The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04
REALIZATION STAKE
WILL Be RUN TO-DAY
Commando Seems to Have the Rich
Eastern Classic at
His Mercy.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York, July 3.-The sheepshead Bay
June meeting will end tomorrow with the
running Of the Lawrence Realization, the
richest Of Eastern prizes for 3-year-olds.
Inc Lawrence Realization is q race that
was instituted a number of years ago by
the late J. g; K Lawrence when he was
MI. Lawrence's object was to have It at
tract from season to season the best horses
mat T,st. may have run as 2-year-olds in the
futuflty OF the year before, with the object
OF determining whether In their 3-year-oid
FORM they developed into as good horses as
s sney gave promise of becoming in their first
The Coney Island Jockey Clubs annual
contribution to the Lawrence Realization is
go: sum about equal to the Westminster
Facing Associations contribution to the
Belmont Stakes race at Morris Park. The
SUBSCRIPTIONS. forfeits and starting fees
ADD added dr to this $500 a sum about equal to
trtbutfon to the Belmont Stakes raced for
az Morris Park every spring. The subscrip-
thin /, ISrieits and starting fees added to
$l5.0O0 or $4,000. Interest in the result Of to-
mofrows race lies inSthe fact that it will
eon s, % the post James r. Keenes mighty
the thousands that will see the race RIM viii
LOOK beyond him for the winner, but to see
MIN WITH T the colors up will FIJI all require
he returns to the scales will be as eenerous
as though he had earned his laurels from a
nlg nelo after brushing contest He has
one os ths asa.n proved himself great colt
years: and the racing public il Wi1iing to
DGM ~. down Ur In .adoration to one of his caiiber
edaed ~ sS can ,9 p. so-morrows race was gilt
SIX iurlongs In liza is: mile in lao 81:
mile and fur.ong in l:53 2-5: mile and a
9uartel IN I:I 10: mile and half in ga
longs in 2:is. He was eased up In the last
Iuriong, the work really being a mile and
see na TO ha ,n asft showing the rich prize
very. short price. '" ="
II IS more than probable that Commanders
stable mate Sonroy. will also be sent to
the post, for the second horse to the finish
receives $1,000 of the purse and two-thirds
OF the starting fees
ConrOy is at his best again having fully
recovered from the injury to hts foot re-
ceived just after his great victory In the
Brooklyn Handicap.
As to the others down as probable start
ess. The Parader. The Puritan and Smile
seem the only possibilities, and their mis-
sion to the writer's mind. is simply bid
Is constantly happening in turf affairs, but
II 10 the writer's opinion that II Mr.. Keene
decides to start Commando and Conroy they
WILL run nrst ana second. with the first
named in front.
A glance back at the records of the Real
ization is rat a1 discouraging. 1t was first
run Tor In lSSS. when Salvador won from
Tenny, Long Dance and six others, with the
total value Of the race $S4 100
In lsO tournament won in sensational
style; then came Potomac. Tamrnany. Daily
America. Dolibins, Bright Phoebus, Re-
Quital, The Friar. Hamburg and Ethelbert,
q collection: of equine stars that cannot be
exceiled.
But with all this great class of the victors
has come decline in valuation and a ma
tSs as n the the % sa of the
become a case of one good colt against a
few Of ordinary caliber; in other words. the
be, and yet there Is little chance of a re-
vival of its original greatness while our q
year-olds are practically raced until ruined