The Topeka state journal., 1906-03-21
PLUNGER LANGDON BUMPED.
He Quit Big Loser on His Booking
Operations Last week.

Z AA0 ~ lAAl q DIX AA4SCE AAt HIS AI+1A-AAAzs
Operations Last week.
Hot Springs, Ark. March 21.--With
better racing material in the way o.
jockeys and. horses the sport showed
improvement at Oaklawn the past week
Unsettled weather kept The attendance
down to small numbers, but the reg
ulGrs were out in full forca and made
Whitley Langdon experienced the
worst week since his advent here, and
his statement that he lost $4,000 is
probably conservative one.
John ". Sehorr was also a heavy
loser during the week
Leo Mayer, Tole PearsaIl, Joe Yeager
and Ed Suite wer more or less active
In their operations during the week and
quit winners.
Several nose finishes cost Yeager
nearly $4,000. Had Hildebrand been
successful in landing Maggie Morris a
winner over Maxim Gorky in the
youngster race Thursday he would
have saved Yeager $50, 600. Yeager had
81, 600 on the nlly at 10 to 1, and accept
ed q $4,000 bet from Leo Mayer on Max
i'm Gerky at evens. Maxim Gorl0y got
up in the final stride to beat out Hide
brands mount a nose.
The closing Of Ascot Park, Los An
geles. will help the local game by the
addition Of new horses and riders, and
probably more than even up for those
who are on the eve of departure for the
Benning meeting The ring win suffer
through the absence of Whitley" Lang
don and the two members Of the Nets,
Gay and Iarpe, who have had up their
states almost from the opening of the
meeting. Jockey Hilcebrand left last
night for the east, and John Lowe, who
expected to leave on Saturday, but was
detained, being unable to secure trans
portatiOn for his string. will follow.
Secretary Stebbins is busy with the
conditions Of the Arkansas Derby, and
If present indications do not go amiss
viii get together the best field that ever
went to the post in this event. He has
strong hopes of inducing Charley Eli
son to send Lady Navarro who ran
second in the Crescent City Derby on
Saturday Should she come she will
find worthy company in Joe Hawkins
Hyperion II, who is considered by the
horsemen here the most formidabIe Of
the candidates. Hyperion and his sta
Bile companion, Henry Watterson, win
ner Of the Cincinnati Trophy as a two
year-old made thei' initial appearance
of the season in the Reservation Handf-
/ cap on Saturday. It was generally un-
derstood that both were out simply for
an airing and their efforts were not ac-
cepted as any standard by which their
future work should be gauged. Con-
volo. Barbaros and Telegrapher- ARE re-
ceiving steady preparatory work and
their respective owners are hopeful OF
annexing the plum.
While the colors Of the Keene Bros.
were not quite as much in evidence
last week as they were during the first
three, they still head the list OF win
ming owners, with Ed Trotter. Mrs J.
G. Milan. H r. Baker and J. c. Cam
reading the others. Reports were circu-
lated during the week that John 1--we
might probably train several horses for
John W. Schorr during the coming sea-
son. This the Memphis brewer denies,
stating further that should he decide to
get into the game again Jack ISeene
will be selected to handle his string.