The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
LACK OF GOOD JOCKEYS MOST
SERIOUS DRAWBACK TO DELMAR.
Owners Racing at ST Louis Do Not Employ Good ResW W.
Dalen the Only st. Louis Man Who Is Willing Pay for
Capable .ockey-TwO Stakes to
Delmar This

Lack Of good jockeys is the only draw
| back 10 the Delmar meeting
| The management Ii s done everything in
its power to make the meeting u success.
| but the owners Of the tracks cannot force
the horse owners to hire fashionable
| jockeys.
| The explanation for the lack of coed rid
ers az st. Louis this season Hes in the un-
Willingness Of -. Louis horse owners to
pay fancy retainers. Fiist-c!ass riders ,an-
! net be blamed for going where they can
get the big money. None of the prominent
81. Louis owners seems willing to pay for
. the services of a fiTst-class rlaer.
Schleiber, Hayes, Hughes Lamp all
: AS soon as Il good boy is developed her {
| iiominent owners at Chicago aud New
lofk commence TO bid for his services. NJ
81 LOUIS owner seems to want "a jOchey
mat VIII cost him retainer.
lake the case of l.. Wilson for example.
= me he was riding here. free lance.
Schici6er Hayes and the rest Of the zig
owners were breaking their necks to get
nm TO ride their horses. None of tn. III
ever though; OF buying the lads contract
dreth then stepped in AMI captured the boy
II the horse owners like Hayes and
schreiber VINO are getting tie money. do
net carry frSt-class jockeys with their sta
hles., the poorer horsemen. like Burrows.
can hardly be blamed for selling their con-
tract when they ale lucky enough to de-
velOp Jockey.
In the old days. when Bennett and Schorr
raced here. St. Louis always had two or
three hrst-class riders. Instead Of selling
jockeys. these men were always the
lookout TO buy the contract on . good boy
The purses and stakes in those days were
not as valuable as they now. either.
In comparison with the patronage accord
cd the Chicago and New York tracks. the
St. Louls tracks distribute more money
among the horse owners than the big Tnet-
Iop2litan jockey clubs. The hcrse owners
racing here n.ake serious mistake in let
ting The big Chicago and New York owners
beat them TO all good jockeys.
w w. Darden il the only man racing at
st. Louis who will pay for good rider.
lie gave j good price for a. W. Booker. and
lays him 4 fine salary.
TWO STAKES At DELMAR
The Deimar Jockey Clubs weekly racing
programme for the coming week includes
two stakes.
The july, selling sweepstakes for 3-ysar-
o.ds and upward. will be run next Thursday
and the Gasconade for 3-year-o.cs, exclusive
ly. will be decided Saturday.
The July is speed fixture. all the best
srrinters IN the West being eligible to start
in the stake, which will be run at six fur
lsngs "a TTostsrs s big sPrntsr sf0FP9
ONeiil's Frank Bell. w. W. Eliiotts Hilee,
Fred Cocks 81. Minor. james Arthur's w.
j. Dehoe and W; W Oar, Darden,s A. A. D >; Glib
to start in the July. Mr.. DarGen is expected
TO ship 4. d. Gibson down for this stake
from Chicago. ST. Minor is in both the
July and the Gasconade.
Deutschland. Ed Ball Lord Touchwood,
Gasligh:er. War Cry. Light Opera. Maverick
a nd Pourquo Pas some OF the good ones
in the Gasconade. which will be run next
Saturday.
Deutschland Is the colt that ran such a
brilliant race in the st. Louis Derby at the
Fair Grounds last month. He is considered
the best S-year-Old in SchreiberS stable.
Deutschland made all the pace in the st.