The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
Famous Ohio Mare Is in a Bad
Way and a Complete Break
down Is Feared.
LUCKY THOMPSON BROTHERS.
Won Three Events in One Day at
Detroit Last Week-DOminick
Has a Good Lead in List
of Winning Jockeys.

II Is to be feared that INN. the wonderful
black mare. who has so enieared herself TO
the entire race-goinE population Of the
country, will not be raced much longer.
When Imp went back to the judges stand
after her race n the Brighton handicap at
Brighton Beach the other day, it was no
siced that her pasterns were bleeding, and
her trainer said that IL was due to her pc
cullar stride. When she races her pasterns
touch the ground. and the experts say that
as the mare grows older her ankles viii
grow weaker. and that finally she Will not
he able to race at all. unless at the expense
of great physical suffering Her immediate
disability Is due to this fact. In touching
the ground with her pasterns she must have
run on a stone. and it tore the skin from
point just inside the ankle. When she ran
next her trainer put the boot on the injured
leg and had a blacksmith equip her with
bar plates. It is said that the bar plates
were responsible for her loss of speed. She
started again on Tuesday without the boot.
and in the race struck herself so that the
scab covering the wound was torn off. That
IS what is ailing her at the present time
and her trainer says that all announcements
that she VIII not start in the race for the
Brighton Cup are premature. and not war
ranted. He hopes to bring her around in
time for the big race.
That "it IS better TO be born lucky than
rich is an old adage. and the Thompson
brothers. who own Sidney Lucas and other
good horses. seem to have been born under
lucky planet, for the good fortune that fol-
lowed their footsteps at the late Washing
ton Park meeting still attends them. Thurs
DAY at the Highland Park track in De-
troit they won three races. a five-furlonS
event for 2-year-oIds. with Kid Cox, a dash
of seven furlouGs with Gold Fox and the
Turf Congress Stakes. with 5000 ad3ci. at
one and one-sixteenth miles, with Sidney
Lucas. There were five starters In the stake
event. the American Derby winner ami
Advance Guard carrying even weight. 129
pounds each. Sidney Lucas was always the
favorite, however. and, waiting on his
field. he made his in the last half-m.le
Of the journey, winning very handily from
Advance Guard, though a neck only sep
arated them at the finish. This will be Sid
ney Lucas's last appearance in the West,
his next stake engagement being the
Brighton Cup, 10 be run on August l. and
in which he will only carry 100 pounds. This
son OF Imp Top Gallant and Aidie Ill is a
good horse just now, in spite of the fact
that he has already started in forty-odd
races this season. and as a distance OF
ground is just to his liking. he Will surprise
nobody here should he carry of the star
event of the Brighton Beach meeting. Bull
man, who went East Thursday night. will
ride him in that event, and makes no secret
of the fact that he expects to land the
money.
Il don't see why Sidney Lucas should not
win,' said pullman. speaking of the race
before leaving the track to catch his train.
He has all the best Of IL in the matter OF
weights, the distance won't bother him. and
he is game horse as ever looked through
bride. 1t may be that they have better
3-year-old than he is in the East, but L
don't believe it. He is the best race horse
of his age that ever threw q leg over. and
i have ridden some pretty good 3-year-oldS
In my day. 1 was awfully glad to include
the American Derby in the list of stake
events that / have won, and now If / can
win the Brighton Cup with the same horse
1 shall be happier STILL
Dominick rode fourteen winners last
week. He never was second once; the clos
est he came to it was the dead heat on Joe
Doughty. TaIley was next best with win
ming mounts, having five TO his credit Out
of the six days.
Crowhurst and E. Mathews ended the
week with three each. Dale, McCiinn. Frost.
J. T. Woods and Corner had two winners
each on the week. :. Woods was very pop
ular in second and unplaced position. While
he finished second thirteen times Mccain
had one mount throughout the week.
and that was on Capron, who was left at
the post. A Morrison was lucky, he
broke in among the winning Jockeys by an
eyelash the last day Of the week. as well
as the last race.
Tha winners follow: