The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-13
First Money in Gasconade Stakes
Stakes Given to Jordan, Who
Finished Second.
WEHTKER ALSO DISQUALIFIED.
Dumping Match in Stretch at Del
mar Resulted in the Double
Penalty Helen Print
Was the FavOrite.

As the result of a humping match down
the stretch in the Gasconade Stakes at
Delmar yesterday Helen Print. who won
the race easily from a field OF fast com
p%etitors. was disqualified and the race given
to Tom Hayes's Jordan, who finished sec
ond. Father Wentker. who was the chief
offender in the mix-up. and who finished
third, was also disqualified and this place
given to Buccleuth. the second member OF
the Hayes entry.
To Battiste on Helen Print may be Sivea
the credit for losing the verdict in the race.
as. had he kept his mount straight in The
stretch and not permitted her TO swerve. To
cause would have been afforded for her dis
qualification. Besides getting her cut of Al
each turn and badly bumped at the first
corner, he permitted her 10 swerve into the
inner rail when he had a safe margin over
the field and was drawing away win every
stride. This act resulted IN her Disqualified
ton.
Sambo. BuccIeuth and Father wentker
were running almost abreast near the rail
when Helen came with a rush on the
outside, running without the whip and
drawing away at each stride. Just as she
drew clear OF the three others. who Were
abreast. Father WentkeT swerved tC the
outside, badly 1ostlinG Sambo and throwing
him to one side. while almost at the same
moment Battiste permitted Helen 10 cut in
TO the inner rail.
AHS Ous
Next to the disqualification OF the favor
lite the sensation Of the day was the We
tory Of kalos. a well-played good thing
from Gil stable. in the six-fur-
long handicap. Kalos won a race at the FAIR
Grounds recently from a field OF cheap
performers. and seemed to be outciassed
yesterday He was made the medium Of a
heavy play. however. and won as he
pleased.
St Cuthbert was never prominent in the
race. and after being carried into the .nn=r
rail and then taken around his field, losing
much ground, the best he could do was
fourth. kalos won rather easily from Ben
gal Amigari should have been second ard
would have run into the place with a
The third race furnished a surprise in the
defeat of Mindora, heavily played and
backed down from even money to I TO 10.
on well. the favorite had no excuses. but
was c~ollared at the head of the stretch and
beaten - the wire by Model Monarch. held
at an extremely long figure in the betting.
horse in the race, but getting ten lengths
the worst OF the start proved too great a
handicap for him to overcome.
Jack Young ran a good race in the sec
would have been second at least had he
been kept further up at the start A six
teenth from home he seemed hopelessly out
OF the race, but came like a flash under
the whip and finished a strong third. From
the rate at which he finished he appeared
capable of giving the winner an argument
had the race been q sixteenth further
In the closing race OF the day Branch
Won, upsetting another ~well-played favorite
in the shape of John S. Bratton's Verify.
who also failed to get n portion of the
money. C1onsilla was running strongly a
hundred yards from the wire, and seemed
to have the race won. when Branch came
with a rush and got first money. Verify
was played down from 2 to l to S TO 5.
Delmar Entries for
First race. one mile and seventy yards. sell