The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-12

d. was " ius paNt Dd' LIE VI t6l, mt
five furlongs in 1:011s. Port Royal broke
last and outside and ran II faster thar that.
Singleton could not help him at the end.
Any sort of a ride would nave won for him.
kafiir ran a much better race with 100
pounds on his small shoulders on Saturday
Imboden showed vast Improvement over
mis- previous out yesterday and won like a
nice little colt. kilo's winning race was
dull and his defeat was not surprising. He
was a bah , to 5 shot. Few Donald AS are
Z to > shots: BIZ Whelan, who trains Gus
Heidorn. thought that Heidorn would beat
kilo sure. Boland did rot handle Heidorn
with skill or Judgment.
Mr.. Darden's boy. Alvin w. Booker. Is
displaying nice spring form. He won reven
races at Nashville, three at Cincinnati. and
has won three of five mounts at st. LOUIS
on 10 to l shots or better. OF Booker's
thirteen. wins four have been stakes. The
boy is light. IS pounds. has a perfect seat.
good Judgment, is at home over ground and
in sprints.
Horses of nasty disposition seem to run
kindly for him. He is of the kind that is
full thighs. with a very light pair of hands.
HIS forte seems to be over a distance OF
ground. He Is a splendid boy to wait his
chance when he happens to get off badly.
He is very cool and patient. and never ia kes
a race out of his mount by undue and un-
timely haste to make up ground. Booker
- iAAiIsS '. an p"HSt III always tries ana
who always insists upon his boy trying. The
lad will bear following. He Is no u to l
shot, as he showed on Detest yesterday.
r. NJ. Westerfield came to ST. Louis with
a nice stah'e of platers and a boy we /
spoken of. Munro. Mr.. westerfeld secured
for a stable. 1t is known as the "iIoodoo
Barn" The hoodoo is ten years old. Billy
Magrane first started It. He occupied the
barn when Frank X. was the best 3-yesr-
old in the West. Frank got fever and pSked
his eye out with a nail. Magrane. aiways
a money.maker. went broke that season.
Minister in 1895. This colt had beaten ev-
eryth'ng in the South in the spring. He
stayed sta at st; Louis all season. was sound
TO run a dead heat with Lobengula.
Stickpey became angry over the decision
ana had an argumen with Judge Burke
% cnn,d ri got him I'M. ruled VI : 90 off, Prime Ministe-
up in the South. He could not run in la
in the "Hcodoo Barn"
Mitch Hughes then tackled 1T with Lady
Callahan. The LADY could step Harlem any
time in lao. Mitch kept her at the 'Hoodoo
Earn, all season. She did not win a race.
though she ate, worked and otherwise did
Well. She could not run in l:4A.
"Tll bust the hoodoo IL it takes nv life"
said Hughes. But he chucked 1t up at the
end OF three months. and got another barn.
Waffle Fsssenden came along In 1898. WAL
lie is bluff bold. and was rich then. IT
hear you have a 'hoodoo barn" he said.
h hG ! me ,Ss a sh = si at It; I'll knock the hoodoo
He got his crack. He had Pacemaker
then. a lao horse: Three of his colts died
inside of n month and Pacemaker could
not beat a fat man. Wallie went away
broke. -
Billy Magrane came back, in 1901 and put
his stable IN the barn over night. TuthiIl.
a $500 horse. died right off.
Now Westerfield has it. He cannot win.
His boy Munro, well thought of. is riding
- 1-Il, xlaN ftN
The barn can be seen from the grand
stand. 1t is about the four and one-half
furlong pole. 1t was originally used Cor a
q "hant."