The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
.KEENE WILL TRY HARD
TO OUTRIVAL WHITNEY.
Now That the E. Secretary of the Navy Has Won English Derby, the
Wall Street King Will Attempt to Capture the American Prize.

Bleeders may win races. but they are
unreliable betting tools. The other day at
Hawthorne. Garry Hermann was sailing
pway from Silverdale down the back
stretch when he BLEED. The burst OF speed
he showed from the th~ree-eiGhths pole In
the half was almost awe-inspirins. Silver
dale Is Il big resolute colt with "a lot OF
speed. lie Is put down as a Splinter sim
ply because the Schorrs have put him To
that use. rcserving their other :-year-oLls
t - 70" sa ,o'i With I his Weight, n ue ran 1: % but
Garry Hermann was o~utrunning him at
the vital point.
Eshcr would have won that race by day.
light in 1:5e Nat. hut he choked up just Al
he had passed out Silverdale. He finished
last.
When he was cooled out he showed no III
effects and he was brought out to work the
next morning. but he bled again. Not only
did he bleed. hut he left the impression
that his trouble is more deepseated than
the mere rupture Of a small blood vessel In
the head. Trainers and veterin3ries who
have looked him over sny his heart must
be affected. and that he IL liable To drop
dead In the stretch IL urged to hts utmost
speed. Still. horse doctors are not always
right on these points. and The people
around Garry Hermann. including the
Pittsburg millionaire who owns him. still
cling to tho hope that they will he able to
get the colt 10 the post on June q.
The shock to Western hopes occasioncd
by Garry Herman misfortune has been
relieved somewhat by the recent showing Of
Mr. Lsudemsn's fernando: who won the
has been considered good enough in the
face Of this big race e fetch the prineeIy
the hands OF Frank Van Meter. who ia
training him for the Derby.
Van Meters I.uek With IT'S Emiuence.
This colt figures In an exemplliicstion Ct
the uncertainties OF the turf and the truth
Of the adage that il is darkes just before
the dawn. Van Meter came here last year
with the selling platter vohicer. the only
1ink that hound him IN the raDtn0 h,aipaSa
Before Vohicer succeeded I'm winning his
owner out Of debt ne was claimed IN a sell
much to heart. and after moping around a
couple OF weeks added something to Vo-
Ulcers sale price and bought His Emil
Now he has sold the son Of F~aIsetto for
$4,000. ard he has a 2-year-oId In his stable.
Cold Stream by name. that he holds at slo:-
co... On the strength Of Cold Streams
showing. James r. Keene recently bought
his dam. LADY Dixon.
Robert waddell. who a few weeks ago
was regarded as a factor In the American
Derby. even against the best Of the Eastern
cracks. seems to have succumbed to "Vfr-
ginia" Bradley's severe drilling. HIS recent
He has been running as one outclassed bv
such as Silverdale. fernando and Lady
Schcrr. and 1t Is not likely that he viii be
mentioned any more In connection the blu
]. W. Schorr & Son entered every respec-
table $ nrsSr- and N LAM thel sch ssab'e s,l for shs:
Joe Frey and Alard Scheck are still eiigi-
bile. Aiard Scheck is not a Derby colt by.
the most liberal stretch of courtesy. ana
Joe Frey has done nothing since he re,
turned from California. where he engaged
in a hard campaign. The other two men
reckoning. Lady Schorr safely can be set
down as the queen OF this years 3-year-old
filies i'm the West. II not in the country at
large. She has lone everything asked OF
her this year without giving any suggestion
Of her limit. a big. lusty. long -striding
mare OF faultless action. she can carry her
weight and go a mile and a half II ever a
s- s;1xrraa,s f,'s fs sTui' i. speed. With Lady
Schorr the pair combine the necessary
equipment to make a Formidable bracket.
There IL slight change in the Eastern out
look since last week. The keenes are ex-
pected to send out both Commando and
Conroy. the former for a dry track and the
latter for the mud. Recent advices are 70
the effect that Conroy Is recovering rapidly
from the effects Of 4 stonebruise received q
week ago.