The St. Louis Republic., 1902-07-11
ActiDe, an Eight-Year-Old, at 100
to 1, Won the Handicap
Easily.
Bo0KMAKERS WERE HIT HARD.
Over $50, 900 Taken Away by Back
ers of the Long ShOt-Pickles
Landed at 40 to Good
Things Went Wrong.

Actine. an s-year-old mare. by Sayre-
Kate Foley. won the fourth race 1t DeiTnar
yesterday at odds II 10 II 1. She heat
such good horses as st. Cuthbert, 6-to-5
favorite: Frank Bell, a 3-to-1 shot. and
CHA, very speedy spTinter- st. cuthbert
nd Frank Bell are recognized as the hest
Eprinters in the west.
Actine is owned by S. G. Cheney, 4 rich
irad mine own.- uf Kansas. She was
backed from 100 TO l TO 10 to L Battiste. a
noor Jockey. rode he. She was cfr badly
and ran in sixth race to :he stretch turn.
Okla. st. Cuthte-t ana F-ark Bell were
rirnring in front. NJ one paid any atten-
tion to Actine AS they swung into the
stretch the Old mare scot VasJ TaS five
hur:es in front IF hey and IN The space CT
lffy yards breed past Okla and won going
away in l:Iiiz. which was as good time as
lib at the Fair Grounds. track condition
considered
Nest people Thought she was St CUrhbe,t.
as their cOlOrs TrIc similar. rhc Lnuk:slsk-
e-s. who never paid any ztt,ntiUh 10 Ehe
play on her, glanced at their sheets and
found themselves lO~.Is al the WAY fruIn
Charley Celia. who dropped $50. to Jess
Hughes, who only lost $50 over 81. 600 was
taken out Of the ring on the victory Of the
mare.
In her eight years she started but twice
prior 10 yesterday and won but one race
beating Cotton Plant at Dallas. Her back
ers were mostly stable hands and people in
ttmately connected with the stable They
were so sure OF winning that they took 3
10 ! TO show in some books. where they
could have gotten 10 TO / in others. II was
any old price TO get the money on
Crowd Passed Up Pickles.
There was a good thing in the very first
race Makeda, owned by John Madden. had
worked In nothing at tbs Fair Grounds.
They backed her at to as If it was all
over.
II. Thompson WAS on her He got her cff
last, never made move on her until they
struck the last 100 yards, then handled her
weakly: She came with tremendous rush
IN the last fifty yards, but Pickles. A game
little sister to Found. had been trying all
the way and was there nose IN front.
Moody, who is an apprentice, was oighiy
pounds better boy than Thompson. Pickles
was as good as 40 TO ! and went unpiayed.
Tex" Forman won another lucky race
with Louis Wagner in the third. he was
The worst horse in the event, but Sayers
was on Herodes, who was best, and there
was lot OF bad riding on Halmis.
Lady Gerst was hot thing here on the
strength of her fast works. She was cn
well and well ridden but stopped.
Wolfram, a bao-tempered morse under q
poor rider, was favorIte in the fifth race,
Dick Williams numbered on the grand
Schreiber colt He had all sorts Of unusual
early speed, made the turns nicely and won
as he pleased. Wolfram got away badly
was forced to the front ana stopped. Mock
cry ran bad race here.
ZazeI Beaten by n Nose.
Dale gave Kitty Clyde an awfully good
Easel was best, but Watson after doing well
to the final sixteenth let her head drop
when he went TO his whip. She was beaten
a scant nose. Ida PenZance ran a remark
ably good race here. Kafir, the faYOrite
was carried wide on the first turn and new
er could get up again.