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THE ST LOUIS DERBY The St Louis Derby will be decided next Saturday over a mile and a half course Of the original entry of 149 colts and fillies sixtyfive sixty were declared January 1 leaving eightyfour eighty still eligible to start Under its range of con ¬ ditions editions the extreme penalty is five pounds while allowances run down to twentyfive twenty pounds for maidens Under such conditions Plaudit will carry 127 pounds while it is fairly probable that he may have one or more opponents with but 97 to carry In this race the second horse wins 1000 the third 500 and the fourth saves his stake conditions that should insure a good field of starters independently of the disposition of iirst first money moneyPlaudit Plaudit is now at the Fair Grounds track and a sure starter His opponents seem most likely to come from the following list of elifribles eligible Lieber Libber Karl Gallivant Jackanapes Domsie Dossier Pingree Pongee Eitbolin Retooling Libation Our Chance Marcato Mercator Sacket Socket Flammarion Lamar Isabey Isabel Fonsavannah Frank Thompson Pacemaker Sii Simi Rolla Olla Verify Dr Coop Bannockburn Bannock Kriss Kiss Krinle Kindle John Bright Needless to say by no means all of these will start but there is evidently abundant material to furnish a good field and a good race raceWhether Whether there is in this list another HandOr Handwork to again dim the fame of Plaudit remains to be seen but much stranger things have been known
