The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-26

thor should not 90 to the hoy or his
father, as al present. to bargain and hagzle
oVs= the enumeration. the bet of so much
TO nothi1s' for the hoy. and that being set
tled. then seek the trainer or owner for
permission. but that such a man should be
compelled to go TO the stewards OF the
meeting and ask for the boys services.
That the stewards should have the cole say
In the matter and should also have the pow
er OF fixing the rate OF remuneration. etc.
This would bring all the transactions d.
rectIy under the eyes OF the officials. II
w9uId not be such 9 tremendously bad
III the placing of the numbers IN a given
rdce-that Is. the numbers In the paddock
70 give the owner a chance to withdraw be-
ioTe the hoisting Of the numbers on the
telegraph board over the track.
There are difficulties in the way. of
D ou oat 40 you not think there IS also
much opening for good In thus obtatning
practica! control Of the jockey situation?
Apologizing u j have taken W you time TO
thing must be done. ] remain. etc
rms Is e very radical proposition. and
would certainly meet with a storm of pro-
test-from those most vitality affected. n IL
could be handled. there is much good I'm the
ioea, but. as the proposer plainly sees. there
are difficulties. The ventilation Of spch
and there IS little doubt but that the propo-
sition Will receive close attention before II
Is either accepted In any shape or form. or
declined Whichever is best will be done.
REIFFS LICENSE.
JOhrny Rein. the 6imiuutive Jockey. who
has been riding in foreign countries and
who got into trouble on the French turf. IL
back from San. Francisco and will probably
reIain Cor some time. 1t is said ReIn and
his advisers have abandoned all hope OF
being able 10 get hack on the French or
English turf and that q strong effort will
be made among the stewards II the West
ern Jockey Club to secure a license for the
boy, so that he can ride in and about the
tracks of Chicago during the coming season.
Rein is in good condition at the present
time and would need little preparation 10
take his first mount.
AFTER OLD BILL DAILY.
Wonders will never cease. At last there
is actually a suggestion that ihr stewards
should ask W. c. DAILY for som. cxpll1a-
ton OF his curious methods. TbcSs Cousiss
m e varied arrangement OF having a GAIA
bic jockey up when the horsa is backed
down, and wise when IL + uo-. Take
horse could not lose; Dreamer Has nut M.
yet the price was rid~icuIousiy IiIerst- The
betting was weird. and MANI ~well-known
players are said to have -'shiet"
The boy has never shown any xiii TO
speak Of. and the suggestion - that either
a good boy or a bad boy shout ride the
individual horse all the time The most
curious part Of the matter is hat The suS-
gestion should come cow. and not at any
time during the past ten years. When Gut
Of the time that Father BIZ WAS adhi!t-
ted into the select fO.d. even tSoCPl at
that time there were obvious reasons"
Stree then the running o. his ho-Ses
nave a. times been something, u wonder
at. yet everything seemed to go I'm his
case. and II has been for ys1rs carr-ntiy
stated that his exemption WIS due TO the
fact that he had persuaded one or two
prominent men that he WIS a much
wronged and much .ibeled ange IN lis
guise. As he has been allow u to meander
along in last years Carter Handicap. Gno
the present Daly-Creamer fem Tor 30
many wars. why bother nov7 There IS es-
tablshed a precedent.
REDFERN'S WANING STAR.
1t is interesting to note the s;urs which
are beginning TO pour IN on Redfern the
Jockey. Why just now. is a puzzle. Last
year he was lauded to the skies. even when
he went airship gazing and lost something
over twenty races In succession at the close
Of the season Just about the time LYME
signed his large contract and went on his
successful basel Now Redfern is riding at
Bennings. his record at this writing shows
four losses in a string as the maximum. and
yet ore or two papers are ronsis tentlv ham
meiinT at the line that IL is only because he
gets the best. mounts that he makes such
records. and they are slowly making hoes
IN the atmosphere With the repeated knocs-
ing.