The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12
wRTrTEN FoR lie srNnAY REPrRLIc.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Horse racing will begin its season in Mis-
souri, and about St. Louis at Kinloch Park
in Wednesday next.
7 It has been e good deal OF a custom and
usage for turf writers ito throw bouquets
at management. owners. horses. jockeys
and public on such occasions. TO tell Of the
great meeting there is to be. the crack
horses that viii run. the ability and hon
esty OF the Judges. the number and wealth
OF the bettors. the public spiritedness OF
the track owners. who invest money IN 4
track TO make more money. aud, as Joe
Coyne puts II in the Toreacor all that sort
OF rot" A # IS usual and customary 10
write such salutations. the parties con-
cerned and to whom they refer. Will please
consider them written here.
The track owners run race tracks 10 win
money. The horse men race 20 make
money. The public bets 10 make money.
1t is simply a case OF business with a gla-
NOR Of sport about It. Many men do like
70 see a great stake race. That IS sport
As for the ordinary selling race-that Is
! business.
! The tracks will be run as honestly as
tracks can be run. The owners know that
this is the best policy. As the turf is n
business. owners. bookmakers and bettors
VIII apply business principles in their work.
These principles are frequently unsports-
manlike and unfair. officials are always
honest. and about ST. Louis capable own
ers, riders and bookmakers. allured by
prospect Of gain. will try TO devise means
OF making money. The officials VIII do their
best to keep them straight. The officials
are getting the game down finer everyday,
making IT cleaner and more honest. Cheat
ing IS getting harder and the public more
saEacious.
BRILLIANT PROSPECTS.
Money is plentiful nowadays. People are
In a betting mood. Racing IS sure to have
a successful financial season II the officials
do right by IL. They Will come pretty close
10 doing It. So It may De assumed that ST.
Louis WIFI have six months of successful
racing. both from a standpoint of business
and sport.
So far the horses at Kinloch and the Fair
Grounds are few and of poor class.
The good Memphis and Southern horses
will arrive to-day for the Kinloch meeting.
So far no one can tell Just what class Of
horses or riders ST. Louis racing viii have.
The horses are bound 10 be of fair class.
Unfortunately the riders will scarce be so.
They never are at St. Louis. Still St Louis
Is uuLAAA " bC ~ S- -A N--1
than 1t was last season. There will be at
least eight good boys-of average ability
riding here all season. They are T. Dean,
Battists, A. ". Booker-whose reinstate-
ment IS expected-Munro. Wilson. Donnelly.
Dale and Hennessy. This will furnish a
better beginning in riding ability than last
season. True, all of these boys. save Mum
TO. Wilson, Donnelly and HennessY, have
been either suspended for bad riding or un-
der grave suspicion. But the same can be
said OF ninety-nine OF every 100 boys riding
race horses
The local officials are in all cases good
men. capable and above reproach. It should
be quite a weil-attended. steady. prosper
Gus. IL not brilliant. racing season. The good
horses have not yet arrived in st Louis.
They are or have been occupied at Memphis
TO date. Hence a great deal cannot be
written about the horses in training here.
JACK YOUNG IN GREAT FORM.
Jack Young is quite a colt. Never mind
what they say about the size of the Lamp
lighters. their ability TO carry weight. this
ones lack Of early speed, his slight growth,
etc. Put it down that he is quite a colt.
He may not be Derby class in R big field,
where fast beginning is a desideratum, but
he is a distance colt.
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big enough, about 1as at the shoulder. He
IS short OF back. Though angular and slight
OF Group. he is thick through the stiles
and well muscled. He has wintered in great
form. Jack Young possesses a perfect set
of legs. There Is not hair awry on
lfhem. They are rods OF polished ebNav.
He must be an awfully l!ght-footeS horse
to own such a clean set of limbs after such
q campaign as he had last year. He must
about touch the ground as he goes. Then
he is in perfect health His coat shines
n his eye ~glistens. It is hard to coin a
metaphor to express the impression you
receive Of his strength. health and condition.
He is not a heavy horse and his perfect
legs are very slender and light. but he
has that resilient quality of muscle which
makes you think OF a rousling, playful.
twisting. unholdable young lion. who will
playfully snarl and bite and roll and lie on
his back and roll out OF your grasp when
you try to hold him.. Playful as a kitten,
expresses Jack Young's condition.
He has thickened up a lot about neck.
shoulder. girth. loins and stiles. Probably
he is not within a month OF a race. II that
close. Mr.. Baker takes time to get them
ready. He may peel OF a lot Of the flesh
that makes him look so well. Put a pin
in It. though. he Is in perfect health and
possesses as fine g quality OF muscle as any
horse in training to-day.
Not too heavy. not too fast to begin, easy
OF action. light of foot, carrying no extra
weight. OF fine endurance, he is an ideal colt
to go a distance. In big fields he may be
outspeeded at the start. Like all Lamp
lighters get. he may not carry weight. But
in a small field. with 100 pounds up. put It
down that few horses in America can beat
him
DAUGHTER OF ST. FRUsQUIN.
Next to Jack Young. a 2-year-old black
flly by st. Frusquin-Semper Fidele. owned
by Doctor Street. strikes one. st. Frusquin
is by st. Simon. He was third among win
ming sires in England last year. He is the
sire Of Rock Sand. the favortte for the
Derby. Doctor Street got the mare from
James r. Keene. Among all the horses at
the Fair Grounds. she sticks out the equine
aristocrat. She has not yet been set down
or even breezed. Doctor Street but recent
" secured her.
Schneider has a magnificent lot. Grand
Shot. the Foul Shot-Grand Lady Swear
old. Is a beauty. She was cut down last
summer. after winning many races. She
will stand training sure this year.
Schwarzwald. the Saln 4-year-old. who got
mixed I'd with Colonel Mafitt in a fall in
1901. is another star. He is a perfect sam,
daughters. He is a great. thick Fellow
Schneider has a lot of 2-year-oids. ire
mendous. weli-fed boys. who look thick and
strong and big as 3-year-olds. They are
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