The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-17

turn. The horse that hal the rail and is
of in front has 30 per cent the best OF IL
to begin with The horse on bad has no
chance at all unless he is in with others far
below him.. And II he IL off bad In a big
field he cannot win II. he is 100 per cent the
best. All OF which forces upon US the
utter poverty Of American racing equip
ment. compared with. that OF England
Such stake as the Debutante run in Eng
land would have been ~straightaway. on a
wide course, where q good start could have
been achieved. and where the outside horse
one. and where a slow beginner would have
all the way to get through in.
There was no real glory In Yesterday
Helen Print and Flora Pomona were better
Gliies than Wainamoinen. They were of
badly In q bad break, came through. a lot
of dytng fillies beaten in the first half. ana
ran close up to WainamOinen, who was al
ways in front.
Helen Print ran a great race in tho Debu-
tante. 1t is worth the price OF admission to
see a man throw and catch q 2.year-old
baby in the air. and watch the child's eyes
dance with delight when he enjoys It!
and sparkle at the finish of q hard race.
She IS all life, dash and fight. She seems
to take a huge Irish delisht In the fun q
can whoever" which Is the thing. that
Fighting is fun for her.
Mr.. Schultz has a cracking Ally in Flora
Pomona She ran a great race In the Debu-
tante from q wretched start.
Barouche was brought from Chicago for
a special killing yesterday. His party had
commissioners at every o in the ring,
m%issioners Knocked everybody down trying
Louis booKmakers dueked his money. fear:
When one sees the bookmakers in the Fair
GROUNDS ring refuse to take such money he
wonders how can they fail to lose. 1t
take a $40 bin at 10 to i on an unknown
horse when such animals as Helen Print.
Wainamoinen. Miss Dora Lacrimae. Flora
The other day one OF the biggest toads in
the puddle refused to lay "a to rs on
Tammany Chief, Who also ran. When q
hundred dollars taken Into the Fair
Grounds ring and bet on q 10 to 1 shot
all the window-washers in town do in a
week.
Mr.. Bruen was not in form with the nag
s xsiser day of T import was a I Pity :ta as It . was 8
pebutante and took the I tirs sa1 break asie h IN s sas
which Wainamoinen and Barouche were,
was off running, while the outside lot, in
which Helen Print and Flora Pomona were.
was standing still faced towards the outer
fence.
Thus the field was split in two and going
opposite ways. The leaving Of Jake Weber
at the post was p~ardonable. as he certainly
was pulled up BY Rose as the Held began
to break. Yet II seemed Mr.. Bruen could
have seen the horse was pulled up before
he let the nag fall. The bookmakers claimed
that although Weber was q certain conten-
| der. he was not lacked wen when the
prices against him were uncommonly long.
II this Is true It should have q significant
bearing on the AFFAIR. From the stand IT
did not seem that Rose was altogether to
blame. T
Barney Schrieber admits that Helen Print
is a great filly, but does not believe her
worthy Of mention the same day as Otis.
offered to do all sorts Of things II schwaibe
| did not beat Helen Print. The flly ran
a great race from q bad start and finished
the strongest Of the lot. Combs Is q strong
flnisher: but a sad fellow to begin: h.
, jumping OF q street car.
Prior to the fifth race yesterday Amos
Turney. who own Dissenter. said that his
horse could have won the Inaugural had he
got of in front. Yesterdays race went q
long way to prove 1t. Dissenter mac DSm.
mick and sixteen pounds moro up than he
had In the when he took 9r
at LIZ pounds. is q lighter boy than Owens
at ninety-seven. So. instead Of figuring
Dissenter as taking up. weight yesterday
from the Inaugural. he should be figured az
senter had up but ninety-two pounds yes
terday.
On May 10 Lady of the West, with, 100
| 4 mile and twenty yards. Yesterday Bar
bee carried LOS to Lady of the Vests 1OA.