The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-23
Fast and Game Son of Dochart Fol.
lowed Big Horses Pace and Ran
Past Him in Stretch.
MAE DAYS BRILLIANT RACE.
EHiett's Game Mare Conceded
Weight to Frank Bell and
Croix dor and Ran Six
Furlongs in LIS Flat.

Mr.. Mulky's fast, sensible and plucky
colt Bias, dor. gave further proof of his
mnttle by beating Hilee at Ein.ooh Pari
Yesterday over seven furlongs run in the
excellent time of 1:2sa.. Bas d. Or was the
s-to-5 favorite. Hilee was close second
i choice at and to s. 1t was a two-horse
race all the way.
Hilee and Bas dor at once assumed frs,
: and second positions without trouble or him
drance. Flintlock. who figured a con-
tender in a mild way. was of badly.
Hilee went away and opened up a four
length lead up the back stretch. The colt
traiied him with ease. Around the upper
turn Hflee steamed up for all he was worth.
Bas dor went after him. He closed ground
steadily. At the stretch entry he was but
( length back. He came on cleverly on the
on the outside. At the three-sixteenths pole
+ Smith drew his whip. 1t was then seen that
: Hilee was beaten. Sheehan was riding .Bas
Z d Or hard and the colt was responding
gamely. At the eighth pole he had Hilee
beaten.
Z He won comfortably. but running his best
race.
Hiiee ran good race. He responded
samely to the whip and closed ground under
IT, but he was simply against better horse
at the weights and could not win.
1t was an excellent race. The tremen-
dous crowd enjoyed 1t hugely. Flintiock
mac, mace up lot Of ground and ran a good
confident In the stretch.
MISS NAE DAYS FINE RACE.
II Hflee was beaten his stable companion,
Miss Mae Day. favorite at to s, in the
Fourth race. performed brilliantly and won
q grand contest by half length from
Croax dor. Mae Day thus reversed the
nve lengths beating Croix dor gave her
n the memorable Fftxkanet-Malstcr affair
at Delmar. She came from behind croix
aOr. passed him in a fair race and won go-
IL, myg away. eroix dor ran the race Of his
Frank Bell broke in front. followed
by Croix dor and Theory. Mae Day was
stretch Here Theory weakened and Croix
DOR vent to Bells throat-latch Higgins
gave Nae Day the best Of the year here.
wide. - '- am S'''A VI swung
Then he fetched his mare up on the rail-
s Ine Leaders were going very fast and
h hit Nae tss Day Then he sat down and gave
At the eighth pole she had Bell and Croix
staggering. but they ran ganely. Higgins,
however: was putting up a superhuman
by half a length. going away. Croix dor.
ven ridden by Sheehan was q good second
He tired badly in the last fifty yards. Bell
stronger boy than Shea up, he might have
won. The time. lib. was excellent, and
N1thin one second Of Bummer's record, with
los Up.
FIRST MASON A GOOD ONE.
Oots Bros. turned out a nice one in the
FIRST. race. First Mason. third choice.
backed from skies to threes. followed Gus
tus.s pace closely to the last eighth. then
moved away in most impressive Fashion. He
ID by First Mate. out Of the dam of Nc
sCheaney-Manola Mason. fine locker and
evidently good colt. He was fast 2-year-
Old, but never got right, and did not start
until late in the fall.
Tcupee showed speed and was lucky to
vim the second. Major Carpenter was best.
way. WAS only beaten nose and was first
IN half stride more. Potter and Harbor
ran Eood races also and were not beaten
very lar. Jehane ran dull race.
The third event went to Light Opera. the
even-money favorite. with Josie F. second
and Montana Peerless third. Opera was
Shea could not make Josie F. run her best
race. She went well to the stretch. but the
hoy was not vigorous enough to make her
ana she loafed perceptIbly.
The sixth race saw Doctor Hart. second
choice. lead all the way and win by twenty
fsyorite at twos. looked like a 7-to-l0 Shot.
hut Sinclair. who was up. made him look
IKE to 1 He ran that way. Judge Muir
ply had Sinclair up for wigging. The
At the f1rst turn: that In pulling him in the
bit broke and that he rode the rest Of the
race without a bit
The form Of the day was excellent Three