The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-25
F|TzKANET Won
BRILLIANT RACE,
Son of Fitziames Got Away Slowly
Rut Ran Six Furlongs in
lila Flat.
MOULIN ROUGE ALMOST BEATEN
Troxler Eased Up the 2-to-5 Favor
ite in the Stretch and Sadie
Burch Almost Nipped
Her on the Post.

Mr.. Rogerss Fitzkanet won the fastest
tRce of the Delmar meeting when he can
tered over Miss Mae Day and Kindred IN
the six-furlong handicap yesterday after
noon. The game son of FItzjames was sent
TO the post fiji to run the race OF his life.
but many wise bettors would have nothing
to do with him because Sheehan was up.
Mae Day and Kindred shared favoritlsm
at l6 TO ). while Fitzkanet was as good al
5s in the rims Mr.. Rogers told his friends
his horse would win sure, and the stable
played nice commission on the horse.
TroXler threw NJ Sc Mae Day out In front
as the barrier went up. and the railbirds
began to cry. Miss Mae Day" FitzkaIet
broke slowly and on the outside. He took
his time going up. went TO Mae Day at the
stretch turn. and came home leisurely, sew
eral lengths to the good, in TIA. by far the
fastest time OF the Delmar meeting and
within aone-Quarter of a second OF the track
record for the distance. Fitzkanet will be
very hard to beat In any company Just
NOW. He is sound as dollar and In rare
coed form.
Doctor Cartledge was pounds the best In
the 2-ycar-old race and won It hands
down, just The Republic said he would
The wise bookmakers laid pa to / against
the lame and sore Quaker Girl. and Is and
IS against CARTRIDGE F. Smith gave the
latter good ride and brought him home all
aiono. Quaker Girl was never a contender.
Just why Rogers started her is a mystery
unless it was to make a price against
Fitzkanet, and to see that requires soma
subtle race-track reasoning indeed.
= TRoXLERS CARELESS FINISH.
Troxler almost threw away the first race
10,
last quarter Of the first race Rouge was
prohibitive fayorite at 2 to g. and not
many bettors would have cared had she
lost, but there would have been no saliva
uon for TrcXler had this happened. The
hlIy broke in front and opened up a gap
OF twenty lengths in the hrst quarter.
Coming down me stretch. Troxler glanced
over his shoulder. saw the field in the hazy
distance and began taking W wraps. ID.
Austin brought Sadie Burch. a S0-to-l shot,
up with whoop, and although every one
danger, IroXler apparently aid not He
continued TO take. wraps till he could take
S the he Burch passed her
II was a notwithstanding finish for those
Who had bet their money on the favorite at
to .. and probably will make them bit
tiInid about betting on another odds-on IA
Norite for long time. Judge Brady had
IroXier in the stand and gave him some
sound advice after this race
T. SMITH RIDES IN FORM.
Pratee:. an even-money shot: and a
legitimate ole, outclassed his field in the
second. and won rather easily under good
ride by f. Smith. Mr.. Daniels's clever
negro boy. by The way, rode three win
ners. bringing Cartledge and Hook-se-Oka
home first in addition 10 Pirateer.
Hook se-Oka was all kinds Of good
thing in the fifth. race, and won by Aace
Of Smiths clever handling. Our Lady. an
other torrtd tip. was backed from IS to 2s
and ran second, but was set back for foul
Ing Auies at tho second turn. 1t was a
palpable foul.
Morris volmer won his senliannual race
at nice odds. 10 TO l, considering that he
was ridden by the good boy. A. W. Booker.
The ride which Troxler gave Pierce j., the
favorite, in this race, was anything but
was rncketed ali the way. and never had
chance to extend himself. F. Smith brought
the l5-to-1 shot. Weird, home second in this
race. while Lunar slipped into the show
money without much effort.
To-DAY'S DELMAR ENTRIES.
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