The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-09
LIGHT OPERA WON
PRELIMINARY DERBY
Lemp's Steady Colt Breezed Home
in Front of Mons. Beaucaira,
Who Was the Favorite.
KINDRED GETS A FLYING START.
Troxler Got Old Kingston Horse
Off Racing and Won With
Tim at II to bad
start for Last Race.

l.. Lemp's steady little Missouri
colt Light Opera. a third choice. who
should have been favorite. The Republic
pointed out in its forecast Of the race.
beat Mons. Beaucaire. Deutschland and
Bas dor. in the Derby preliminary of one
and one-quarter miles run at the Fair
Grounds yesterday.
Opera won easily by two lengths. and
was going away at the end. Beaucaire was
second and Deutschland third, length in
front of Bias DOR
Beaucaire was made favorite by the
checkers and private timers. who said that
he was second McChesney in his works.
Bias was 10 /, and Opera 3 to !, with
Deutschland IS
Deutschland and Bas dor set a ringing
pace. Beaucaire got his long legs tangled
at the start and bumped into Ranchman at
the first turn. He then changed step. or
stride. and lost four more lengths turning
around to the back stretch All this time
Opera was lying snugly in third place. and
Bonner was giving him very nice ride
BEAUCAIRE POORLY HANDLED.
Booker could not get BeaucaiIe striding
up the back stretch He crow-hopped along
for quarter At the three-eighths pole
opera moved uD. Booker then got Beau
caire moving. and he closed IN some
ground.
Bonner swung nicely Tor nome. Saving
ground. Booker took the outside with Beau
care. As Deutschland and Bas dor We're
weary. they swung wide. and Beaucalfe
had TO go out and around them. This lost
him some ground. Opera meanwhile had
saved ground and was steaming along nice
ly in front, and Bonner rode him with
aplomb and decision.
home but stopped as if short of work for
the distance. and Opera breezed IN
Deutschland stuck to his work with game
Opera is not in the ST. Louis Derby. He
ran a nice even race; and was not pit
tired at the finish. The mile was run IN
1:40i2. good race. and the final time was
Beaucaire disposed of the Derby preten-
sions of Deutschland and Bias dor. lie
gave both weight and decisive beating.
He did not run like a good horse. He had
no stride or action and was very weary at
the end. Booker gave him the weakest ride
he has given any horse at this meeting.
KINDRED WON GALLOPING.
Kindred at IL to l again made show Of
Ilis field in the six-furlongs handicap. Trox
Ter got one of his racing breaks and won
the race in the. first fifty yards. Elastic
Mabel VIM and Santa Ventura We're also
well away. but the others were all left off
badly. Louis Wagner ran winning race
from where he got off. He was backed
heavily. Booker, who rode him. said that
Ventura cut across Wagner at the break
and knocked him out of it.
away" said the Jockey, but this little
mare broke faster and cut my horse Mr..
Dade was not to blame"
BARRIER WORKED BADLY.
Mr.. Dade was to blame. however, in the
last race. His barrier went up on the inside
and did not go up on the outside. Hence
the inside horses got off. while Charles
Ramsay and Pharoh. favoiite and third
choice. were obliged to wait until the
barrier went up outside Wilson on Ramsay
took after the field. He was twenty-five
lengths behind the last horse passing the
judges stand. but by nice. careful ride.
in which his ability to beat the scale
counted hugely. Wilson got up, passed mis-
field. and won handsomely. 1t was grand
ride and did the little chap endless credit.
Most boys would have pulled up and not
gone after the field had they been left as
badly as he was. 1t will not be easy 10