The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-02
PLENTY OF MONEY
At THE RACES.
An Extraordinarily Large Supply
on View at the
Opening.

Financial affairs do not seem to possess .
righteous place In the discussion ,f sport.
But when the redundancy Of cash is so cx-
tremely noticeable as It was at the Fair
Grounds race track yesterday 1t tecomes
matter OF much interest.
Money Is always more or less plentiful
and easy" at race track: at least 1t ID
handled with less caution there tnan any
where else in the world. Hence its remark
able p,enitude yesterday is all the more
astopishtng; Where In previous years one
and two dollars changed hands, ten and
twenty dollars passed between men yester-
along the lines Of bookmakers' stands.
locked as II It was lined by small trees en-
tor of which grew large huttering buncnes
OF bank notes. 1t was not q stake day /,
when attendance is large and money -
plentiful in small sums. There were not
SO very many people out, but those betting
A nrst day II seldom betting day. Reg.
ular racegoers like to wait until horses get
down to the form Of the track and things
servers said that ythe prevalence Of money
was due to the fact that many people were
hungering fer frst.day chance and were
those who hoard money to bet seldom
wager It In great sums on opening days. On
the whole, Il appears that the extraor-
planned In any better manner than that 1t
was bet because the people have lots Of It
and desire to use 1t In that way. It GER
South and the Worlds Fair boom have
united in making money rather loose about
st. Louis.
Many Of the horses which won at long
prices yesterday went up In the betting.
certain sign that they were not backed
IN the ring: This cap be explained BY the
crowd. which furnished four Of the six win
ners. seldom bets on its horses at the track
where they run. The members Of the Lone
a ryrNf rAHa tr hat In v1<rIsN
instead Of at the track. Thus they maintain
price on their horses. What Is known
as the Texas crowd" is federation Of
Lazarus. the millionaire cattle owner. and
Zack Mulhall. also a rich stockman. are
the chiefs. They are noted for their ability
to make horses win the first time they start
on track. for getting superior work out
Of their horses and for conducting their bet
ting operations in very clever manner.
he e'e5 won. % The schreiber @ eh horse % was Very very
bad 2-year-old. He won his race yesterday
as II he was very good 3-year-old. He is
stout game. resoluse and moves S, ~ Win IN. em, y,
He arrived from San Francisco late Tues
day night. AS Sarner was trained at Wood
lands and had not started for some time
Mr.. Schneider. was not familiar with his
form. Sarner 10 Kingston colt and seems
to be improving. as they all do.
Tuekarosa looked all over a winner az
they ran up the backstretch In the last
race. but tired when the run came. Belle
Simpson. on bad, ran remarkably nne
After Petit Maitre beat Wax Taper Cap
tain Rice said that the latter horses legs
yss v had not II f. you wiz m Jock sar at s
said the Arkansan. "The track was hard
and warm and his dickey limbs burned up
under him" Wax Taper seemed strong at
the end, but he ran over the track In
very nasty manner. It looked as IL his ride
was not the best In the world. Despite his
owners modest depreciation OF the horse,
Wax Taper Will bear attention.
Satin Coat ran a capital race in the sixth
event. ON very badly ne worked rough
held iass He was Coming well at the the end satin
Coat was good 2-year-old. and he will be
q stake horse this season. He was not by
any means at his best yesterday for all his
Petit Msitre looks IKE useful platter. He
is robust. sound looking, plucky and strong.
rsssolute.. He ran hne race. -.
Maud Come rasi1 as II short She is a
Whole % SraS loSkng My g SGe Of the
stud purposes. She displayed speed Of no
uncertain nature. but ran to fat about the
throat.
On the strength Of Kindred's reported,
vast Improvement there was q plunge on him
IN tne AAnulCap ne IaH a SOOu race, UuC
was. not fast enough. At his best, Kindred
could scarce beat Sharp Bird.
Orleans, q fine and misused filly in her
2-year-old form, will be a stake mare. She
tanee yesterday. MIS- Aubrey is another Of
the st. Louis crop Of 2-year-olds that shows
marks OF being q fine 3-year-old.
Many people, wishing to back the luck
which they feel Is coming to Barney Schred-
Der. took flyer on Jungfrau the Foul Shot
colt. in the second race. A Foul Shot 10
not Sain by a long way. Backing 2-year-
oids 1t is always Wise to look up pedisrees.
Lady Curzon ran a remarkably strong
race In the first event. and was going great
guns at the end. Vitatoe gave hc:' q ripping
good ride in tight places as they c1me past
tho sixteenth pole. The track was rot 10
the mares liking and that made her race
all the more surprising.
|, Beana won tho sixth race like good
race mare. She was chock full of resoiU-
ton and grit In the hard hustle at the end
Houck rode her with excellent Judgment.
When he found himself almost hopelesyly
entangled in the strung-Out bunsh no took
his time, extricated his mount cleverly,
graduated her pace with discernment and
made his run at the right moment exactly.
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