The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-19

itdCinE at the fulrt bfGunuS during the
last week has been OF n very lively and en-
tertaining nature. Some excellent races be-
tween .high-ciass h0rss have been run. A
liberal number of faypritcs have been VIM
ming, with just enough outsiders getting
the money to make 1t interesting. While the
class Of riders Is improving, 1t Is not by any
means good. This papcity of good riders is
the chief drawback to the meeting. 1t Is
not too much to say that some of the best
9, 3 and 4 year old horses in the country are
at present racing at the Fair Grounds. This
has been proven by the defeat of the crack
Chicago FLY Barouche in the Debutante
Stake. Barouche beat everything in her
class about Chicago. She came TO st. Louis.
got off well, had no excuses. and was beaten
by FLIES which got, OFF lengths behind her.
There are some. good 3-year-olds ut Chicago.
notably Robert Wadden, but in Silverdale.
Bowen, Ampere, Dandy Jim. Tuskarosa,
Blink, Wall. Orleans, Satin Coat. Miss Au-
brey, Terminus and others st. Louis pcs
sesses n rare good bunch of Derby colts.
The miles run by the 3-year-olds at the
Fair Grounds compare favorahly with those
run in Chicago and New York, as far as
time goes. Silverdale has done better than
the great New York Derby colt. The Para
der. So has Ampere. while Bowen and Dam
dy Jim have not been driven out so far.
InAthe 4-year-old division Wax Taper and
Dissenter nave been running miles around
l;4O with a ton on their backs, running them
easily, too.
In the sprintins division such stars as
Maud Come, Sharp Bird. Miss Mae Day.
TuHa Fonso, Silverdale, Hurry and others
lave fairly burned up the track Already
two track records have been equaled. and
tho season is not yet properly started.
Ii is doubtful IL the country can match
Otis, Helen Print, Kaloma, Flora Pomona,
wainamoinen. Schwalbe and Monte Himyar
in the 2-year-old class. Certainly the Chi
cago cracks do not class with them II Ba-
rouche is to be taken as a criterion.
So far. the starting has been very good.
Mr.. Bruen had but one bad day. THURSDAY
of last week. He has had big fields. bad
boys and ill-aeting horses 10 contend WITH
His worst start was in the Denutan'e
Stake. 1t would have been passable i'll q
race of greater distance and of minor inn
portance, but in a stake race OF such value
1t was not p~ardonable, particularly as IL
seemed he was in too great a hurry TO &c!
them going. However, no four and a hall
furlong race should be run on q mile circu-
lar track. Barring this one days starting
Mr.. Bruen's work has been good.
Mr.. Brady has had nothing to contend
with in the stand; The running Sf me !,
has not been. bad boys and lack OF con
dition will go a great way to explain 1t. Sc
1t comes easy for the Judge.
1t is said that the ring has been a large
loser to the meeting SO far. This is hard
to believe. when it IS remembered that the
make a good decent losing. 1t will take
some money on q short=prtced horse and al
ali times. WIN refuse money on a long
priced enc; that r mo.sx q sl y quantity I . 7
pTissa 81 54 HIT !. n ssss 2s I l@snssRIIo say en s.:
ring will los3 There was cutie a run q
winning favofites in thesearly part OF the
week and, the ring got. searched.
Next tdsthe riders the bookmakers are the
worst thing about the meeting. OF course
thee. they .s snoq ND bart be he IL /, sp Il th fran ab. sns spout sa;
they are SO bad that some notice must be
taken of them. About two men IN the ring
will take any money on a horse that Is 10
to l and has a chance OF winning. In fact.
u $i00 bet on q 6-to-1 shot win cut his price
to even money. The writer saw, one Of the
biggest bookmakars In the ring refuse to
take so on a +to-1 shot that was touted all
over the track as a good thing: One Of the
men laying prices in the ring IS reputed to
have made $4,000 last year. Yet Tomorrow
shot. The layers seem to want to take al!
their money In on favorites and then pull
for the long shots to win. With the fields
g. aroS Sis as such they Sod hays e sssn At but ths b Ear al.
v~antageous II everything goes right. When
the faporites have q run Of luck, OF course
the piking ~hookmakersi will get squeezed.
1t Ia not safe for q man with a limited
capital to take In a lot Of money on any
ono long shot, unless he can get all the
a fascination for bsttors. They, may be
lieve that the fayorite is going to win, but
II they see a long. price against q horse
some of #. Most 'bettors are good Judges
Of prices, and hate to- allow a bookmaker
to lay false odds on anything. Thu II
seems that II the b~ooknakers opened up a
bit all round they would get an evenet
play. and suffer less when favorites win.
Then the disposition shown bv the ring to
take money only on favorites and to Seek
to. knock the latter down is bound to in
ture public confidence IL favorites ever do
strike q losing streak. This business OF