The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-17

should the demand be granted, q conflict
of dates with those of Saratoga.
Tim Sullivan. a power in politics, Is one
of the principal owners OF the Jamaica
A track, and unless his demands are granted,
he Is likely to make things interesting for
the Jockey Club.
The mare Abba l.. which was ruled off
at Delmar Park as ringer" is mare
with a story. She has been suspected more
times than any animal on the turf. and 1t
Is quite possible that she has been the
medium of one Of those outlaw killings
more than once. She is very serviceable in
enterprises Of that kind because of her
remarkable speed. She can run six furlongs
fast enough TO make Chuctanunda sit up
and notice when he Is at his best She
probably could beat Chuctanunda at five
furlongs. and at any distance under five
furlongs there is scarcely horse In the
country that could stop her.
She has such tremendous flight Of speed
that two years ago she was taken to Butte.
Mont. and started there against the quar-
ter horses which were racing at that track.
Those quarter horses could run three fur
longs in 81 seconds or they could do half
mile around the turn in Al. This mare,
she could and did take up as much as l25
pounds and beat these same quarter horses
ct their own game. II may be said that.
is very limited in this country, all the best
ones living were at the Montana track.
Abba L.. one after another. beat every
sprinter which they took to Montana After
wards she went to California and raced
successfully there. And then she dropped
out Of sight
than a year that she was somewhere racing
under an assumed name, and Judge Brady
sprung no surprise when he announced tnae
this fast thing, Nathalia H, was really the
lost Abba L. She was Of such strikingy
handsome conformation that identification
was an easy matter.
The Saratoga Association has announced
six valuable events to be run during the
summer meetings of 1904 and 1906. A feature
of the Saratoga Derby for 3-year-o.ds. at
one mile and five-sixteenths; to pc run m
1905. The association will add 5000 to the
event which should insure a gross value
approximating the richest events on. the
calendar Entries are for now yearlings.
3-year-olds in 1905. The conditions call for
the second sOrss o to re fbs stakes ana
Among visitors of note at Saratoga are
Augustus Eastn Of kent9 GhS. an and Gapi
Pinkerton, who is Western man through
and through and a great believer IN West
ern form. came East IN tue hopes VI ScSaH6
the horses from his neck Of the WOODS
make a show Of their Eastern rivals.
IT do not know what you fellows nave
been doing to our Western horses, Pinker-
ton said to some Of his Eastern friends
They do not seem to be able to hold theiS
own in dry company. Mr.. brakes colt
Runnells and woodford Clay's Flying Ship
are the only ones that have done anything
creditable. This is great surprise to us
Westerners. We thought We were sendinS
a. least an average lot East when they left
Chicago. Maybe Saratoga air and water
do not agree with them this year"
The sale of Golden Maxim has not yet
been consummated. Alex. Shields was on
hand yesterday morning to see the son OF
Golden Garter work. but he did not do any
thing fast. He afterwards said that moth
ing would be done until Sunday at the ear
lest Mr.. Shields wants to feel fully as
sured that Golden Maxim is in good shape
before he makes any deal for himself and
Mr.. Thomas.
The horses of Barney Schreibers Eastern
stable are rounding to after a severe spell
ing for month or two Mr.. Schneider orig
inally intended to go East for the first part
of the meeting, but as his horses were not
at their best, he changed his mind and re-
manned at Chicago, where he Is booking.
Jocky Jim Boland says that when he goes
to San Francisco with the Schneider stable
for the winter season he will take his little
brother with him. The boy, who is now
under engagement to John Ferris on the
Canadian circuit, weighs but sixty-dve