The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-01
John F. Schorr's Good Filly Won
Turf Congress Stakes From
Ampere by Three Lengths.
SOFALA MADE EAPOOR SHOWING.
Pinochle. With Jimmy Woods Up
Won as Usual--Fiye Fayorites
WUn and the Bookmakers
Lost Heavily.

Yesterday was Turf Congress Stake day
at the Fair Grounds. That this stake VIII
prove one OF the most popular IL the fu-
ture. cannot be doabtei. Il the numbers
gathered al the track 70 witness the initial
running Of the unique event can be taken
a. a criterion. !: was a grad crowd, 100.
FOR the hookmakers were overlooked in
handling the money offered The wise.
thinking patrons Of the game were we'll
repaid, five strong favorites and Two very
well backed third choices scoring
The weather was all that could be de-
sired. but the track was heavy and holding.
With : dubious track il Is not often the
public can witness - many favoElSes spsn
hy the winntng post in front
The Turf Congress STAKE was the afth
race on the card. Il was a aaRiicap sweep
stakes for 2-year-o.is az six furlongs. ard
valued at about S0o 70 the winner. Seven
good youngsters paid the starting fe.-
When the odds were chalksd Bar
n-y Schreirer's SOfala was made a
favorite. but wise ones came to
the conclusion that e-year-oId
hlIy could not ride On a fast train
from Chicago all night, step right of. 60 to
the pos, ana do herself justice. Therefore.
Anpere was selected 10 run for the talent.
srd speedily backed from : 10 10 ) To :,
with sofala ieceGing IN price. There was
and queen biNon and South Breeze were
not overlooked. There was considerable de-
lay at the post. caused by South Breeze re-
tu,Irg TO lIile up
When the go Vas given the field was
well together, with the exception az South
Breeze and Rocerc Jr. These tao were
not far enough back 10 make the start other
than good one. Queen Dixon showed the
way down the baCksJrscca 70 the half pole.
az which point Lady Schorr forged 10 the
from, and gave queen Dixon enough Ot IL
they raced around the stable turn. The
Schc-r h.ly came on. entering The home
passing queen Dixon The run 20 the
Judges stand Was easy for Lady Schorr.
She winnins. easily by five lengths fro'r,
away hack a1t niPged the sEow money
from Robert. Jr-. in the last jump jocksy ;
Srowhurst pug Up so2i roe on i.acy
iGg % the Judges stand
There vas quite delay after post call
u: he frs; rage. giving % i!!5 tCtc ;iel.s-
cavDTtei IN such a crazy manner that IL
was impossible for key Failehy TO mount.
J. P. 5. Was led TO th=. post. where Fa.lehy
did at last s,.cces4 in setting astride.
Cathedral the Od5s-on fsvorite- had a
pleasant outing 10 VIII this race by I'VE
lengths from Titus % Il l chance. with
Tekia. the favOrite FOR the second. al
though cH In the last flight, ian around his
and half. with Hayiland third. Eisviiand
had all the hard racing luck OF this event.
and was SO messed about in the early
stages OF the race that he was rather fortu-
nate 10 get inside OF the money.
Doctor Caves class counted for much II
the third race It took all he had II him 70
keep Up with the nght-vstghted Iii hSiior,
ard Doctor Cave Only gave Mulke:'s horse
enough at the seventy-yRrd mark from,
home. where he commenced 70 draw away
and won by a couple OF lengths.
Molo was she var.EesI JaiGg CT the after
room, for he had been tipped from supper
10 dinner as a certain winner. He proved 4
dismal failure for The best he could do was
a fair third. Maud Wallace led the way 20
forty yards from home. where Doctor II.
e RoweIrs Malay came with rush and
received the decision BY q snort head
The sixth race brought Jimmy 7. Woods
on PruocEIe TO the post 10 run q mile and
a sixteenth against S,diuoia- Forbt.sa and
Bridgeron OF course P.nochie was a "a
Redtern let FcEbush go out and rus MS
head of. Is lsngths in front % Siddubta. The
natural result came 70 pass. and as the
field rounded for home Forbush shot hi.
bolt, while Sidduha came on. looking a
winT er all over. Jimmy Woods, on PInochis.
kept on with q hustiing hand ride. Thirty
yards from home P;rOchle uas gaining
steady but hardly fast enough 70 win.
Suddenly TaIley, on Siddubia. let 60 OF his
mounts head, letting Plnochie coIaa on.
straight as a string. and win BY half a
length.
The last race on the card was easy for
Apple Jack. Larry kavauaugh's good mud
lark winning by four lengths, while GraEtor
the situation Gran1or received second
money ty lip. Johnny Woods rode Gran
tor and JiEnmy T Woods rode Nidlisht
Little Jimmy was the sorest jockey at the
HAPPENED &c receive tEe place decision.
There is hearty rivalry between these
brotners and little jim. likes to PUT II over
John at every opportunity.