The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-05
Gray Gelding Should Defeat Jack
Young in Dclmar's Stake
Offering To-Day.
ARLENA HAS A CHANCE.
Lawson Filly Has Light Weight
To Pack and the Distance
Should Favor Her-Bcn
Lear a Possibility.

II weather and track conditions justify
the predictions Of the Weather Bureau to-
day. FIRST money in the Labor Day Stake
win very probably so to Taby Tosa.
With the gray gelding Ia nicely as re-
CARDS weight. with a good track beneath
linn and with the route also favoring him.
IL appears as II he should take the meas
IRE OF Jack Young rather handily. how
eve. dangerous the Baker horse may be
q heavy, track
Tho shift TO Deinsr this afternoon will
lie inaugurated Nv the Labor Day event.
which has brought out q good field. Three
stables have their entries coupled. and
prospects at time Of writing ar" for
all those named To face the starter.
Nose Goldbiatt has rather dangerous
appearing pair in The Regent and Boast
or. The latter has hardly run to his best
form of late. but IS presumably in trim
for a race to-day. The Regent IL in ct a
figure which gives him a strong chance.
despite the fact that he shares top-weight
honors with Jack Young.
IN spite OF his chances. however. u -
between Taby Tosa and Jack Young that
fhe real contest should lie. II IL not IN
reasonable 10 expect that they viii be
fighting tho matter out at the end.
Taby's last race was behind Bas Dor.
lie was far behind st that. But the little
ge'ding was kept far out of II In the
Early stages and was badly jostled when
he tried 10 get through in the stretch. To
o lightly built animal like raby this Jos
Ting cuts more figure than 10 q heavily
constructed animal And had IL not been
FOR this humping II seems probable that
the gray would have been close up at the
END.
with a fast or good track to-day Taby
Toso should win from Jack Young. while
the performances Of 3iafalda lately seem
30 allow that the Hayes entry has first-
class chance TO carry OF show money with
the 3-year-old.
The opening race to-day is something Of
sba an" Seem f 70 b. Piatt' Phsrrnacr and
Colonel Simpson. Plat ran 50 strong
race back OF Anadarco his last out that
first honors should 60 to him in the trio
BEN LEARS CHANCES.
In tho second race Ben Lear stands out
rather prominently. He seems TO hold this
field safe has the early speed which will
enable him to take the short route around
the lower turns and the distance should
suit him to a nicely.
He was played for quite killing ON his
last out. led TO the last sixteenth AMI wIs
then oyerhsuied. From the manner In
which he closed, II Is certainly probable
fhst he will come home frs: in this bunch
to-day. Ingolthrift has been out of IL for
quite a time. but he should be able to get
second place at least. Algonquin may be
third, and has enough speed herself to
keep Ben Lear hustllng for first position
in the early stages OF the journey.
Athena looks Ike 4 fairly good PROPOSE
u
track she would stand out in the light.
over q fast track. her chances diminish
slightly. But they DO not recede TO such
an extent as to place her back Of her con-
tenders.
Miss Betty may show improved form for
Barney Schreiber and should land second
money. while The Hebrew Will be third
apparently.
Pathos stands out nicely in the NTH
Here again his speed should enable him
80 shave the corners OF the track and save
ground. The Nolan horse seems 10 he a
strong contender for first money here
while those most likely to make him
hustle are !ras and handspring. Iras may
he first choice In the betting. but IL ap-
pears as II Pathos held her safe.
Ariena. Fruit and Red Leaf Is the order
in which the sixth should come. Arlena
has shown vast Improvement of late and
has held on well in races at six furiongs
she should do better at elsven-sixte cnt his
Of mile. Her weight is very acceptable
30 the Lawson fiily and she should be the
first to cross the finish to-day.
. Fruit is always dangerous owing TO her
manner OF closing with a rush. She ought
from the latters last race
The Robinson stable may carry or first
honors in the seventh event with Sid Sill
Yer. The old horse ran good race Sat
urday and closed with great determine ton
Caterpillar r. In the same race and should
be second. while Lustig will try conciu-
sions with the pair at shorter distance
than hts last race.