The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-14
NRoue, at 20to-1, Defeats Best
Sprinters in Crescent CITY for
Purse Worth $1,465.
LEADS NEARLY ALL THE WAY.
Fort Plain Continues His Win
ming Streak by Galloping Over
Lev Dorsey for Fourth
Straight Victory.


REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New Orleans. La, Feb. 13.-Roue, 4
2o-to-l shot. wont the De Soto Handicap a,
Six furlongs from the best sprinters at
he track. The stake was worth 81, 465
IT to the winner.
Scorpio always ruled favorite in the bet
ng. He broke in front. but was imme-
riatnly o~verhauled by Roue. who led the
~eS, OF the way. winning by Il length from
scorpio. Big Ben laid in second place
o the stretch turn, then surrendered to
5corpio and finished NTH. New York,
l"ho ran third, was the best horse in the
ace. He got off badly and after run
ming around the entire field. was beaten
II length for the place. Vestry and Big
Ben finished right on top of New York.
Nestry also got off badly and closed with
great courage. Clangor got off ninth and
was running over horses at the finish.
The Texas Splinter, Dallas. came from
behind and beat the pacemaker. Yo San.
by Il nose in the second. Yo San was
two lengths in front on the pack stretch,
but Dallas ~overhauied her entering the
home stretch and beat her to the finish
by the narrowest of margins. Leila, we'll
backed at 20-to-l. finished a strong third
Fort Plain continued his winning streak
Al Nit III tilu ldilly SdllOptu over Lev
Dorsey and St. Tammany. Lev Dorsey
was the favorite, with Fort Plain second
choice. Fort Plain went to the front
e2fly in the route. raced under wraps
the stretch, then came away and won
by five lengths. This colt has won his
four starts down here.
The withdrawal of Hands Across spoiled
the fifth race. Tribes Hill outclassed the
others SO badly that the bookies held
him at odds-on. Tangible led on suffer-
ance for a halt mile, then the %favorite
went to the front and galloped the rest
of the way, winning eased up. Ethics
was second. easily.
Thorneycroft beat Tancred by a head
I'm the sixth Tancred and McWilliams
on at the hilf-mile pole. Fuller brought
Thorneycroft through in the stretch.
Our Nugget lasted long enough to beat
-Four Leaf Clover In the first by a head.
Our Nugget made all the pace. while Four
Leaf Clover came from fourth place in
the stretch.
The summary:
Weather cloudy: track good.
First race. five and one-haif furiongs. selling
Our Nugget. los CW: Hennessy), 10 70 l, won:
ECU rSsf La 81 o. Ga7 Is GSals : 10 ! l. to /, ,hl T5e0n9 lime ne.
los ~ Ieiele; Ringdove; Irene Mac; Sir King;
second race. tive furlongs-pallas. III Cream.
ond. Leila. liz lT;obbinsJ. 20 to i. third, Time.
goo %; Julia NJ. ;Aggis Lewis. Lgra J.. Az.
Knight and Komombo a Tisaoefrssna ram
TiiiTd race, one mile-Fort Plain. 90 Div |
inEstonl, 3 to :. won; Ley Dorsey. lO2 CRob-
SOM, 10 10 J. third. Time. 1:4l rs. Sabot and
Favonius also ran. |
Fourth race. six furlongs. De Soto Handicap
-Rou. g6- yLivingstcn)- 20 to !, won; Scorpio.
liz Fuller. . TO .. second: New York. ll6
tMinderJ. Z to ]. third. Time, 1:li l-5. Vestry. |
Big Ben. Clangor. Harmakis, Monastic and
Psrisienne also ran. |
Fifth race. handicap. mile and a sixteenth
Trihes Fill, ia tCallahan), IL to 20. won:
81 tstcIntyret. s 10 i. third Time IN
also ran. |
Sixth race. one and one-quarter mile. selling |
-thCrneycroft, lis (Fuiler,. 10 to J., won; |
Tancred, l4 CIV. Henness.). 9 to 5. second: !
Miss West. 60 tJenkins). 100 to 1, third. Time, |
2:1o. Veios. Past, santa Teresa. Free Admis- 4
sion, McWiliiams. Royal Pirate. Class Leader |
and Frank Mac also ran.