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1 " 1 1 t 1 6 6 Twenty Years Ago Today 7 Chief Turf Events of May 13, 1903 Racing at Morris Park, Louisville, St. Louis r and Worth. 1 1 2 2 The Don, S. S. Tracey and Companys three- 3 3 year-old, is on the ailing list and will not be 5 , raced for some time. 6 Most interest at Worth was centered in the fourth race, a handicap purse, for three-year-olds 1 and over, at one and one-sixteenth miles. ■ Speculation on this race was almost the heavi- ; est of the meeting, both Bondage and Flying t 4 Torpedo being backed heavily. The former 5 went to the post a slight favorite. Only three horses started, the race being peculiarly run, no fast pace being set until the last quarter, where the contest resolved itself into a sprint. Bondage led by a fair margin for three-quarters and when called on turning for home easily : held Flying Torpedo safe all through the stretch, winning by one length, the latter beating Moor the same distance for second place. Flying Torpedo tired palpably when called on for a final effort and his race was a disappointment to his many backers. Jockey Odom is the sensation of Morris Park, seemingly able to win with any horse. Today he rode Boxwood to a victory which should I have gone to Masedo, which ran second. It was Odoms skill and vigorous riding which landed his mount home a winner by a head, . with the fame margin separating the second • and third horses. The race was the Laureate , Stakes of ,000 added, at five eighths of a 1 mile, for two-year-olds. Seven started, with 1 Masedo taking the lead at once and setting * , the pace up to the last strides, where he was 5 nosed out by Boxwood. The latter followed the pacemaker from the start and in the run down the stretch Masedo and Boxwood were joined by Greencrest, the three racing like a 1 team for the last eighth. Odoms riding skill showed here and he outrode Larson and T. , Burns in a terrific finish, catching the judges eye right at the end. The Pinkertons made a move Monday to suppress an evil in the betting ring at West 1 , cheater which has caused no end of faultfinding among patrons of racing. They issued orders that in future the "runners" for the various books would have to refrain from rough house tactics under penalty of banish ment. It has been the custom of these "runners" to fight their way up to their employers with the latest information regarding the flue tuation of odds and the doings of the big ; plungers in the ring. Most of them are big ; ; ; husky fellows who have not hesitated to use their fists in securing gangway. There have been many cases where inoffensive men were roughly handled, yet could get no redress. In future the "runners" will have to deport themselves with decorum or lose their jobs. The Pinkertons were on the alert all Monday afternoon, with the result that for once there was comparative quiet in the ring, although it was well crowded at all times.
