The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-12
HILEE CAME HOME
AN EASY winner.
Chris Schawacker Cleaned Up the
Betting Ring to the Tune
Of Several Thousand.
JOCKEY TALLEY REINSTATED.
Jockey Crowhurst Put Up a Clever
Ride on Laureate-Celtic Bard
Il Warm Member Just
at Present.

A card without a selling race incorpora
ted .n the list OF racing events was ofleres
for she deIectation of the Fair Ground,
patrons yesterday. Seldom do racegoer,
have the opportunity OF witnessing an
afternoons sport devoid of selling race
but such was the case yesterday. Although
the programme was not = very attractive
one. the two handicaps included turned on;
spirited betting events ard furnished good
racing
Judges Murphy and Price issued buile-
tin in the afternoon which exonerate,;
Jockey Talley from any evil intent in con-
nection with the Lord Neville race Of Tues
day, ana honorsDly reinstated the little
Jockey
Although rain was Threatened the greater
part of the afternoon. the dowUpour did not
occur until the last race was run. The
track WAS in good form and as fast as pos
sible.
The initial race Of the day brought ten
very ordinary S-year-oii maidens to the
post for a seven-furlong dash. On previous
performances Mandarnus looked the best
and she was posted to . favorite. II was
apparently one of those races which the
spectators fight shy Of and consequently
the betting was light. with possibly XII
darlie the best backed at 9 TO . Kidarlia
never cu. any figure in the race, as he fell
Gown shortly after the start. Canrobert
and J. V. Hays were the pacemakers but
as the field rounded to run home Leo
Noster ran through the bunch and came
home ''on the bit'' a couple OF lengths in
front OF ]. V. Hays. with Mandamus third
The second was q six-furlong handicap.
with Dave Waldo warmly supported as a
tavorite and an equal second play on Ban
ish and Hi-Koilor. Hi-Kollor went right
out at breakneck pace, followed by Miss
Verne, At the far turn Miss Verne had
enough and Dave Waldo then buckled up
with the flying leader. He did not reach
Ht-koilor until the sixteenth pole was
passed From there home it was easy for
Waldo.
Chris Schawacker. local politician, made
p neat cleanup on his good Himyar geld
ding, Hilee, I'm the third race. He bet S2,Gv1
around the ring and backed the gelding
from to to to >. That Hiiee is a racer
of some class cannot be doubted, for he
romped the entire six and a half furiongs
and the speedy Dolls Weithoff or Mizzoura
could never get near enough to him 10
make him extend himself to his utmost
Mr. George Rowe turned another profit
able trick with his old. but good, gelding
Celtic Bard, in the fourth race. a handi-
cap at a mile and a sixteenth. The good
son OF The Bard is very sweet this season,
and the manner in which he passed Siddu-
Ola anu NauTOne SOlflS cONn lue pdCh-
stretch must have made the admirers OF
Celtic Bard happy At the far turn he
assumed the lead and was never in danger
thereafter He was going away at the
finish. while three lengths back SiaGubia
was battling to keep a length in front OF
Annie Oldfield.
Jockey Crowhurst furnished bright fea-
ture of the days sport by his strong, nervy
and pretty finish on Laureate in the fifth
race. \ sixteenth out Hi-Noc-ker looked
a certain winner of this race, but Crow
hurst brought Laureate in along the rail
and forged his way between Hi-Noc-kec
a nd the fence. At every jump he aided and
lifted Laureate. The old son of Solante re-
sponded gamely. and as the winning post
was passed Laureate was nearly length
to the good of Hi-Noc-Ker. with Felix
Bard a beaten-oR third.
Wall VIII Darden's 2-year-old. made a
lucky win in the last race under "a good ride
by Johnny Woods. Obia. after u trouble
some journey. made a strong bid in the run
home for this race, but Wall reached the
goal q neck in front. Quick Range was
fair third.