The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-30
Long Delayed Good Thing Came
With a Rush and Nipped Out
DIR. kier at Wire.
SOUTH BREEZE A FAILURE.
An the Wise Fellows Backed Mr..
Cahn's Mare to Win, but She
Ran Dismal Third-Hig-
gins Lost First Race.

Bourke Cochran, Prince of Darkness
Magnolia. won the third race at the Fair
Grounds yesterday with odds of 100 to laid
against him. There was not much money
bot on him to win. Many small bettors
who knew that he had once been a good
colt. and whom the prohibitive price kept
from betting on Deutschland. bet on him
to run second and third. A few had small
bets to win.
The horse was ridden by Donegan and won
by scant nose from Doctor Kier. a 5-to-1
shot, who beat Deutschland. the s-to-1o ia
vorite. for second place. Doctor Kier should
have won as # was run. He was walking
home. Troxler thought that he had 1t won
when he beat Deutschland and eased up on
Kier. Donegan came from the clouds with
Cochran and overhauled Troxler in the last
stride.
Deutschland was a e-to-1o shot and was
heavily played. They said that 1t was only
question OF how far he would win if
given his head Barney Schreiber sent
Red" Commerford to Trainer Covington to
tell him to send Deutschland on in front
Covineton took it upon himself to order Gull
lett to rate the horse. That beat him.
Gullett got Deutschland away who,nfpc
Every one expected the boy TO 20 ON and
open up ten lengths of lead Gullett, how
ever, rode to orders. took three wraps ON
,1 SSe horse ana rated him to Doctor Kier
IIoxer. foxy old hand, threw Kier on
top OF Deutschland and dumped him into
the heavy going at every stride G,,iiett
scnS wrnS Deutsehland's cuts head back to his boot
zoe an up the back stretch This choked the
coT When the rider called on him he had
notnlng lett kier came on and seemed TO
pc winning. when Donegan took it into his
head to send Burke Cochran along. Coch-
ran came with a whoop from fifth place.
1roxier was sitting still and fixing his seat
s9las to win prettily. when Cochran nailed
LoNG-DELAYED WINNING.
cochran made good after year of wait
ing. He belongs to d. L Snow, who won
with Captain CASTOR at Sheepshead Bay
last year at 100 10 /. CASTOR, though. was
played heavily, while Cochran was NOT
snow took Cochran East with CASTOR, and
expected TO make a similar killing with
M him The s-year.old went wrong, however.
winter. and Is now rounding into form
SOUTH BREEZE WENT WRONG.
The handicap saw some droll dongs All
the wise guys" got down on South Breeze
on the strength of a work she had done
during the week. She worked a mile in
1:S9A, the last seven-eighths in q easily.
It seemed that Yesterdays race was set up
for her. Breeze was to !. when she should
have been to l. Lady Strathmore led to
the mile Then Light Opera, with s. pounds.
passed her and won easily. South Breeze
closed fast. but she was out of it SO far in
the first half that she had no chance. Jack
Young had an easy race into fourth place.
tamplighter. he is not as good horse IN
mud as on the dry.
Higgins shot the first race away with the
1-to-2-shot Rhyme and Reason by bad
ride. Tom kiley won at 10 to !.
Echodale ran like the stake horse he is In
mud. and won the last race in a gallop
from Sweet Dream.