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INAUGURAL CANDIDATES The big St Louis meeting begins Saturday next and just now St Louis turf devotees are ranking the engrossing topic Who will win the Inaugural as of almost equal importance with each days grist of news concerning the war with Spain Discussing the candidates for the big event of the opening day and their work the Republic of Tuesday says The Fair Grounds track was in perfect shape yesterday and all the trainers were out with their hoises hoses Hundreds of railbirds jailbirds watched the horses work and especial attention was paid to the Inaugural candidates The best trial of the day was made by John Huff ¬ mans 3yearold chestnut colt Our Chance by Chance Outscramble Outscore who went a mile in 143 with Gardner in the saddle This colt is in the Inaugural preity pretty snugly at 91 pounds Huff ¬ mans horses arrived at the track Saturday They were wintered on the Huffman farm near Greenville 111 Mr Huffman has a full mile course on his farm over which his horses were ained aimed this spring What er Lou another iLaugural inaugural candidate in the Huffman string is said to have pulled up a trifle lame yesterday Another report was to the effect that he worked threequarters treasurers in 115 flat What er Lou showed rare form at Nashville last fall and is consid consider ¬ ered erred a first class horse in heavy going goingAbe going Abe Cahn Can sent his Inaugural candidate Buckvidere Duckier a mile in 1 43i The big son of Bel Belo videre vide is a seasoned horse having received a number of hard races at Memphis The last time he started ho ran second to Lieber Libber Karl in the Peabody Hotel Handicap defeating Estaca Staccato and other good ones He is in the Inaugural with 107 pounds poundsTimemaker Timemaker Tidemark the favorite for the event in the future books went threequarters treasurers in 1 16 flat Kitley Kirtle or Williams will ride him Timemaker Tidemark was a better colt than Macy Marcy last year The Inaugural handicapper let him off with 115 pounds poundsPayne pounds Payne Sons speedy sprinter Harry Duke moved threequarters treasurers in 115 which was one of the best trials of the day The big sprinter hurt his back at Memphis but seems to be in good shape again He has started but once this spring running second to the speedy Tom Collins at Memphis Harry is an exceedingly fast horse but the experts dont don't fancy him very much at a mile the Inaugural route routeClem route Clem Clam Crevelings Reveling big chestnut horse Ulysses will hardly face the starter Saturday He is said to be very lame and his trainer Eke Blum stated yesterday that he did not think the horse would be ready to race for some weeks weeksJoseph Weeks Joseph D Lucas the master of Goodwood Godhood will in all probability be represented in the In ¬ augural by his speedy mare Lady Hamilton She worked a mile in 145 yesterday but pulled up a trifle sore soreThe sorehead The Elector a rather smartlookingwlyear I old bay colt by Hanover Lady AbbessSmJBrown Abbesses Wards stable is the latest Inaugural candi candid ¬ date to arrive at the big track He was an exceed ingly jingly useful race horse last season and is well Pmght Might of by the Cincinnati contingent The lector ran a good race at Newport this spring and comes to St Louis a thoroughly seasoned race horse He ought to give a good account of himself Saturday SaturdayJim Saturday Jim Arthurs Arthur Fervor is about the best con ¬ ditioned diction horse at the track and is being ex ¬ tensively pensively touted by the Memphis contingent W H Laudemans Laundryman good 3yearold Goodrich only beat him a nose in one of the fastest races at the Memphis meeting With the pos ¬ sible sable exception of Salvable and Lieber Libber Karl Fervor was considered the best race horse at Montgomery Park i W L Simmons 3yearold bay colt Ed Far roll by Order IllWind Illumined is in favor with those who saw him race around Cincinnati and De ¬ troit trot last summer The crack Malvolio Alveoli only beat him a nose in heavy going at Detroit Ed Farrell is marked full in the local future book Bookmaker Frank Carr received a swell com ¬ mission on him the other day Ho is looked on as a sure starter in Saturdays big event eventThe seventh The biggest field that has started in a western classic this spring is expected to go to the post in the Inaugural Saturday At least ten horses are expected to line up before Starter Chinn Chin and there may be two or throe more The sure starters at the present writing are Timemaker Tidemark Buckvidere Duckier Fervor The Elector Harry Duke Forbush Forbes Lady Hamilton Zarina Czarina and one or two of Huffmans Huffman trio namely Dare II WbatEr WatEr Lou and Our Chance ChanceOne Chaconne One thing that speaks well for the race is the fact that nearly every owner with a horse entered that seems to have a chance has put a bet down in the future book Tbis Tbs points to a large field of contestants with plenty of friendly rivalry between the respective owners
