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EASY FOR REPUBLIC Polk Laffoons Good Colt Takes Valley Stakes in Canter Proves Superiority Over Rivals in Saturdays Chief Attraction at Fairmount Park COLLINSVILLE 111 June ll Polk Laf foons twoyearold colt Republic easily ac ¬ counted for the 5000 added Valley Stakes the outstanding attraction of the Fair mount Jockey Club here this afternoon The son of Busy American Sherry was only cantering at the end of the five and a half furlongs over which distance the race was decided and landed five lengths in advance of A A Kaisers firsttime starter Bonivan the latter outstaying Gaineswood by a mar ¬ gin of three lengths Gaineswood raced in the colors of Brownell Combs Another half length back came Mac Maxim to ac ¬ count for the fourth portion of the prize H P Headleys Uncle Boot was a badly beaten and distant last in the field of five which started startedAll All four of the other starters which Re ¬ public was pitted against belong in the maiden class bavins still to break into the winning column in a race and it was indeed an easy matter for Republic to vanquish his opponents opponentsHis His success was largely anticipated as was indicated by the support accorded the colt when he ruled an overwhelming fa vprite being backed to the complete ex ¬ clusion of the others His backers received the smallest dividends which have been re ¬ turned by any winner during the present meeting meetingA A great response from the followers of the sport in nearby St Louis and the neighbor neighborig ig Illinois cities resulted and the large crowd filled the big stand and overflowed the betting enclosure and lawns The clubhouse delegation also numbered in excess of that on recent occasions occasionsRepublics Republics victory enriched the coffers of his popular owner to the amount of 6170 the winners share of the valuable stake He was aided in his success by the faultless riding of jockey L Pichon at present the leading rider at Fairmount Park ParkCalculations Calculations were entirely upset in the in ¬ troductory race when the choices were ex ¬ cluded from figuring in the division of the Continued on twonlyfourtli page
