The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-22
TWO JOCKEYS were
THROWN BY HORSES,
j. T. Woods and Fl. Gilmore Had
Exciting Experiences With Their
Mounts at the Fair Grounds.
ZAZEL WAS IN GREAT FORM
Daughter of Imp. Order Came Fast
in the St.etch-Barrica Did
Not Run Her Race Ned
Wickes Has Improved.

Two startling. but happily not serious. &C.
cidents made the first two races at the Fair
Grounds exciting yesterday. Tigris ran
away three miles after the third race had
been finished. During the race his Jockey,
]. T. Woods. broke stirrup. After that
he had slight control of the horse and was
really hndrance TO him. Had the stir
,up not broken 1fgris probably would have
won.
As it was, Woods had no lever TO hold him
with. when it gave way. The horse con-
tinued on for three circuits of the track
after he finished the race. The frail little
chap, Woods, who weighs but eighty-one
pounds did his best to hold the horse and
reduce him to su ojection. In the third time
round the brute became fractious and mean.
He bucked and reared wickedly. The little
fellow on his back was worn with heat
and his eXertions trying TO control the
horse. He fell more from sheer weakness
and exhaustion than anything else. He
lay on the tract: like one dead. He was
picked up ard taken to the stand. The ply
sicians found him not much injured, but
suffering from h Eat and oyereXertion, and
slightly bruised by his fall. They took
his soiled and dusty riding togs off, stripped
TigriS of the saddle and weighed them in.
He made the weight all right and Tigris
was second. An examination of the riding
gear showed that the broken stirrup had
long been cracked. The old cracks in the
steel were rusty.
No sooner had the excitement caused by
this episode ceased than in false break
in the second event Frank Pearce stumbled
and fell while his rider, Gilmore, was en-
deavoring to pull him up. From the stand
it seemed as If The horse fell on the boy.
The beast kicked and struggled frantical-
ly, apparently unable to rise. Thinking
that Gilmore was under him all this time
the people in the stand groaned in horror.
Immediately lot of rail birds ran on
the track and pulled the horse aside. Then
st was seen that Gilmore had fallen beyond
him and was quite unhurt- The boy had
a miraculous escape, for he lay between
the four kicking feet Of the frenzied an
imal, who strugg ed desperately While down.
Gilmore walked back 10 the stand and was
given a hearty round of applause for his
coolness in danger.
The racing day was otherwise of not
much moment. For the most part the
events were exceedingly commonplace
Tom Gilmore made his field look slow IN
the initial race of the day. On sscohu'
Dominck hustled his mount to the front,
and when the quarter was reached Hii-
more was two lengths to the good ana at
the half there was fully seven lengths OIL
daylight between the leader and the sec
ond horse. Dom.nick eased up his mount
from this out, and at the end he nad dii-
more's head in his lap, Tigres, the choice,
was full of run. He was not satisfied with
being chased over the track for a mile ana
a quarter in the race. When he rld hlfnseIl
of his company he went on by himself Iot
two and one-haf miles, notwithstanding
the fact that ]. +. Woods was Juggling Tor
dear life at the reins.
Sprung, the choice in the second race,
was slow to get going. When he did COM
mence to get up some speed he ran over his
field to the sixteenth pole. and then chucked
it. Zazel came out OF the bunch at the END
and won by length. Belle Simpson. the
pacemaker, staggered into third place.
to defeat eiu when Setting I nished & third to
Julietta b. and Hiss Theresa. The winner
made the running all the way, but was al
out at the end. 1t was all Dominick could
DO to make her stick to it long enough 10
beat Miss Theresa a nose on the post. The
iavorite was poor third, and was g. never
in the fight. Watson was up on Pirate s
Daughter, and he put up one of his box-car
rides. The fily never had chance. as she
was taken into every pocket that could
be found.
After being heavily backed in his last
two outs. Prince Real finally managed to
win a race. He went up in the betting
lost their cush OF the Prince Royal colt in
his previous outs were down yesterday.
in the final strfies
Ned Wickes, tie winner of the last race,
showed big Improvement over his last ef-
fort. Yesterday ne galloped home in l:2lla.
A few days ago lie WAS beaten by the same
horses that finished behind him in l;22 He
was the favorite and WAS well backed.
Fair Grounds Entries.
First race. one mile, purse:
-. Candock ..i0I Alice Turner 81
20 Iron Chancellor %: 81 Elsie yenner g
4s2 ssnsaInon .....iGs
Second race, threefourth of a mile. selling:
<J9 Mona B. LIZ -G2 Good Night .......lge
Il II ass Hsen II Gai- IS Miss Verne
ner .-............1gI 496 Aunt Mary ......1O7
5 tss n Bonasua De" i5s AS AS on On Hand .iJs
Third race. aad one-sixteenth miles. selling:
- ~ y0s Doaghsy 49, 49, qdse lids J! Riley ss
sss Sun God .;;1g zsi y Kitty ,SX,a, CLYDE 49,. 81
So So Prince tef Real IS SO 81, BaisaiOTe M. 81 u
Fourth race. three fourths OF mile. handi-
-. iraden -. IS cisD W. j. Baker ...1jl
Fifth race. five and one-half furionss. purse:
4gs Danela ......-..lc0 800 Secundus ..luS
(599 Wall .......,..ls
Sixth race. three-Quarters of a mile. selling:
saniar ........los =. Miss Elna .......Io7
az Az RUS Rnby ais Riisy ~ DSrnce
20. lSnnend9 S lS2 S ssS Gs6hfagal su santsr ~
SELECTIONS.
First race-Elsie Tenner, Ransom, Alice Turner.
Second race-Gooi Night, Whisper Low, Aunt
Mary.
Doughty.
Fourth race-w. J. Baker, Triaditza. Tom Col
lirs.
Fifth race-Dorotly Lee. Wall, Lii Sparks.
Sixth race-Leo Planter. Henry Of Franstnlar.
Ruby Riley.
QUARTER-STRETCH GOSSIP.
About a Party With a Touch
Called Bratton an EnEIishmnn.
4 rather weary and thirsty-looking person