The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
II Is 10 BE Decided Next Saturday.
and May Be the Race of
the Year.
SIDNEY LUCAS'S CHANCES.
Francis Trevelyan Favors kilmar-
mock or Prince of Melbourne
Prince McClurg Is Round
iny Into Form.
BY FRANCIS TREVELYAN.

New York, July 23.-In meeting that mas
unfortunately produced but little good
sport. the Brighton cup-prospectively. ut
any rate-shines as fulccntly the pro-
verbal good deed in a naughty world. II
IS simply and solely dependent on the
clerk of the weather Ia decide whether next
Saturdays big event shall 10 the race Of
the year or not The field may COM
| prise many as nine starters but the
/ especial interest c"nters i'm the 3-year-olds.
OF them there will be trio: Kilmarnock.
! Prince Of Melbourne and sidney Lucas
The full LIST of possible starters. together
with the weights and probable Jockeys is
| as follows:
Etheihsrt, 70 CHIsheT
R ty Ma, Mi.k: IA .hG. me- -,
Imp. III Nii,cheID.
KilmaTnock. los tTu'nsrI.
sidney LuCas 100 d3ullmanr,
Prince OF Melbourne. l0s ,Spen'eD-
John Bright. les.
OF those named. John Bright AMI Raj
faello seem the most doubtful starters.
though the former has been given special
preparation for the two and a quarter mile
event. Brossman evidently means to start
Imp, in spite of the injury to her fetiock
joint Indeed. there is no reason why TINS
should not be completely healed by next
Saturday. hut that il will have considerable
effect in interfering with her preparation
is certain. and the great old mare can
scarcely be expected 10 he at her best
About sidney Lucas.
On paper the race looks as if il will fall
to a 3-year- About Sidney Lucas we
are really only guessing. AT Washington
this spring any decent selling platter could
take his measure. but continual campaign
ing would seem TO suit this wrought steel
colt. judging from what he has done in the
West. Whether he can possibly hold his
own in the cup with fresh. hiGh-class colts
like kilmarnock and Prince OF Melbourne:
leaving the horses Of greater age out OF
account Tor the time being. remains 10 De
seen, but il is hard TO believe that ne can
John +. Madden is giving kilrnarnock
special prep IN the saluhrlous climate r Gt
for this race. which, apart from T. ing the
principal weight for age event Of the year.
vii; be worth in the neighbul mood of 5000
Nobody needs to be told that Madden makes
few mistakes, ana that hiin.arnock Is like
ly to be lit to race Tor king ransom on
favorite, though at that the public Is apt TO
feel that IL would rather have seen MN 90
a little more in races and less in private.
Though Madden no longer owns kilmar-
mock il will be- a tremendous feather in his
cap if h can win the race for Mr.. Whit
ney. Not only did he sell the colt and is still
training him. but he has always maintain
that kilmarnocli is strictly first class.
horse that has not only sp, ed. but enormous
stamina AID his is the chance of his life
10 prove that something more than the luck
which has become proverbial has made John
T.. Madden the most successful man on the
American turf.
Melbourne IL Good.
Prince of Melbourae's form is an open
book. 50 good is il that At the very least it
renders the idea of his stable that he holds
Kilmarnock safe not 1T all unreasonable
or absurd So far as have gone. these
two are decidedly the best of our "-year-
ODDS and at the snug weight they have 70
shoulder in the cup they vii! make II most
interesting for any of the old horses that
expect 20 beat them.
In connection with the Prince, good as
he has proved himself there rises more
doubt to stamina than in the case Of
kilmarnock. 1t is hard TO forget how that
other son OF Bramble. Ben Brush, in this
selfsame race. stopped AT the critical point
when the pinch came and when he was con-
tdently expected by his legion of admirers
To go and smother the others, and left The
Friar and Sunny SLOPE to fight out the
issue. We have no cause To say that Prince
of Melbourne will do the same thing. but on
the other hand We have no means o: being
sure that hc will go a course that IS SO con-
siderably over even the long journey in the
Realization.
Standing was another 3-year-old that
looked II he would have to b. reckOned
with In the cup, but. while he is said to be
doing well, there IL no chance that he will
10 10 the post. OF Imp. there is the doubt,
already mentioned. about the state of her
leg, but no excuses will be forthcoming for
Ethelbert II is in cold fact the supreme
opportunity of Ethelbert's career to prove
that he Is not merely a good horse I'm fair
company and not one that needs to have. hi,
races come easy for him if he is to win
them.
At present there is no doubt about Ethel
herts speed, but his record does not en-
courage the idea that he likes a bruising
contest. If he can win next Saturday the
feat Will set the seal on his fame
kiniey Mack.
kinley Mack is a horse not TO be over
looked, as he has on many other Occa-
sions. His race IN the Brighton Handicap
was anything but encouraging for his ad-
mirers. but il would be foolish to take this
as indicating that he does not like the
Beach track. At that ii is altogeth her in
reason 10 suppose that ii is too hard TO
suit his feet, which his weakest point
With rain and a muddy track, Kinley Mack
would be worthy of n hundred per cent
more respect than If the track stays dry
and hard.
Of Raffaello. John Bright and Prince Nc
Clurg. IL is not too much TO saw that all
of them seem to be outclassed. and yet of
Prince McCiurg particularly IL is true that
he SEEMS to have n chance. He is a big
Iusty horse that has taken n long time and
many races to get him into real racing
he can be made. If any mistakes are made
with the favorites. such as making too
strong a pace In the first one and one-haIf
miles. il is quite within the bounds of nos
Sibility that a horse like Prince McC'lIIrg
III and with an unquestionable capacity
for staying. should come along and win at
the end. OF John BrighJ's chances one
can only say that peradventure the Brigh-
ton cup VIII reveal the reason why his
owners thought II worth while TO bring
him East and keep him East during 80
mysteries of the present season.