The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-23
Lightweight Jockey Won Three
Races at Delmar Heavy.
Weight Was Suspended.
MAXlMUS DEFEATED BY LUNAR.
ii Did Not Seem He Could Lose
-Runnells Favored Mr..
Hays-Lindsey's Good
Finish.

:. was q,,,te evident at Delmar Park yes
tsr1ay that the cessation of racing at Wash
ington Park, Chicago. will exert most
heoeIicent effect upon the sport in ST
Louis. For instance. yesterday Frankie
O-Neiil Won three whole races. He was
lgcky to win three races in three weeks
during the past month. The return TO form
II the promising young light weight must
I've attributed to the return from chicago
Of the gentleman who were he in The Cad
nys country, would be called Mr. Tom
Ayes, but being in aspirational country
is called the Outlaw King
Mr.. Hayes had bad month at Washing
ton Park but he began most auspiciously
yesterday by landing the third race, the
tough 2-year-oid event: with tunnels. a a
likely looking colt by Charade-Lingari. Ii
was a hard-looling race with Margne.
Ethylene ana Poison TO beat but Runnelis
won It easily and everyone went broke be,
cause the good Mr.. Ayes said ne was PAD
horse. And no one accused Mr.. Hayes OF
not knowing his business Mr.. Hayes had
ne friends after the race.
through deserved good luck, and wound up
with victory on .Bruiare. that peerless
property Of the 5000 SPORTSMAN who ,1t,r is o.
on the Bit for fair. wonderfully con-
sistent old girl, game as pebble and fast
as a bullet No shoo-ins necessary for her
she is there with the goods baby" as
that rar- wit, Bill Joyce would say.
Houc< Gets Himself Into Trouble.
Charley Houck. willful kid. suffering from
tot weather and much reducing. poor lac.
got himself into trouble and was suspended.
Houck is big boy. and during his suspen-
SIGN OF two years allowed himself to grow
rather fat He has had hard time keep
ing his flesh down. He has been overweight.
regularly, and so much SO of late that the
clerk of the scales felt obliged to fine him
for SO being. This hurt Houcls. Yesterday
lie became angered and had quite a tilt with
The officials. Between reducing flesh, going
without food and the hot weather and
ether thirgs the boy was peevish and cross.
He gave Maxinus all kinds of a bad ride
for 1t. He was rather sharp in his reply 10
the judges. and was suspended indefinitely
for all these thi~gs combined;
Houcks cordu. may have been reprehen-
a poor one. He is a willful boy and of
reckless nature. But. when all things are
considered. he is rather TO be pitied than
punished. The fourth race was the event ot
the day. On his race with Lasso and Ida
lselford on Saturday. Maximus was made a
hot favorite, while backed from to to o:
the betting from to ) to 8 to L As Maxi
mus had run the first mile OF a mile and
seventy yards with LIasso and made her
stop. and then went on and ran Ida Ledford
20 a head in 1:iSl.. II did not really seem he
could lose yesterday, but he did. He was OF
last, taken the long way and ridden poorly
ali round. La DESTROYS, another contender,
had no speed late or carly. Hence. Lunar
strolled home in the slow time of 1:42i..
NaXimus ran three seconds a worse race
than he did On Saturday, and he was car
wing less weight. too.
The first race presented the rather ey-
traordinarv spectacle of Lindsey outridins
ifaIe al the f1nish. Dale on Settling had the
race won a couple of lengths from the wire
Secihsng was running game and true, while
Sweet Dream was laboring and stopping.
Dale let M hit in his drive. Lindsey very
.leveily took advantage of the mistake and
landed Sweet Dream first by nose. The
finish reflected great credit on Lindsey.