The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-12-23
nennctt's Colt Beats De ReSzke.
Crack Eastern Platter, in 4
Fair Trial.
aEsTERNERS CASH NICE BETS.
81. Sever. Neglected in the Ring.
Pounds the Best in First Race
and Wins UncXtcndcd-
Killing Made on Reliance.


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Sow Orleans. Ia. DEE. Q, George RFG-
netts home-hrei cot. KING Trophy. TO-
day proved himself ra he ne a derby ciass
when he grabbed u Reszke. considered
The best selling p!atar 81 the Fast" and
,nat him IN as fair q trial IS was ever
.ln. The fact that Willie Ha-nessg -csH
Va RcszRe instead OF Jack Martin. who
esterday drew = two Gav-' suspension.
made a heavy play on The Bennett colt.
The play proved "a wise one. but II THAI.
iIenncszev rode q race that was In every
aspect sc strong as any Martin might
rave Put M. Oc course had Martin hal
Tie mount, he could nave seized an on
po-tun:ty Hennessey neglected. 70 cut
II kings Trophy At the three-eiehJhs
mile pole. whore Kings Trophy made his
iln. TIennessey e!the~ did not see the .
year-old coming on. or did not care TO risk
ne trick and its possible penalty. and he
Odd not close in.
PROVED THE BETTER HORSE.
This gave Kings Trophy The rail. and
the two turned into The stretch on uTac-
and most inspiring fight from there home.
ilennessey got out @: de Reszke all that
vas in him. but after passing the !urlong
pole. Kings Trophy always had it on
hun and beat lin 4 neck.
The race was probably more me-!:oT'ous
than that of Rams Horn. The latter easily
beat Garnish at the Same weight differ
cnce. but De Reszke is rated by the East
,!nerS as anywhere from ten TO fifteen
hounds better than Garnish and while
Rams Horn had a lot LETT. still II must
] { admitted the me colt beat q better
horse. Jim Williams says he regards
l:an's Horn as a $3.50" colt To be sure,
could have ga!loped over him at any part
% the race, but Kings Trophy may give
linn an argument when the TWO come to-
aether.
ST. SEVER MUCH THE BEST.
There was not a great deal T. the bal
?uce Of the card. -. Sever was practically
neglected in the first race bec2us ~ was
- be ridden by baird. but he vor after
Icing all but left. Dalesman the
choice. but Phillips rode him like he was
u l0-to-l shot. without d chance. 80 he
finished no better than third.
Fox Mead was favorite In the second
and won easily from The Hugusnot, who
vas very badly handled.
Courtmaid was a heavily played choice
in the third, but Mai Hanlon- at Il TO l.
aeat her out at the end. Courtmaid ran
:. good race, but was short. and viii about
do next time.
The. fifth race proved easy for Reliance.
ton bet $500 in the New York pootroOms.
Green Gown was a short-priced favor!te
in the last, but McCafferty's Gotowin. at
The false price Of u 10 ]. got off swinging
ard managed to hold on long enough to
win by half a length.
CRESCENT CITY SUMMARIES.
Weather clear; track good. Summaries:
First race. six furiongs-st Sever. % Baird.
70 !. won; Little Jack Homer. q lC-'nninsl.
6 10 !. second: Dalesmsn. IT. III. Philips). Il
- ,. third. Time, l:li -. Irs. Frank Foster.
larisienne. Julia Junkin. ". l. George. L.
IAN Hay. One More and Bensonhurst also ran.
second race. seven :~urlcngs-Fox Mead. IO2
tficoll. 2 10 5. won; The HuEuenot, Ioi Baird.
} to l. second: Josette. los Tonderly1. Is 10 !,
third. Time. lbs Is Lsdy Charlotte. Agg1e
Lcwia Trossachs, Little BY. Panca, Arachue.
IiasS and Rachel Ward also ran
Third race. mile-Mas Hanlcn. Ids Powell. -
30 l. won; Court Maid. 1s CWondzrlyD. S 20 ..
second: Merry Pioneer. los Cwco!ayd). : to l.
Gaines. Birch Rod. Ny lane. Rudabsk. Never
more, Main Light and FlanboSant also ran.
Fourth race. handicap. mile and twenty yaris
Kings Trophy. ~ CNicoD. i3 10 10. won: De
Peszke. los Hernessy), even, second: Sataio-,
90 tAubuchon). Is TO !. third Time. l:4A. Ran
Hin also ran.
Firth race. mileR.Iiance. los cicoD. = to /.
won: MontebaDk. los Cbcolo). S to /. second:
Daisy Green, ia (Hicksl. . 70 s third. Tine.
"a. Ernest Parhani, .Qjibwa. Bob Murphy. Trby
Bennett. Ben Mac DHui. Myrondals and Yell
mantown also ran
sixth race. SIX ruriousE. ~seiins-cgtowin. la2
CNicoD. even. second: DundsfI. 1o q. 1icIn-
tvre), Z TO /. third. Time. I:1i rs. James H.
Ree6, Lneai, Pawtuckst. Captain Brolaski.
bishop Weed. Kernel. Limerick Girl. Sharp
Boy and Evasldn also ran.
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