The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-05
JORDAN WINS
THE JUNE HANDICAP
Hayes's Mud Horse Gets First
Money by Narrow
Margin.
FRANCO DEFEATS JOE KELLEY.
as Event of Day Forehand
Swerves, Throwing Field To-
gether, Causing General
Dumping and ~Jostling.

Jordan led home a flood field In the
June Handicap at Delmar yesterday, the
Hayes mudder running a strong race and
Just defeating Jack Young for first money.
AS good a field of mud horses as could
be collected in this part Of the country
was assembled in the race. anG the soft
surfacing of the track did not impair its
merits as a race. 1t was a pretty con-
test from start to finish and the victory
OF the Hayes horse was popular with the
crowd.
AT that. it cannot be denied that Jor-
dan was lucky. He managed to clear the
bunch behind him just in time to avoid
considerable j~ostling and swerving, which
ensued in the fnal furlong and which kept
Jack Young back just d moment too long
for him to obtain first place.
Seven horses faced Starter Dsde in this
event. the Bennett entry. Forehand and
Dan McKenna. being favorites at 8 to D.
while the Hayes entry. Jordan and Blu
gler. were second choices at IL to D. Local
money seemed to go largely to the Hayes
horses, and this made the victory Oh Jor-
dan popular to the majority of those pres
ent. to Judge from the applause win
which he was received
Jack Young was held at odds approx
mating 6 to ! in the betting; Lucian was
at 4 to 1. and Neversuch's price fiuctuated
around Ii to /. Dan Mckenna seemed 10
be the dependence of the Bennett stable,
and Sheehan had the mount on the horse.
There was some little delay at the post,
due to obstreperous actions on the part
Of Jordan and Bugler, while Lncian, heid
next to the inner rail on account OF his
well-known erratic actions at the post.
kept the assistant starter busy. Harry
Sharpe was assigned to hold Lucian, ana
the colt persistently tried to bite his
hands.
LUCIAN LEADS.
After a delay of two or three minutes
the gate went up to a good start for all
but Jack Young. He got OFF badly but
made UP much ground even before the
first turn was cached. Lucian tore
around the first turn in tile lead. closely
followed by Jordan and Forehand. while
Young was in third position by the time
the far turn had been reached ,,, IN.
creased his lead to four lengths and had
This amount of daylight between himself
and his field when the stable turn was
running a great race. moved up, accom-
panied by Jordan and Jack Young, while
Neversuch decided to improve his position
about the same time.
Into the stretch 1t could be seen that
Lucian was out of it. although he still re-
tanned his lead. Forehand was coming fast
on one side, Jordan on the other. n there
was a general closing up on the leaders a
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inside like a wild horse, was gaining at
every stride, while McKenna was hope
lessly hut in close behind the first four.
As the field passed the furlong pole
Forehand swerved slightly inwards. throw
ing the field somewhat together and caus-
ing q general humping. For a moment
there was a wild 1ostle in the middle Of
the track. Then out of the bunch came
the brown head OF Jordan and the scarlet
Jacket of Austin Riding the colt vigor-
ously, taking advantage OF the fact that
Young had been bumped slightly in the
5ostle, which also threw F~orehand off his
stride, the Hayes horse drew ahead n
crossed the line a winner by half a length.
Closing with every stride. Jack Young
vas a strong second, while close behind
came Neyersuch, who ran his usual good
race In the mud. Lucian faded away COM
pletely in the run home.
COVERED WITH CLAY.
1t was a pretty race from the specta-
tors point Of view. in spite of the muddy
track, which covered horses and riders