The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07
MAUD CONNIE BEAT
FAST SHARP BIRD.
:. Two Fast Sprinters Had a Pro.
longed Duel at the Fair
Grounds Track.
HELEN PRINT PRESSED OTIS
Huffman's Fast Filly Ran the Sain
Colt to a Head in a Hard
Drive-Dissenter's Good
Raee-Forte's Finish.

Maud Come and Sharp Bird, two of the
fastest sprinters developed in the West this
season. had Observation-Disclosures duel in
the fifth race at the Fair Grounds yester-
day. The lady won by the nap of the vel
vet OF her nostriIs in the fast time OF
1:slE.
1t was a pretty race and a fair trial Of
the merits Of the two at the distance. The
held was big and of some merit. As for
tune would have it, the Irish lass and the
Texas detective, who stood first and sec
ond in the estimation OF the bettors, got
away together. In moment they were
cheek by jowl. going 1t for fair. The horse
was on the outside. the mare on the rail.
Thus they ran up the back stretch. At the
stable turn the horse had his shoulders In
front Of the lady's nose. 1t looked as If
Harshberger would pinch Maud Come TO
the rail and come away. He rode clean
race, however and coming around the turn
they were nose and nose, still flying. The
horse was running with high head and
giant bounds. The filly was moving in per-
xect style. head beautifully set and stifle
muscles working with the regularity and
power of locomotive pistons. She was run
ming with freedom. confidence and ease,
Wniie. Snafu biTo was using Oeal OF
strength in ungainly and uneven strides.
A Whipping Finish.
Into the stretch the filly had neck the
best of it. Hafshberger was first to draw
the whalebone. The cry Of Maud Come
wins" went up. The horse answered the
bat in good style and in a moment was
q neck in front. Weber laid the whip. on
the -silken sides Of her ladyship. She. too,
answered SO cheerily and with such a burst
OF speed that the horse was overcome for
the instant. They were now but six
teenth out and the mare was long head
to the good. Harshherger. who is strong
lad. again laced the sides Of Sharp Bird.
Once more the horse leaped forth in brave
reply. The mare was going beautifully,
however. and he did not pass her as ne
had done before, and as she had Done him.
They came along. giving 1t everything
they had. In the last forty yaros the
horse gained perceptibly, and at the nnish
tt seemed as he had succeeded in getting
his nozzle over first. But MI. Brady said
the Irish girl had 1t won. Kindred, who
third place, and Hobart, who ran a good
race. was fourth. Miss Mae Day. snort as
q spendthrift clerk on Monday night, ran
fair race into sixth place.
- It is seldom that closer race than tnae
between Maud Come and sharp blra Is
seen. For six furlongs there was not
neck's distance between them. and at sa an
sharp Birds race surprised the cognoscenti.
They figured that he was like the average
hired g,rl-bred TO quit in hurry: he Is
But he took hard race and wicked
drive IN good part and ran most credita.
BILE race. even IL the distance was supposed
Maud Come simply ran perfectly. Her
stride was perfection. She seemed in splen-
did ;condition-looked as If she could go back
Though the duel was a terrible one, neither
horse was laborfng at its finish.
Otis Hard Pressed by Helen Print.
Otis. the Sain sensation of last week.
was a l to shot over Helen Print In the
second race. Miss Print showed herself a
Geal. of smart filly when she won her
maiden start on May .. and the odds on Otis
take hard drive to win. Helen did not
get a very good ride at that. Otis was
tangled up good deal at the start, but was
very fast young person by Lamplighter-
Maud Fonso, set warm pace to the stretch,
with Otis and Helen Print following. Conn
Helen by two fun lengths and seemed to be
winning easily. As they reached the SIX
.eenth pole it could be seen that Mr.. Huff-
As she reached otis, Houck let her swervs
to him. She lost the race then. Combs,
who began slowly, drew his whip and lei
OTIS have an awful dose Of it.; Helen Print
fefd him for awhile, but the Sain colt was
On mis- courage. He has not thick towl
for nothing. He laid back his ears, set his
teeth and leaped from under the bat.
nouck was ratified and let go of Helen 9
head. Otis drew away a neck in the final
!orfy yards and won by that margin. Combs
mas no medals coming for his ride here.
held Helen Print straight and kept her over
her legs when She collared the Schreiber
colt she could not have lost. Helen was
gIving Otis weight at the age and sex. She
proved herself a rafting filly There was
any amount OF go in her at the end.
mad Ride for satin Coat.
satin Coat outciassed the field In the third
race and was legitimate 2-to-5 shot. Morse,
VINO Is old enough to be a grandsire, gave
him terrible ride. The horse should have
won In gallop by ten lengths. As It was,
lengths. Givens gave John Bull clever
ride In this event. Diaz, fat rascal ran
fourth He was the fattest horse that ever
appeared on a track. but showed strength.
conformation. speed and staying power. He
bath or two.
race at mile and sixteenth in such q
fashion as to indicate that he will have q
: look-in- when the Inaugural is run, next Sat.
Hrday. He was in with Petit Mattre and
Beans. on behind the field. held hard for
haif mile. let run as he pleased at the
finish, he managed to win going away He
ran his last mile in 1:42. with 1O9 pounds up.
Inaugural. He could have done 1:41 with
ease yesterday. The horse looks well and
is worthy of consideration.
Forte gave another exhibition Of his won,
defful Stretch-running powers in the last
race. He came from behind Belle Simpson
ana Barbee and simply galloped over them
in the last eighth. Combs kept him well uu
in the early part of 1t, which helped him
lot.
: Harshberger's lassitude in the first race
probably beat Sam Lazarus out Of thu
purse. Mr.. Huffman had Hurry fit and
Winslett got him of well. and kept him
going. too Sam Lazarus came fast through
the stretch. but Winslett rode Hurry can
italy. The little filly Just lasted long
enough. to win.
Fair Grounds Entries for Tuesday.
First race. purse. four and half furlonss
nsaidens:
500 ypnsfraH .......mo| 75l Rosa Cross LII
Maria Elena lilo Wakita :....... IL
Luna Minor LILO @ Anna Elliott. IL
rs Mystse ....:...,no =. Ella Florence. Ii