The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-23
With More Enthusiasm Over Rae
ing Than the East Has Known
:n iesrs, Outlook Is Bright.
AMERICAN DERBY SPECULATION
Lord Quex and Old England Are
Believed Ia Re Worthy of BE
ing Considered as Impor-
tant Factors.
RILc SPEE1Ar.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Hew York March % With more crtlU-
s!:,=rl over racing than iHa East la. seen
in Years. with Il larger nG'u!.r ~ horses
ready 10 y"rug,r. than csc: ha> r.,"r. h.
fore. with more m"uav or-r.i than Gamers
have heretofore tad jhe p'''+ur" :" rae"
Cor. tho season q. the Metropolitan sroct
hasius TUESDAY u"Nt "a; BeuuiuGs.
True. the Washington meeting will not
have the sam. class of horses. nor IS many
rs Will lie trying for stakes ami r"r-,- IN
the greater NV YORK courses later ia tIe
year. hat th'ra viii ha the host of the
horses that raced At New Orleans. some
good selling rlatsrs that have been iittef.
In The. East Tor this meeting. and tha
more hardy 2-year-olds. whose owuors
10 train on for the big events. or sre will
Ing 10 Try them out early ana keep them
at il long.
Track in Splendid Condition..
The BeGninGs course is in better oEG.tio
for good racing this year than II ever has
been. In addition To the improvements on
the grounds that have been r1adc for the
benefit of spectators. plenty OF work on the
track has made it faster and better adapted
To large fields.
The first important race at WASHINGTON
track. and perhaps the most important fro-.
mHNt Siail1nHlntS, Il III Jennings Sp.in
Handicsp. which is ran on the FIRST day OF
inc meeting. Entries 10 il this year ire 4
Irile better than they have" been in the
past. No declarajiOuS have been mad and
starters.
Among the stables that will he re,.nrtaa n
Il', course this year are those Of Angus;
S!mGnt.. Jimmy Mclaughlin. w. &. Da'y.
- l. Richard, ] ". Colt. the rolumhia sta
pc %sors. "; Cooke \ II. and i. II. Nor
rs the oneck stable, the Bradley stable.
The Lotus stable. J. q. Lyman. +. Y. Hitch
'ock, tn" GauGhacre stable. :. X Garnet.
the oNnard stable and ". :. PreScravr Ia
addition. many individual owners Will >snl
their horses 10 Try them out thoroughly be-
Be1ringS meeting is finished.
Inc new grand stand erect = at Behring'S
cost SlS9.@n and has a seating capacity 81
o.Nn. The betting ring has been snlar-cd 10
twice its former size. and everything con
cGclLe I" the comfort of patrons has been
Lord oucs and Old E~nvInnd.
S!rc= winning the Crescent City Derby.
Lord IueX has become a factor To he CON
sldersd seriously IN the American Derby.
The history of this event shows that West
ern ana Southern horses have won il in the
past.
o!d England. the california runner. is al
=" much talked OF lately as a likely rival
Of Lord Quex for ms; place in the chi
caso event. He has just made another
SENSATIONAL win 1t Oakland. dlSiancinc his
Gy track in 20.
Old England is declared to he The hest
$-year-old or IN. Slore this year and Cali
fornia's hopes Of winning the American
Derby are Increasing. Old England will
head the Western string g candidates FOR
this event. With him Will ba Sonhrero
and Homestead, all these being OF Green
Morris's string.
Garry Hermann is working very salts
%factoriiy at SheerShead Bay. Yesterday
he showed half ! mile in - seconds. fun
of running.
The following horses have been declared
cut cf the metropolitan Handicap: w. &.
Nhitney'S Endurance 10y Right and Elk
horn; ]. w. SchOrr's SilvCrdalo: Julius
FleiSChrusnn Irritable: J. II. Keene's Tele-
scope; Frank Farrell's De Reszks and ".
l.. divers All GOlf.