The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-28
eLENWATER BEAT
BOASTER BY A NOSE.
Turney's Crack Stake Horse Was
All Out to Defeat Goldblatt's
Little Platter.
DAY OF CLOSE FINISHES.
Four Races Resulted in Head Yer
diets and Two Were Won by
Necks-Sir Christopher
Almost Beaten.
DAY OF CLOSE FINISHES.

Clearwater was straight as the proverbia,
string, or let's say ribbon for a change; e
Boaster, who was in receipt Of eighteen
pounds. and Kitty Clyde. who was getting
twenty-five pounds from Mr. Turney's bis
horse. were noses behind him. The time
1a1lz.. was not impressive. speed OF track
considered.
Clearwater was a 4-to-5 shot. Boaster wa.
Kitty and Welcome Light set the pace. fol-
lowed by Booster on the outside. Frakes
Oh the reins, and nursed him neatly TO the
half-mile pole.
Prosper La Cal laid away from the stifi
BEGAN RUN TOO SOON.
fakes made a fast and apparently prema-
ture move. Clearwater shot up fast. 1t
seemed that he would run away from the
field and come home alone. At the three
eighths pole Kitty clyde swung and cut
him OF. Frakes took him back a bit. Then
Boaster made a smart motion on the out
side. came past Clearwater and challenged
Kitty. Mr. Lemp's true mare responded
Eamely. Frakes swung close on the turn
and brought down on the rail.
Otis now had a nice hold of Booster. who
seemed a winner. Kitty was gdmely doing
what she could. but her speed was gone.
At the eighth pole Frakes twice hit Glen
water with the whip. then sat down and did
his best with his hands. The horse ran on
H az d d9eTag gn on me tbe boy iysf SSuid d TSt i assist 5I him.
Boaster in TO Kitty Clyde in an eneavor 10
shove her into Glsnwaters way.
DoElcE- Oh nifty hOuiO nut nave II anu
the game mare ran straight as q die with
her eye close TO Boosters.
CLEARWATER WAS ALL OUT.
Clearwater palpabIy faltered in the last
twenty yards. but he held his thick ioVI
straight. and just got there half a head in
front OF BoaSter- The horse was plainly
short and won purely on his courage. His
race. having in view the Fair Grounds In
2ugural. was not reassuring. He was in with
an inferior lot The early pace was very
SLOW. II was made by Kitty Clyde. who
Is not by any means fast. The horse was
IN Inferior hands. rTakes could not assist
him at The end. Yet he handled him nicely
in the first half.
The interference he met with did not
amount to much. Then Frakes saved all
possible ground with him at every part OF
it. Clearwater probably needs q lot OF work
before the ST. Louis inaugural On their
race together yesterday Prosper La Cal
holds him pretty safe. The pace at the Fair
Grounds will be a second faster to the six
furlonRs and fully two seconds faster to
the mile. Clearwater is high In fesh and
viii need more than two races to be at his
best. OF course a good boy on him will
make a lot of difference.
II was a day Of fine form and tremendous
finishes. In SIX races the widest margin be-
tween the first and second horses was a
neck In four events the finishes were
short noses.
Bridge and Sylvia Talbot had a tremen-
dous duel. Little Wilson put in a perfect
ride here He clearly outrode and oUtgen-
eraled Dean on Bridge. Sylvia was a bad
3-to-5 shot.
Sir Christopher. an apparently certain
He was all out TO beat Orleans.
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