The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-03
Epencer's Careless Ride Respon.
sible for the Defeat of the
keene Crack.
ALCED0'S JEROME HANDICAP.
Firearm, With Tommy Burns in
the Saddle, Captured the Man.
haitian Handicap - Sam
Hildreth Disciplined.

New York, Oct. ?.-Beau Gallant Won the
Matron Stakes at Morris Park to-day a
half length before the odGs-On favorite.
Commando. Bullmdn brought him up with
q rush in the last sixteenth. and. catching
Spencer mapping, was first past the judges
for the coveted prize.
The stake. of 500 600. was the big event OF
the opening day of the fall meeting of the
Westchester Racing Association. II was 4
perfect fall day and an unusually big crowd
was In attendance. The clubhouse lawn
was the gathering place of the society ele-
ment, and the big grand stand was COM
fortably filled with the regular and casual
racegoers. There Were ten starters for the
Matron. Elizabeth NJ, William c. Whit
ney's recent purchase. and Sweet Lavender
being added at the last minute. Comman-
do. the unbeaten hero of the year, was a
hot favorite at 2 to ). while the Whitney
entry was next in demand at ) to J.. the
Others ranging from 10 TO 60 to /. There
was a strong play on the Hildreth entry,
Beau Gallant and lebanon. toward the
end, but 70 to l could be had without any
trouble.
A long delay Of thirty minutes at the
post, caused chiefly by Commando, was an
noying. but this was forgotten in the ex-
element Of the race On the break, which
was a bad one for Bellario and Ashes,
Commando swerved out in the track. but
Spencer soon got him straight and went
after Elizabeth NJ, Sweet Lavender and
The Parader. who were quickest to move.
At the dip Commando took the lead and
was soon two lengths in front, with Spen-
Ger crouched over his neck. The boy
thought he had the race in hand and was
apparently winning easily when pullman
brought Beau Gallant up with a rush on
the rail-.
Spencer did not see him until it was too
late to get his mount going again, as TO all
appearances he was easing up. and Beau
Gallant snatched a victory and earned the
winners share of the purse, Si4. OO0, for his
owner. S. c. Hildreth. The crowd could
hardly believe its eyes, and Spencer was
loudly blamed for careIessly throwing the
race away. Thu Parader was third.
The other fixtures were the Manhattan
Handicap. which went to the favorite, Fire
arm. a head before Belle of Lexington. and
the jerome Handicap. which the Western
horse, Aiced5, wen cieverly from Gonfalon
vorite to win. After the Matron Stakes the
stewards suspended Spencer for a week
for careless riding: 1t was also ruled that
the balance of the meeting. as well as at
Washington, presumably for his assault on
John E. Madden last night.
Summary:
First race. one mile-star Bright. 10 (odomp.
9 to 8 and 1 to Z, won; Compensation, III lbull.
nam su : s. ! a To ? a to l. second se , bTisadi TIna 10,
leo. Unmasked. Andronicus and Star Chime also
ran.
Second race Ave and a half r~urlongs.Triggsr;
los (Odon). s to l and . TO /. won: Spry, l9
iSpencerl, I to l and S to ). second: Pigeon
Post, liz tBurns}, Z TO 9 and 6 TO o. third. Time
-1-05h. Talcose. Philma Paxton. Seminole. Mo-
mad. Alsora. Margaret Hoffman Ginki. BoInder
and American also ran.
Third race. the Matron. eclipse course. SIX fur
longs-Beau Gallant. 125 1Bullman(. 20 to l and
Z TO l. won by half a length; Commando. IA
(Spencerl. 2 to 5 and out, second: The Parader.
lf (McCue). Is to / and 8 to /. third. Time,
i:lok; Elizabeth, NJ. lebanon. Sweet Lavender.
Morningside. Lady Schorr. Ballario and Ashes
also ran. lebanon coupled with Beau Gallant as
Hfldreth entry.
Fourth race. Manhattan, six ~furIongs-Firearm
122 SBurns): 5 TO s and ! to 10, won; Belle Of
Lexington 100 CHenry)- : to / and 2 to 1. second:
Tnlcain: 1s n sBu,lm nam. to ! and 8 to !. third,
Firth race. the Jerome Handicap. one mile and
9 quarteroaAleedo 10 McCuei. to ? and ! 10
6. won; Gonfalonr JOG tBullmanl, II 10 10 and
j to s second; McMeekin. Ii MITCHELL. II to
s and 3 to s. third. T1me-2:o1. Teddy also ran.
Sixth raee. one mile. s~elling.Beigrade. 81
9 half; Annoy. 17 Bullmanl. IL 20 10 and 2 to
8. second; Locoche. 13 COConnort. ) to ] and
Q to 5. third. Time-l4ii2. Rinalio. Midnight
Chimes and Oiea also ran.