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i I : I 1 I f • ; Twenty Years Ago Today Chief Turf Events of April 25, 1903 Racing at Aqueduct, St. Louis, Nashville, Oakland and Lakeside. Bondage, in J. Arthurs colors, took Dan Mc-Kenna, Omdurman and Lingo into camp in the handicap at Lakeside, winning as his rider pleased. He raced Dan McKenha into submission in the first seven -eighths, his margin of victory being five lengths. Dan McKenna was easily best of the others. Omdurman was third, far in front of Lingo, which could not extend herself in the sloppy going. Nannie Hodge was so much the best of the band that started for the Belle Meade Stakes at Nashville that at the finish jockey Booker had her head in her chest, so strong was the pull he had on the filly. She spreadeagled her opponents from the rise of the barrier to the finish, winning by eight lengths hard held. Lady Amelia , cut off at the start, had to go up on the inside and was under a hard drive to stall off Radium for second place. Claude took the last race on the card, beating Bardolph easily in a six and a half furlong dash for three-year-olds. Bardolph looked big when going to the post and was I worked out a full mile in 1:46 1-2. Vestry was third in this race. Kinloch Park at St. Louis was unfortunate I in regard to the weather and the track when i it came to the decision of the Mound City Derby, ,000 added, at a mile and an eighth The day was cold and it rained, making the I track a sea of sticky mud. Eight three-year-olds . answered the bugle call, the best at the ! track. They were Deutschland, Birch Broom, Chamblee, Sigmund, Brush By, Action, Ban- ter and Giendon. The race fell to Banter, owned by C. E. Mahone and ridden by Hel-l . genson. Brush By was second after being well 1 up all the way and setting the pace from [ the mile post to the last seventy yards, where Banter, favored by the going, came around his opponents and, passing Brush By, was s going away at the end. Birch Broom was s an easy third, two lengths in front of Cham-- - blee. Brush By and Birch Broom, owned by ,• S. W. Street, were coupled in the betting, the entry being the favorite, with Banter sec-•* - ond choice. Yellow Tail displayed that requisite of a a good horse, courage and gameness, in winning g I i I . ! . 1 [ s s - ,• - a a g the Queens County Handicap at Aqueduct. He also displayed speed to win. Installed as an overwhelming favorite, he had his backers on the anxious seat when he was headed in the last hundred yards by Dr. Saylor, but came again and got up in the last stride to win by a head. Nine horses started, with Potente second choice and the Daly pair, Himself and Daly, as third choices in the betting. Evidently under instructions, jockey Daly on Him-. self set a fast pace from the rise of the barrier, closely followed by Par Excellence and Andy Williams, Yellow Tail heading the rest On the first turn the latter was forced toward the outer rail and lost much ground, but turn-« ing into the homestretch Yellow Tail ran around his opponents, forcing the pace. In the meantime, Dr. Saylor had closed up with the leaders at the three quarters and turn- ing for home Fuller saved ground with his mount and under a drive through the last eighth caught and passed Yellow Tail, but fal tered in the last strides and lost the verdict by a head. Potente was away to a bad start and suffered interference in the first part of the race, being hemmed in next to the inner rail and was never clear. Injunction, which took third money, was a contender up to the last fifty yards, where he tired badly, making a good showing for his first race of the year. The distance was a mile and seventy yards and the net value of the stake to Mr. J. Hacket was ,725. Articulate, Wax Taper and Lord Badge were sent out in the overnight entries, but were scratched at the last moment.
