The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-25
Rich Two-Year Stake Will Create
Interest Among Trainers
and Jockeys.
SIDNEY LUCAS A GRAND HORSE.
Dominick Still Heads List of Win
ming Jockeys-Burns Has Best
Average-Jesse Mathews
Riding Well.

There will he two stake days - uS';al'
at the Fair Grounds this week. ON Ihurs-
day afternoon the Boulevard Stakes, a
handicap sweepstakes for 3-year-oidS ana
upwards, at a mile and seventy yards. VIII
be run off. The weights will he announced
to-day. on Saturday the introduction "f a
new stake will create considerable inter-
est in the local turf world. This stake Is
called the Turf Congress STAKES a'iu Is
a handicap sweepstakes for 2-yeaE-"ids at
six furIongs This stake will be valued at
between 5000 and SiG19, aad the trainers
of crack youngsters are pai!ihS the
..bs bies'' through a careful prep Tor the
big 2-yesr-old event. Independent OF the
money which will be paid to the owners
of horses getting inside Of the money In
this stake. 500 of the stake will he divided
between the trainers and jockeys OF the
.hree place horses. as follows: The tram
er OF the winning horse to receive S-".
the trainer of the second horse sl01. and
the trainer OF the third horse $50 The
Jockey of The winning horse to receive sde.
the Jockey of the second horse s5a. and the
Jockey of the third horse S25.
This CLAUSE will create great rivalry he
tween not only owners, but also between
trainers. Jockeys and their many friends.
When the American Derby Of 1900. run at
Chicago Saturday. and Won by Sidney I-u-
cas-. is thoughtfully considered. it must be
admitted that the winner is a horse Of
stern quality Although he was a despsed
outsider in the beeting, a review of the
work of the Derby winner in his and !"
year old forms shows him well worth tit
ting for such an event as the American
Derby and that he won il was. probably.
no great surprise 10 his owners. Thompson
n nF 1as- AMI D.
ney Lucas won the first race on the card
ct Washington. d. c. Since then he has
had a rest of over two months. with one
exception. his out in the Canadian Derby
Previous to April 10 OF this year, Sidney
Lucas in his 3-year-old form. started
twenty-four times He was In the money
sixteen times. with six wins and ten place
snd show credits on his record. In his 2
year-old form he made twenty-four starts.
was in the money sixteen times and had
nine wins and seven place and show cred
it's He has record. made as year
old. which no other youngster III the lana
can boast Of.
on November Is, 1852 ne won two races
in succession at Washington. d. G The
first race was an aaSe event ,,o s al SIX X, a,e h
won easily. beating a fair field in l:ee3. The
next race was 2-year-old scramble at five
furlongs, and he came right back and won
in driving finish in :o2. If ever a thor
oughbred has been drilled sidney Lucas
has. The recent rest received by the good
son of Topgallant and Addie e. IL has re-
vealed what a good race horse Sidney Lucas
fs and Ii will stand as a lasting lesson to
owners and trainers that a let-up ON a
good horse once in awhile may reap Just
such a harvest as Thompson Bros gath
cred in when Sidney Lucas galloped away
with the American Derby.
Patrons of the Fair Grounds are getting
quite familiar with Jockeys John Woods
and Jimmie T. Woods. The boys are broth
ers and were both born in Edinburgh. Scot
land. They both Inherit the sternness of
character generally credited to those of
Scotch nativity, and their habits are sober
and regular. Little Jimmie first sprans
into prominence on the Pacific Coast. The
first mount he ever accepted was for his
father on Marplot. Johnnie has been rid
ing for some time and is known from Coney
Island to the Cliff House.
Following Is list of winning owners who
have won 500 and over at the Fair Gorunds