The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-28
GENERAL NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF THE LOCAL RACE COURSES,
Barney Schneider Has Recently Sent Jockey Otis Here to Handle
His Horses-Interestng Cha racter Study Afforded bv the Ac.
lions Of Beginners-Notes of the Turf.

II looks as though Barney Schneider. In
bending Jockey Otis here to take the place
Of the suspended Emblem. has not mad. n
very marked Improvement.
Otis has been riding a long while. but
was not what would be called a sensa-
tiOnai horscman. He has ridden here of
and on, Charlie Ellison being one OF the
first hor@emen 20 employ him regularly.
Schfciber has had u lot OF III luck with
al tho riders he ever had. since Felix
Carr Cay.
re hls tried n lot OF youngsters with
out developing Il good one. and h.u. tested
ssasoned hands without occurring a star.
Since Cars day. buchanan was probably
The best boy Srhreiber had under con-
tract This contract he sold for A re-
ported price Of $500 to an EnCllshmsn.
ont buchanan returned after - year and
get iH badly.
lie WAS ruled oT al New Orleans on n
charge OF pulling lebanon. ono o. San.
Iildreth's horses. was reinstated, and
ruled on again, falling 10 secure a second
!rInstaiement, Then Barney got j 30
land, and his badge was taken up On him
here.
Donovan was another ne tried and le,
go and lbs was ruled of at Littlo Rock
last spring while riding for L. Il. De
Arman. This spring ne has been trying 20
mako a rider out OF little Enblen. or
rather Captain k!rwan was trying 20
break the boy IN for him. but after a
few bad rides. one on Miss Betty especial
". Judge Murphy decided the boy was
not competent and denied him the PRIV
lege Of riding.
then OTIS wac sent down hero. H. has
been doing b5tter than Emblem. but he
hasn't aroused the crowd 10 enthusiasm
by any especially good work Us yet. III
lot OF unromplimeniary things said about
him had he failed to win with Otto Stifel
last Friday Despite all this. however. the
stable is doing especially well here.
with Captain Kirwsn 10 pick out the
spots In which TO enter the horses. the
combination seems to DO working in great
shape.
TOM RYAN HERE
Tom Ryan doesn't seem TO possess the
terror for booknakers he did a few years
ago. He has been here several weeks now
and one horse carrying the red. with
white sash, has flashed past the Judges
in front.
This wa. the maiden 2-year-oid. Our Joe.
who was 100 to / In the betting. 1t IS
doubtful II Ryan bet a nickel on the colt.
lie didn't think he had a chance and, In
deed, he wouldn't have won had not Atari.
who Was running over him, fallen and
sustained injuries which necessitated her
icing killed.
) few years age, however. Ryan's name
was a good one to conjure with, and
every morse he started was handled With
bid gloves. Tartarian especially had the
~bOokmakers and handicarpers guessing all
the time, and Ryan HoIld drop him in a
spot where all the students would decide
TOO much WAS being asked OF him. Ryan
would think otherwise. but he wouldn't
say so. He simply bet his money. and.
after the race. cashed in.
\ student OF human nature can spend q
very pleasant afternoon at the race track.
den are hero worshipers, and love to be
recognized publicly by successful persons
or by those In authority.
There - something tina throws a rla-
mour around racing officials that rnaies
tho ordinary lay follower OF tho sport un-
commonly proud when he Is seen in con-
verse with one OF the occupants OF a
pedestal.
or course. Il Is a most decided compIi-