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CHARLES W MEYEK BE C 2 BY ESHEK ULTIMATUM CHART ES TT METER When the Gaston Hotel States was decided at Memphis April 3 there was an immediate sensation in boreedom Owners trainers non professionals and ecribes united in declaring the winner Charles W Meyer one of the great ¬ est twoyearolds ever seed in this country one probably destined to unheard of achievements in the racing line A few days later he was the central figure of another sensation when it was widely reported that he had been poisoned why or how no one could tell Later it developed that a careless employee had left a bucket filled with frosh lime in his stall Impelled by a lusty appetite the young giant had plunged his nose into the bucket with the result of hav ¬ ing his nostrils mouth and throat badly burned by the acridbiting stuff This affected him so that it was quite a time before he could be raced again and it is an open question as to whether he has fully recovered now frcm the shock then suffered sufferedIn In the Gaston Hotel Stakes all carrying 118 pounds he met Brannigan Jordan Abe Frank Bed Hook H L Coleman Lou Woods and Ealoma coupled with H L Coleman he was the pcet favorite at 9 to 5 Abe Frank being second choice at 11 to 5 Brannigan set the pace to midway of the homestretch where Charles W Meyer overhauled him and drawing away won by a good length with Brannigan second two lengths before Jordan Abo Frank was an indiff ¬ erent fourth and did not run up to his private work It was a case of not being entirely fit as his subsequent running demonstrated The half mile was tun in 50 eeconde which is fast time for the Memphis track trackThe The colt was not started again until May 25 in the Kindergarten Stakes at Bt Louis where with 121 pounds up he met Trio 115 Ealoma 118 3he Four Hncdred 110 and Lee Nutter 108 Over such an indifferent opposition he was bound to be a hot favorite and going to the poet at 2 to 5 he forged into tbe lead EOOU after the etart and stayicg there without the sem ¬ blance of a strorg effort won with all ease by two lengths with Trio second and Ealoma third He was kept in EtLcuis in the expecta ¬ tion of winning the Junior Championship Stakes decided May 8 but on this occasion he failed diemally The track was heavy and it may be that the Schorr colt cannot run well in mud although in this racehe led to the stretch The starters were Nyelh 113 McnteEimyar 115 Charles W Meyer 123 and Flora Pomona 118 Charles W Meyer was at 1 to 6 in the bet ¬ ting He was first away and vtas first all tbe way around into the stretch but only by a nar ¬ row matgin and when into the stretch Wyeth literally ran away from him and won off by him ¬ self by five lengths while Monte Himyar out ¬ stayed him and beat him for second money by a narrow margin This was a surprising down fall indeed for a supposed invincible and it was said that the colt was short because rain bad prevented his beicg worked sufficiently The time for the six furlongs was 1 20 20With With considerable of the gloss worn from his reputation Charles W Meyer was now brought to Chicago and started in the Graduate Stakes at Harlem June 18 Only four started Abe Frank 123 Ed Austin 118 Arian 105 carried 1061 land Charles W Meyer 123 and they fin ¬ ished in that order Aba Frank was first by a half lengtbfrom his stable comrade Ed Austin with Arian third two lengths away Charles W Meyer got away second but made no showing of value and was plainly short and was eased up when clearly beaten It was a fast run race the flve fnrlongs being covered in 1 00 There was no betting at Harlem that day which was a good thing for the followers of the Schorr stable He showed something of the form that made such an impression at Memphis when he started in the Quickstep Stakes at Washington Park July 6 Abe Frank was an easy winner but Charles W Meyer finished with a fino burst of speed and was second nosing Ed Austin out in the final stride and defeating such other good ones as Jack Battlin Memnon Sister Jeanie Wainamoinen and Autumn Leaves His sensa ¬ tional defeat by Pentecost in tho Maywood Stakes is too recent to require recapitulation
