The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13

st. Louis promises to have an active
racing season next year. from present
prospects, the sum total OF stakes which
will be hung UP for competition on the
local tracks bidding fair to make this
city the objective point for the leading
stables in tho West
The Worlds Fair Handicap will be run
June Is and will have a guaranteed value
of $4,000.
This special Worlds Fair Handicap. will
be the largest Of its kind. save one. IN
tho history Of the American turf. In the
Worlds Fair year. when Boundless won
the $4,000 American Derby At Washington
Park. that stake stood alone in the racing
annals Of this country. Next year. the
Worlds Fair Handicap will divide honors
with It.
The contest should bring together the
best horses in the East and West and
foreign entries are also expected. 1t will
really be tho first international race ever
run in this country. II European horses
are sent across the water for try at
the stake.
Three stakes in England have . guar
anteed value Of $4,000 the Eclipse. Prin-
cess of Wales and Jockey Club stakes
having this amount hung up-f1000o each.
II Is significant Of tho different turf con-
ditions here and in England that the en-
try fees to the ten thousand Founders" OF
the British turf are about 80 per cent high
Or than to the big stakes Of this country
This excess of cost in entry fees for
tho various stakes in fact. prevails in
English racing generally. Stakes on the
other side Of the water cost far moro to
enter In proportion to their value than
those on this side One OF the famous
British races, tho st. Ledger. has q sum
added that seems trnins when the cost OF
entering II considered. Yet this race "a
competed in for the honors Of the contest,
as 1t constitutes ono Of the three races OF
the triple crown"
Secretary Hachmeister and Handicapped
Maginn are pleased with prospects for
next season on the local courses and pre-
dict n banner year In a racing way.
Hachmeister Is busy arranging details for
the order in which local stakes will be
run next year.
FOURTEEN STAKES.
Fourteen stakes are offered for next
summers Fair Grounds meeting, the In
augural being get for the opening day.
Juno II. with $52.5O0 in two guaranteed
stakes and $1,000 added in the remaining
twelve events, the stake list for next year
surpasses any ever before offered in this
city.
As $500 will be added to the Derby. this
event will probably reach total value OF
more than $4,000. The Club Members
Handicap has 5000 added. the Inaugural
$40 tho Independence and Junior cham
pionsi1ip 5000 each. and the remaining
stakes 1000 added to each: From the en-
try list already in the value Of each Of
these last named stakes will probably be
treblsd by starting time.
Following the Inaugural the KindsrEar-
ten Stakes, with $500 added. will b run.
This Is the opening 2-year-old stake. Is set
for June 1S and IL hve furlongs in extent.
The Club Members Handicap il set. for
June Is, and Is at the customary distance
of one mile and one quarter. Then comes
the Worlds Fair Handicap Of $4,000. June
8. The Derby will be run the following
Saturday, July
Last year nineteen stakes were hung up
at the Fair Grounds meeting. the total
amount represented being $4,000. The in
crease in added money Is most marked
accordingly.
Secretary Hachmeister has announced
that the Worlds Fair Handicap, which
closed April 1 with ninety-four nomina-
tons, will be reopened February l, 1904.
the same date that the other stakes close.
The list Of entries now includes all the
prominent horses Of the Eastern turf and
several foreign entries.
The st. Louis Derby Of 1906 Is announced.
to be run at one mile and ooe-half, and
to have $500 added.
The list Of events for year next the
order in which they aFe to be run. their
distance. the ages Tor which they are
scheduled and the amount Of money rep
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