The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25
Best Crowd Of the Meeting Turned
Out to Witness Yester-
day Card.
VAN DUSEN IS SUSPENDED.
His Ride on Draw Lad Did Not
Meet the Approval of Judge
HOpper-Hi-NOc-k Won an
Exciting Contest.

The best crowd of the season attended the
races at Kinloch yesterday. Six books cut in
for the day, and there was heavy pliy on
the last four races.
Racing in the afternoon was form:ul n
most cases. although Judge Hopper sus-
pended Jockey Van Dusen after the second
race. pending investigation Of his ride IN
Draw Lad in that event. Draw Lad finished
third to Olekma and Greetings. and seemed
TO run his best in the early stages Of the
race.
At the finish Olekma Won, with rome
thing to spare. but 1t looked as 4 Draw
Lad could have secured the place bad he
been ridden more vigorously. Greetings fin
ished under a hard drive. while Draw Lad
was coming up with great strides. and was
only beaten out q half length. 1t did not
appear. however. that Draw Lad could
have won. judging from the ease with which
Olekma finished.
One of the best races of the day vas
the fourth event at one mile, which was
won by ]. ID. Lucas's gelding. Hi-Noc-Ker.
Ben Battle was favorite. at 3 10 5. in 'his
event, and was well supported at that figure.
while Dan Paxton probably received E.ore
support than any horse in the race. Albert
+. Dewey was the only other starter. The
race furnished a pretty contest between HI
Noc,ker and Ben Battle. They a~lternated In
the lead until the head Of the s:rstch. with
never more than a heads difference b. tveen
which is UP a considerable grade, seemed to
take the steam out Of Ben Battle. and Re
Jagged somewhat coming around the lswer
turn; Dan Paxton. in at light weight and
nicely handled in the early stages. shot to
the front in the run down the stretch, and
challenged Hi-Noc-ker a furlong out.
Paxton could never get to Hi-Noc-Ker. and
Inisfed half a length behind the Lucas
geiaing. he probably could have forced the
latter to a head had he been ridden hard at
the close. but he was eased up In the last
two or three strides when his rider saw he
was beaten. Ben Battle finished third. HI
!. the odds on Ben Battle being prohibitive
Tor most of the crowd present.
bennetts horses won two purses in the
Gates finishing first in their respective
races. the first and last on the card. Both
were prohi6isiys favorites at 2 to 5 and 3
The first race. won by Monos. afforded ,
good race and raised strong hopes in the
breasts OF those who had backed Golden
er part of the journey. and at the head of
the stretch 1t looked as II Monos would
ha,e some trouble ovsrhauling him. The
however. and won with considerable to
spare. He could have made the distance
twice as great had his rider chosen. Golden
third.
Six 2-years-olds met In the third event. a
five-furlong race. for nonwinners Of three
races since the LIST of August. and Herodes
proved an easy winner. defeating Pree-
torius and Ashbrook. Preetor!us seems a
likely gelding and ran a good race.
The last race was won by W. b. Gates.
Tony Lepping finishing second and Plead
third. Near the finish Tony Lepping seemed
to interfere with Plead slightly. but II is
doubtful II it affected the result in any
manner. Lepping ran q good race, being
right at the front the entire way and COM
ing strongly In the stretch.
Judge Joseph Murphy has not yet re-
turned from Chicago. but his visit there Is
expected to result in an increased number
Of horses for the track at Kinloch. several
owners having decided to send their strings
here. Yesterdays large attendance was re-
garded as a hopeful sign by tho manage
ment OF the track. and II Is expected that
more books will cut in on Monday.