The St. Louis Republic., 1901-02-25

tered for this year, and Ii Is here that I'M
American thorough receives It's mos
notable compliment in the fact that IN, IN.
A-year-old, Kings Courier, Is allotted tn'
top weight Of izs POUNDS. his nearest heign Ha,
mares La Roche and Irish Ivy. both at 10.
The former won the Oaks last year, while
Irish Ivy was the Cambridgeshire's heroine
of 1899
No less than seventeen American-bred an
iniais ara, eligible TO the Jubilee. ara tne
closest OF these to Kings Courier Is Mr.
WhiIneys Kiimarnock ii. with Is. on, the
same mark as the Australian aged geiulns,
The Crater, who won last years City amu ~,
Suburban. MIR. keenes Disguise ii, gets ia
pounds, on the same rating with the Eng
lish horse Good Luck and the Australian
Caesarewitch heroine of last fall.
The next American-bred horses which we
meet are Mr.. keene's Petruchio III at ~
closely followed by Mr.. Keene's Chacornac
The latter's name. by the way. was last
but. although no correction has, as yet ap-
peared. II Is safe to say, that the discrep-
ancy is due to clerical error In the Messts,
Weatherby's office. rather than TO the
Mess-s. Keene's intention to change the Fu-
turity winners name.
The s-year-old Caiman. who has always
raced abroad. gels in the Jubilee at nS
pounds. as does his erstwhile stable COM
panion. jolly Tar. The formers average
TO be handled with considerable leniency. al
though IL Is just possible that the distance
y y a shade further than he really fanctsa. ,sos
Siboia. who all but won the oaks or nv.
Is weighted at III, and Democrat. who was
such a disappointment as 3-year-old last
Another compliment, scarcely less than
In the Kings Courier case. Is paid TO tha
American thoroughbred In the fact that
3-year-old division with lo5 pounds. on the
same mark with the English Chicane ana
Mr.: Corrigsns Geyssr These % are STATED rated as !.
kins. and at 14 comes the other keene j.
year-oid Olympian-
Three Of the remaining Americans In the
whitney's Elkhorn. 3. and Mr.. J. Lew.ss
Dominic II; e-are each sweishted at ,s in
pounds. and the 3-year-old Soprano Is az the
The Jubilee is run on Saturday. May IL
The Pioneer Spring Handicap, the Lin:
seventy-one this year. The top weights are
Tie CRATER. Us, and Irish Ivy. l2i. and the
first American horse encountered in q pc
with Caiman at lis. Mr.. S. b. Joel's Inish-
free gets in at III. and Il Is interesting to
lutely unbeaten in England last season.
Sibcla, at III; Rensselaer,. at 1oi; Dominic
ii. at 90, and Soprano. at 81. complete the
row. respectively, get lIs and i02. Mr.. Gard
hSsh renhed s n ana Ss and 81
The French 4-year-old Goldman is top
weight for the City and Suburban Handicap
are: Kings Courier. 126: Kilmarnock III.
l2i; David Garrick, 122: De Lacy. l2o: Jean
Beraud. l19; Caiman, lis; jolly Tar, 1l6;
Sibola. l1i and Democrat, 107. The City"
Is run at EPSON on April "a.
Kings Courier is top weight at LIS pounds
for the Great Metropolitan. two miles and a
quarter. run at EPSON on April o. for
which the remaining candidate is jolly Tar,
120. Petruchio II. 10: David Garrick, 122;
Jolly Tar. 40, and Caiman, lls. are the
Americans In the Chester Cup. two miles
and a quarter. run at Chester on May 8.
For the Queens Prize, run over the .'Jubi-
lee" course at Kempton on April 8, our
candidates are Kilmarnock II. 123: David
Garrick. I20: De Lacy. lis: Caiman, 116;
Jolly Tar. n6; SIbola. III; Democrat. los;
Rensselaer,. I0': Dominic II. ioe; Elkhorn,
LOO. and Soprano. q. Irish Ivy is topweight
at le6 pounds. AS IN the CITY" De Lacy's
weight must be viewed as exceedingly fiat
tering.
Lord Durham's s-year-old Osbech leads
the imposts with 1s9 pounds for the Hurst
miles. run May 4. for which the American
eligibles and their imposts are: Kilmar-
mock II. 136; David Garrick. 14: jolly Tar,
133; Caiman. 1872: Petruchio ii. ll9: De Lacy.
l2s: Sibola. 127, and Rensselaer,, I'D.
The veteran Manifesto Is topweight with
cap Steeplechase. run at Liverpool on
March %. Hidden Mystery gets lto. and
King Edward Wis Ambush IL Qast years
winner Is allotted log. Mr.. Foxhall Keene's
American-bred Eastern Gift Is handicapped
at 152. and the same gentleman's Gossip
OF the light weights at 1S3. Easter Gift is
among the entries for the Grand Steeple-
chase de Paris and the Auteuii Grand Hur-
die Race. the two great penalty and allow.
ance events, respectively worth 5-zU ana
1000 sovereigns. run at Auteuil In June.