The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-04
PugiIism
Baseball
Racing
WHO WILL WIN
THE GREAT LEGER
Minoru, the Kings Horse, and
Bayardo Are the Favor
ties.

London. Sept Although he has
not yet succeeded in winning 20 per
cent of the number OF races that fell
! TO his share in the United States last
season. the jovial Joyner is by no
means downhearted lie has still
three months ahead In which TO In
crease his total, and If the handicap
pers Will only treat the 3-year-olds
less harshly than they have done re-
Gently by considerably overwhelming
them. the chances are they Will do
some more winning before the season
concludes.
Horses In Selling Races.
Apparently Mr.. H. P. Whitney is
becoming tired of seeing his horses
top weight in all the handicaps In
which they are engaged. Three that
have time after time figured In that
position are Bobbin H. Sixty III. and
Sea Cliffe, and he has now entered
be sold for S1.500.
There is something of satire In this.
The idlosyncrasies of handicappers
and handicapping are remarkable, and
! some of them were revealed by Lord
Durham in the speech he made in the
Jockey club recently.
Though there is plenty OF racing to
interest and occupy the minds of
sportsmen for the next few weeks.
the most important race of the near
future is the St. Leger, the last elias
sic" of the year 1t will be decided
MT Doncaster on September and
promises to be quite as exciting as
any that have gone before 1t. Ii Is
already known that the king will be
present. and as his majesty Is rep
resented In the race by Minoru. which
is expected to follow In the footsteps
Of Persimmon and Diamond Jubilee,
It will be at once gathered that an ex-
citing time is in store.
Those of us who were fortunate
enough to see Minoru win the Derby
will not readily forget that memora-
bic occasion. 1t was one OF the events
of lifetime, but one wonders what
will happen at Doncaster if the king
wins his third st. Leger with Minoru.
A full-blooded. lusty Yorkshire roar ie
a thing to be remembered. and great
as was tine cheering at EPSON one
imagines that this will be mild as COM
pared with the enthusiasm at Doncas-
ter II the king should be successful.
VIII Minoru Win the ST. Leeer7
But the question that is exercising
our minds, and will continue to do
so until the race Is over. Is whether
Minoru can win He has not been
beaten as a 3-year-old, and in addition
10 the Derby has also the 1000 guineas
to his credit. He therefore has only
to carry off the St Leger to win the
triple crown, for then he will have
taken all the classic races for which
a colt can run.
There are some who believe TO this
day that William the Fourth would
have won the Derby had he not been
interferred with when Sir Martin fell.
approaching Tattenham Corner, and 1t
must be acknowledged that in spite
of that mishap William got into third
place. Be that as it may. Minoru own.
though only by a short head. from
Louviers, and in the light of what
has since happened there is a doubt
as to tho ability Of his majesty's colt
to win.
Among those who will challenge
Minoru is Bayardo, and there Is a
slngularlty about the performances of
the two colts which Is worth while
relating
AS q 2-year-old Bayardo won all his
seven races. and as n consequence he
was a winter fayorite for the Derby.
but Minoru won his first race, and
then failed TO get his head first past
the post in the next FIVE engagements,
though he was placed In four of them
Then we find this year Bayardo losing
in favor by being beaten once before,
Derby day, while Minoru won twice,
and on the great day both we're sup
planted for favoritism by the Ameri
can colt, Sir Martin. who came to-
grief. The story of the race Is too
old to repeat hero. but 1t may be men
toned that Bayardo finished fifth, and
since that day neither colt has sui
fered defeat. Minoru having two wins
and Bayardo four TO his credit. So
that they meet on the Town Moor on
pretty equal terms. and with the
knowledge that Bayardo has at least
justified his 2-year-old reputation. He
has not damaged 1t much, but both his
defeats, the only two of his career.
happened to be in the races won by
Minoru-the Guineas and the Derby
and It is only the fact that his sue
cesses since then were won so easily
that makes him out TO stand any
chance in the 81. Leger.
UHLAN DEFEATS
HAMBURG BELLE