The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-31
TURF COMMENT-AFTERMATH OF TIE BROOKLYN HANDICAP.

I fought out the issue. Ornament. one OF the
champions OF his day. ridden by the redoubt-
abba Tod Sloan. then at the zenith OF ms
| Ben Holiday, over a slow, dead track.
As in the case Of Howard Mann's triumph.
'Pittsburg Phil played the winner for a
| fortune again, and brought fresh troubles
TO the layers. although ne oio hot own 'ne
B~ANAsTAR'S LAST RACE.
The mighty and unfortunate Banastar.
one of the fastest ~thoroughbreds ever en-
; tered In the race, won the Brooklyn the fol-
lowing year, we'll ridden by Danny Maher.
He hung out the record for the race. 206A.
and II was a magnificent performance. Ban
astar was not of the two first choices. al
though his owner. former Corporation Coun-
sci Clark. and his trainer, Matt Allen, con-
sidered the race already in, and bet liber-
ally on the Farandole horse at remunera-
tive odds. The obscure Lanky Bob was sec
ond. generally neglected in the calculations
and betting by the public. Filigrane, who
had won the metropolitan Of that year. was
a strong choice. but he could not finish
nearer than third.
Kinley Mack. the only horse that ever
Won both the Suburban and Brooklyn. beat
a high.class field IN 1880. he was Sy al, a..
year. and had no trouble in trimming ms
company declsively. Rafaello beat Herbert
for the place. There were only nine start
ers.
The Keenes furnished another winner in
Conroy the following year, The race was
decided in heavy going. and the timeI2Ns-
was excellent. Herbert got a little closer,
and was the runner-up, and Standing was
third.
Last wears Brooklyn is fresh In the mem
Dries of all followers of the game. and
though 1t had been preceded by more than
one tiuke. 1t was the worst OF them all.
Advance Guard was justly entitled to the
support of the regulars that had seen him
race earlier in the season. and he got 1t.
Blues. that erratic and yoguish son of Sir
Dixon. which has within the week given
another exhibition of his in-and-out procnV-
tiles. was the actual favorite. Riena. a marc
of cheap class, and one that never before or
since did anything to entitle her to a place
in such company. won the race In a drive;
with the true and mighty Advance Guard
second and Pentecost third.
Albert Featherstone and his trainer.
Julius Bauer, were the only persons at the
track who bet TO any extent on the winner.
and it was a case OF write your own ticket
spectators knew that Advance Guard was
pounds the best horse. and that he had not
run his race.
Burns failed with him at a critical mo-
ment. and his owners. Carruthers q
Shields. were ou%tspoken in their declarations
that he had not been given a good ride.
Winnie O'Connor. however. got every ounce
OUT of the winner. and rode a fine race on
Reina.
usn-r s,.n,sr &c .iso :, Austria and TO-
hehr! spencer IL aiso sa' e'u "
gether with Fred Taral. nearly all of the
great races are going to them. Spencer
S--N.s -. ..u.s II.
was married snot'is oetore ne sailea' nv
writes to Joe scherrer. the former Jockey.
regularly and says he likes tho foreign
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Same oe''er IMAM Floihs HI nome.
Spencer had not been in his best form
previous to his departure. hut he was once
the leading Jockey Of the country. and he
can no doubt ride rings around the native
talent over there without half irving Re-
fore reporting to his new employers Spencer
paid Nash Turner a visit at the Vanderbiit
training stables. near Paris In his last let
ter to Scherrer Spencer says Turner and
Ransch are riding a great many winners
and are both very popular with the French,
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Glenn Jenkins I'D to Monday night had
been onered threo no,,,.. " ~. p,o,p,,.
oeeh oRereo tnree mounts In the Brooklyn
He had not decided yesterday
whether he could accent any or thorn until
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nc d itohi lis empowers the Sahioros.
jenkins refused to disclose what horses he
had been invited to ride.
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