The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-11

Though The Republic specifically warned
Its turf readers mat Monsieur Beaucalre
was a 5-tO-5 shot In the Criterion Stakes
AT the Fair Grounds yesterday. the bettOrs
took . 20 ; and ! TO . for their money and
lost. Prosper La Cal. the horse whom
The Republic warned bettors might beat
Bsaucaire. beat him by 4 nose. Prosper
was S to / in the betting.
Beaucaire did not run anywhere near his
FORM. he tr-eZtd IN preparation for the
race faster than he raced yesterday.
On Friday evening Joe Carey. a book
maker. rushed into the press stand after
the races. Monsieur Beaucaire was walk
ins past preparatory 10 being breezed for
the Criterion Stake
Lend me your watch" said Carey 10 the
sporting editor Of The ReUubuI. until I
catch Beaucatre's move"
Carey got the watch. Beaucalre breezed
a half mile with ID. Austin and a heavy
WCThing saddle, 10 pounds in all. hard
heId, ana pulled up IN 81 seconds The
slower than II was when he raced yester-
Jay. He breeZeu away out in the center.
Yesterday u was so good that Bridal ran
on the rail- six furlongs IN 1874.
PourguoI faS and Prosper la Cal ran
the hTst half yesterday IN JrL Beau
calre was six lengths Jack. He did not
run the hall. trying hard for a u.SO stake.
track the previous evening.
Though h Republic POINTED out that
Be9ucaire was a I-to-5 shot. the bettors
took J TO . and hacked him 10 / TO 2
Nothing else In the race was played. Jor-
dan went from > TO s.. Prosper La Gal
went from 5 70 S. PourquOi Pas from
- 10 las. and Jack Young from s 70 is.
RACE WAS SLOWLY RUN.
II was a'good start. PourduoI Pas and
Prosper showed In front. B~eaucairs
dropped in behind them. Jordan laid with
him Jack Young could not keep up. Pour
lnmnF UuG and Druauar waw 49,. .-H ---.
TO the stretch. Beaucaire galloped along
behind them. He could not close I'd.
Coming down the stretch Beaucaire be-
on well and Prosper la Cal did better.
In the last ten yards POurquOi Pas weak
ened. Prosper did not give way, how
ever. Beaucaire closed slowly under the
whip. Prosper lasted Ions enough TO beat
him by q nose.
The race was a Joke Tor a good horse.
The first half was run GOA. the last half
In %- The six furlongs was run in I:I6i=.
Bridge EaIlOped this distance In i:ifiz.
First Mason was under a heavy pull for
the entire mile he ran, yet ran u as fast
as BeauCaire did. trying hard. The track
was fast enough. Nelrd ran a half in :t9
Bengal ran his half in :4gh- Lindenella
hers as fast as Prosper La Cal. 5is.
Davis ran out and easily ran I'VE
fuTlOngs In lNGis. with 10 up. After STEP
ping the six furiongs in LIS. First Mason
the mile in LBL. Every nrst
eighth run yesterday was run one-haIf a
second faster than the stake. Monsieur
BeauCairy ran ;he first quarter in q. the
.hree-eiEhths in 40. When breeZinE hlsI
half mile on Friday he went the FIRST
Ihrte-eiEhths winginE in - on a track
seconds slower than IL was yesterday.
II took them twenIy-seyen seconds TO
-un the last quarter OF the mile in the
take. The Bobby ran his last quarter
en- lengths better than 26= First Mason
his last quarter pulled up in 81
ran his last quarter six lengths
,etter than =.
Beaucaire was no race horse yesterday.
IN his ace he would MAKE a nice horse
n the wheel OF an express wagon He was
1-tO-2 shot. and ran Ike 1-tO-2 shots l.
IN at ST. Louis. There never was such 4 \
Oke Of a race
First Mason was a l-to-3 shot. Though
and worn he was too good among
he lot he Vas In with, and won like a /
shot II was not a contest.
The Bobby and Leenja were equal IA
orites in the seventh race at 3 to ?.
eenia lay second to the last eighth. The
was last 10 the stretch. He came
n just az he always does, got up and
ron by a neck going away. He gave his
their usual attack OF heart
isease- Turning for home he was five
.ngths behind the last horse. in a field
Z eight
Bridge at q ran away with the six-fur-
ing handicap. winning by five lengths
I'D pulled ~. The other events were 4,
IN close 10 form. but lacked interest
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