The St. Louis Republic., 1904-06-17
HAYES ENTRY RAN
ONE, TWO IN STAKE
Braden Captured the Kindergar-
ten Event With His Stable
Companion, Layson, a Close
Second and Broomhandle
Third. 80

Racing over a slow track, but in perfect
accord, Braden and Layson. from the
Hayes stable. answered the question Of
who could beat Broomhandle by finishing
first and second in the fourteenth re-
newal OF the Kindergarten Stakes at the
Fair Grounds yesterday.
Though the 2-to-5 favorite went down to
defeat. his utmost effort bringing him but
third, the victory was popular, inasmuch
as the vast multitude of bettors went to
price pi;H "a against Broomhsndle. % % " Applause
gradually opened in the stand. when It be-
came apparent that the favorite would
sweiled to pandemonium when the Hayes
colors crossed the line fist and second.
Beaten, but not disgraced. Broonhandle
put up game struggle. on rather badly.
his ground in a hurry. and then thought
fully taken wide at the head OF the
sitretch by austin, VINO had cast speeula,
tiye eye over the positions Of the field and
who bore the Baker colt out by sending
Layson wide at the turn, the little son Of
op3ndsga sd put t,D Tg e29d f.sd fisht Y t a 49,.
could not get up. Small in size. the bump
ing he received certainly hurt his chances.
Yet II is an open question whether the
speed shown by Braden and the manner
In which he hung on at the end did not
eEtitle the Hayes entry to first money,
even had Broomhandle experienced no
AS the barrier went up, Braden shot to
the front and set a hard pace around the
first two turns, Broomhandle getting off
and chunky legs to the stretch head,
where he had attained second position.
Tapped Just outside Braden and Layson.
At this point, Austin took Iayson WIDE
carrying Broomhandle with him.
In the meanwhile, Tommy Knight was
huggfng the rail with Braden, and saved
every Inch Of ground possible. Layson
was the first to recover after taking the
wide trip at the stretch head and secured
8 lead of a length or two over Broomhan-
though the Baker colt was coming fast
at the close. The race was worth e, ,120
to the winner, and Hayes also got the
81 the event to him after 'ai deuct
ing the $50 entrance and starting fee for
each Of his colts.
OLD STONES GOOD RACE.
That Old Stone is Worlds Fair Handi-
cap contender Of no mean ability was
shown by his race yesterday, when he un-
third event, although running a head be-
hind Harmakis. The Mattingly colt put
UP remarkable race, and with strong
er boy than Howell up he would likely
Old Stone wanted to set the pace. and
went around the first turn with his head
stirrups and saving desperately at the
colts mouth in an endeavor to keep him
back. This treatment probably hurt Old
Stone more than any front running would
have done, and at the eighth pole he was
actually thrown on his stride BY the man
ner in which his boy was working on his
bit.
To the half pole the same saggfng on
the bit was performed by Howell, the colt
running gamely in spite of II all, Rnd
easily retaining his lead. When the
stretch was reached, Harmakis, who had
been ridden with good Judgment by Rice.
commenced to move up. Old stones rider
instantly went from a pull to a drive In
one stride. This treatment did not help
Old Stone, and he swerved outwards as
the hold on his mouth relaxed.
Harmakis caught him and 1t was. bat
tie royal 10 the wire. Neither rider has
any OF the attributes of a Garrison on
Taral IN the saddle and Harmakis won on
his courage. Had Howell let Old Stone
rate nicely along in front, getting good
lead over his field the chances are the
colt would have taken first money.
Wakeful was favorite In the first race
but ran second to Malvina, who showed
considerable speed. Hook-Se-Oka won
the second race just as handiiy. Elastic I
won the fourth from the Lemp entry after
numerous Withdrawals had lessened the
caliber OF the field and Misanthrope. held |
at odds of to 1 and tipped by The Re-
public to win, galloped home In the last
event by ten lengths.