The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-01
CLUB MEMBERS AND THE DERBY.
Two Big Stakes VIII He Decided Mt
Fair Grounds the Coming Fortnight.

Fair Grounds the Coming Fortnight.
The two most important stakes of the
Fair Associations spring meeting-Club
Members Handicap and St. Louis Derby
will be decided within the next two weeks.
The Club Members Handicap is down for
decision next Saturday. The Derby will be
run the following Saturday. The weights
for the Club Members Handicap were an
nounced last week.
Horsemen express themselves as being
thoroughly satisfied with the allotment
which means large starting field. The
stake will be worth in the neighborhood of
5000 TO the winner. The distance is one and
one-Quarter mile.
The result of the Club Members Handi-
cap Is expected to furnish a reliable fore
cast on the outcome of the ST. Louis Derby,
inssmuch as several of the most prominent
candidates for the Derby are to measure
strides In the handicap.
Hugh r. Baker has been giving Jack
stakes. Jack Young IS CONSIDERED ii the best
colt of age shown here this spring. The
3,yearsold .,,, ehampion,ship OF 1 the Fair
and Monsieur Beaucaire meet and settle
the question Of supremacy.
Both these colts are owned In ST. Louis.
Monsieur Beaucaire is the property of w.
he is a better colt than Jack Young, hav-
ing defeated Judge Hines in the Blue
lIrdSS SllheS at l<OuISNllle lulS SEIiuS.
Jack Young is owned by Grover Cleveland
Baker. son of the veteran trainer. Colonel
Hugh R Baker. who trains the colt. Colonel
Baker is one of the best-known horsemen in
America. He trained for Ed Corrigan. Bar
ney Schneider and the late c. C. Maffitt be-
fore branching out for himself. Both Jack
Young and Monsieur Beaucaire are in both
the Club Members Handicap and St Louis
Derby.
Another ST. Louis Derby candidate that
figures to have royal chance in the Club
Members Handicap is Fred Cooks crack
Lindon colt, Lendin This horse ran several
clinking good races at Louisville this spring
and with the exception of Lnguist Is the
best s-year,old in the Cook stable:
Linguist is also in the Club Members
beatns In the 0e Gns %cmbels Handeap
Linguist. the star 3-year-old OF the Cook
stable, Is also in the Club Members Handi-
cap. but is not eligible to start in the
Cook expects to win the American Derby
with Linguist. Cook is expected to start
bers' Handicap: Eddie Dominick is expected
Club Members Handicap.
George c. Benefits crack 3-year-old. Au
Revoir. is also eligible to start in both the
Club Members Handicap and St Louis
Derby. Au Revoir and Linguist are the best
s-year-olds shown around Chicago this
spring. Bennett finished second in the St.
Louis Derby last year with Little Scout.
stake this season with Au Revoir and will
hardly take advantage of the opportunity.
Claude, which promises to be the post
VALUABLE a stake at
week.. This colt Is another iron horse like
old Blitzen and Barnum- He has been
trained steadily since last spring. He won
the California Derby at San Francisco and
was then shipped to Memphis, where he
captured the historic Tennessee Derby this
spring. From Memphis. Claude was taken
Prize. Fore and Aft and Postmaster Wright
beat him in this stake. Then his owner.
where he succeeded in annexing rich
stake the opening day Of the spring meet
ing.
bers' Handicap last year with Searcher. is
after the rich stake again this season, and
|, will start Favonius and John Peters IN the
Sam Hildreth and is a rafting good horse.
John Peters is the horse that Hildreth
bought of John Schorr at New Orleans last
John al soqs Of c
meeting. Schorr named this horse in honor
of the treasurer Of the New Memphis Jock
ey Club.
Hildreth also has the crack 3-year-old FLY
witfull in the Club Members Handicap. but
the FLY is still on the shelf. She broke her
jaw at Memphis last spring. Charlie Ma
homes good colt Banter, winner of the KIM
loch Derby, is not in the st. Louis Derby.
Banter,is now at Chicago.
Barney Schneider, who won the st. Louis
Derby last year with Otis. will give his
crack colt Sigmund a special preparation
for this years st. Louis Derby. Deutsch-
land and Lacey Crawford, two more
of Schreiber's crack 3-year-olds, are also
in the stake. but neither appears to have q
chance. Deutschland is nothing but a
sprirter, while Lacey Crawford has been
on the sick list all spring.
Lacey Crawford's sickness has been a
severe disappointment to the master Of
Woodlands.