The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-02
AuSPlCIouS START
At DElmAR PARK.
Large Crowd Saw Some Excellent
Racing at the New Track
Blink Won Inaugural.
GALLAGHER At LONG ODDS.
Mr.. Dade's Good Starting Won
Him the Plaudits of the Spec
tators-Brulare Wins in
Consistent Form.
GALLAGHER AT LONG ODDS

Merry wedding bells Of Cupid and Psyche
made discordant and clamorous tintinnabu-
lation compared with the harmony which
marked the opening of Delmar Park race
track yesterday.
Everything went OF beautifully. Just the
right number Of favorites won to put the
form players at ease with. the world; then
two select good things helped the wise peo-
pie. while good play and nice breaks helped
the bookmakers. The crowd was a ire
mendous one for first day. the play brisk
and the running excellent.
BY all means the feature OF the day was
the debut of Starter Dade. Mr.. Bruen has
made many quite as good starts as Mr..
Dade made yesterday. but Mr.. Bruen got no
applause for them. Mr.. Dade did splendidly,
and was widely applauded every time he
got good start away. Two OF his efforts.
right in front of the stand. were master
pieces and caught the crowd. After the
races he was hoisted on the shoulders of
the populace," as the political reporter
says. and carried on the track. 1t was a
red-letter day in the annals of the tall and
handsome young Kentuckian.
Indeed. Mr.. Dade's work was good. Not
90 much in his starts as in that he got a
Lot OF bad actors-whom Mr.. Bruen found
himself repeatedly unable to get away-or
In good shape. Belle Simpson. Miss Mae
Day and Fred Hessig. three Of Mr.. Bruen's
betes noires, were sent away in splendid
style by Mr.. Dade. The boys worked hard
for him. and Willie Harris, who will be
welding the flag some day himself. did
some tremendous stunts with the bad actors
Harris's handling of Peter Duryea in the
stake race was wonderfully fine. He got q
splendid break for Mr.. Daoe with two nasty
horses in the race.
New Track Was q Second Slow.
The track proved all right. but about a
second slow to the mile The stretch is
slightly uphill 1t tries the strength and
stamina Of a horse. All the races were run
IN good time until the horses struck the
slow. The rather abrupt turns were wei
negotiated. The banking Is perfect.
The beautiful -clubhouse-a sight worth
The grand stand was graced by the pres
ence OF an unusual number Of ladies.
The inaugural. the feature race Of the
second and Peter Duryea third. On the the
whole, It looked like falsely run race,
though mudders did well on the track. and
did seem as If SkiIlman, Peter Duryea and
Peaceful are better horses than either Blink
or Ethel Wheat. These three began bump
q up all the way. while Blink and Ethel i
Wheat were running freely in front At
the six furlongs Blink put on extra steam
backed up into the last three horses, who
were running as If hitched to one Of those
Russian droskies. Blink gained a lot OF
$IVunu mere tnal proved useful later on.
When they hit the stretch and began the
climb. Peter Duryea. stout and seasoned old
boy. commenced to overhaul! the leaders. He
Ga him TOO bit a a tha sns could not
O.Neill did all he could for Ethel Wheat.
e xa snR H asa n bs Ii the
Peter Duryea at Ethel wheat's throat
latch. skiilman, who made bold bid at
aa not ike nil and his
track. and he got his share OF humping.
Peter Duryea was held at 50 to !, ran
would n aar sag Hyer AGAIN. as1
him.. Peaceful scarce liked the soft top,
but 1t is good bet he. too, can 10 better.
Peter Duryea butted one another for a
full seven furlongs was a caution.
JunEfrau Much Fancied.
Jungfrau was much fancied in the first
race. 2-year-olds. Aegfn ran over Mr.
Schreiber's fine fliy in the stretch O'Neill
chucked It up on Jungfrau long before the
have won with the most vigorous of rides
Galagher ran ripping race in the second
event; TT. Though he was OF none too good, he
Wandelohr. who had broken quickly and in
'front.': CAUGHT them in a hurry. went. al
bit lax. in his handling. Givens rode q
much better race than either O'NeiIl Oh
thinking he had him beaten. and Dale has
no bouquets coming for his handing 1'@ al
Josie F. After he had her in front he lei
her drop out Of II. then brought her up with
. flourish when 1t was all over The honors
went to Givens here. even If he did not Dc
HIS best.
Eda Riley took the second race from 8
lot OF bad ones in gallop. Quanaf
Parker. on bad, closed lot Of ground and
: ran stout race.
Sue Johnson capered home In the fourth
race an easy winner. Matt Hogan. backed
Co win It all. was second and HansborouEh
6 who ran much improved race, third. Two
Armies, left at the post. ran q very EooG
Haee: almost getting into the money
8 The feature OF the sixth race was Oil
mocepss bad ride on Miss Patron or the
:. lnare's bad run under Gilmore. Mr.. Finn's
. horses have been running well to form III
eon1on- Miss Patron figured there yester.
day end ran . bad race. though Il looked
4ko her kind Of going. W. J. Baker far
1fe e.uaf poor race. although he ma.
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