The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-28
HORSES WILL GO TO DELMAR
FOR SEASON OF THREE MONTHS
Many Valuable Stakes Will the County Course
Ones VIII BE Shipped From Washington Park-Sakes
for Missouri BREEDS.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The local racing campaign will be trans
ferred to Delmar tomorrow. when the sum
mer meeting of the new De'mar Jockey ClGb
will be inauSuratcd.
The Delmar meeting Will consume most OF
the summer. There will be continuous rae
| ing there. barring Kinloch's fifteen days n
| August, between next Monday and Octoner
| /. when the Fair Associations fall meet
ing opens Joseph E Martin. one of p y.
| BraGy's associates in the stand at the FAR
| Grounds. is the secretary of the Delmar
| Jockey Club
| John Hachmeister will act as clerk of the
| course at Delmar. I. \. Brady will preside
| in the stand and A. Barrett Dade will con-
| tinue to officiate as starter. william Gcreke
| will have charge of the paddock and act as
| patrol judge.
| MANY FINE STAKES.
Delrnar offers an unusually large stake
| list for its coming meeting. Twenty-one fix
| lures are down for decision. This means
| two stakes IL week during the entire meet
| ing. The most valuable stakes of the Del
| mar summer meeting are scheduled for the
| first week of the season at the West End
| course Nearly every prominent owner OPP
| Grating on the Western Circuit is represent
| ed in the entries to the Delmar Stakes.
George Bennett. who has been campaign
| ing his big stable at Chicago all season, is
| expected to ship select division OF his
| string here for the Dclmar meeting. All
| the Bennett cracks are literally entered at
Delmar Charlie Walker, Benefits nephew.
| will probably have charge of Benefits st.
| Louis division. He brought Little Scout
down TO run in the Club Members Handi-
An,
when Bennett shipped this colt to ST. LOUIS
to run in the Derby.
Fred Cook is another heavy nominator to
the Delmar stakes. Cook has thirty horses
in training at Chicago Brown Dick" Is
handling some of them and w. E. Phillips
has charge of the others. Part of the string
will probably be shipped here for the Del
mar meeting.
OWNERS WHO WILL COME HERE.
Barney Schneider. w. w. Darden, Jim Ar
thur, ]. S. Bratton, J. c. Calm, Sam Hill
dreth. W, w. Elliott. ]. h Hughes. Baker
& Hinde, G. c. Baker and Tommy Grif-
fin are a few of the other leading nomina-
tors to the Demar stake events The class
of horses entered at Delmar Is the best
forecast to the racing that may be expect
ed at the new track. Among the good ones
entered are the following:
Au Revoir. Ethylene.
Jordan. Monsieur Beaucaire.
Little Scout. Sioux, Chez.
Orient. - Miss crawford Z
John Peter. ! II. Mlittul;
scfiwabe. Bessie. spahr.
Otis. J Jack Young,
, Lady Strathmore. Terra Firna.
The Delmar Inaugural, which is down for |
decision tomorrow. is worth about 5000
II is handicap at one mile. and closed with
sixty-three nominations. The Independence
Handicap Will be the feature OF July 4. It :
will be run at one mile and three-six- /
teenths. The Independence has $500 added !,
and will be worth about $500.
STAKE FOR MISSOURI HORSES.
Delmar offers stake for AIissouri-bred
horses of all ages 1t is called the Home
Bred. and will be run on July %. Unlike the
Native Nursery. which was for 2-year-ods I
exclusively. the Home-Bred is for 3-year-
olds and upward. at six and half furlonSs.
Ethylene won this stake last year. She was
bred at the Martin &. Patton farm. near
Sturgeon. Mo.
Miss Crawford. Orient and all the crack |
2-year-old FLIES developed here this season |
are eligible to start in the Belle Stakes, |
which will be run at Delmar on July %. |
This stake will be run at five and half |
furlongs. The st. Francis Handicap. to be !
run at Delmar in September. will be the
first stake of the season locally in which |
2-year-olds will be afforded a chance to |
measure strides with old horses This event |
is at seven furlongs. A complete list of the
Demar stakes will be found below: ,
Delmar Handicap. 3-year and upward. $3.50 |
added. Monday June %: mile.
Independence Handicap. s-year-olds and up- !
ward. $500 added. Saturday. July 4: one mile ,
and three-siNteenths. 1
July Stakes. selling. sweepstakes. s-year odds |
and upward Thursday. July .: six furlongs.
Gasconade Stakes. selling, sweepstakes. 3-year- /
olds. $1,000 added: one mile: Saturday. July II.
Midsummer Handicap. s-year-olds and upward
81, 90 added. mile and seventy yards: Thursday, !
July &C.
Mound City Selling Sweepstakes. s-yesr-o:ds |
ard upward $1,000 added six and a half fur
longs: Saturday. July IS
Belle Stakes. for 2-year-old hles $1,000 added.
five and one-half furlonss: Thursday. July 2.
Hame-Bred Handicap. 3-year-olds and upward. |
foaled in Missouri. $1,000 added. six furlongs:
Saturday. July a5.
Missouri Selling Sweepstakes. for 2-year-olds. |
1900 added, six furlonss: Thursday. July 30.
August Selling Stakes. 3-year-olds and upward. |
81, 900 added, mile and twenty yards: Saturday, |
August !.
Ozark Selling Stakes. 2-year-olds. $1,000 added.
six fur!ongs; Saturday. August s.
Golden Rod Selling Stakes. 3-year-olds and up-
ward. $1,000 added. seven furlongs: Wednesday.
August L.
Delmar Juvenile 2-year-olds. 81. 900 added. six
furlonss; Monday. August 81.
Autumn Selling Stakes. 3-year-ods and up
ward. LOCO added. six furlongs: Saturday. Sep
TENDER 8.
Labor Day Handicap. 3-year-olds and upward,
81, 900 added one mile and seventy yards: Monday,
september &.
New Century Handicap. for 2-year-old. 1900
added. six furlongs: Saturday. September II.
September Stakes. selling. for 3-year-olds and
upward, $1,000 added. one mile: Thursday. Sep
temher l..
St. Francis Handicap. 2-year-olds and upward
$1,000 added. seven furlongs: Saturday Septem-
Der 10.
Boulevard Handicap. 3-year-olds and upward
$1,000 added mile and seventy yards: Thursday.
September 81.
Nimrod Stakes, selling for 3-year-olds and up
ward, 81, 900 added six and half furong..
Meramec Handicap. 3-year-olds and upward.
$1,000 added. mile and sixteenth: Wednesday,
September co.
PRICE BUYS HORSES.
w S. Price paid $50 for yearling half
brother to Belle of Memphis and Johnny
McHale at Doctor A. W. McAllister's sale
in Chicago recently. Price is campaigning