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Show ILL HACE Fit i' i FORTUNE World's Fair Handicap Does Today. Contestants All in First Rank of Thoroughbreds. Thorough-breds. Purso Is S50,000, tho Largest Amount Ever Offered, In This Countiy for Race. ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Juno 24. Tomorrow tho World's fair handicap at ono mile and a quarter, for thrce-ycar-olds and upwnrdH, with a purse of J50.000, of which $40,000 gor-fl to tho winner, Is to bo run at tho track of tho St. Louis Fair association. This Is the greatest amount over offered In this country for a rnco of liko character, and tho contestants contest-ants aro all in tho first rank of thoroughbreds. thor-oughbreds. 1 Tho Held of starters will probably include in-clude the following horpcs, with weights, Jockeys, and probable betting: Hcrmls, 130, A. Rcdfern, 2 to 1. McChcsney, 12S. Fuller. S to 1. Gold Heels, liO. Austin, 10 to 1. Six Shooter, 112, T. Knight, 3 to 1. Wilful. 10S, Bullmnn, 10 lo 1. Judge HImcs, 105. H. Booker, 1G to 1. Bcrnays. 100, Cormack. 3 to 1. Flying Torpedo, 101, Anderson, 15 to 1. Moharlb. 103, Aubuchon, 10 to 1. Sambo, 97. Crawford, 25 to 1. Colonial Girl. 97, W. lvnapp, 6 to L Bearcatcher. 94. Nicol, 10 to 1. Old Stone. 92, W. Davis, 20 to 1. McGee. 101. Lawrence, 7 to 1. This will be the greatest collection of thoroughbreds that has over appeared In any racing event In the West, and few. If any, have ever equalled It In point of class in any contest over the Metropolitan Metropoli-tan circuit. On any kind of a track the race 13 bound to be a desperately contested one. Judging from tho amount of. rain that has fallen. 'tho track Is likely ., to be very heavy. Tho World's fair handicap will bo run over a heavy, holding track at tho fair grounds tomorrow. A heavy rain last night and today left the track fetlock deep In tho slop, and no amount of work can mako It other than heavy for the big race. Light weighed mud runners will get tho backing. Hormls, the Eastern champion, is thought by many shrewd horsemen to be doomed to defeat. It Is argued that Hermls cannot gtvo weight to tho other horses who have performed well in that kind of going. With Oldstone. whoso best races have been on a heavy track, to set the paco for the first part of tho race, Bcrnays to tako up tho running run-ning at tho end of seven furlongs, and Wilful, Colonial Girl, Moharlb and Gold Heels, all notorious muddcrs, to fight It out with tho great Eastern horso. If ho can then como on and win It will stamp him as tho horse of the decade. Today's summary: First race, four and a half furlongs. purse Lorctta M. won. Moonet second, Earl Lee third. Time 5S seconds. Second race, six furlongs, selling Sol Smith won, Santa Ventura second. Stump-town Stump-town third. Time 1.20. Third race, flvo furlongs Limerick Girl won. Black Art second. Franco third. Time 1:05. Fourth race, six furlongs. handicap-Charlie handicap-Charlie Thompson won, Commodore second. sec-ond. Elastic third. Time 1:18U. Fifth race, mile Autumn Leaves won, Trapscttcr second, Pretension third. Tlmo 1:46A. Sixth race, six furlongs, selling Joo Goss won, Our Llllle second, Suave third. Time 1:19. |