The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12

I expert .clockers caught the colt in 80 Cor
the half day he worked Egan admitted
! that the work was nothing 20 hraE about.
good race. nevertheless. Egan had a good
line on Dick Bernard.
Il don't figure on the race that Dick ran
In the CASTOR Hotel Stakes said Esan-
MY reason for coming TO this conclusloh
i based on the fact that Dick Bernard
holds Doctor Lodsr safe doing anythihs
and when Doctor Loder ran Flo Bob 10 a
! clcse finish. ! felt satisfied that there must
have ben something radically wrong WIN
Dick Bernard when the Tichenor colt c9uld
beat him. Flo Bob finished In front OF him
by a narrow margin IN the Castor Hnte!
stakes. When Dick Is AZ himself l feel
anything. l don't think that Dick Bernard
likes the Memphis track He is a good coii
and Viii demonstrate the fact before very
long He may not be worth what p y.
Smathers paid for him.. but he Will win
races just the same
Lew Calm figured ON starting Bermuda
in the Tennessee Oaks until she was beaten
in the fifth race Thursday. He said he
it in better than its for the six furlongs
! he would take a chance and pay 500 70
Lun her in the Oaks; Inasmuch as tie mare
finished third TO Postmaster Wright ana
Alho in I:IGi2 for the th~Tee-quarters. MI.
Calm will hardly waste Slp running her
in the big filly classic next Monday.
Retmuda Is a handsome big bay mare
by Bermuda-Bettie {. Her dam has pro
duced such good ones as Faithful and DIS
/ SFAAAEE. III ~ FAFAAbA- Wv =
later on. She has a rare turn OF speed.
Boots DurnelI ought to he fined for per
sisting in racing The Lady. notwithstand-
ing the fact that the famous mare Is hardly
within twenty pounds OF her real form. She
trailed her field last time out from start 10
finish. The mare looks poor and thin and
is in need Of a let-up- When at herself
there are few horses in the West that have
a license TO defeat The Lady.
Sam Stephens. who has three books on
VILE meeting. stephens got his start book
ing for Harry Brolaski at San Francisco
last winter. Brolash had a cooperative
booking for himself when he separated from
Brolaski. and quit FRISCO a good winner. He
IS on the block himself down here and has
book for him. too.
Alto. who ran a credirable second to POST
master Wright the other day. is a half
brother TO the sensational 2-year-old Nal
volio. that died on Johnny Fay. Malvolio
the West. Bennett paid a fancy price for
Alto on the strength OF the colts relation
ship to Malvolio. Alto never amounted to
ises TO develop into a useful racing tool
this season.
John s. Bratton sold Ceylon 10 Ed Trot'er
for a.3O twenty-fOur hours after claiming
the gelding out of a selling race. Bratton
found that the gelding had two big ossil-
ages and he was afraid that he would
break down, Bratton claimed the gelding
out CT a selling race recently for 800.
Benehcent. which Sam Hildreth bought
from John ". Schcrr recently, is rattle I'M
dersiZed. but can step a fast clip. SchoT
did not think the colt good enough TO take
East. but Hildreth thinks he can win the
youngster out in short order on the Western
tracks
Lew Gains Lynch went the long route in
his race Wednesday and ran a creditaDle
second 10 The Forum at seven furlongs.
Lynch Il ready TO win in his class. 1nso-
isnse, the fayoIits in this race got away
This FLY can do better. II will pay TO watch
her from now on.
Sidney Bender has made arrangements to
ship his entire string TO Rinloch to-mor-
row: He will take Jack pemund. oronte.
sic B.. Quartee and other useful perform
ers to the Florissant Valley track.
George Walker. John W. schorrs train
er. thinks pretty well OF Claude. the win
ner Of this years Tennessee Derby. Walker
good colt to trim Claude in his own going.
Claude Is partial to heavy going. He is q
Burns Handicap Cor Jack Chinn at San
Francisco some years ago. Lisssk was I
great horse In the mud. and all his get have
came very near winning the Burns Hsndi-
cap az San Francisco last winter. he was
badly bumped into and knocked out Of the
race at the start
Nose Goldblatt Will ship his entire stable
to Kinloch at the conclusion of the Mem
phis meeting. Goldblatt has Travers. Brief.
Booster, Five Nations. Glendon. Rainland.
Honey Brook. Billy Jackson and Ranchman
In his string.
Emil Herr of the firm of Durnell & Herr
told William Murray. who will do the start
ing at Kinloch, that he had decided to ship
his entire string 10 Chicago at the con-
clusiou OF the Memphis meeting. Murray
tried IN nnrg1Iada Har- IN shin MN(hQRnaU
TO Kinloch TO start IN the Klnloch In
augural. but Herr concluded not to divide
his stable.
Leo Mayer went East Wednesday night.
He made Barney Schneider win a swell bet
Wednesday by asking him to take s1.000 of
Sweet Gretchen for him Mayer. Barney
then concluded TO take $500 or the flly
for himself. Sweet Gretchen finished second
and Barney kept the money. He thanked
Mayer for the tip.
r. ]. COLLINS.