The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

races at the Fair Grounds has been quite
a task. and that the extraordinary number
Of nineteen books have found ample Gus
In the last week erring turf critics OF
Chicago have come to The Republics way
Of thin kim about : csnS Siisssd ale ,h the Ns s {
ed Jim VLeary's standby. Garry Herr
mann. and tore the lungs put Of that great
humbug. Silverdale was not given q chance
public. His defeat Of Robert Walden. Gar
ry ,, Hermann ra nm and and Others m1sa Il in a gallon; With q,
The son Of Faverdale has a chance to win
from = to i to 1 II, ~, The ' cineh n future pee boo ks.
the books which made DO much on Garry
Herrmann's -unsoundneR.
pounds SnSs:1 up IN n i:aSss " Was Quite MSoa =. T sood "a 3
performance as Commands with IDS
pounds and Spencer IN the saddle. Com
mando ran a second faster. II is true. but
he did II with a great boy on his back and
In a field of two horses. He had every
thing his own way, cut out his own pace.
was not interfered with and was ridden
out In a trial. Blues was just good enough
to make him run certain parts OF It fast.
On the other hand. Silverdaie was slow to
begin-he can go the first part OF anv route
as fast as any horse a~live-bad to 20 around
and through horses. to run wide NJ the
turns and take a long drive from 4 boy iy
no means the equal OF Spencer. who Is a
~ inc tn0 NIiNer02la
won. eased up. Critics who saw the race
agree that he could have gone on Indefinite
~. and that at a mile and a quarter he
would have been farther in front than at
q mile. ~ a.
The Schorr stable Is provided with an
other Derby candidate that cannot IL dis
regarded: despite the fact sine is a 6iiy-
she came to Chicago. There Is no a-rnsre
oid nily In the West that can heat ner in
1sr present form, and she can go :he route.
Sar m pss ,he Tr.6i,,d Tor MILES practically at
cannot win the American Derby Tor none
mas since the day that Modesty captured
a great race horse. and this ~ !, 49, 80
reaking traditions. '
Speaking Of Siiverdale's chances, IN IN.
Derby the other day, George Waiker ~.
great trainer Of the Schorr stable said. .te
ne Is right; and he is right now. Siiverdaie
hard horse to beat. i think iadv scpor =
will be quite as hard beating as the hor.s
IN the entry. ] think. We have two Snrses
mat cannot very well be far Oh at the nm
'Silverdale's defeat in the Turf Copy-.ss
stakes at Memphis furnished up~count-v
verdale can give Duelist twelve mound. and
The day Da.lisf beat him at Memphis aissn the
uphill. and I told Woods to hold silverSaIe
back Instead. he got out and ran the frst
half in sticky mud In :isis. and uphill. too.
The h0rse was none too mt at the firne ana
the half Killed him. This race cost him n
lot OF reputation. but will bet that he can
beat Duelist three lengths. same track,
weights and distance. $1,000
The race cost later hackers OF DueIist
many dollars. and layers against SilyerdaIe
as much more"
Talking OF Schorr's stable and II. doinr..
Tommy Burns. the whilom star Jockey of
the Memphis brewery outfit. IL riding with
but poor success around New York. Sneak
Ing Of Burns's riding. the New York Trib-
une says: William G: whitney's fily
M~orningside was an additional starter in
this race. and it IL doubtful IL she ccuid
have been worse handled. Passing the
stand the flly was striving TO run. bur
Burns was choking the life out of her. II
Is one thing TO keep a race horse within
himself and quite another to stranele him.
In consequence of this mishandiine Morn
ingside could land no better than third.
Burns has ridden some very had races
this year. He rode another Yesterday on
Rishtaway. who should have won the NTH
race for beaten s-ycar-olds. Burns 60: his