The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25
Topgallant's Game Daughter Fin
ished First, While The Com
mOner Filly Was But Third.
BUT THE H0NORS WERE HERS.
Peaceful Again Showed Superior.
ity in a Sprint-Sweet Dreams
Fine Race-Poison Beat All
the Good Youngsters.

Ida Ledford. gallant daughter of Top
rallant-Niss Courtney. ran the best race
OF her life al Delmar Park yesterday. Fol-
lowing q pace set her by Mr.. Bratton's
Neddlesome. to whom she was giving some
fifteen pounds. she turned a mile in 1:ila.
on a slow track and ran the mile and one
sixteenth in 1:i7i4. This on n rather dull
track. and easily. too. at the end.
It was a cracking race for the handsome
Mr.. Fizer's good mare. She has been stiff
and sore for some time. and she did not
look well yesterday. Her apparent lack Of
condition sent her price up from 6 TO s to
. to 5. Meddlesome was supposed to dis
like the track-it was 4 shade slow.
kazan had not yet gone a mile at Delmar.
So there was a plunge on Hardly, who has
previously beaten Meddlesome every time
they tied VI. Mr.. Brumfield's giddy mare
was hammered from los to Is.
Meddlesome was off with all his recently
acquired speed, followed by Hardly, kaZan
and Ledford. Mr.. Bratton's little horse cut
a rare clip. He went to the half in 80 and
10 the six furlongs in lis. as fast as Peace
fUl did that distance in a sprint. Here the
pace stopped Hardly, who hoisted signals
Of dire distress. Ida Ledford had been keep
ing well within reaching distance, and
OBrien sent her UP at the half. She went
along freely and without urging. At the
three-eighths, Meddlesome began 10 tire.
He loves an asphalt track. and the dead
surface wearied the light gelding. Then Il
could be seen that Ida Ledford had it won,
though kaZan was running a resolute race.
indeed. The first three were together as
they swung for home. AS they Strengthened
out Ida came up and went away. She won
easily after O'Brien had ridden her a bit
AZ the stretch entry. 1t was a capital race
Tor the mare. The time was three-fourths
of a second better than the track record held
by Lunar on fast going The course yes
terday was not slow, but was not exactly
good. 1t was dull.
Peaceful Won the Sprint Very Easily.
Much was expected of the six-furlong
sprint, in which Tom Collins, Peaceful. Jim
Clark and Verify were the contenders. The
track suited Verify and Collins to a hair.
Every one said that Peaceful disliked ev-
erything but iron going. They Were mis-
taken. He won easily. well backed at IS.
huge gap in the early part of IL and seemed
a likely winner rounding into the stretch.
Dale had manased TO keep Peaceful well up
In the bunch. behind the lonely leader, but
he was six lengths TO the bad turning for
home Here Jim Clark made a gallant but
unavailing effort to get to Collins. He
seemed done when they turned. Here Col
Inns, usually a very close r~ail-runner. swung
alarmingly wide. Lindsey. on Clark. saved
went wfde-wider than Collins had done.
Dale. however. had him under a huge head
OF steam. and he just ran over the leaders
in the stretch. winning as he pleased. Col
Inns tired very much and crossed Jim Clark
at the finish. for which Judge Brady dis
qualified him, placing Verify second and
jim Clark third-a proper decision.
Peaceful returned to weigh out, looking
stry wei. he Is fuIy 90 per cent a better
nurse than ne was one month ago. bigger.
stronger and in far superior condition.
The 2-year-old event, in which an the
pest youngsters at the track were COM
tetitors' proved a disappointment as a race,
IN slow time. Faranlass was a hot fayorite
at TO .. Poison, though she has shown no
previous form at Delmar 10 entitle her to
peat that lot. was backed from Is to IS by a
wise faction. MAZDA Belle. Attelle and Lii
nan NJ. had friends at long prices. While
at the post Faranlass kicked O'Neill, who
was on trlmean, in the small of the back
A long delay ensued while Lindsey was be-
ing dressed to take the mount. Then Far
enlass and Crimean refused to break and
Icted In a very nasty manner. Finally Mr..
DaGe got them away on even terms. but in
q tangle. Faranlass was away last. hut had
eiear gong ana no excuses Ogle. a maiden,
anu Harry Shaffer, ridden by the bunglinr
negro irwin, were first TO get out of the
jam Ihey cut loose with a merry mace
an9 TO the last sixteenth it seemed that
osle' a 81 TO ! shot, would win. Faranlass
made up a lot of ground in the first quar-
Ter, ana appeared 10 be in il at the frrn
euI D~ahgnan. who seems to be a very in
terror boy. stopped riding him and pulled
up A sixteenth out Poison broke out be-
tween Shafer and Ogle and came along. gal
ioPlIs; winning that way Shaffer was
HHqod second and Attelle a rafting third.
track FULLY considered.
Poison was entitled to win in that time.
nut the poor races of Lillian NJ. and Mamie
EhsiSh should be explained. Dangman. too.
shouId be asked 10 explain his work at
me post and at The stretch turn on Faran-
lass.
AtfeiIe Won "a Great Race,
Inc race run by Attelle was the feature
OF the day: OFF badly. ard bumped horribly
m the early jam, she entered the stretch
away behind the vaunted Faranlass: came
NE a locomotive. lodged and hustled
through a broken field of swerying hors@s
anu wound up going like a house afre. II
was a Splendid exhibition of class game
ness and speed. Attelle is a worthy daueh.
yer OF The and no mistake Her
race was the best and pluckiesr seen her..
aDouos since Schwafbe was making I'm for
had starts at the Fair Grounds
MI Gumberts's smart filly sweet Draam
won a cracking good race in the forrtb
Event, uolng six and one-half furlongs in
L. easily. Nearest and Lord Neville ar ?
an9 ~ We're the choices. Nearest ran a
PAD race. indeed. Four-Leaf Clover nocLa.aa
nJr anu Guioe Rock in the first quarter.
which was run In slow TIM. This bir, NJ
Hushess mare and helped Sweet Drean,
Nearest likes to win her races early in the
game, while Sweet Dream prefers 70 wiz
ners IN the stretch. Served nv IN sr"r
carry pace. Sweet Dream hit an awf,,, ciin
at the three-eighths. and came home alo,a
four-Leaf Clover. falling back. outnacad
came on IN the stretch, and We a
eood second. Lord Neville. wearied h., a
IaH-run In the softest going. tired at ,ba
nilsn: IL was a hne race for Sweet Dream
condition of track considered.
rme Itner races are fully described in the