The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-07
Ten-to-One Shot Beat the Hot Fa.
yorite Schwalbe, With
Great Ease.
AN EXCITING DAY OF RACING.
Every Event Was Contested to
the Last Jump and There
Were Numerous Head and
Nose Finishes.

Tremendous crowds. unlimited betting
exciting finishes and delirium tremens fol
spectators marked yesterdays races a
Delmar Park.
Seven terrible races were run, not one OF
which was won until the last jump. Favor
lies fen by the wayside right along, yet the
books said they were losera They always
are.
Croix dor. a Io-to-i shot, led all the way
In the Goldenrod Stake, and won in q
drive BY half a length. GALES, another 10
to-l shot, was second. Then came Schwalbe.
q l-to-n shot, and Peaceful. a 2-to-I shot.
Eather Wentker disputed the lead with
there. Schwalbe ran in third place TO the
stretch. Gales was fourth that far. and
Peaceful and Gales made their bios
schwal1e tired in the run home. Peaceful
round the weight immense. GALES closed
been a bit farther. though Croix d'O won
cleverly enough.
AFTER the race Barney Schneider an
nounced that he would not Start
al Deimar again he said that sne could
nor run the track. The Schneider entry was
was also S acRed : a biz, 70 y Ses out Gr9is D ,96
played heavily at z TO 10. but Croix dor
proceedings began when Lunar won the
nrst race cieverIy from Bacchus. Lunar Tan
e fast mile, 1:iL- Bacchus, second choice 10
round. was OFF badly. cut on anu poorly
flasen. but made up a lot OF ground and
OC-Aa 4uAAldI ia lht
stretch. would have won. Founc. a hot s to
er showed g bit of speed Henry Bert ran
q great race and was third.
ONE GOOD THING MISSED OUT.
Topsy Over was q hot thing in the second
race She oTened at 10 TO 1 and was backed
was said hat she was from the stable of
his race BY Enoch wishard. trainer of the
American Derby and FuturIty winners.
She looked thin and gaunt and had bucked
shins. Kitty Cut A Dash, a handsome
Calamity f1lly., owned by Captain Bunbury,
attracted much attention by her fine APP
peaIance. She is a fine locker and pos
sesses the handsomest shoulders ever seen
worked well at the Fair Grounds. Hetzel
peuceful and Doc Mayer were favorites at 5
70 l or thereabouts. Hetzei. Kitty Cut A
the race to themselves all the way. Kitty
wore Hetzel down az the end in a hard
drive and won at odds OF . TO ]. Hetzel
money.
Topsy Over was too hot. Louden, who
rooe her. acted like he did not care
where. when or how she got of. She was
off last to a good start. was on the cut
SIDE. took her time. showed speed and will
do some other day, when people will not
beat the right parties to the price.
Certain wise parties got next to a play
on her in foreign poolrooms and bet on
good thing up.
Jack Young was a favorite in the third
race, seven furlongs. for 2-year-olds. He
who could not keep within 100 yards of the
same horses two days ago, got out and set
f 4 DIZZY pl RSse: SIX Ien Ysfss In sI front MnSgf the
followed him at a respectful distance. Lark
hung on well and seemed TO be winner TO
ing. Val Verde and Mudlavia came on
here and Val Verde won by a head from
the latter Lark was third, and Pickles
Contrast the races of Mudlayia. Lar;s and
Pickles here with the one Pickles. Mud
lavia and A Lark ran together behind Two
LICK, and then figure what was doing that
day.
sALINDA RAN A VERY FAST RACE.
tremendous duel IN the fifth race. they
ran together ten lengths in front OF the
field. Fifty yards out, walkaway. under
Houbre kicked out Salinda in great shape.
She won handily In 2.01. new record time.
She ran a fast seven fu-longs and a fast
mile.
The sixth race saw n tremendous nose
finish between Kiss Quick Erema and Miss
Mae Day Erema cut across the field at the
start and threw ii into confusion. Mae Day
and Kiss Quick got through nicely. but
E.ema had six lengths lead when they got
turning for home. while kiss Quick was
five lengths away, but coming fast. Mae
Day was coming fast when Osborne let her
Erema straight and nice. II was a duel
between Mae Day and Erema to the last
twenty ydruS. Here BattiSte brought Kiss
Quick I'd with a rush and got the money
by outfinishing the other boys ten to one.
ANOTHER GOOD THING
WENT WRONG.
w B. Gates was played in the last race
as If everything else was dead. Edgardo.
the rational contender. was allowed TO go
to ALTO 1. while the people just ate Gates
up. The report went around that Gates
was to be -shooed in" OF course. nothing
gets people to bet On a race 50 quickly as
an icea that there Is cheatirg somewhere.
Gates was awful gay in the stall. stood on
his e5r ana tried to jump over the partition
to talk to Edgardo and in everyway showed
that he was ready" Everyone who saw
Gates said Its in" They bet a million mr.
so on Gates Beana went up. BLU Mint
went up. South Breeze went up and Ei-
gar5o went " Down went Gates
on to a good start. A SOW pace So, nv
Edsardo and Blue Mint. Race run to suit
Gates and Beana. tie f8vorites. Both wei
up to the three-eighths. Here Blue Nit. e.
garno ana Gates began to run. EIEa-d 10
breezed home. Blue Mint was second TIE
!iessepger third. South Breeze fourth and
then Besna and w. b. Gates acting as
whipper in. The crowd went home 6izzv'
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