The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-19
EXCITING RAGING
AT DELMAR PARK.
Close Decision in Finish of Fourth
Race Incensed Spectators
Against Judges.
BAD LOOK TO LAST EVENT.
1t Seemed as If Half the Horses
Were Content to Let Horse
shoe Tobacco Win
Nipped on Post.
BAD LOOK TO LAST EVENT.

There was quite an exciting day at Del
mar Park yesterday. Though the afternoon
saw one grand procession OF odds-on favor
ties go over the wire, there was one
wrathy ebuilition from the crowd, and q
regular horse auction was held after each
race.
Tho chief excitement came up in the fourth
race when Judge steadman, to 10 shot.
and Irving Mayor. an 8 to / shot, went over
the finish line so closely mated that t
seemed dead heat Mr.. Jones' the form
book announcer. called steadman first as
they went over. From the press stand. where
the writer sat in direct line with the fln-
1sh. the call seemed correct, though the fir.-
fish was q remarkably close and trouble
some one. 1t was some several seconds. per-
haps full minute. before the number of
judge Steadmap went up in first place. Jul
dcial indecision In such cases is always pro-
ductive OF trouble. The delay was so great
that every one thought 1t would be called
dead heat Finally Judge Steadman
number. the lucky Z. went up. The hackers
OF Irving Mayor, who was a hot tip, then
sent a terrific howl, Kissed. called for
their horse, and, in general, acted like spec
u
race track. No adequate police force being
present the diversion continued until it
worked itself out.
The finish was an extraordinarily close
one. as well as deceiving. Three lengths
from the wire Irving Mayor seemed to have
Il won Dale was on the inside with Judge
steadman. and in the last two strides made
who was on Iraing Mayor. 100 10 i. ONeiii
had been taking things rather easy until
he saw Dale make his final play. Then he
md h.ar ,atr psv,sfr tnI
Themselves over the line together. When
they hit the ground Mayor was ahead. Thus
the extraordinary paradox of horse being
ahead two lengths from the wire. recond
while crossing II, and first again when he
hit the ground after striding, was pre-
scented
It was q tremendous affair, and the writer
would have accepted any decision given.
though he thought that Judge steadman
ers OF Judge Steadman had Dale to thank
Tor Their money, He was on the worst horse
irving Mayor should have won by a length,
not have even been close Irving Mayor was
the best horse. Dales finish on Steadmap
was the best seen in st. Louis in many a
The day was further enlivened by a selling
race epidemic Mr. Ed Williams. who trained
Iooe Paine bid up four horses in succession
he began by boosting Tenny Belle 500, and
followed II with Menace. $500 La. DESTROYS,
$500 and Judge Steadman $500 The first
Chamberlain let the Judge 70 for $500 and
MT: Williams went away, satisfied that he
had secured a horse.
Last Race Had an Ugly Look
The last race of the day sent the crowd
away with bad taste In its mouth. For
the second time in three races 1t seemed
mat almost every other horse in the race
&arians Matt Hogan. Ben Frost, Verify,
Percy ana others seemed to have as
good chance as he had -
But there was quite q lot OF what il
known as wise money bet on Horseshoe
Tobacco a , and before the race it seemed that
in front, attended by Hazel Hughlett. Hun
gat1aI. Percy R.. Verify and Abe Furst
leaders. Matt Hogan was OF bad and Lind nd
sey sent him I'D in a hurry. Hungarian
cropped out OF t on the turn into the back
IN mogr astonishing manner Verify, who
ran such a good race over the track the
Gay previous. also collapsed. Horseshoe
and az they ran along the upper turn an,
peared certain winner. The boys back Of
MIN seemed to give up hope of beating him
" the time the turn was half completed.
Here real candidate dropped from the
velouds Ben Frost was almost left at the
POI, but OBrfen brought him along In the
thoush making up ground. and put him in
the race q the head OF the stretch
roine e met Dseas apRaIeIt that Frost was
M0 q LOUD reveille sounded among the
sleeping beauties behind Every one was
NJ ana doing; CURTIS flew. boys yelled and
hitherto epeedless horses began to come like
the wind: Hungarian, who had been cut
on somehow In the middle Of the turn.
Talk about q rude awakening. 0Brien.
sitting perfectly still, brought Frost down
on the outside. Horseshoe was in the CEN
the corner. pumped the sand to the rails
ana threw Hungarian's throttle wide open.
Dale. who always does his best. did it on
ON uyao h. 6o,% 4.
so.ea t tosefhe n soua or d dnsy
Judge Drady1s stern Rebuke.
and Judge Brady called Wedderstrand into
the sno h1nasa him the
that again" Wedderstrand's ride was a bad
one. Boys Will often make bad rides with
excellent reputation on the turf. vouches
for Wedderstrand's absolute honesty. Mr..
Browns word goes long way. but he
his recent rides have been very bad ones.
As for Horseshoe Tobacco. he seems to be
@ c " s as PsSe good
other horse In the race seemed to want to
see him win. He is a no-account old Grip
fused. N ' W ''''''' Nc ''
Mr. Maginn got up about as bad a card
yesterday az he could. Bar tho first race it
Of 1-to-a shots. Those who love sport could
not ind any spirited competition to amuse
them. Those who love betting could not bet
because they would have to take to for
their money or throw 1t AWAY on some
thing else. To-day's card is only a trife
better. The first thing Mr.. Magfnn knows
he will lose his reputation as peerless
programmer.
The racing will not bear extended reca-
Npitulat1on. Lee Nutter wen the first because
Overton fiuked into a decent ride on him.
and his last three races has done him q lot
Of good. Tenny Belle simply walked in the
second, and Menace was pipe In the third.
La DESTROYS was a 1-to-2 shot in the fourth
let had not Lord Neville swung a shade
wide turning into the stretch, he might
have beaten Mr.. Dardens fly as he lost
two lengths up there. and was defeated but
q head for first money.
Then came Judge Steadman's narrow
squeak and the bad-lcoking final. which
wound up an exciting day.
TO-DAY,s GARD AT DELNIAR PARK.