The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02

As forecast by The Republic. Doctor =.
W. Holtgrewe's chestnut horse ifo''entot
,St. Charlss-Furbelow). with ninety -lniee
pounds on his back. and with odds OF 4 70
/ against him, ridden by Well. won tne
Club Members Handicap. valued AT S'"V.
at the Fair Grounds yesterday. Hottehto'
won easily by three lengths: MIR humans
Van Hoorebeke, with le pounds up' rlodeh
by ]. T. Woods. was second. ana r. MI
wins ChappaQua. with los POUNDS up. riooeh
by Dale. was third. Hottehtot leu tIo"h
starr TO finish, and won cleverly by three
lengths He never seemed in DANGER. save
at the stable turn. where Pink Coat made
"a great effort, but could not get up. DIS
senter and Pink Coat. the favorites, ra"
fourth and NTH, respectively pissenter
acted sour at the post. and got away pau,
was bumped At all the turns ana never WAS
in the race as a contender.
Hottentot and Chappaqua were the only
horses In the race that ran true TO iorIn-
Pink Coat had no recent form TO go ny us
seuter ran away back of his The others
did not count.
From a standpoint OF time. and as a spec
tacle. the race was a poor one. not any
where near the Inaugural in that respect:
A sharp shower of rain about 2 p. m. helped
To spoil the attendance. though a large
How the Race Was Run.
After a long delay. due to the fractous-
to neS q good 90 Start. for ali save D~issenter. who
did not break. However. the journey was
a long one. and Dissenter was soon up IN
the bunch. Wall was first away. ioiiowed
hv Mint Sauce, Chappaqua, Pink Coat.
Hottentot and Van Hoorebeke. In order.
Little O'Neill, a I4-year-old lad. who wears
knickerbockers, took Hottentot to the irony
right away. Weber warmed Wallis lazy
sides and kept him up second. He genera
" runs ,ast. Mint Sauce. q Iree.goer; az
stunned third position and C~hsppaaua four,m,
in front Of Van Hoorebeke. DssenteI
passed Pink Coat In the stretch ana ~
sixth. They were all well punched as ehe'
turned into the back stretch. NIL
Ar the three-Quarters Hottentot ana Wan
opened up a gap of three lengths on Mil
| Sauce, who was two lengths anean OF nap,
Paaus; Back head 81 C IN iPoHt of Dissenter
| and Pink Coat close up. These postum,
were maintained TO the stable turn; wng.s
dronned hack beaten by the pace. Her.
| pink Coat came out Of the bunch ana maus
a desperate Did,, improving hfmseii tn,es
Rositio anS Rassens ch IN = hurry. pissenie,
tried TO 20 with him. but bumped Int
Mint sauce and Wall. who had mad snoust
most threw Turney's big horse over IN,
fence. He was beaten right there; wal
and Mint Sauce dropped out OF sisnt; =,
pink Coat ran up on the outside a m,sns,
roar went up from the stand to greet TN
great horses magnificent effort. he was
fayortte and well backed. while Hottento
was a poorly pia!eu u'Si~
lightly to win. ~.
Whether IL was the rumbling cry or MS
own boyish judgment or MS instIuc.ln
that caused young WE'LL to let out an9.h
or link on Hottentot. no one knew. bu
when Pink Coat started his run Hotten.y
moved faster and opened a gap on IN
Coat. who was doing his prettiest. IN,
snecfators could scarce believe their eyes
Vas a common dog, Just one OF the maidel
class. going to beat the great naho'ca
horse ~ the country? II seemed SO:
Hottentot Ga1lOpfng BlathesS.
Around the stretch turn they swung, no.
tentot galloping blithely along. Win n,
ioins but slightly oppressed by the eismas
Ave pounds of boyish flesh and bone upo
Vim He laid his ear to the rail and SCENE
to swing by It like a boy running a'ons
lar and rythmic swing. III Coat mau
one more EFFORT. then faltered. He was don
hut his gameness carried him on.
As Hottentot came into tne sus.eI va
oround. ChappaQua began to come. bu
they had all been over the long route All
we're none too fresh. The old dark cnestnu
the "crab,' the dog" stayed the iongesl
Running at the end as he began, hammer
ing along with his short. choppy stride' =
bow was weary as he passed the wire
winner by four open lengths. Van Hoort
beke. whose race did Mr.. Hunman's trail
ing a deal of credit. ran a hne secon'
ChappaQua. good. game horse. came VII
a rush and just did nose the weary Pm
2 Coat out.
Dissenter ran in fifth. eased up. and b
and by Mint Sauce and Wall tottere
YEARLY home. When the spectators reco'
cred their breath there was great appiau.
3 for the sturdy old dog" Hottentot. vi
) ran so true a race. Little ONeiil. a IA