The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
MAY BE EvEN-M0NEY CHOICE.
Huntressa, Dewey, Waswift, Flo
carlire, Witful and Ordnung
Are Expected 10 Furnish
the Contention.


o'NNA '~EN Hpi sc ne - tss'rIz.tN Eltf.lNst
with being
Thousands OF words have besn written in
praise OF McChesney. and hundreds OK
ho-semen have declared him to be the
greatest living thoroughbred. greater than
the great Hernis, greater than any OF the
great thoroushhreds. which have graced
the American turf or late years
"McChesney is the grand thoroush brej
the equal OF which appears but orce Or
twice in generation"-this IS an expression
commonly heard among judges OF horses.
The Montgomery Handicap IS his If he is
all he is So i'd to be- The irst really i'm
pOrtant stake Of the spring racing season
is at his mercy Notwithstanding the -
pounds he is asked to carry. No other
horse in the race pretends to be world
beaten and McChesney is conceded to lie in
condition. He will be we'll ridden by Jockey
odom. He will carry II large commission
or his owners money. II will be his first
start IN race since Mr. E. Z. Smathers
bought him for slSUO
CHANCE TO PROVE HIMSELF
Last and above all. it will be McChe.-
ney's first opportunity to show his caliber
in real stake engagement since he was a
2-year-old. The racing world knows how
American Derby of last year. when he
seemed to have excellent chances of win
ming it; how he was laid On the shelf for
months. and, when finally we'll and strong
again, he wa. returned to training he beat
everything which he met. under all condi-
tons. and made the racing world acclaim
him as one OF the foremost il not the very
first thoroughbred the American turf has
produced in years.
None Of these things have been forgotten.
All OF them will be uppermost In the minds
OF hundreds of the gay crowd which will
see the handicap run. Mr.. Smathers VIII be
there with 4 party of Chicago friends.
Sporting men from St Louis. Cincinnati.
Chicago, Hot Springs, New Orleans, Pitts
burg. Louisville and Nashville will be pres
ent in numbers. McChesney mill be on
trial. If he wins the Montgomery as i'm
pressively as he is expected to win 1t, Mr..
Smathers will insist on matching him with
HeTmis. and then the East and West may
once for all decide the supremacy In turf
matters.
THE WEST ON TRIAL
Therefore it may be said the West--or
the Western thoroushbred-ls to be placed
on trial tomorrow in the Montgomery. 1t
Will not do for McChesney's letractors to
gay that the field which he Is asked to meet
and conquer in the Montgomery Is compar-
aIlNely cheap, ana tNat ne Will not nave
proved his right TO the high title given him
by Western turfmen. even II he should win
the handicap.
In reply % this argument, the Western
horsemen call attention to the tons of
weight he is giving away, because Of this
hy & 70 Is to ws so aps
field. '' " ' ''' ~ VI ~
Again, it is pointed out. that even with
IA fraiy inc h
bred can be expected to be in his highest
form. and his most superb racing condition
80 early in the season. McChesney's work
that they have been SO good as they would
have been had the season been two months
further advanced7 Other great race horses
have been warm favorites for the Mont
gomery Handicap in the past. and have
failed TO capture 1t. Witness the failure OF
Warning last year to get any part OF 'he
and was in splendid racing condition, sp-
parently.
1t i. a hard stake on the favorite. is this
wins 1t tomorrow he will crown himself
champion Of the Western thoroughbreds
and the West will tell the East. when re,
ferring to Hermis. Gentlemen, YOU will
have 10 show us Bring on your Hermis."
SIX DOUBTFUL STARTERS.
OF the seventeen carded to start in the
six at least ssetc, are Wha
Chesney. and appears to have about as
much class as any other horse in the race
except the favorite; Barca. winner OF the
hardly good enough TO run with such field
as this over mile and one-slxteenth OF
ground; Harry New. which is said to be not
and of little present account. according to
the railbirds: Dewey. which Mr.. Schreiber
may not be able to get across the Missis-
sippi in time to start; and Barrack, which
is also said to be not UP to a bruising race.
money favorite." said Billy Walsh tonight.
ssms H MADE $500 making book oos at 1sf Hot
Springs this last season, and one must be
wise to have done that. He says the big
Is thoroughly seasoned. and that his trials
for the race have been wonderfully impress-
i've. He worked mile and sixteenth In
a nth OF a second slower than the track
record held by The ConQueror. This work
trial is BY long odds the fastest ever made
on the Montgomery Park track.
wASwIFT AND wITF-UL.
wnswift. Flocarline Witful. Ordnung and
Huntre.sa are expected to furnish McChes-
ney the contention in the handicap. Waswtft
and Fiocarlins are owned by Tichenor &
Newgass and are both said to be cherry
of the stable; Flocarline dis inguished her
self by winning the Preliminary Derby at
New Orleans last year. ~
"ltiai. WhiSa WIN thC SASS$shi .SAby
by, Is Sam Hiidreths chief reliance In the
handicap He must be conceded a good
chance to take part Of the purse, as he
proved himself ono Of the very shiftiest
colts in training at New Orleans last sea-
son
Ordnung Ii Tom Stevens's hope. He Is a
cripple. but has moved some splendid trials.
. and with pullman in the saddle there !s
bound to be strong play on the sou of
Order.
HUNTRESSA A DARK HORSE.
Huntressa may furnish q Dig surprise TO
form players. She has class and will like
the weight. The pr.ce laid against her is
tempting
The indications tonight are that the track
will be fast. tremendous crowd will be
present IL the day is fair. There are some
slight indications OF rain. which would not
brighter McChesney's chances any and
would help ouch game old cripples as Cap
tain Rfces wax Taper and Mr.. Schorr's
Ordnung. but McChesney can run in the
mud as we'll as on the dry. and II he Is
the greatest American racer he will win
the Montgomery anyway. be the track fast
or Glow OF muddy.
NJ. N. MacFariand, John W. Schorr's SON.
in-law. will succeed Captain Rees as pre-
siding Judge of the Memphis meetir~ Cr-
Fitzgerald will do the starting. He will
work without q recall fiay.
Schorr will start pair of highly tried =
year-oitis in the two juvenile dashes. He
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