31
Jockey To-day Walsh has received a de-
Ifrable offer to ride on the French turf next
'ea eetfins a1 too T Se.vpp ro bas scs aSGePt; M f,.sh
It a rapid rate recently and finds IT exceed
ngly difficult to get desirable mounts. He
Fiser and will ride free lance during the
OF the meeting. .
Jockey Arthur Redfern's father is author
ty for the statement that he will limit his
on's riding engagements while the track
3 in bad shape. Durnell and Herr nave a
all on Redfern, and the crack Eastern
ockey will PROBABLY ride for this stable
lone while the rainy spell lasts.
Jockey Munro rode q perfect race on ga
lila last time out, landing the mare in
ront for the third consecutive time. Sa-
lila is one Of the best stretch runners in
here. This mare belongs to R. NJ.
Vesterfield, who operates a boarding house
ear one of the entrances to the track.
levied on some race horses for
board bill a few years ago. Since then :
e has divided his time between his boazd-
1g-house and the race track. He runssh2n
Or his boarders he drops over to the tHHo&
nd trains his horses.
One of the stewards remarked after Mum
o's creditable effort on Sarilla Friday that
was strange the boy was not seen in the
addle oftener. According to this official.
Is in a position to know what he in
aiked about. Munro rides as well as any
ID of his weigh. here.
One Of the best things Of the meeting went
'rong when Stratton II was beaten ,bNi
'oundlee. Stratton II is one of the Eng
horses that Enoch Wishard
rought to this country for John A. Drake.
II. failed to earn his oats in the
rake stable. last fall Trainer Wishard
'eeded out a let Of his cheap horses and
1rned them over to ]. w. Betherum to %
ave Stratton II a special prep for this
ice and backed him from Is to I nto ia :
The horse had no excuses.
oundIee was the. best horse and won the
ice on his merits.