The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31
Last Day Furnishes Excellent
Sport at the Florissant
Valley Track.
Mr.. CARMGpY PLEASED CROWD.
Amateur Starter Got Four Good
Breaks in Six Starts-Peace-
full Won the Worlds
Fair Handicap.

To the very great regret of all concerned
Kinloch wound up its all too limited meet
ing of fifteen days yesterday In the wa!
Of racing. pure and simple. good horses
good boys, exciting finishes and sharp bet
| ting the meeting was the best seen in st
| Louis for many years.
II was full of fun. frolic, excitement and
lively racing. The best horses seen in st
Louis for some seasons, the best riders, the
hest bettors and fastest racing were al
! seen at KinIoch. Coming after the wonder,
full Dclrcar meeting, where the class OF
horses was inferior, but the form simply
marvellous, the kinloch form did not locs
well. Yet Is was. on the wnoIe. very high.
/ Some of the late arrivals ran bad races
and then good ones. but such things happen
ct every track during the first weeks of its
opening. on the whole. form at kinloch
was excellent. inGeed, and bad races few,
especially in the last week of the meeting
Manager Carmody can also congratulate
himself on making money for his stock
holders. Tine stockholders were all returned
their original investments yesterday. and
promised a dividend when the business was
1t was unfortunate that the starting of the
last two lays was not good, but a little
thing like that should not be allowed TO
give the meeting a black eye. Two bad
starts do not make Il meeting. Mr.. Car
mody made a few bad starts. He is not a
starter. but he DID wei in az emergency
and saved the ship.
Attractive Feature Helped Sport
The meeting was a brilliant one. The
steepleChasers were very attractive affairs.
A lot OF good jumpers were shown. and
they were run on the level. The gentle
mems race helped the sport a whole lot In
that il created new turf goers and inter-
ested many people who are not regulars"
The Kinloch meeting was well managed
and exceedingly we'll advertised through the
medium of its specially attractive features
such as steeplechaseS. gentlemens races.
etc. There is no doubt whatever that these
features did a lot to bring desirable people
10 the races to help the sport in every
way. 1t was getting away from the dis
been allowed to afflict other local tracks.
There was a certain w~hipisnness. go and
eclat to the Kinloch meeting which is lack
ing on the other local tracks.
The influx of the Chicago contingent did
no harm. y lot OF very smart" men came
from the Windy City. Trouble was expected
get one ready now and then they did
nothing wrong. Once they ran a good race
they kept On running good ones. Likeness,
ran bad races first and second outs, while
getting it. but after that they ran good
races.
Albert simons. Moses GoldbIatt, Dutch"
Roller. Havy Robinson. Frank Weir. J. U.
Strobe and other smart owners put a lot OF
ginger into the meeting. They are hustlers,
good bettors and procurers OF good
"angeIs." The strict rules which obtain
around Delmar and the Fair Grounds may
not suit these gentlemen and they do not
The track itself is the finest in the coun-
try. The soil is indispensable. fast, safe
and good for horses. There could be a six
furlong straightaway put in if necessary.
1t was a splendid meeting. Many new
features were tried and it was well man
aged and made money. 1t deserved eX-
tended dates. and should get 4 full month
CnrmOGy Did Well With the Flag.
Mr.. Carmody made two bad starts yes
terday. one in the first race and the other
in the steeplech3se. He also left Fftzkanet
at the post in the Worlds Fair Handicap.
Saws for htose mistakes the starting was
good. His starts in the last two races were
all right.
Peaceful won the handicap donated by his
Fair Club. He was off well and the real
contender. Fftzkanet. turned the wrong way
of the track when the barrier went up. and
Prosper La Gal was off bad.
This left Peaceful with clear sailing. The
field tangled up at the frs: turn and Peace
ful opened up a long gap on 1t.
stretch. but came very -fast when he got
out. and Satin Coat. who was off badly.
came like a cyclone; Prosper "a Gai would
swerved In on him in the final sixteenth
and cut hin off. This gave Satin Coat a
chance to run third and GienwpO1 second.
Glenwood was disqualified and prosper La
money.
The jumping race was spoiled ut The STAT.
through a mistake. or worse, Eggersuli. on
Fearful. the contender. and the riders OF
Buck O'Dowd and Sherwood pulled Up as
they broke. Teller was off in front. jumped
faultlessly and won easily.
P~orphyogene and Grand Dad tried hard
to beat lin by taking turns at making the
pace with him. but he wore them down and
won IS he pleased.
Mr.. Carmody reported Eggerson to the
judges for pulling up Fearful. The rider
was indefinitely suspended.
The first race was spoiled by a poor start.
Loiter and Legation were off in front. and
commended it all the way. Loiter won handi-
" at the end. Reducer. the ~fayorite. was
oil away back. and ran a good race from
where he broke. He was evidently much the
best.
Wise money backed Miss Eon from 10 10 1
to 3 to l, in the second race. Seize broke
smartly. went to the front at once and won
as he pleased. Miss Eon was a good sec
ond.
Founding. a 2-to-1 shot. won the fifth
race in a gallop. Barklyite. much improved.
ran a good race and beat Blue Mint for the
place. Scully rode a poor race on Blue Mint.
Hilee was 4 9-to-1 shot in the last race.
and was played down to II to ). That he is
not the horse he was was shown by the
race He got off in front. but Sinfi outran
him. and he tired so much at the end that
he had to be driven out to win from Joe
Goss, who came from nowhere.
MonEuy's DeImar Entries.