The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

George BENEFITS W. E. Gates to a head
the last time they met. W. y. Gates could
have won by Il much larger margin. bui
Coburn laid out too long with him. Gates
was going away at the end.
| Sevoy is right on edge at present and
holds everything safe at the track up 20
in anything but fast going. \ great horse
race will result when Sevoy and Tayon
meet.
Watch the Colt Puryenr.
Puryear is a colt that it will pay to keep
| close tab on. This fellow is a big. long
striding horse. that can handle heavy or
stiff going nicely He has little speed. put
ought 10 make a good horse over a dis
tanCe of ground.
i Aaron is another horse that eats the mud.
They can't make il too heavy for hin.
| Robert Bonner is a god one in heavy 60
ing. Colonel Stone. one of FiZer's horses.
is also at his best in heavy going. He was
practically left At the post in his last race.
Weird was turned loose for the first time
on ThUrsday. and the way he raced around
his horses surprised all hands. Wild Bess.
Jim Arthur's old bread winner, Moroni,
is back TO his best form again: He fairly
starts. Eddie Austin made a swine sIaugh-
rerine on this horse New Years Day. and
Charlie Celia won a big bet on him Thurs
day.
George {. Bennett's S-year-old Cadet IS a
very consistent colt. He wants a fast track.
Balm OF G:lead is another useful 3-year-old.
Lax - a i-AF. a dlltiS tcsts anu HIS races
here have been very consistent. The aior-
RS filiy The Hoyden has plenty of speed.
but seven furloh:s is atcIt as far as she
cares to go.
Balloon ran 4 good race the FIRST time out.
bnt has been going back ever since. Smut
Up is well named. He has penny of speed.
but invariably quits after running a half
mile.
Sportsman Schoor Wants 4 Jockey.
John ". Scho-r is here on the lockout for
a lightweight jockey. He wants an eighty
fiyP-DgInf nov i NonFss will he tirSt ctn,-
Tor the Schorr stable this season. Mr.. Schorr
expects to divide his stable after the Mem
phis meeting, sending one division to New
st. Louis ard the other TO New York.
Vale Reyburn. vice president of the ST.
Louis Fair Association and one of the stew
adrs OF the Western Jockey Club. Is here
on a short visit and spent New Years aft
ernOon al the race curse.
Bookmaker Billy Walsh has returned from
ST Louis and expects to go on the block
More than 4 dozen book!es have given up
thu ghost since the present meeting COM
menced. The Dayton. O. outfit that had
Roy Shumway on the block. and John Bag
ley. who used to race Miss Verne and john
Boone on the St. Louis tracks. are tie latest
seems u be picking up. but bnokTnakerS
operating on small rolls seem 10 be up
against it.
Coburn continues to hold all the riders
safe. This hoy is in great shape and prom
Uses to lead the winning Jockeys here by Il
large margin. Harry Cochran finds it i'm
Wikerson seems to be the best of the
featherweight jockeys.
HOrscse Tint Run In and Out.
Lord Quex's victory in the Audubon Ham
dicap on New Years Day was q decided
contrast TO his previous race. when he was
badly beaten after mis- price had gone up in
the betting. Many keen observers believ-
ing that the horse performed on that oc-
casion with n view of getting a soft impost
in the Audubon Handicap, bet on him on
New Years Day. and got the money. Lord
Quex is Il handsome brown colt. by imp.
inColdsty- He belongs to Albert Simons
track.
Eddie Austin. who makes hook for George
g. Bennett, had Il great afternoon January
l.. He heat every race in his book and bet
on ,foUr or five winners. His winnings
amounted TO s1o.O01.