The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-14

huge bet with him Then Mike Daily bid
him up IN a selling race and got him cheap
for about S2.100. He took him to California.
He was deemed handy platter, no more.
He won the California Derby nicely. Then
he came East and won the Merrrh!S Derby
from poor iJ-. Witril. r::nrt.r Of the New;
orleans Derby. 0.Lt lin in sal.op over a
mile and ons-eiChth.
He then went - Canada ami 2asloLed
away with TIE \ ma iian Derb- from i cor
lot. He was oa1ly beaten in The lnterna-
tional Derby 'ast week. I'm IN mud. his IA
vcrite going.
Claude is ! st.r.Fv brown colt. lazy ioai
ing and ras-Ad in appearance lie seemed
thin and drawn YESTERDAY. but his fine
quarters and STILES. good girth and excel
lent legs. He is horse OF excellent ten
permanent After the race his handler had
TO drag him away 10 his stable. He was
too lazy 10 move.
johnnie DAILY. who rode the colt. is the
pupil OF the ioclsey-roon. He is a great
reader and student. When not in the
jockey-rcom he is in the ''tackrooui'' of the
stable. reading and studying. He is a very
smart sensible lad. His farhe- says that
he would be a great rideS if he would eat
and grow stronger He only weighs %
pounds, and has very delicate appetite.
FEW BETS on CLAUDE.
Very little money was bet on Claude.
though his price was the falsest on the
states The Republic estimated his price at
to ! Re went to 10 to l. On the other
hand. The Republic specifically warned its
readers that nothing less than to l was a
good price against the Darden entry.
But the holiday bettors took 10 against
II The Al Eeyoir 5sttors did worse and
took to for their money. Il was an alb
su-i price. The regulars. who know what
pr!ces should be. did not bet on the race.
There Will he other days for them.
Several days ago Beauca!Te was TO : TO
field he proved he could beat going a mile
and an eighth. Yesterday he was the same
price. gong Derby distance against a win
ner OF three Derhies and a good colt like Au
Revoir. 1t absurd.
W. Y. Conran. owner of Mabel VIM. won
| a good bet on CLAUDE. Other men won
smaller bets. but the play on The winner
! was light Mr. Canran said that Mike DAILY
! won a fortune on the colt Mr.. DAILY said
| he cid not win dollar IN bets.
RACE WAS TAME.
| It was a tame Derby race. There was no
| brilliant Obs to run away with it. There
was no Silveriale TO come with a sensa-
! torlsl rush. There was no grand and sturdy
| Sam Phillips. AS for Prince Lief such
! perbies and races come once in a life
/ time.
1t was a Prince McClurg Derby. Like
! Claude. McClurg was fair colt who had
! won some drrSies. He won the ST. Louis
! Derby. But a selling platter, who won a
race earlier in the day. was third 10 him.
| So 1t was yesterday. Sioux Chief. green
| colt ran almost as good race as the win
| ner. He has never won race.
| A week ago he was 40 to TO beat mai.
| dens and did not do it. All the good Judges
| agreed that BeaUcaire will run much bet
ter in the American Derby. He has speed
| that Claude has not. He was not fit
| Claude was. Claude just plugged 1t out
| Beaucaire was dashing away with it, ther
| stopped when he had 1t won. because he
| was short of work.
| Why" said Paddy Tomlinson, Beau
| caire was running mile and one-half with
| weight up off four-furiong breezes. I have
| been locking for Mr.. Darden to work him q
| Derby distance or at least a mile and one
| quarter. The farthest have seen him sc
| was mile in 1:i21a. That is not Derby
prep. If he had one good race at a mile
and one-quarter in POS he would have
| walked in to-day"
ATTENDANCE ESTIMATED AT $500.
The crowd which saw the Derby yes.er.
day was by many thousands the largest
| that ever saw a race in St. Louis. The
| management estimated the attendance a,
| IS .o10. AT least 10000 saw the race.
In the great Prince Lief Derby of 1891
| 11,coo saw the horses go to the post.
The srandstand yesterday was filed with
| beautifully clad women. Men were few AM
far between in the stands. They had tc
| stand in the quarter stretch and in the bet
ting ring They simply could not get into
the stand.
| To describe the crowd, the d--sses of the
| women. etc. would be impossible. 1t wa.
the prettiest and the greatest crowd evel
attended race meeting at st. Louis.