The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-28

forward among the tIrfmcn gathered 1T
San Francisco as the one they all will have
TO beat in the St. Louis and American
Derbys. It is always that way when 4 young
race horse suddenly springs into promi-
hence. These who had not heard of him
farty-cight hours before are ready 10 swear
ne Is the greatest ever.
That krisrust is = swell locker there is
no acnyiuE. TGe California Futur'ty winner
has plenty of size ana bone, shows a lot Of
quality. ana has a conformation that stands
plenty e critical observation. Moreover,
he has capital set OF legs, aud they look
like holaing him up for some time to come.
krIshna mas an elegant head and neck,
keen eye. well Stored shoulders. Is not too
wide in front. but has plenty of depth 70
his chest. breadth 10 his back. and spring
TO his RIBS: his hips are wrd" enough and his
HEADQUARTERS strong enough. with stiles we'll
let down. He IS a handsome h"ESaf. with u
tremendous stride when extended, ana he
probably will run some great races with a
fair amount OF weight up, BUT he Is just
a little too raMCy ANA a triiie too peaCOChy
for me 10 expect him To carry Derby we st
perhaps with "A three or five pounu penalty
first under the wire at Washington Park
OF course. the aftermath of the California
FutuTity holds sway out here just at pres
Cnt. in truth. the attention given to the
race now Is greater than before it was run,
when there was little interest in 1t appar-
ent, even among the horsemen. The local
press failed to realize that Il $4,000 race.
and the first California Futurity. at that.
ought to be played up; and the pubic
hardly knew that any race out of the or
binary was coming off. Now that it is over
and Krishna. the unknown quantity, has
won an easy victory, people suddenly have
awakened to the fact that an unusually in
teresting sporting event has happened.
SYLVIA CARRIED HER WEIGHT.
SYLVIA Talbot. Barney Schrelber's speedy
Chestnut fily by Balgowan-Parolee. was
the only one of the eight starters to carry
scale weights; his colt. Deutschland, by imp.
Sain-Derfargilla. had five pounds off, as
had W. OBJ. Macdonough's gelding Orfeo
and W. 3. Link, Jr's. handsome chestnut
colt. The Fog: Polonius and Organdie each
had three pounds off. and the winner and
second horse each ran with a maiden al
lowance of ten pounds.
Whether Krishna would have won with
full weight up it is hard TO decide. He Ger
tainly won easily. and another five pounds
would not have stopped him, but he might
not have liked ten extra
NervatOr ran a really nice race. He has
a fine turn of speed and Minder's instruc-
tons evidently were to use it and tipt3e
weight. and 1t would have been eminently
successful but for Krishna having just as
little weight and rather more speed. But
the Brutus colt ran a wonderfully game
race, for after being rushed to the front.
and making all the running, he was ridden
out all through the stretch trying to keep
company with KriShna and then, when
beaten, hung on and stood off Organdie's
and The Fog's double rush in the final
The Fog lost the show money by a head
to Organdie, which. next to the winner. ran
the best race, when weight is considered.
She is a sweet bit of horsefiesh and can
beat the second horse, Nervator. both with
full weight up: though a year from now
The Fog unfortunately is not quite sound
in front. considering which he ran a very
p~aratory efforts. when he appeared to be
looking on. Had the track been soft or
sloppy last Saturday he would have been
little more compact than the winner, and
but for a bad knee would be a high-class
race horse.
sylvia Talbot struck a lot of early pace,
and later found the weight and the distance
too much. Schneider has a nice hlIy IN heTi
the way and was third until a fur!ong from
home. She was picking up ten pounds
Eoniton on Thursday, and her race in the
Futurity makes Honiton pretty good. Wren
they met Honiton. a slashing big MY save
which 1t can be deduced that HOnitonr WIN
12O pounds. up. should have been IN me
only los UP would have given the winner a
beautiful race. This big FLY, Honiton: Is
fast, and she can carry her speed SIX duP.
too long in back and waist to make a great
race mare.
MEETING CRUSHED IN BUD.
What at first promised t9 develop into q
pretty turf war throughout the state OF
California has died a-borning, or practically
so. ]. W. Brooks. who was the official
and who had been dropped from his posi-
ton, sought TO pull off a m!dwinter meet
ing Of forty days, racing at Los Anse!gsi
his principal hacker, Caesar Young, on by
issuing an announcement that the New Cal
ifornia Jockey Club holds the reins Of turf
government in the whole State, and that
licenses for all meetings must be OBTAINED
from IT, or the promoters and al horses
owners, trainers and Jockeys would be out
laved. This drew Brooks on to ask for
n license, which promptly vas refused nm
howied and vowed he would apoly to the
Western Jockey Club, but he seems TO have
flattened right out.
the principal ~stockholders in the new Seat
tie race course, and A. Vandeventer. who
managed the race meeting there last AU-
gust, where among the out-of-town turfmen
who came here to see the California tuturi-
ty run. Mr.. McElroy tells me his club viii
in two meetings. The first meeting prob
ably will begin about June and last Tor
the second meeting will be commenced
some time in the second half of August.
probably about August 20. and last thirty
days. These genial turfmen from the far
northwestern corner of the United States
are enthusiastic over the future OF racing
up their way, though. I fear. 1t is the fair
future for the Gate-money end of the snort
thai chiefly arouses their enthusiasm. Stlll.
they have spent a good deal of money to
give a comparatively small city like Seattle
an rp-to-date and well-appointed race
course. The new plant is pronounced the
finest. by long odds, in the Northwest ne
ing situated only six miles from the heart
of the city and lying right in n sweeping
bend of a beautiful river. 1t is said to ne
an ideal spot for a race track and the
Northerners say their site is as pretty as
InglesiGe's. 1t may be. and then again they
may be a little carried away by partlahtN.
The grand stand, they say. Ia large-Iarger
than the one over at the Tanforan track
and the betting ring and all the buildings
are modern. while there are between $50
and SEQ stalls on the grounds. with room
to build more. The club expects to secure
the services Of 4 thoroughly efficient corps
of officials. and, Judging from the manner in
which the initial meeting caught on with
the public. there seems to he reason for
akirg n roseate view of racing at Seattle
ceasing. Mr.. Vardeventer. by the way.
was formerly Sheriff Of Seattle. and is one
of the ~best-known breeders of trott!nS
horses in the State of Washington.
Charlie Clancy. becoming disguised with
Nohicer's last two races. has sold the 81
George horse to ]. H. Brannan, owner 81
Sad Sam. Rubino and others. Nnhlcer $
chance his last time out were ruined by be-
ing cut off sharply twice.
RIDERS HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Since Ingleside opened on November Is
fornia lad who has been earning fame and
money in the saddle In Europe returning
home to spend Christmas. The last to ar
rive are Bldic Jones and Clinton Johnaie) !
Dugan. The latter is not SO well known. |
but he was for years with Pat Civil. and |
late in 1900 he came within an ace of being I
signed by Green Il. Morris. About 10
pounds is his lowest notch. which is less
than 'eight-stone.'' and therefore is not 50 T,
bad in Merrie England.
Eddie Jones saws he had a fair share of |
success in France. where he had about 80
mounts and rode twentv-seven winners. |
capturing half a dozen stakes. He declares