The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-14
While McChesney, Alan-a-Dale and
Runnels Are Not In. the Field
Is Il Good One.
LORD QUEx BEST LIKED.
Mr.. SimOns's Colt Is a Warm Fa-
vorite-kaffir, an Improved
Horse, Next in De
mand.


, EEPJBIIC SPECIAL
| New Orleans. March l3.-Saturday the
! valuable Crescent City Derby for 5-Sear-
olds will be decided. and the race is arous-
ing more than passing interest. IL eight
| horses come TO the post the stake VIII be
worth in the aggregate about A.@t. Out ri
| this amount the liberal sums o. $500 to the
second and 500 to the third horse will in
1 sure rising out for the place
/ While the mile and a furionS route is not
| 4 Derby distance It will he far enough tn
test the stamina OF the contestants. The
last deciarst stions left in seventeen colts ami
iillies follows: McChesney Lord uueA.
Bowl. Naf.ir. O'Hasen. The Hoyden. Doc
tor Hart. Pyrrho. Balm OF Gilead. Nassai
Dance. Merrymaker. Cast Iron. Duke OF
Connausht. !. Samuelson, Quicksilver, Sue.
Hunter Ra:ne and ST Tamrnany-
or this lis; the only ones cors:deted very
seriously are i-5Tu SueS. kainr. boWi. Inc
hoyoen. baIm OF Gleau, - tIasen. rIyIn;,
Cast Iron. Doctor Hart. NassdI Dance ana
Duke OF Connaughr. The s,JuS cot Nc
factor /. Sam fii!dreth aiouiI decide 40 send
him down the liver from Memphis. but
latest accounts ir.m the Blun I.ty are 10
the effect that MCChcsncy VIII ne an alb
sen;ee March Il.
At that the fact that McCnesney was not
struck out Of the race on FEBRUARY = VIII
cause the LORD Quex partIsans uneasiness
until the matter is finally sertied. for there
Is doubt that in McChesney the SIMON
colt VIII find a ;oeman worthy of MS Steel
il fit
Leaving ont McChesney as doubtful
starter. the Hanover colt kainr. who start
ed on Wednesday for the first Time al this
formidable opponent unless Baim Of
G;ead's losing race on Friday should i'm
prove him enough to make him contender:
Bowl. who ran kaffir TO head. concedins
the latter six pounas. also has chance,
especially II the track is SLOW. The Hoyoen.
in spite Of her uncertain showing here at
syro wi
kafnr, mig. fine-looklng colt. full OF
quality. made most favorable impression
had been SO good that he was heavily
hacked, and landed the money after slow
beginning 4: the start and rough pass
age. He caught the leader. Bowl. inside
the last sixteenth, and wore him down in
hurricane fashion. winning by head in =
hard drive.
Nnmr Ha. Developed Nicely.
All the trainers concede that the race will
do Kafiir good. and as the mile was run in
:4si. on track nearly two seconds slow,
a more than creditable one BY Hanover.
out Of Philma. this colt Is we'll bred as
he is good looking. and he will beat more
Jockey Odom will ride the iverness colt
Balm OF Giiead, in the race. and as the
lad Is long ways the the best OF o the Joe Jockeys
SIRE the big colt much support On Friday
Balm Of G.lead started at three-quarters
Of a mile. and. carrying ls pounds. was
beaten a neck and two lengths BY Lingo
and Amigari IN I:1iiz. But the colt was
clearly short. as after fast half-nile mp
noted. The race should do him good.
Duke of Copnaugnt ran head and head
with Balm of Gil.ad in rhis race: Almost
all the way the two colts acted a. pace
makers and finished necks apart in third .
and fourth places. respectively. But the
former only had ninety pounds up to los /,
on the latter. which mc1surably discounts |
Connaught's performance. although he was !
cut OF at the turn for home.
The St Blaise colt. st. Tammany. a big, |
strapping fellow. also took part In this |
race. which was virtually a Derby trial. as
far as the three youngsters were con- /
speed in his work. reeling OF quarters In |
23is seconds. but in the race under Discus |
sion he DID not cut as much figure. landing |
Winkheld ON Lord Quez.
Another Derby candidate who has shown |
a credtable public trial "a the Griffin colt. |
ninety-one pounds up. he ran a strong third !
to Van Hoo-beke and Maple. at a mile and .
seventy yards in Las. over a dead track. |
this race ridden by "shoemaker'' jockey.
came from away back at the beginning, and
was finishing strong at the end. He is
weight IL not apt to make as much diff
ference to him az it does TO some others.
-,isa Sn some ONE, o. Cast Irons races he has a
that Of last Wednesday, he has about as
much chance as Louisiana mrle. This
druH,- Some days he warns up free and
runs sore and poppy" while on ether days
ne warns up sore ard poppy" and runs
free II ever horse looks to be subject
Tor barring In the betting. Cast Iron does.
the Deceiyer colt Merry Maker Is speedy.
pnt hardly looks TO be Derby possibility, !
while unless the going is good and soft
Hagen does not look worth serious con-
The Regan colt was azain
strongly played on THURSDAY. but he went
10 the post az IL he was walking OH eggs"
and popped himself in the breakaways |
Both Ch,ckadee and Psrnassus beat him in
THIS race OF seven frrionss. which does not
sions.
ALERT Simons has engaged J. WINFIELD to
-ide Lord QueN in the Derby. and the negro
nent. Several purchasers are after ISrd
Quex, and he may change hands before the
ace. Two warm BIDDERS are Alderman