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Here and There on the Turf Black Golds Defeat. Importance of ChUhowee. Punishment of Maiben. Plans for St. Lonis. Another three-year-old idol is in temporary eclipse. Black Gold was "beaten at Latonia Monday, and soundly beaten, -when lie finished last in a field of seven that raced in the Trifle and an eighth of the Derby Preliminary. This race was framed to afford candidates for the Latonal Derby, to be ran Saturday, an opportunity for a public triaL Black Gold was opposed by Chflhowee, Giblon, Lord Mar-fin, King Gorin EL, Altawood and Bourbon Boy, and each one of them beat him home. It 5s admitted that when the son of Black Taney and TJseeit was thoroughly beaten he was eased up In the last eighth, but he was last at the time and that made no difference In bis placing at the end. Black Gold was giving away weight to each starter when be took up 126 pounds. Chfl-lowee, the winner, had eight pounds less, as iad Altawood. Giblon, TGng Gorin H- and "Bourbon Boy each earned 115 pounds, while Lord Martin was -under 109 pounds. The track was good, but was soft in spots, and one excuse that was made for the Derby sensation was that be was in the worst part of the going all the way. But It must be remembered that Black Gold has always shown to advantage in soft going, and the Tace would tend to show that he Is hardly the champion that his "victories in three DerbyB would indicate. Black Gold bad a string of seven straight -octanes and six of them had been scored year. Three were at Jefferson Park early in the 2fMri winding up with 15b IiOuisiana Derby triumph. He won two races at Church-Ill Downs, including tie Kentucky Derby, and lis only other appearance was at Maple TTpffiitg, where lie was the winner of the Ohio Derby In hollow style. There is small wonder that he had become a rare favorite with the KentucTdans, and there is general regret that he faflr-A so signally on Monday. ChUhowte ran a thoroughly Impressive race in fhe Derby preliminary and when he hung out 1:5056 over a track that was not fast it gives him increased importance for the big race of Saturday- In the Kentucky Derby ChUhowee gave a sparkling exhibition and in the stretch struggle when he had headed Brac-adab he appeared for an instant the assured winner. Then it was that Black Gold made bis winning rush on the outside, but at that the GaUaher colt was only beaten a scant half Ipmgth. In two more recent races Chflhowee was beaten, but the manner in which he came back Monday testifies to his return to good form and he should at least go exceedingly well In the Latonia Derby. C- Bruce Heads Altawood, the one that finished back of Chuhowee, was making his first appearance under colors since his race in the Kentucky Derby. He was a good fourth in that race, after having closed an immense gap. He was also jumped on and was out of training for a time. It may be that he was not entirely tightened up for his race Monday and that it will do hTm good. But Altawood did not show enough in the race to make it appear that he will be a dangerous contender Saturday. The race run by Black Gold was altogether too bad to be true, in the light of what he has accomplished, but it served to show that he is in no sense invincible and many trainers with Latonia Derby candidates will perk up as a result of the Monday race. Jockey John Maiben has been suspended for five days for his foul riding on W. C Clancys Hullabaloo in the ninning of the Rockaway Claiming Stakes at Aqueduct Monday. It vas a second offense for this improving young rider, for last week he was guilty of foul riding on August Belmonts Blind Play. In bis race on Hullabaloo there was nothing that smacked of an intentional foul but that did not alter! the case. There was a palpable foul, and it was a foul that might have been avoided, so that the punishment was richly deserved. Maiben, in his eagerness to bring Hullabaloo home the winner, did not show proper consideration for the others in the race. He brought the old gelding along on the outside, slamming along with hands and heels, only, trying to make him give up his best and making no effort to keep him straight. He had plenty of chance to pull the old horse off the others, at least to attempt to straighten him, but he made no apparent effort other than an effort to make him run fast. Some of the best horses will swerve under punishment at the end of a trying race, and it is indeed a good one that will run straight and true without assistance to the end of a gruelling drive. It is the duty of a jockey to keep his mount straight, and there is some- thing more to race riding than merely making the horse give up his best. One move was made" Tuesday night at the Chase Hotel in St. Louis looking to the adequate return of racing to that city. It was a dinner of sportsmen at which plans were discussed for the organization of an association to conduct thoroughbred racing. In the invitations that were sent out for the dinner it was set forth that a decision of the Supreme Court recently makes it possible to conduct racing successfully under the present statutes, without fear of embarrassment or interference. That there was a strong public sentiment by St. Louisans for high-class horse racing and that the city was entitled to the sport. It was also pointed out that with revival of racing in Chicago and Cleveland, St. Louis remained outstanding among the big cities without the sport. Joseph A. Murphy made a flying visit from Chicago to be present at the dinner and explain plans whereby a racing association could be formed and the sport brought back to the city on a lasting basis. Some of those who were working with Mr. Murphy for the St. Louis restoration of the sport are: W. Frank Carter, Rolla Wells, Murray Carleton, D. B-Calhoun, Judge Daniel G. Taylor, H. L. Weaver, T. H. Clancy, Nat W. Ewing, C. Norman Jones, W. T. Moore, L. Marquard Foster, Arnold Stifel and Andrew W. Johnson.
