The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-01
JORDAN WON THE
DELMAR INAUGURAL
Wax Taper Probably Was Best,
but 0'Neill, on the Winner,
FOuled Him
LONG SHOTS FINISHED FIRST.
Bad Ride Lost for Ed LaysOn-
POtheen Won at Nice Odds
Sea RoYer's Good
Race.
LONG SHOTS FINISHED FIRST.

Jordan. Tom Hayes's mesn-acting lamp
lighter colt, won the Delmar inaugural al
Delmar Park yesterday afternoon BY a nose.
Wax Taper, who should have won by i've
lengths, was second, Oudenarde was third.
The track was like q mOTass, rough, heavy
and holding TO a degree h O'NeiIl and
Jordan did to Battiste and Wax Taper. Bell
and Helen Print and Earl and GUdenard
vas a plenty.
O~udenarde and Found set the pace for six
furlongs. Helen Print was third and Jor-
dan fourth. At the three-eighths pole
ONefll sent Jordan along. He sa..sd 5lOng
with a great burst Of speed on the heavy
track. Swinging 10 the stretch turn ONeill
ran him into OUdenarde and threw him on
top Of Helen Print, VINO was running on the
inside. Then Jordan went on. As they
straighteueG out for home, Wax Taper came
from fifth place with a rush, which was
phenomenal. the heavy condition OF the
track considered.
OrNenl had Jordan away on the outside.
When he saw Wax Taper come along he
swung Jordan clear across the track and
went at Wax Taper as IL he meant 10
knock him OF the top OF the earth He MI
hard. The old horse staggered across the
track. but pluckily rsgained his stride and
came again. O'Neill took q few more
cracks at him, hooked arms with Battlsle'
eibowed him all over the body and race
and wound up by getting a double Nelson
and crotch hold on him l. was not West
ern Jockey Club rules. 1t was not Marquis
OF Queensberry rules. II was Enock-down-
ahd-drag-out rules.
Wax Taper wsuld have won, anyhow
had not Battiste drawn his whip and let
the horse stagger all over the track. He
1ust lost by a nose. O'Neill gave Jordan a
good hand ride. That won for the Hayes
colt. Oudena-de came again after Jordan
plugged him. and ran a good third
noNfsasa haI1nI N n1aNrn ~ foul AGAINST
O'Nein and Jordan
II was not allowed. Judge Brady felt
that the condition Of the track was 30 bad
that the horses staggered all over It. and
were not responsible for what happened.
Wax Taper was a ; TO / shot and Jordan
a 2 TO L shot in the betting. Oudenarde
was held at IS.
Though the track was fearfuIly heavy,
rough and sticky. the sport was good and
the finishes exciting. Has Gift won what
was probably the sloEest race ever run on
q recognized track by ~thoroughbTeds when
she landed the first event--six furlongs-in
III. which is fair time for seven On a dry
track. But Has Gift was a i5-to-I shot in
the betting. They backed I'd Trotter's Sly
Maid from IS 10 81 in this event. She ran
third.
Master5uI. good and ct, was best in the
second and won at Odds OF 10 to l. He
bumped Florrie S. all the way down the
stretch. The judges dlsaIiowed the claim Of
FOUL on account OF t1e condition OF the
track.
Ed Layscn was an even-m0ney favorite
in the third race. The others We're held at
from : 70 % TO ]. The start was a beauty.
The lot ran nose-anl-n0se to the three
eighths. Here O'NrIii pulled LAyson TO a
standstil and took MIN qut Of the good GO
Ing on the outside into the bad track on
the inside. Il was a very bad-locking
ride.
Robert G. Lansing. who won in the muI
one day at the Fair Grounds and could not
run In Il next. walked home here at a tall
price. Little Giant. an Improving colt, was
second and Flora Levy, shfrd. Model Mon
arch ran a stin race and closed fast aad
strong.
Tom Collins did not Wa m up well for the
NTH race. but they backed him from 3 TO 8
TO 3 10 2. Sea Rover. at Is, was neglected.
Sea Rover began slowly. o~verhauied his
field by degrees and won by a neck from old
Hermoso, who ran a great race at to l..
Collins ran a dali race IN third place.
Potheen ran such 2 good race against Ida
Ledford the other day that ne looked Ike a
cinch in the last event. They would have
none OF him. going 10 Wall and Swords
man. What can Ida Ledford do 10 Wall
and 6wordsmsn? Pothcen took II easy to
the stretch, where he fol- TO his knees. He
got up again. passed Swordsman and Wall
and won handily by a length.