The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17
The American Derby Saturday
Next Big Racing Event.
English Lad Has Two Strong
Competitors in Betting.
HAIR SPLITTING RACE.
SchOrr's Colt Moharih Viewed
With Favor by Many.
Strong Tip Is Ont on the Cana
dian, Fort Hunter.

Chicago, June 17.-While English Lad
was winning an easy victory in the
Derby trial stakes. Moharib had a bril-
liant workout of d mile and a half in
2: IS 2-5.
English Lads race has brought con-
ficting opinions. Admirers of the colt
saw in it a confirmation of the animal's
superior class, while others would
have it the Cook entry had nothing
to beat" and hence his victory, even
with much the worst of the weights,
did not signify much, especially in view
of the Indifferent time.
Just how the colts victory can be
passed by so lightly is not clear. He
gave away double the weight he will
be asked to concede to any of the real
.ly prominent candidates in the race of
next Saturday, and did it with the ut
most ease. The really interesting
feature of the race was the effect pro-
duced by a. good, strong Jockey. Eng
fish Lad in his previous races this sea-
son had been ridden by little Nicol.
and in all of them it was apparent the
colt suffered from weak handling. Y eS-
terday, for the first time, when called
upon to pass his field, he responded in
the same commanding way he did last
fall and drew away with the utmost
ease.
The colt remains a staunch favorite
in the betting for the race and will
doubtless go to the post carrying that
honor, even should the track be not
fast. Trainer Phillips has announced for
the first time that English Lad would
be started in the Derby regardless of
track conditions. The suppoSition has
been the colt did not like Sucn going,
Notwithstanding both his sire, Requ1tals
and his dam, English Lady, were mud
ders. AS a matter of fact, Trainer
Phillips has not had a, chance to hnd
out about his colts ability in the mud.
MOharib'S workout occurred at the
Washington park track at 8 a. m. The
SchOrr colt had 115 pounds up, with
Jockey Lawrence guiding, and he WORK
ed alone. His time was: Quarter, O:2o;
half 0:49 LIS; three-Quarters, 1:15 80;
mile, Al 3-5; nine furlongs, 1;55; mile
and a quarter. 2:O9; mile and three
eighths, 2:23; mile and half, 2;S5 20
The colt ran handily-in fact, easily
all the way, except during the last Iur-
long in which Lawrence shook him up
a bit, the final furlong being covered
in O:12 2-5.
Monarib cooled out finely and was in
great spirits, showing that the exercise
had only been a tonic for him, and
horsemen, both those who saw the trlal
and those who heard of it, declare II
shows that Moharib will give English
Lad a great race, and many thlnk. II
means ne will beat the favorite-
Trainer Johnny Dyment, nephew
of the owner of Fort Hunter, the woe
ly touted Canadian trick that Is mere
now for the American Derby Satur-
day, watched the Derby trial at Har-
lem.
''That is not the horse I have to
beat Saturday" he stated after he saw
English Lad fit under the wire an
easy winner of the test.
ct saw a colt out at Washington
park this morning turn off the Derby
route of a mile and a half with what
looked like his weight up in 2:35 II
and do it easily" he said. That's
the fellow. this one of Schorr's. Mo
harib did his work like machine,
and 1 think the race will be between
him and Fort Hunter.
This is a good colt of mine. He
/ packs his weight like a gentleman,
and no route that we have asked him
| to go seems to be too long for him.
Another thing. he can go on any sort
| of a track. We have raced him on a
dry course and in mud UP to his
any difference to him He's a great
| fellow, I can assure you of that.
| English Lad looks to be a fine one,
but I would not set too much store
on what he did Wednesday afternoon.
You see there was little behind him,
and what there was could scarcely
win better than a $500 purse race at
the race was fairly made to suit him.
Fort Hunter is a loafer in his work
and will not run a lick unless there
is something to force him. Why, a
short time ago I gave him a trial of a
mile and a quarter for a stake race,
and the best he would do, punched
! out, was PLY. But he came back
PROBABLE DERBY STARTERS.
Bet Horse. Jockey.