The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-09
ros rHr SUNDAY RErun1c.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLiC.
The Golden Rod Stakes, to be run next
Wednesday. is tho last stake event OF the
Delmar Jockey Clubs summer meeting.
Kinloch will open on August Is and racing
win n. conducted there until September l.
Delmar then opens for . thirty-day fall
meeting.
The Golden Rod u seven-furlong dash,
with 8, 900 added. All the fast horses In
training here. including B1tzkanet, Miss Mao
Day. Hilee and Bas dor are elisihls. Fitz-
kanet will probably be the post favorite for
the race. Rogers's big sprinter - at his
best right now and It will take a real good
horse to beat him at seven furlongs.
F1tzkanet is considered the best son Of
Bitzjames. F1tzkanst races in the colors
of w. N. Rogers, who formerly. owned
Richard J.. Our Gerte, Raffaello, Kensing-
ton and other noted csmpaignera Rogers r.
years ago. Later on he trained for Michae!
Murphy, millionaire Pennsylvania coal
oil operator: Fitzkanet was wintered at Doc
tor C. W. Crowley's farm in st. Louis Coun-
ty. Last fall 1t looked as though Fitzkanet
would break down, and Rogers decided to
turn the horse out for the winter; This let
needed. It put him right on feather edge.
and there 10 no doubt but that he is a bet
ter horse to-day than he ever was
DOCTOR RowELLS STRING SELECT.
Doctor n. e. Roweu was among the ar
rivals at Delmar from the East last week.
He brought small but select string Of
useful performers. headed by Imperious,
tured the valuable 10000 Burns Handicap
at San Francisco for Doctor Rowell sew
eral winters ago. Imperious Is one Of the
few real good horses that Barney schreiber
wonderful luck with Braw Scot. one of
Helen Scratch's most successful foals. The
famous old gray geldins carried the schreib-
er cofors to victory on every race track in
perious. per but had no luck With With the Reu colt. He
finally sold the horse to Doctor Rowetl for
q song.
Rowell made Imperious win regularly from
the day he bought him. Imperious won
the Burns Handicap over track that was
Ter married Lester Reiff, the well-known
American jockey. who created a sensation
on nj, the 2. English turf five years ago. Lester
REINSTATEMENT OF JOCKEY WOODS.
The reinstatement Of Jockey Johnnie
Woods by the Western Jockey Club means
the return to the saddle of one of the clev-
crest knights Of the pigskin this country
has ever produced. Woods is California
boy and first attracted attention while rid,
ing ing for for Carney carney schrelber. He succeeded
Schneider stable and all but broke Schneider ,
the first winter the big "Dutchman' took
ulIu 10 tHe SOdSk
Spencer. Martin. Clawson and other crack
riders were In their prime at that time and
Schreibers horses. with J. Woods up. ran
Barney found out how badly he was UP
against it. First Clawson. then Spencer and
next Martin would put 1t on Woods every
time Schreiber put swell bet down. The
German" finally canned" Woods, after
the lad had cost him 100000
Schorr secured Jonne Woods to replace !
Tommy Burns. Schorr secured Woods for
a $500 retainer, and 1t was. the cheapest !
contract ever made on first-class boy. |
Woods came East to ride for Schorr and his
work In the saddle was revelation to
horsemen. George Walker put him up. on
Farmer Bennett at Memphis one day when /
weeks from race. Woods made him win |
in a head finish and the colt came out Of
the race sound and dandy. Walker told |
Johnnie Murphy that night that Woods was !
the best Jockey in the world John w. !
Schorr admitted the same thing three |
months later when he was $50 coo winner on |
his betting operations.
.'It was the fret and last time the brewer |
ever quit winner on his speculative opera,
tons, while was with him. at least said
Murphy, who was agent for the Schorr
stable for five years Woods was sus-
pended at Hawthorne shortly after he |
claimed foul against one Of Ed Corrigans
horses. Woods was riding good thing for
Charley Ellison and when he saw that his |
mount would probably, get beaten he pulled |
up the horse and then inquired Of the Judges |
II they had seen the foul. The Harlem |
Judges allowed the calm, which made |
difference in Charlie Ellison's favor OF
about $26,000"