Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
Jockey Club Investigation.

Inc aSningtOn Jockey CLUB stewards
investigating charge to the effect that
W. H. Barrett. who trains Meistersinger,
had offered ]. Jones. the rider of True Blue.
a bride to pull that horse in the fourth race
at Benning Friday April 3. True Blue was
at to 1 on that occasion. Barrett says II
he made any such offer it was when he was
under the influence of liquor, and could
have had object in doing so, neither
he nor the owner of the horse backed him
on that occasion. when he won.
Ahola and Peter Paul will be taken to
race at Aqueduct on the opening day and
then sent back to Washington to be shipped
to Chicago.
After Tommy Foster had won the third
race yesterday he was bid up by DR.. Kyle.
but his owner bought him in for $1.5Oo, an
advance of $505 over his entered price.
There was an intended good thing in the
second race, and what might have proved
one of the best coups of the meeting was
spoiled by Jockey Shea's slowness at the
barrier. The little rider had the mount on
G. A. Muller's geldng Colegian, which
went to the races for the first time this sea-
Trainer NJ Daily, who had Collegtan in
good condition and knew the horses he was
to meet were only a poor lot, thought the
gelding had a royal chance, and he was
backed accordingly. AT one time in the
betting his price was as high as II to l, but
when the horses went to the post seven was
the best obtainable. When the barrier went
up Shea was not ready for break. and
was practically left at the post. Colegian
was fully dozen lengths out of it before
the field went a sixteenth, and the rider did
not persevere with him. Perhaps Collegian
will win some other day. but it will be some
time before Trainer Daily will find such poor
company again.
Quite number of horses In virginia"
Bradleys stable are coughing. August Bel
monts Anak, who is eligible for the second
Benning handicap, to be run on the closing
day, was on the track yesterday between
the races. 1t is said that he is being pre-
pared for that race.
Merry Maker was pounds the best In the
third race. and should have won. He did
not have enough speed to keep up in the
first quarter, and Redfern had to come all
around his field on the stretch turn. He
made very wide turn; and when straight
ened out Merry Maker began to bear in and
Redfern could not keep him straight. Merry
Maker headed Tommy Foster inside the last
sixteenth. but the colt was firing, and Red
fern could hardly keep him from crowding
over on Foster. The result was that the
lad could not do justice to his mount at the
finish. and was nQsed out There was loud
talk after the race that Burns had put 1t on
Redfern. but il seemed that the little rider
did we'll under the. conditions.
Tommy Burns was fined SO for wearing
wrong colors in the third race. Burns rode
Tommy Foster. He had on o. L. Richards
colors instead of those of A. p Doyle, In
whose name Tommy Foster runs.
After the third race had been run and
won a weh-known trainer remarked that
the Animosity people get the price on their
mare each time she starts, but fail to get
the money. Callahan having the mount al
ways assures the price, but he does not
seem able to handle the flly to advantage
He got the mare shut out on the turn for
home. and lost ground, having to pull up. In
the run home the little mare came again.
and was only beaten two heads for third