The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-23

| will be granted the Los Angeles Jockey
Club. but that II not he will race independ-
emily. adhering to the rules Of the Western
ers who have secured licenses and are in
good standing with either the Western
Jockey Club: the Eastern Jockey Club or
the new California Jockey Club will not
be required to take out new licenses
AS the rev track is outside the city limits
no local difficulty is anticipated. The city
ordnance OF last winter has been repealed,
ana preliminary meeting of nineteen days
Will be held at Agricultural Park. the old
track. beginning October 10, for which Mr..
be given.
sAM LAZARUS DIsGUsTED.
Sam Lazarus thought he had good thing
at kinloch last Thursday and bet $500 on
his own horse. Wineland. which finished
back in the ruck. This so disgusted Mr..
Lazarus that he offered to dispose of the
animal for $500. Jockey Boxers brother
took him at his word and bought the horse.
IRIS Is the second cast-off Of Lazaruss
that Booker has in his stable. He bought
Sid Silver from Lazarus under the same
circumstances at the Fair Grounds in the
spring. Lazarus has thousands of acres of
ia s,nd and hundreds Of horses in Texas. He
nKes to see his runners win. but has no
Sem for T na1 tne Losers and will dispose Of
n oaie5 i f,s Scotch Dance light cam
on three legs when he won the woodlands
Stakes at Kinloch last spring, and has
never never started since.s He Is now going sound
hi aannG an s Is pronounced the handsomest-
track. Scotch Dance has many valuable
IN a ths s,T this fall and Is engaged
GREY FEIAR'S FINE WORK.
When Grey Friar went down in the Ken
ner Stake At Saratoga last week every
trainer at Saratoga who bets lost. They
were down to q man on the gray geiding
by st. George. Better work than they saw
him do few days back is not often shown
BY, horse. He had not been out since last
ran, owing to an attack of sickness In the
would ef oa mo e knew %hstasr he
route" they arxned; "bat this is gray fellow
and Aladdin, who are by st. George. are
pretty fair distance horses He has a splen-
Sid pull IN the weights and We guess We
Burch. who is not as rule a sanguine
man, said before the start he thought he
would win the Kenner.
weights tie South earo Iis Rnlf to old
David Gideon, and he Is At. ! do not
can outrun him He is Mt enough to step
three-9uarters of mile in Liz to-day.
Ny only apprehension is that he may not
on that score. He has worked a mighty
handy mile and quarter for me.
HORSE IS A SPLINTER.
1t will not do to say Grey Friar was beat
en- because he could not run one mile and
quarter. He ran more like horse a
trife short than mere Splinter. essay
ing q route beyond his powers. He kept
up easily the first half under the stiff pace
set by Sir VOORHEES,, and after dropping
back beaten at the turnout of the home
stretch, he came again with the courage
which characterized his racing last year
when Eurns took up the whip
Mr.. Burch was, perhaps, mistaken Hnen
he said the gray geldlng was iii enough.
II he. was short. 1t was no disssa:e to Mr..
get horse that has not raced In eight
or nine months to the post At enough to
beat such seasoned campaigners as Short
Hose. Injunction. Sir VOORHEES, and Reliable.
We must, therefore. give Grey F'rier an
other chance.
81 cannot believe that this was Grey
Lads performance in thu Merchants and
Citizens Handicap was his best. was the
comment OF A. ], JOyner. II never saw
horse work more cleverly than he worked
for this race. Mr.. Burch thought t.iat he
was on edge. but he probably, needed u
bit more. cannot pass him up on this ono
Mr.. -Joyner voiced the general opinion
among the trainers. Peter WINNER, Jchn
w. Rogers. John 3. Madden. Enocn Wish
ard and George Walker all said II would
be unfair to condemn him On one failure.
Mr.. Madden was particularly certain Grey
There are few horses around here"
the astute Kentuclkian said. that can OUT
run Grey Friay, and We all know what