The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-26
RAGING STEWARDS ACTIVE IN
FURNISHING REVERSALSOF FORM
Judges OF Eastern Race Track Propose to Be Extremely Vfgilant and
Energetic During the Coming Racing Season Father Bill
DAILY Is lnder Fire-The Rein License TO Milton
Henry-Redfern Falls in Favor.
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New York. April 25.-rhat the stewards
were to look closely into racing matters
this season was well understood last fan.
and 1t was tacitIy agreed that this course
was very necessary 1t Is therefore no sur
prise to find them aking the initiative at
Bennings, both as regards the riding Of
the boy Miles in the CARROLL d. .case. and
also right along the line. W. H. Barrett is
alleged TO have tried TO bribe a bUy for the
purpose Of having True Blue pulled 10 let
up Meistersinger. and has pleaded that he
was drunk and did it IN joke. This Is not
likely to help his case much. unless il is
desired to establish a dang srous and ex-
ceedingly m~ischievous precedent.
Drunkenness is a very poor excuse,
as a drunken man is supposed 10 snow mere
clearly than a sober one v'aat Is the nat
ural hent of the individual temperament.
It is very hard to imagine any of a dozen
trainers that one could name. unfer airy
influence Of drink. etc, even dreaming OF
such a thing, let alone putting It Into prac-
tice. The matter is still undecided. as these
lines are written. and there is no desire to
PREJUDICE the case. which. however, speaks
plainly. very plainly. for itself. in no IN
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way the wind is blowing and is to blow. 20
1t will do more TO start the season right
than a thousand such happenings later on.
As with the "get-rich-quIek' people. the
word is gone forth. the red arrow Is icing
passed around and all know what IS to be
expected at the metropolitan tracks in ls01.
As 10 the completely OF any member OF any
organization IN the latter case. the Public
may rest assured that IL Will be oaustiCally
dealt with. and that each division must be
kept clean and wholesome or there will be
trouble.
HENRY AND THE ". J. c.
Notwithstanding the fact that Jockey
Henry is still in disfavor with the French
Jockey Club. our governing body of the
West. the Western Jockey Club. has given
him a license. and he will ride at their
tracks. This was the course taken with
Lester Rein last summer but in his case
il was simply used as a lever to try and
get a license in the East. which he did
not. Neither. in all probability. will Milton
Henry If precedent Is to be observed. Why
the Western body should thus studiously
take the opposite view in these matters to
what has governed the Jockey Clubs ac-
uon in the East is beyond surm,se. Here
the rulings OF the European bodies on jock
go ~ oh1 hO-E-- SNaAhN- ahA
sssuredly it is well that II should be so.
Il misOehavior in Europe simply means
coming home full of honor to ride or train
here. it offers a premium for all kinds OF
Objectionable things. Possibly the Western
Jockey Club has not looked at it in that
light. The European bodies action is gen.
orally tacitly sustained by the important
sportsmen there. those who have frequently
live interests at stake. especially in the
riding Of a good boy. and this being SO. 1t
would seem that we should accept rulings
with such obvious Endorsement
A very wel-known racing enthusiast has
sent the following idea to the Jockey Club
for consideration: Our jockeys are to-
day suffering from swelIed heads. We have
many races utterly thrown away. and 1t
would seem that too much adulstion and
too much money Is the cause. What 1
would suggest is that jockeys be contract
ed for to Important stables. as now. but
that the question OF outside mounts should
be placed In the hands of the stewards Of
the. meeting. In other words. when some
e=asr man or stable desires a certain boy.