The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
Leads of Wise Money on Tom
Kingsley, but He Failed
to Land.
FULLER BEFORE THE STEWARDS
Radiant Heat Turns Somersault
on Track and Ruby Ray
Knocks Eliza Dillon Off
Her Feet.


REPU BLIC SPECIAL
New Orleans. La. March 2o-To-days re-
that generally come with the close Of a
meeting. The first two races were cap
tured by the favorites. ard then came q
succession of surprises that made the fol-
lowers Of form lock silly.
Bad rides. poor horses and cheap racing
We're responsible for this state OF affairs.
There was absolutely no class whatever to
the fields. The conditions were framed to
give the nonwinnerS at the meeting a
chance to earn enough TO pay their, feed
bills. This brought together a sorry lot Of
platers which masquerade race horses.
Under the conditions the public expected
little and they were not disappointed.
In the second race nasty-lOoking acci-
dent occurred al the eighth pole. and for a.
time 1t was supposed that Jockey Foley.
who had the mount on Radiant Heat. had
broken his neck.
Radiant Heat at the time the accident &C.
Cured was running second and was a keen
contender He swerved over against Hen
legs. He turned a complete sorersault and
when he landed Foley was under him.
then came on and almost fell over the pros
trate rider and horse. When help reached
Foley he was unconscious. He came to in
about ten minutes and was taken to the
hospital An examination showed that he
had broken his left collar bone and frac-
tured two Of his ribs
riding on the part of several boys. who al
ways manage in some way to escape pun
ishment In the fifth race to-day Ruby
Ray swerved across the track and struck
Eliza Dillon with such force that 1t
knocked the latter off her feet. Phillips,
who had the mount on Eliza Dillon. had a
good stiff hold on his mount at the time, but
for this the mare would have fallen.
Fuller was called upon by the stewards for
an explanation. He claimed that Ruby Ray
wore a burr and when he went after his
whip she bolted.
The opening event for maiden 3-year-olds
went to Safe Guard. He was favorite in
he hot ting and ridden hy Cannon Safe
Guard outclassed his field, and after making
all his own pace won easily by a couple of
lengths from Wangdoodle. The latter was
100-to-1 shot.
Henry of Franstamar finally met a lot
which he could not help beating. The
conditions called for nonwinners at the
meeting and the track and distance were
both to his liking. Fuller waited with him
the first half. He moved up and took COM
in the run home, won as, he pleased.
Silver Fringe just managed to last long
enough to beat Miriam w. out head in
the third race She made all her own pace
and opened up a four-lengths lead rounding
the far turn. She was firing at the end.
The lightweight favorites were Eliza Dill
lon In the fifth race and she was never
start and retained 1t the entire trip
Aratoma upset calculations by capturing
the sixth race. The wise money went on
Tom Kingsley. Cannon had the mount on
the favorite, Bengal, and he rode a bad
looking race. He was not very energetic
until he saw that Tom Kingsley was beat
en-. 1t was too late then to win.
Weather clear: track slow. Summary:
First race seven Acknowledgement 1o7 Gan