The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-04
DELMAR PARK RACE TRACK
MUST HOLD ITS HIGH FORM.
The Meeting at the New Track Has Been Wonderfully Clean and 1t
Must Not BE Allowed. to Dcterioratc-Judge
Bradys DUTY.

NRTTTI.N FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Delmar Park has finished its first month
o. racing. A cleaner meeting, or one where
form found closer adherence never took
Place on any race track anywhere. This is
especially true Of the nrst three weeks OF
tire meeting. During that time bgt four BAD
races were nm. N two of these punish
Ineut. swift and certain, found the offend
49,. However,, Jhv last week OF the month
produced some very nasty looking races
sn4 gave evidence Q: q tendency On the part
Or certain owners. jockeys and trsirers to
renew at De.ua- Park the shady opera
tons Of which they We're guilty at the Fair
Grounds. T,cro were some fou- or five bad
looking races during the Wee... and these
were pulled or via! ? c~cOlness ard nTront-
cry that was ast9uishirs- tu-.ud-olt PEP
formances are bad enough in themselves.
but when the same jockey and the sanea
stable comes along with a second job I'M
reGiateiy AFTER being warned for a pre-
Tious one. you must stand appalled,.
Il IS quite apparent, therefore. that Mr..
Brady must II once put his foot down hard
y he means To keen Delmar IN 10 It's high
flane ami 70 keep IL from the level to which
the Fair Grounds meeting descended. There
never was an usiier meeting than that at
the faI- Grounds or a nicer one than that
az Deinar. y; the Fair Grounds IL was
urged 81 e-Ntenuation q the scathless man
Ter In which offenders got away with their
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form OF the horses right: that he must have
time. He certainly has had all tho time
-eeded. Then IN his associate judge. Mr..
AiaGin1. he has undoubtedly the best Judge
% form in the country, as well as a keen
observer ard q man to whom all tobs are
open books. NJ. Maginn not only knows
The horses. he knows the owners. the
Jockeys. the rubbers. the trainers. knows
Then they arc cheating and when they
are trying. and knows it beforehand, too.
Under these circumstances there IS no
good reason why Delmar Park meeting.
which has been to date the ~cleanest ever
1n in America. should he allowed to de-
teriorate to the level Of the Fair Grounds
In June. Mr.. Drady has the power IL his
hands and be has get 70 make good
It Is plain that certain people are getting
ready 20 cheat n they can get away with
=. They have got to be stopped short.
Although 1t may seem that the American
Turf never was IN so prosperous a financial
condition as II Is at present. there is not
any doubt that it has within il elements u
decay.
The stern and unswervinc application OF
business principles 10 sport. ana particularly
20 the turf, is running II. or, rather, is tend
ing to ruin IT. y commercial craze to avoid
competition and 4 leaning toward the ac-
QUESTION OF money, sure. certain. cheap and
easy. has extended TO the turf. Owners are
lot any LONGER sportsmen. They are bust
ness men. They want tho money surely,
easily and all the time.
They will not race a good horse against a
good horse where the race on It's merits
should be a close one. IL they have a good
horse. they want TO place him where he Is
sure to get the money in 4 gallop. They
refuse to go IN where he viii have TO Go his
very best 10 win.
Many Of the best cup races IN the East
this year, In fact. ait OF the 3-year-old
events. have been without interest so FAR
a. n racing or spectacle Of chance can so. |
Take for instance the Brooklyn Derby, Ia
which two horses started. one a 1 TO ) shot, |
and the Brighton Cup. In which two horses |
These were stakes valued at $1,000 each. |
yet they failed TO make a contest. The /.
owners of good horses would seem to get |
together. pick one horse to win, scratch \
out Of bis way and split the purse. \
The same ruse obtains on all race tracks |
JD ST. Louis the programme-maker is al |
ways having trouble getting good horses |
into 4 race where they will have to do their \
hest to win. He may make "A race to suit
certain horses and then present Il to the
owners. They may all enter. After they !
see the entries. nine-tenths of them may |
scratch. spelling the race and lowering 1t
10 a one-horSe AFFAIR. |
The other daS MIR. Masinn. who makes !
The card at I.lnaar Park, made n race for
owner saw the handicap he threw Up his
l,z.ds-
What he said. do you want me 10 lead
my horse over here from the Fair Grounds
~ then run his eyeball5 on. TO VIM
Z In other words. owners like n soft SPOT.
They want the racing associations to pre-