The St. Louis Republic., 1904-07-31

Capturing first money with iiiire aud
Second place with Miss Mae Day. the E.
lott stable carried off twofold honors in
the feature of the Fair Grounds card yus-
terday. the Country Club Stake.
Not only did Hilee prove that he is back
IN his old-time form by beating a field &c
the best sprinters at the course. hit lie
ran the distance in the fastest time COW
cred locally this year. making the six fur
longs in l:13,,.
Although Mac Day was supposed to re
the stronger contender OF the pair and
vas the cause of the entry being held at
~ TO l in the betting, 1t was Hi.ec that
turned the trick. Running without ap-
parent effort in any stage. the old geding
galloped home an easy winner. his stable
mate being just as easily the second.
Nine starters faced the barrier. and of
these Ice Water, from the Hayes string.
was made favorite at Is 70 8. The big
mare received n good liBy AZ these odds.
tho track being deen1A to her liking.
while Elastic received the usual support
from those who follow the chances of tie
Lemp horses.
Folies BerSeres was well liked by many
and her light weight was thought 10 give
to her first-class chance for victory.
Old Stone received some scattering play
and it is doubtful if any candidate went
70 the post without good support.
There was some little delay at the post,
Elastic keeping up his usual tactics of
ambling toward the barrier and attempt
ang to dart through. Miss Mae Day also
gave some trouble and Hilee persisted in
keeping his back turned toward the cato
the greater part of the time while at the
post.
Finally. Starter Dade got them in line
and snapped the barrier to perfect start.
Elastic instantly shot to the front. closely
i9iloWed by Bergeres. but almost imme
natciy old Hilee came with a rattle next
70 the rail-. opened up a big gap in the
nrst furlons, and led down, the back
stretch by margin OF two lengths.
COULD NOT CATCH HIM.
Rounding the lower turns, the old geld
hg kept his lead easily enough. running
nicely under Troxlcrs handing. and as
he straightened out for home he increased
nie margin Of advantage to two lengths.
LIS Mae Day had moved UP in the mean
Chile, and she came down the stretch on
ene outside OF her stable mate. running
Sesily enough and going along without
Light weight on Evening Star told in
this race. and the mare made her run in
She stretch, but commenced to fall back
4noer the last pace set by the leader.
Ccmine with rattle at the end. Ice Water
1est died away near the finish.
The big Elastic was never a factor Save
Sor the brief period when he fiattered his
4eckers by keeping to the front for the
4fst quarter, he was never dangerous
Once the bunch rounded the turn for home
q st least half the field seemed to have q
son OF Himyar never allowed them to get
near him. and won without difficulty.
miss MISS Mae Day misht possibly have
been held back in the closing strides BY
Wilson. evidently with the purpose Of
avoiding any weight penalties. She, did
rom home, but. judging from the easy
manner in which ehe closed she was per-
fsGtiy capable Of landing first money had
dilee proven unequal to the task
BAs DORIS FAST RACE.
Next to the stake. in interest was the
sixth race. where Bas dor equaled the
track record for .one milo and one-six-
fsenth. when he beat Flying Torpedo by
head In the closing strides. Bas dor was
rated behind the early pace in this even
instead OF being taken to the. fore, as he
Flying Torpedo c6eerfully took up task
of pace making and nearly. made, a run
away race -of.the event. The Lazarus horse
vent around the course in better style
tnan he ha: ever before shown locally.
and to the last few strides seemed the
winner. Then Bas dor overhauied him
and won In hard riding finish by a head
lno distance was run In l:46ra eQualing
tho time made by Dare II. June l6 1897
Dare IL carried but 81 pounds. 50 the per-
Xormance Of Bas dor was clearly the
more meritorious' of the two.
Boaster won the fifth race, at one mile
and three-sixteenths. in the closing strides
after Thane had set terrific pace all the
MNY around the course. This race was run
n z01. just second behind the track rec
ord.
Mickey Shannon put good thing over
q the second race. when he sent Lucky
Charm across the line at odds OF 30 to i.
The colt ran a creditable enough race
0utgamed Dameron IN the final drive and
ability.
The Regent won the opening race for
Nose Goidblatt. beating out Lacy Craw-
ford and Light Opera.
The Bugaboo, under a vigorous ride by
TioxIe8 won the second event nicely
enough. though Pretension was allowed
TO falter bit in the closing furiong
With boys reversed. Pretension could
have given a strong argument to the
winner. -
One of the good things of the day, how
ever. was Sting in the last race Held at
% to l, she was well played by a select
coterie. and delivered the goods in the
hast strides. Tally H. closed strongly
enough at the end Jim A. Long complet-
ID the trio In the money.
One OF the largest crowds of the season
turned out. the shut down at Union SEEM
Ing to bring out a large delegation. Fully
1900 persons we're within the grounds by
the time Of the stake. and the ring was
packed.
MONDAYS RACING; CARD.