The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-06

the track received quite drenching, bu
the course is SO well drained that tn
I water ran off instead of soaking through
as was generally the case last winter.
the water drains off as well in the futur
as 1t did Tuesday, there is no danger O
any path on the outside of the track in
terfering with the sport. as was the cas-
last season.
While there are no McChesneys o
Golden Rules here this winter. the gen
erai average of the horses racing here
good. and the best horses are yet to come
Nine carloads were booked for shipmen
to New Orleans at the conclusion Of tn
Bennngs meeting.
Many good riders also are coming South
An abundance of riding talent is here al
ready. for that matter. Sam Hildreth ha:
/. Wilson. Albert Simons and Cannon
Rob Tucker has Helgeson and Robbins, w
Fisher is with the Schorr stable. w
Hicks Harry Cochran. Livingston, H
Phillips, the Hennessey boys and Tod
Walsh are riding free lance. Willie Dale
is So heavy he finds it difficult getting
4. mounts
I Calvit is here with Gabe Gay. the owner
of Master and other good ones. Calvftt
and Livingston and little Jimmy Hennes-
sey. the s'-pound wonder. are three OF the
last season. Hennessey is here with j. F.
Daniels.
Livingston has already ridden several
winners and his services are in constant
demand. Archie thinner was greatly
pleased with the lads effort on Home
stead when the Candlemas-Sweet Home
Trocadero says the boy gave his horse a
perfect ride last Tuesday. Clint Burnett
has Livingston in charge. Burnett trained
for the firm Of Crowley & Lem NJ, a, St;
turned out for the winter.
The racing so. far has been extremely
satisfactory Sam Hildreth's good mare
BY Ways winner of The Magnolia Stakes.
was guilty of the only form reversal of
any special note. This filly. 1t will be re-
the Magnolia stakes. and finished un.
placed to Charlie Thompson, Lev Dorsey
and Ben Chance. Next time out she
stepped mile in 40 and fraction. de-
Charlie Thompson was a starter in the
same race. but got nothing. By Ways
was entirely different horse on this oc-
casion.
Doc" Street has been playing in hard
luck. Good judges are of the opinion that
and Magnolia stakes with Big Ben. This
colt finished second in both stakes. being
beaten by narrow margins In each race.
Big Ben is a bear" in the mud; In his his
third start here he struck soft going and
fairly ran over the top of his field, de-
feating fast horse like New York II in
the most impressive manner. New YORK
horses in training here. He belongs to a
wealthy Boston publisher named G. L.
Richards.
The irrepressible Nose Goldblatt came
down from Cincinnati with his entire sta
BILE. and put Rainland over the plate twice
in succession before the meeting was six
days old. The mud Just suited the son OF
i Rainbow. He carried 1is pounds to victory
at six furlongs as easily as he did ITO
pounds at mile. There Is hardly 2
year-old here capable of taking care OF the
Goldblatt colt
John W. Schorr has a number Of useful
H-year-olds here in charge of Louis Auber.
who got into the good graces of the Mem.
phis brewer in the East last season ana
succeeded George Walker as trainer of
the stable last fall; The gray colt Dutiful
Handsome colt. Monastic, are the best Of
the Schorr bunch that have paraded up
to date. Dutiful graduated from the maid
en- ranks the day he beat Solder of For
tune and Ralph Young.
Gree,lr n. with three straight victories
emit performer of the meeting. Gregor K.
raced around Chicago last season. He is
a 3-year-od bay gelding by Phoenix, sire
of the useful selling platter Horseshoe To-
bacco, which Won so many races around
st. Louis some years ago for Gene Leighs
father and Elmer Slaughter. Phoenix
stood at Charlie Reeds Fairview Stud
in Tennessee.
Hart Dernhsn has only two horses in
his stable ready to race, Lady Free
down at St. Louis. and is still on the
shelf. Uranium is troubled with bad feet.
Patton Grogan, who used to ride for
his father. when the latter was training
for the late J. d. Patton, IS here with
the selling platter Doctor Hart. Patton
says, that his father is now In charge Of
Louis. Bryan Obear of st. Louis is also
here with few horses Obear is the man
who bred Silverdale. and sold the st.
yearling for $3.50
Business In the betting ring has picked
up considerably since the Latonia meet
worth and several other new booknakers
went on this week. Moore is on his way
10 California. and will only remain here
s auf bsoSnr after being L on 20 cuts
ms. He expects to go again when the
game improves.
Graham Rice. Charlie Ellison and
Charlie Celia are the biggest bettors here.
them from the ground since the meeting
opened. He has picked many winner and
is big winner.
johnson over the plate the first time he
sent the sprinter to the post.
The Bobby win in the mud at a mile and
bread-winner ran fourth all the way. He
handled the mud fairly well, but hardly |
frvatc
characterized his races at st. Louis last |
season.
English Ed" Fryer has had remarkable
Foresight when Bishop Poole's colt beat
Exclamation and J. P. Mayberry. He also
gave Little Jack Horner for good thing
0r his the day Tim aoHl
advised his friends to bet on Dutch Car |
ter. which also went went through at Is to !.
sStes to beat E9 Wth and RnaEe
The black sain filly Zirl displayed re-
markable turn of speed in her first race
Tom Kiley is here with Bessie McCar-
thy and the remainder of his small 1T Sc
stable In California last winter.
Kirby Orr is on deck with Four-Leaf c.,
Nabocklisch and the rest OF his bunch.
Kennedy, Bob Jones' Paul Jones. Ed Trot-
ter, Jack Newman. Billy Eagan. Willie
Harris and other known St. Louis owners
have already become familiar figures at
De track.
1nly Murray. who nficiated as starter
Kinloch last spring, IL here assisting
sscrstaxy Of The New Orleans track. Il