The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-04
TWO STAKE EVENTS
FOR THIS WEEK..
Independence Handicap VIII BE
Run To-Day and Junior
Saturday.
LIKELY TWO-YEAR-0LDS HERE.
Brocmhandle and kurtZman Will
Have Strong Opponent IN
Layson, From Hayes
Stable.

With the two big stakes. the Worlds
Fair Handicap and the Derby. disposed oil.
interest will now center in the 1ndepend-
ence Handicap, to be run to-day, and the
Junior Championship Stakes, to be run
next Saturday. The latter is the third OF
the series of championship events.
IA 5000 race was to settle supremacy
OF the older horses. the Derby declared
the best of the 3-year-olds, and the Junior
| Championship will decide the hOnors
among the 2-year-olds. The race will be
at six furlongs, which Is 70 a 2-year-old
what a mile and a half is TO the 3-year-
olds.
1t will be the first time this year the ?
year-olds have been asked 70 go this route
on the local tracks. a fac- which makes
the outcome a matter of greater doubt.
1t will unquestionably bring together the
best field of youngsters which has yet
faced a flag in the West. and perhaps in
the country. for, taking past years as a
guide. the Western Youngsters are usually
as good as or better than their Eastern
rivals.
A couple Of days ago horsemen who
nave been racing around Chicago consid-
cred the Championship Stakes as big a
cinch for Fred Cook as was the Derby.
LuZarion is a good colt. and kurtzman a
better one II ldlttI ttdt VNNt ming
around Chicago. and was regarded as a
far better horse than Handzarra. who was
the champion of the spring meeting at
Latonta-
These same horsemen though. when
Kurtzman started here Saturday He
would beat B~roomhandle so easily that
the race would be practically no contest.
But when they saw Broomhandle go after
the Chicago champion at the three-eighths
pole. grab him and poke his head in front
and keep it there until Dale, from sheer
they had a few thrills they hadn't bar
gained for.
Fred Cooks trainer. VIII Phillips. said
after the race that Broomhandle had
given HUFFMAN the hardest fight he had
ever had. a good many horsemen thought
1t was Dale who was beaten. and not
Broomhandle. The boy was go weak from
reducing thai he could not walk straight,
either before or after the race.
His legs would hardly bear the weight
of his body, ard when he was taken down
hausted. That he was able to ride Broom
handle 50 effectively from the three
eighths pole. where he began his run.
down to the point between the sixteenth
1t up, was a wonder, and the chances are
decidedly that. had he been able to keep
up his effort to the end. Eurtzman's col
ors would have been lowered.
One thing is certain. that Broomhandle
finished fresher than kurtzman- Both
colts will hook up next Saturday at high
er WelRntS, anu Dalt. II lie uteS IOI at
tempt to reduce unduly TO ride in some
other race. can have the leg up at a
weight at which he will nave his full
strength. Brocmhandle will carry III. in
GLIDING n three-pound penalty, and Kurtz-
man will carry 13. including a flve-pound
penalty.
THINK WELL OF LAWSON.
But the race will not be exclusively be-
tween these two. Tom Hayes Is in well
with several. 1t is very probable. howev-
er, thai his main reliance will be Layson.
a maiden. This colt has started twice,
each time coupled with another OF the
Hayes youngsters as an entry. and each
time he has been taken back and the
stable companion allowed to win.
The first time. he finished unDlaced to
linda, and the second time, in the Kinder |
garten Stakes, Austin had to pull up very |
sharply at the end to keep him from rum
this race they both beat Broomhandle in
muddy going. which is not Broomhandle's
best.
Broomhandle. too. by comparison with
Braden, had so much the worst Of the
luck that his defeat by that colt is easily |
explained. But by comparison with Lay |
son. It looked as though the latter colt
had n pull in the weights. as he did in
the Kindergarten, carrying but 113
pounds.
Then there is Barney schreiber's crack.
Pinkerton. He has apparently rounded to |
again. and is as good as he was during his
coast. He had the honor of winning the
the first 2-year-old race Of the year.
on January l, the universal birthday OF
race horses. |