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la B a a ll a all tl F . v i ji in d J F l t c 1 I i r 1 I t t I 1 i I I Twenty Years Ago Today Chief Turf Events of April II. 1903 Racing at Washington, Memphis and Oakland. Jockey Redfern is still the riding star at Benning. He rode three winners out of four attempts. J. W. Schorrs Derby candidate Rightfui again defeated a band of the best three year olds at the Memphis track. Floyd K.. from the Hildreth stable and also nominated for the big Derbys. was second. One mile was the distance and. although Bullman gave Rightful a bad ride, getting his mount into a pocket at the first turn and also at the last turn. When the colt did get clear he came with a tremendous rush and passed the four leaders going away. Floyd K. was also caught jams at different times and stood a hard drive through the stretch to get second money. Jake Greenberg took the small end of the purse. Archie Zimmer has left Memphis for New York with jockey Fuller and his stable to be I there in readiness for the opening of the Aqueduct meeting. Fullers riding at the New Or-l?ans meeting and at Memphis was phenomenal. . In the jockey contest at New Orleans he won in a walk and on several occasions when he hooked up with Redfern at the Crescent City. Fuller demonstrated that the crack eastern i lightweight could take no liberties with him. ■ Late in the New Orleans meeting S. C. Hildreth secured a contract on Ful.ers services and I the boy rode for Hildreth there and also at t the Memphis meeting. Hildreth thought so • much of him that he offered Zimmer 0,000 for the contract for the rest of the year. Sen ator T. D. Sullivan, however, had promise of first call on Fuller and Zimmer would not entertain any other offer. Fuller will ride for Mr. Sullivan in New York this summer.
