The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-06
Goldblatt Horse Crossed Line
First in the Labor Day
Stake at Delmar.
MAFALDA A CLOSE SECOND.
HAYES FiIly Put Up Game Strug'
gle and Was Beaten on the
Post-Colopel Simpson Tied
Track Record.

Coming with a rush in the stretch. afte'
trailing his field for the greater pan oi
,he race. goast.r won the Labor Day
Stakes r.. Dclmar yesterday from Nafslds
ard Taby Tosa.
Held a. the post Of second choice In
the betting, the GoIdbIa;t entry received
the cleverss; handling in the field This
earned fret money for the stable. With {.
stronger boz on Hafalda or with clear
sailing for Tsby Tosa. the verdict might
hnye been ditfcreat- AS IL WAS. the f'la-
OF campaign followed by the Coltolatt
horses proved successful.
Three entries started. with their rnem-
bers coupled in the betting. Tstby TOas
vas always favorite at odds apT'rOxiTrlat-
ing ~ to ]. while The Regent and Boaster
were coupled at Is to . Nafaila and
4nnc Davis. also coupled. were well IA
vored By many
of 10 T. good start. The Regent shO. 20
tho front though the race was Il six
furlong affair Hustled along by Dugan
ne opened up a gap around the first two
turns and Strengthened out with Il lead
down the back stretch. where AIafaIda
evidently running in the interests O. Anne
Davts. trisi to overhaul him.
She got to him near the hve-furIong polo
and neck and neck they raced around The.
stable turn and started On th. finaI three
furiongs. III The meantime. Taby IOSa
hsd been gradually improving his position.
and near the stretch turn ne moved up
iieid closed IN on him.
Al the same moment. AiaIaIda got veil
~ the lead. shaved the rail turning for
nome aud came down the stretch with an
apparently winning margin. -.hsic az the
sefne time Anderson shot Baast.r forward
Ilhe hasn. and got through while going
sfU~T ut
,aoy osa vas clear OF his IOcketiHx. and
started aeter Mafalda-
Eaby Tosa could not be shaken of. how
ever. and hung On for a few strides Then
S9aster Jumped him heavily and the little
geinins was Knocked back toward the r..IL
directIy behind Mafaida
boasier set sail for the Hayos flIy
passed her 100 yards from the wire and
ihen had to Be ridden 10 his utmost
unit 10 stan OF the rush made by
Msfalda- who came again as soon a.
Boasfer had MS nose In front. With a
stronger BOY up than Perkins. she might
nave lasted long enough TO cross the
nnish hrs;. And with clear sailing for
Taby. keen contender would certainly
have been up at the end.
HARD RACE FOR TAEY.
SO far as Taby Tosa was concerned. tho
race was a hard-lucx affair. He nigh,
not have won. but he certainly los. more
than the three lengths or SO which sepa-
rated him from the leaders at the end.
by the severe Dumping no received at the
turns and from Boastcr. He also WAS
knocked back while trying 90 get out OF
his pocket near the stretch turn
To small geidinK. Of his SORT. this
rough treatment meant more than to
neavser-ouilt animals and tho little gray
suffered most Regardless of the fortunes
OF the race, however, credit must be
given 20 the jockeys of the GoldbIatt pair
Ior riding a perfectly. timed race ard .or
p1tnns through their instructions in
mandy fashion
The race was worth S2.5so TO the win
ner, proving a valuable stake for this late
end OF the season.
The fifth race witnessed the defeat Of
ure OF Jockey Rice to keep him close to
the turns at the stretch head With
PAiaos drawing away from handspring
at:S having apparently a winning lead,
Rsce allowed MIN to run 50 wide. turning
lengths.
:sids and he'd on long enough to win by
bslf length. although Patnos was going
over him at the end John McGurk got
tntrd money.
Something Of fol. was administered 10
the ring in the first race when Colonel
simpson, heavily played by his own party
vent nrst across the line ct odds o: TO L
The colt equaIed the track record Of :5sik
in covering the distance, winning from Nc
Jetta and Ethe.s Pride.
Debbe May won the second event rather
handily. and Miss Betty Ealloped all the
way in tho third. Fruit simply Played |
with her field IN the sixth. easily defeating |
Arlena and cameron. The latter was clog
ing strongly and was catching ArIena at |
whiskers got Up in time to nip One .;or.
on the last stride in the closing event. Sid |,
silver was third.
ling ring being packed throughout the aft: |
ernoon. Fully 1000 persons were on hand
By tho time Of the stake