The St. Louis Republic., 1904-08-05
Wghes Gclding Looks to Have
the Edge Over His~Competit-
Ors in Third Event.
DARTHULA A POSSIBILITY.
Will Hayes's Filiy May Be Able
to Capture First Money in
the f-iftn--arnold X.
Should Win.

1t seems as IL Otto StifeI ha. first
class chance to carry off honors in tn
feature event at the Fair Grounds to
day. Although the Schreiber colt ran .
bit badly under heavy weight his las
out. II seems as II he should make con
nections this afternoon
He is in with good field and is car
rying big weight for 3-year-old. But Il
seems as IL he can carry this weight ant
stiii put UP high-ciass race. He ha,
run crsditaoly In all his starts. but has
oeen handicapped by his habit of boItins
when the barrier goes up.
Superintendent Kirwan OF the Schreibe,
farm has followed the colt closely since
the start of his turf career and +atked
iscently concerning his ability. He be.
neves that Otto Stifel can rank with any
S-yeaT-o!d ever shown around here II he
can be broken of this habit of swinging
sfoeways when the gate goes up.
kirwan said that the colt rarely does
this when he has a contender on either
s. smae. as the humping he gets from the
strings him back into line. Then he runs
consistently enough for the balance Of the
With Stifel in the middle of the bupcb
to-day. 1t looks as IL he was a good bet
AS is usual with these Maginri handi-
nies naIs' the R, Winnsr Inn is problem few can
Rsn' Dut IL looks as IL the Schreiber colt
hsd just shade of advantage here.
Rebo does not like heavy going suffi-
Gently to Justify his selection. Frank
Beii runs well in il but generally backs
longs have been. covered. Ice Water
seems Handicapped In the soft footing.
tGommodore. In,I., on the contrary, has run well
performances have been shown on a SINH
lar course. ~
p,ral, Taken n altogether. It looks as If stifel.
r rioral wrath and Commodore is the or
ger In which the race should result. Fol-
ZEE Bergeres will doubtless have strong
Iono"ing, the more especially ar she has
p,,, . "a gOod race or. two on soft tracks
But II seems as II the trio named have the
petter chance TO carry off the monetary
end of the feature.
= DARTHULA LOOKS WELL
II Otto siYel seems a fairly good promo
siuoI ior first place in one Of those Ma
ginn problems. Darthula surely looks better
still In the. fifth race. She is one OF
rather handy quartet of youngsters. but
seems to have the better chance.
w399dhnds looks but second best here.
considering the state the track will be in
to-day. Princess Orna looks we'll for show
money. II anyeprevails which is unlikely.
~ Inc third i,., race should surely go to that
80 consistently On heavy or sticky track
mat he seems a really good bet here.
second Mate is about as consistent horse
IN his way and has been running into the
money with the greatest regularity, re-
Eardless OF the state Of the course. re
SHOULD get Pecond place from Mis- Petty,
Arnoio n may come to life sufficiently
to win the fourth race. Doctor Kier and
Flyer seem to be the contenders here
but 1t appears as IL the Trotter younester
can win II he is back In his old-time
form. 0
Limerick Girl can be tipped In the third
on the strength OF reports anent her work.
She Is said to have performed fairly cred
ltabiy OF late. Picture Hat may be sec
ond and that little gray flly. Nepenthe.
VINO has run good race since her first
local appearance, may be third.
Ora u. ought to win a purse for the
Schreiber stable in the first event Lady
Charles and Loniana seem the contenders