The Washington times., 1905-08-30
REDFERN SET DOWN
FOR M|SBEHAWOR
Didn't Control Shot Gun at
Barrier.
WANT RULING NUllIFlED
influential Owners Trying to Have Sus-
pension Raised So He May
Ride in State.
WANT RULING NULLIFIED

SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Aug. S0.-Starter
Cassidy suspended Jockey Arthur Red
fern yesterday for the balance of the
Sheepshcad Bay meeting. Redfern, who
does not ride often because of his rapidly
increasing weight, had the mount on
Shot Gun, a notorious bad actor, in the
first race
After causing much delay and dis
order at the post in his efforts TO break
through the barrier, Redfern finally beat
the gate. When his suspension was
made known several owners who had
engaged him fer future mounts in valu-
able stakes were visibly cut up. John
Sanford. who has first cali on Red
ferns services, went before the stew
ards and made a request that the jockey
be allowed to ride Caughnawaga in the
Twin City Handicap today, while Train
er Tom Welsh made a similar request,
as Redfern had been engaged to handle
Ormondale. the Futurity winner, in the
F1atbush Stakes Saturday. The
stewards took no action in the matter,
and The chances are that they will not
overrule the starter, IL only to carry
out the usual policy as regards disci-
pline.
Sentence Should Stand.
ReIiern Salu aIter ne ndu won Wili
Shot Grn that the horse was simply un-
contrcilable and that he could not have
prevented him from kicking up the fuss
that caused all the trouble Should the
stewards decide to set aside the start
er's ruling that official would be practi-
cally powerless to enforce his orders
at the post. Jockeys with influence be-
hind them could do pretty much as they
pleased, with the result that the starts
would soon become farcical.
While IL is the opinion OF many horse
men that Redfern has been rather
harshly dealt with, reversal or the
penalty would come TO them in the ma
ture OF a surprise
Lay as if Dead.
Jockey Fulks, who rode Seventh Ward
III the steeplechase. had a narrow es-
cape from sudden death. Before the
start of the race the horse tried to run
away with Fulks. who did not pull him
up until after he had literally climbed
over the first obstacle. Then when the
race was under way the jockey managed
TO keep his seat until he reached the
jump opposite the paddock. There il
was that Seventh Ward stumbled and
fell Fulks shot out of the saddle Sc
quickly that he had no time to protect
himself. He fell sQuarely on his face
and lay as il dead Two Pinkertons
who evidently were suffering from ar
attack of the rattles, grabbed Fulks by
the shoulders and dragged him over &c
the rail, where they placed him on the
grass
neck had been completely skinned, came
10 his senses later and when ii was
found that no bones had been broken. n,
got into his street clothes and hunted
up bench in the paddock. With az
unlighted cigarette in his hand and hi'
face covered with blood, F'..iiii--z said Il
several jockeys who stood At his side:
Completely Dazed-
I'm all right, except l don't know
where l am. know where the yearlipi
barns are and where the track is. bu
that is all How did ] fail? Was tn
horse hurt? Does my face look bad
/ guess I'll go home"
The boys plight WAS conclusive proc
to those who saw him that the game o
riding in steeplechases is one fraugh
with danger. and that when jocke,
goes out In ride over the jumps he sim
ply takes his life in his hands Ha'
rlllks landed on the top of his head nj
.leck would probably have been broken
Contrary to report there Will be 40 re
duc:ion n, the stakes tc. DC run for a
the fall meeting at Jamaica. The Met
ropolit2n Jockey Club, by the way. ha
not decided upon the rate of admission
10 be charged at that track. Some o
the stockholders. il is understood. be
Iie.re that because OF the size OF tn
field-stand Enclosure a uniform charge o
81 adm.ssson should prevail the entir
track to be thrown open TO the publ
on this basis. There is also rumo
that the Aqueduct track where there
no field viii charge - as usual
John j. McC0ffer:y. who mas JUS re
turned from a trip abroad, where n
took in the French tracks was at tn
EaT xester,iav telling Of his experiences
He said that ne had had such goo'
time thst he might go TO France mex
year TO race with an American string
Lucky insurance.
III. II. Ticaenc- believes in insurinl
his racehorscs. Loretta M. who brck
leg and was destroyed on Monday. ha'
been insured by Tiche=cr Tor 5000. Th
mare was the third representative o
the Chicago mans stable 70 lose her lif
within ten days. as Crowshade an
Flower King. each insured for S5,oci
were struck and killed by lightning re
Gently. Crowshade was framed for
killing at Saratoga. but proved 10 b
such disappointment that Ticheno
in disgust shipped him away from tn
tracks without further delay X tn
three iscrses had been put up al auc
ton it Is doubtful II they would ,hav
brought half the amount for whicl
they were insured.
Louis Celia, member OF the Celia
Adler-Tilles syndicate. OF St. Louis
bought some yearings before the race
Yesterday Ii was said that he ha'
applied for admission to the Metropoli
tan Turf Association. and that the ap
pIicatlon was turned down at the meet
ing off the Nets held last night. II wa
also said that several memberships seat
were sold and that others went begging
Artful was not named TO 20 in TIA
Twin City Handicap today. and IL wa
said that Trainer Rogers intended Z
point her for the annual Champion
Stakes. in which she VIII meet her rival
Sysonby. at the Bay. week from mex
Saturday.